WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - JAY LOCKHART

[Dee Zephyr 19,268]

Surprising to hear, good luck young man. I’m guessing Spargo out.

[Demonland 73,139]

 

[Demon Disciple 12,270]

12 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Surprising to hear, good luck young man. I’m guessing Spargo out.

Very surprising. Either he is banging the door down (after only 15 days? unlikely), or he is doing the 1%'s and someone selected last week isn't.

p.s - or of course injury.

Edited March 28, 2019 by Demon Disciple

[daisycutter 29,724]

23 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

My guess would be Corey Wagner.

interesting that he is not mentioned in club article whereas 5 others are mentioned as being in the mix

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Interested to see what the changes are.  ANB is probably higher up the pecking order, so to me, one of Sparrow, Spargo or Corey Wagner goes.  Did Sparrow do enough to keep his spot?  I thought he and Wagner were okay on the weekend and probably had a little more impact than Spargo, who didn't lay a tackle at all against Port.

May will come in for probably Frost, KK may come in as well for someone like Hore, leaving one of the small forwards vulnerable for Lockhart.

Oh, and congrats to Jay if he does get picked.  Amazing achievement!

[Docs Demons 1,792]

If this is true then I suspect he comes in for Spargo. No tackles, lacks speed and at times seems to just follow the packs about 10 yards behind and makes no impact. Spell at Casey will do him good, get his confidence back and push again for seniors.

[IvanBartul13 2,564]

3 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Interested to see what the changes are.  ANB is probably higher up the pecking order, so to me, one of Sparrow, Spargo or Corey Wagner goes.  Did Sparrow do enough to keep his spot?  I thought he and Wagner were okay on the weekend and probably had a little more impact than Spargo, who didn't lay a tackle at all against Port.

May will come in for probably Frost, KK may come in as well for someone like Hore, leaving one of the small forwards vulnerable for Lockhart.

Oh, and congrats to Jay if he does get picked.  Amazing achievement!

Wouldn't count out him playing down back as well.  Cats have Dahlhaus, Myers, Ablett, Atkins and Parfitt all rolling through their forward fifty and they were playing a lot of 2 tall four small last week with Gary Rohan and Danger mixed in.  Lockhart may come in to do a job down back, maybe try and go with Atkins, Myers and Dahlhaus if Jetta and Hibberd are occupied with Ablett and Danger.  Could be In: May, Lockhart Out: Frost Hore if they decide KK needs another week.

Could also play as forward to of course.  

[Wiseblood 24,637]

1 minute ago, goodoil said:

Wouldn't count out him playing down back as well.  Cats have Dahlhaus, Myers, Ablett, Atkins and Parfitt all rolling through their forward fifty and they were playing a lot of 2 tall four small last week with Gary Rohan and Danger mixed in.  Lockhart may come in to do a job down back, maybe try and go with Atkins, Myers and Dahlhaus if Jetta and Hibberd are occupied with Ablett and Danger.  Could be In: May, Lockhart Out: Frost Hore if they decide KK needs another week.

Could also play as forward to of course.  

Yep, fair point.  Outside of Hawkins and Ratugolea, they are rather small down there, although you would call Danger a mid size forward.  Bringing in extra support down there wouldn't hurt.

[DubDee 26,117]

2 weeks ago not on a list and now playing against Geelong in the AFL - WOW!

if he can play small pressure fwd it makes sense, otherwise I'm not sure what we are doing.

JKH and Jeffy must be so dirty that they got last minute injuries.  cruel game

[DemonDave 1,089]

Showed tremendous improvement as the year  elapsed at Casey last year, you could see he had ability and still more upside, wrapt for Jay

[WERRIDEE 5,503]

Congrats to Jay hopefully he can have a good game.

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,510]

This would have to be one of the biggest surprise selections of all time.

Amazing that he is fit enough to step into AFL football after a week!

[Ethan Tremblay 30,963]

Am I right in thinking that he is a defender? What position did he play in last week during the practice game? Also, good luck to Jay in his debut. 

[Satyriconhome 10,879]

9 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

This would have to be one of the biggest surprise selections of all time.

Amazing that he is fit enough to step into AFL football after a week!

Was bitterly disappointed when we didn't draft him, went away and came back to Casey in amazing shape, has been standout at Casey pre seson training and was duly rewarded

[poita 3,902]

As long he is match fit and has a crack for four quarters, I am okay with this selection given the lack of competition for spots at present. Good luck Jay.

[The Chazz 4,077]

56 minutes ago, goodoil said:

Wouldn't count out him playing down back as well.  Cats have Dahlhaus, Myers, Ablett, Atkins and Parfitt all rolling through their forward fifty and they were playing a lot of 2 tall four small last week with Gary Rohan and Danger mixed in.  Lockhart may come in to do a job down back, maybe try and go with Atkins, Myers and Dahlhaus if Jetta and Hibberd are occupied with Ablett and Danger.  Could be In: May, Lockhart Out: Frost Hore if they decide KK needs another week.

Could also play as forward to of course.  

Doubt they'd be playing both Ablett and Danger in the forward line at the same time.  Danger might be down there, but he's probably following the ball from the midfield rather than starting forward next to GAJ.

[DeeSpencer 26,074]

12 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

Doubt they'd be playing both Ablett and Danger in the forward line at the same time.  Danger might be down there, but he's probably following the ball from the midfield rather than starting forward next to GAJ.

Based on last week Gaz played almost always forward, Danger rested at full forward at times. I'm pretty sure they did overlap. Gaz really played as a traditional half forward flanker. Will be interesting to see if they send Nev to Ablett and therefore drag Jetta up around the ground or if Nev stays deeper and they task someone else with the role on Gaz.

Kelly, Parfitt, Selwood (rotating to a wing), Danger seemed to do the bulk of the centre square minutes. 

[Laughing Goat 308]

47 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Congrats to Jay hopefully he can have a good game.

So 3 changes then.......Lockhart, May & KK in ?

 

[Drunkn167 5,093]

26 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Am I right in thinking that he is a defender? What position did he play in last week during the practice game? Also, good luck to Jay in his debut. 

Half back that also goes into the midfield 

[DubDee 26,117]

9 minutes ago, Laughing Goat said:

So 3 changes then.......Lockhart, May & KK in ?

 

Could be.

going out: Spargo, Frost and whoever is most injured?

[Laughing Goat 308]

7 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Could be.

going out: Spargo, Frost and whoever is most injured?

yeah I reckon Spargo, Hore & unfortunately Wagner.......

[What 18,810]

14 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

Half back that also goes into the midfield 

So then  KK probably isnt coming in, would be odd to bring in two half backs.

[Laughing Goat 308]

55 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

So then  KK probably isnt coming in, would be odd to bring in two half backs.

KK will rotate with Lockhart through the wing.....

[picket fence 17,495]

5 minutes ago, Laughing Goat said:

KK will rotate with Lockhart through the wing.....

Yep summed it up perfectly!

[beelzebub 23,382]

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Yep summed it up perfectly!

Might add a bit of that missing dash ?