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PREGAME: Rd 06 vs Richmond


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4 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

We must play well and take it up to the Tigers.  A repeat of last year's 8 goal loss will give the AFL the excuse to take this game away from us.  Maybe not next year but they will be watching.

It is a big stage, important game.  It is essential we come out to play and make it a decent game to watch. ?

Sadly LH it will be a 10 goal loss. We just have too many VFL quality players in the side at present. So we will no doubt lose this spot and quite rightly so.

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4 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

In my view, our backline would be looking a lot better if our forward line functioned properly. There is insufficient pressure in the forward half which allows the opposition to deliver the ball quickly and easily to their forwards. Playing Richmond's forwards is a tough ask, but if our forwards placed more pressure on their defenders, it would make the job of our defence a lot easier.

Exactly. Also if our mids stopped blindly bombing it into the forward line via the stratosphere or kicking it directly to the opposition it would help.

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7 minutes ago, Stormy Dee said:

Exactly. Also if our mids stopped blindly bombing it into the forward line via the stratosphere or kicking it directly to the opposition it would help.

I am no Weid fan but if they continue to bomb it in then we might as well clear the kid to a team that will give him a chance with reasonable deliver. I feel sorry for him as we are killing what might be a good career. If I were him I would have my agent hot on the heels of offers from other sides he will never make it at the MFC with the current game plan.

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13 minutes ago, old dee said:

I am no Weid fan but if they continue to bomb it in then we might as well clear the kid to a team that will give him a chance with reasonable deliver. I feel sorry for him as we are killing what might be a good career. If I were him I would have my agent hot on the heels of offers from other sides he will never make it at the MFC with the current game plan.

There are plenty of key forwards who can take a pack mark. It's part of the job description for a 196cm kpp

If Weideman keeps running under the ball, he will never take a grab

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Just hoping Goody bites the bullet on a few non-performing players who were originally part of his best 22 thinking.

And being a night game it will be greasy, so there's no need for the three bigs up front format and we also need to send Hunt back to defence to cover at least one of Richmond's pacey forwards - Rioli/Castagna or Butler if selected?

I suspect they will bring back Oscar to play on Tom Lynch, but I'd prefer this doesn't happen given the pressure that will be applied at night. If T.Mac passed his mobility test then he could play back there but my suspicion is that T.Mac needs two weeks of serious agility training before playing again. That would leave Frost on Riewoldt and we could try Hibberd on Tom Lynch with a view to him providing run off him and Gawn/Preuss dropping back to support him in the down the line aerial battles.

I reckon a tough decision has to be made on the Wagners. Corey works his butt off, but hasn't done quite enough, while Josh has been serviceable but with our plethora of left-footers down back we need a right-footer. Happy for him Josh to play as a defensive forward on Houli though if they decide ANB isn't right for that role. Harmes and Brayshaw can play back and the former is an obvious match up for Dusty when he rests there.  

Unless Lewis or Jones is sore  from Saturday, then both should play with Lewis a good match up for Caddy or Baker and Jones suited to Ellis on a wing. 

Out: Jetta (inj) T.Mac (rested?), Weid, Spargo, C.Wagner, J.Wagner

In: Stretch, Lockhart, Garlett, T.Smith/Keilty, ANB, Sparrow

B:  Hunt Hibberd Hore 

HB: Harmes Frost Salem

C Jones Oliver Fritsch

HF:  Melksham T.Smith/Keilty ANB/J.Wagner

F: Garlett Petracca Preuss

Ru: Gawn Brayshaw Viney

Int: Stretch (mid), Lockhart (forward/mid), Lewis (back), Sparrow (fwd/mid) 

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6 hours ago, praha said:

Jesus. We are only $2.55 for the win. Do punters know something we don't? We have been outrageously short odds almost every game this season. We should be comfortably $3.50. Suspect it may push out to that eventually.

Wouldn’t matter what odds we were for the win cos it only pays if you do. And we wont 

 

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17 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

yes he does, and he doesn't know how to lead. 

Does he know how to do anything? Is clearly not invested in the club. No appetite for the contest at all, watched him very closely on Saturday. Trade at years end

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1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

Riewoldt and Lynch vs our backline.

They could easily kick 8 each.

Never been more important for our midfield and fwds to keep the pressure on.. hamper the supply to them and then they dont kick 8 each. this will be the game to show if we are willing to work for each other and who sacrifices their game for the betterment of the team.. will be very very interesting.

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10 minutes ago, Deespicable said:

Just hoping Goody bites the bullet on a few non-performing players who were originally part of his best 22 thinking.

And being a night game it will be greasy, so there's no need for the three bigs up front format and we also need to send Hunt back to defence to cover at least one of Richmond's pacey forwards - Rioli/Castagna or Butler if selected?

I suspect they will bring back Oscar to play on Tom Lynch, but I'd prefer this doesn't happen given the pressure that will be applied at night. If T.Mac passed his mobility test then he could play back there but my suspicion is that T.Mac needs two weeks of serious agility training before playing again. That would leave Frost on Riewoldt and we could try Hibberd on Tom Lynch with a view to him providing run off him and Gawn/Preuss dropping back to support him in the down the line aerial battles.

I reckon a tough decision has to be made on the Wagners. Corey works his butt off, but hasn't done quite enough, while Josh has been serviceable but with our plethora of left-footers down back we need a right-footer. Happy for him Josh to play as a defensive forward on Houli though if they decide ANB isn't right for that role. Harmes and Brayshaw can play back and the former is an obvious match up for Dusty when he rests there.  

Unless Lewis or Jones is sore  from Saturday, then both should play with Lewis a good match up for Caddy or Baker and Jones suited to Ellis on a wing. 

Out: Jetta (inj) T.Mac (rested?), Weid, Spargo, C.Wagner, J.Wagner

In: Stretch, Lockhart, Garlett, T.Smith/Keilty, ANB, Sparrow

B:  Hunt Hibberd Hore 

HB: Harmes Frost Salem

C Jones Oliver Fritsch

HF:  Melksham T.Smith/Keilty ANB/J.Wagner

F: Garlett Petracca Preuss

Ru: Gawn Brayshaw Viney

Int: Stretch (mid), Lockhart (forward/mid), Lewis (back), Sparrow (fwd/mid) 

Lewis a good matchup for Caddy or Baker? If Lewis is not picked in centre square then he has no role. He is not a lockdown defender and he provides no speed or run and carry.  Against the Saints he was a time matched up on speedy Long and Parker who ran past Lewis with ball in hand like Lewis was a witches hat. 

Jones is not suited to Ellis or other Tigers who will rotate through wing. Like Lewis he is a one paced inside mid and lacks the attributes and instinct of a wingman. Ellis will run away from him.

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I'd be ok with Ben Guthrie's changes....

Verdict: Garlett for Spargo, Lockhart for C.Wagner, Stretch for Lewis, O.McDonald for Jetta and Tim Smith for Weideman. 

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Can just see it now, Demonland goes into meltdown over lack of swing the axe selections.

I can just see Selection Committee playing loser mentality and making 3  changes where 

6 or 7 would be closer to the mark,

 

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B             Lockhart      Frost                    Hore

HB          Jordan         Tommy Mac       Salem

C             Stretch         Oliver                   Harmes

HF           Petracca     Weidemann        Melksham

F              Garlett         Preuss                 Hunt

Fol          Gawn           Brayshaw            Viney

Ic              Fritsch       Chandler              Spargo           C Wagner

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42 minutes ago, Stormy Dee said:

He doesn’t. The ball is kicked too high and over his grab.

It's called not reading the ball through the air. I've said before, has just gone back to playing how he was before his "breakout" game.

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13 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Can just see it now, Demonland goes into meltdown over lack of swing the axe selections.

I can just see Selection Committee playing loser mentality and making 3  changes where 

6 or 7 would be closer to the mark,

 

I wonder if it will be 6 or 7 using the "excuse" that the short break necessitated some of the changes. In some respects, I'd be disappointed if that was the reason given.

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1 hour ago, Fat Tony said:

I would push Jones back to cover Jetta's absence in defence. He is not a wingman and now that he has been pushed out of our centre midfield, he will provide more as a small defender IMO. Stretch to come in as Jetta's replacement.

Garlett should come into the side for Spargo.

We need to bring in another true key defender to play on Riewoldt and Lynch. Oscar or Petty need to come in (partnering with Frost) for either J Wagner or Hore. (Probably Hore out based on pace.)

Lewis is past it and we need to inject some more run. Lockhart should come in for him and play a wing role.

Neal-Bullen for Preuss if he is not fit. 

There are other players out of form like Hibberd and Fritsch but I think we have to let them work through it. C Wagner also lucky, but we are thin for options at Casey.

But the biggest change we need to make is to our defence and being less aggressive in pressing the ball carrier. The Tigers are fast and will kill us if we over commit. Up forward the key issue is we need better contests from TMac and Weideman.

I can't believe you'd consider dropping Hore, he was one of our best against St Kilda.

Good comments otherwise. As poorly as Hibberd and Fritsch are playing, I think we're better off at the moment in seeing if we can get form out of them in the AFL rather than subbing in more VFL-level players for them. That might not remain the case if they don't pick up form soon, though.

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

In my view, our backline would be looking a lot better if our forward line functioned properly. There is insufficient pressure in the forward half which allows the opposition to deliver the ball quickly and easily to their forwards. Playing Richmond's forwards is a tough ask, but if our forwards placed more pressure on their defenders, it would make the job of our defence a lot easier.

Agree with this.

The Sydney game is a good example. We were much better at defending the ground at the SCG and that put significantly higher amounts of pressure on Sydney. They weren't getting easy out the back marks and goals. Franklin only kicked 1 and whilst he had a few more shots, they were from 50 or on an angle (i.e. weren't all simple shots like most of St Kilda's were).

53 minutes ago, old dee said:

I am no Weid fan but if they continue to bomb it in then we might as well clear the kid to a team that will give him a chance with reasonable deliver. I feel sorry for him as we are killing what might be a good career. If I were him I would have my agent hot on the heels of offers from other sides he will never make it at the MFC with the current game plan.

Pretty much every one of your comments on Weideman for the entirety of his career to date has been that he's not good enough and/or won't ever be good enough, but suddenly now he might actually be OK and it's the club's fault?

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Ive got a feeling the coach won’t drop Lewis or TMac but rather throw down the gauntlet .

Garlett and Lockhart should come in for speed and maybe Stretch.

Love to see Petty or Kielty get a go too.

Outs would most likely be Spargo both Wagners and Jetta

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31 minutes ago, S_T said:

I'd be ok with Ben Guthrie's changes....

Verdict: Garlett for Spargo, Lockhart for C.Wagner, Stretch for Lewis, O.McDonald for Jetta and Tim Smith for Weideman. 

I would look at Petty or Keilty

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It is difficult. Normally we would have:

a) more players available, fit and healthy

b) more players in the firsts in some form

c) more talent in the reserves pushing for their place

d) an appropriate break between matches

We are therefore stuffed at selection table.  We have so few players demanding selection, even from the list of guys that were on the park against St Kilda on Saturday.  Probably about 1/2 dozen if I am honest.  Then we are carrying a whole lot of out-of-formers who we ‘hope’ will come good.  We have no one banging the door down (maybe Garlett), with a few nearly there (Petty, Kielty, Stretch).  And then we have the rest.  How do we put a competitive team on the park under these circumstances? 

If the out of formers don’t suddenly find the next gear, we are stuffed.

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1 hour ago, old dee said:

Sadly LH it will be a 10 goal loss. We just have too many VFL quality players in the side at present. So we will no doubt lose this spot and quite rightly so.

In fairness, it was us and Richmond who initiated and built the event so I can't see the AFL taking the slot off us on the back of one poor performance. 

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