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15 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

With more injuries I've put my final teams out.

MELBOURNE

B: JETTA, FROST, HORE

HB: HIBBERD, O.MCDONALD, LEWIS

C : JONES, OLIVER, SALEM

HF: PETRACCA, T.MCDONALD, B.FRITSCH

F: MELKSHAM, WEIDEMAN, HUNT

FOLL: GAWN, VINEY, BRAYSHAW

IC: HARMES, SPARGO, NEAL-BULLEN, STRETCH

 

CASEY

B: JORDON, HUTCHINS, LOCKHART

HB: J.WAGNER, PETTY, KOLODJASHNIJ

C : BAKER, MAYNARD, GENT

HF: C.WAGNER, KEILTY, WHITE

F: CHANDLER, BRADTKE, BEDFORD

FOLL: PREUSS, SPARROW, MUNRO

IC: TYNAN, MCCAFFERY, BUXTON-WALES, D.FRITSCH

Jetta OMac Hibberd

Salem Frost Lewis

Fritsch Oliver Harmes

Petracca Weideman Melksham

Spargo TMac ANB

Max Brayshaw Viney

Jones Hunt Preuss Sparroe or Stretch

 

Backline same as finals last year

Fritsch skills to wing

Preuss to help counter two Port rucks

 
1 hour ago, Tim said:

Just listening to Jade Rawlings on SEN, and he mentioned the new recruits who’ll be stepping out for Casey on Sunday. If I heard correctly Tom Sparrow’s name wasn’t one of them, suggesting he’ll play against Port. 

Or Twig had a moment of forgetfulness...

I'd say it's an oversight.  From what I've seen Sparrow is a mile off. 

7 hours ago, stevethemanjordan said:

 

What a silly comparison. 

Maybe too difficult for you to understand.

Risk mitigation is very complex and a risk assessment that doesn’t work out, doesn’t mean the decision was wrong. 

Lots of people thought Brayshaw should not have played again and he has since come 3rd in the Brownlow. The club assessed the risk and decided it would be safe for him to play on. At this stage it looks a wise decision.

If he copped a freak knock to the head that ended his career people like you would look at the outcome and decide we got it wrong rather than the process which we seem to have got right.

 
On 3/20/2019 at 5:31 PM, 58er said:

Absolutely agree dl4e

Will crumb and has goal sense !

Then again, Lewis has great goal sense too, and is a great, canny snapper at the big ones. Ten minutes in the deep forward may refresh these skills 


Corey Wagner set to make his debut for Melbourne on Saturday. Was de-listed by North then spent a year in the VFL and making coffees on Swan St.
9 minutes ago, JV7 said:

Corey wagner to debut

I don't mind this, Has some flaws, but hits packs front and centre at pace. Did it 4/5 times in the Casey/Brisbane game. He fumbled a couple of times but getting that timing right is a rare skill. We've missed having someone with that skill since Garlett was dropped last year

 

Awesome to see Corey getting a go.

how good is it too see boys come from the VFL into the big time. We’ve got Fritsch, Wagner, Hore, Keilty as an emergency, Hibberd originally VFL as well. Good stuff.


8 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

?? 7 out of my best 22

May Lever Vberg J Smith kk Preuss Hannan 

For ??

5 minutes ago, P-man said:

Vanders not even listed as an emergency. Ouch.

Seems counter productive listing an injured player as an emergency


2 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

Injured

 

Again

Ah. Well that explains that then ?

Really interested to see whether Salem is on the wing in actuality. Would love to see but I do not see a perfect replacement.

And once again, a huge vote of confidence for Hunt, or what he brings is seen as so important and different to what we have in the team that he is given every opportunity.

59 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Billy Stretch is on the outer - career under threat 

Agree Chook.....doesn't seem to be one of Goodwin's fav's & hard to improve & develop when the coach won't back ya.

Don't reckon Billy's had a good block of games since Roosey left, although I may be wrong. 

 


3 minutes ago, Laughing Goat said:

Agree Chook.....doesn't seem to be one of Goodwin's fav's & hard to improve & develop when the coach won't back ya.

Don't reckon Billy's had a good block of games since Roosey left, although I may be wrong. 

Probably because he unfortunately just doesn’t look quite an afl-level midfielder, which is really the only position he can play

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

?? 7 out of my best 22

May Lever Vberg J Smith kk Preuss Hannan 

J Smith and Preuss not best 22.

Hannan 50/50

Even Vanders is borderline

Might be gilding the lille a bit there 'norm'

31 minutes ago, Laughing Goat said:

Agree Chook.....doesn't seem to be one of Goodwin's fav's & hard to improve & develop when the coach won't back ya.

Don't reckon Billy's had a good block of games since Roosey left, although I may be wrong. 

 

Seems to have lost confidence especially with his disposal. It won’t help not even being an emergency and Corey Wagner being picked ahead of him. I feel sorry for him because apparently he is a super-professional trainer and a really good person.

 

Good to see Marty Hore will debut on Saturday. Met him at the Family day. A very personable young man, and handsome too. His photographs don't do him justice. I'm predicting he will become a fan favourite very soon. (Hope he plays well!)

If our recent VFL recruits in Hannan and Fritsch are any indication, I'm excited to see what Hore and Wags 2.0 can provide to the team.  

Congratulations to them both!

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