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15 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

FFS . that is truly shuffling deck chairs then and says to me the coaches are showing blind faith in a group that has not gelled this year. 

 

 

I dare say its not "blind" faith, and more a balance of their metrics and current player availability. Our injury list is still significant given may and lever are both out again. 
 

I'd love to have confidence that winning the ball in the middle would negate that but from what I've seen so far, this means little.

If Tmac wakes up for Friday, I'm confident of a win. 

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    6 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    With the injuries we have, we only really have deck chairs at the moment.  What else do you want them to do?

    i would have thought that our problems start with our inability to lower our eyes and hit targets, due to the fact that none of our mids are skilled by foot, and that due to our preference to bomb the ball long and high to a contest, a tall contested marking option like Preuss would have been logical. Given our inability to rove the ball inside fifty at the moment, I would have thought a fit Garlett would have been an option. Before you tell me he is underdone, lets remember he did a whole preseason and we played a VFL player last week who had been on our list 15 days. Insert other media

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    Just now, Leoncelli_36 said:

    i would have thought that our problems start with our inability to lower our eyes and hit targets, due to the fact that none of our mids are skilled by foot, and that due to our preference to bomb the ball long and high to a contest, a tall contested marking option like Preuss would have been logical. Given our inability to rove the ball inside fifty at the moment, I would have thought a fit Garlett would have been an option. Before you tell me he is underdone, lets remember he did a whole preseason and we played a VFL player last week who had been on our list 15 days. Insert other media

    The first part of your post I agree with, yet what does it have to do with the post I quoted around us shuffling deck chairs?  The players we have are more than capable.

    And I wouldn't have argued that Jeffy is underdone.  He did the whole pre-season.  He might lack a bit of match fitness, but other than that he should be right to go IF they want to select him.

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    looks like it could be CWagner in for Sparrow, and JWagner in for May then. maybe stretch could come in for KK, but although he wasn't flash last week i'd give KK another chance on the bigger ground. I thought it wasn't the smartest move rushing him in last week for a game at an oval with no wings to speak of anyway.

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    3 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    The first part of your post I agree with, yet what does it have to do with the post I quoted around us shuffling deck chairs?  The players we have are more than capable.

    And I wouldn't have argued that Jeffy is underdone.  He did the whole pre-season.  He might lack a bit of match fitness, but other than that he should be right to go IF they want to select him.

     

    I am just suggesting that there are better deck chairs to shuffle. We don't seem to shuffling the chairs that are out of place. The issue is the connection between forward and mid. How does stretch or wagner improve us in this area. Both can't kick. It'll be all run and bomb stuff from the both of them. 

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    41 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    I guess you are just warming to the concepts of a pathetic backline emergency? 

    Clearly our biggest issues this year have been with our mid-fwd connection, not our key backs. The hoff got a hold of them rd 1 (mainly on Frost btw) but against Geelong their biggest threat were their goalkicking mids and small forwards. Had we been better and cleaner going forward we still would have got beaten but no where near as badly.

    To say were having a pathetic backline emergency is only to justify your position on OMac, which no matter what happens won't change. You can go straight to the changes for round 4 thread and just put the same old reasons up, won;t matter what the actual issues with the team/game plan are, you are just just blaming 1 guy. 

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    27 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

     

     

    I am just suggesting that there are better deck chairs to shuffle. We don't seem to shuffling the chairs that are out of place. The issue is the connection between forward and mid. How does stretch or wagner improve us in this area. Both can't kick. It'll be all run and bomb stuff from the both of them. 

    I wish people would stop knocking Billy's kicking. He is one of the best at passing the ball correctly on the list.

    His problem is not getting it enough, not his disposal.

    If he had 15 kicks into the forward 50, it would have been a far better score for us last week.

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    1 hour ago, godees said:

    Mitch Cleary is reporting 23 on track for captains run this morning. Team last week plus stretch and both wagners, minus may and sparrow

    We will just have to scrape out a win any way we can.  Half our team will be VFL level talent.

     

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    15 hours ago, ENYAW said:

    Preuss in , based on the woods playing two ruckman. Keilty deserves a chance. Corey Wagner and Petty. Out Jones, ANb,Frost and May.

    Sorry but that's laughable.......

    No way Preuss goes in & Jones, ANB are NO chance to be dropped......none!!

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    10 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    I wish people would stop knocking Billy's kicking. He is one of the best at passing the ball correctly on the list.

    His problem is not getting it enough, not his disposal.

    If he had 15 kicks into the forward 50, it would have been a far better score for us last week.

    I agree RL.....but the problem is not Stretches skill or amount of disposals, (averages 20 disposals at senior level) it's getting a game & a good block of senior footy! (played 2 games 2018 & 9 in 2017)

    a good block of senior footy would allow any players confidence to grow instead of expecting to be dropped after one game,

    We will see how big Goodwin's nuts are this week & whether he's bold enough to drop those 'entitled' players......I'm thinking Tic Tac's though.

     

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    1 hour ago, Red and Blue realist said:

    Clearly our biggest issues this year have been with our mid-fwd connection, not our key backs. The hoff got a hold of them rd 1 (mainly on Frost btw) but against Geelong their biggest threat were their goalkicking mids and small forwards. Had we been better and cleaner going forward we still would have got beaten but no where near as badly.

    To say were having a pathetic backline emergency is only to justify your position on OMac, which no matter what happens won't change. You can go straight to the changes for round 4 thread and just put the same old reasons up, won;t matter what the actual issues with the team/game plan are, you are just just blaming 1 guy. 

    Well, what an education! Thank you.

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