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16 minutes ago, bing181 said:

In: ANB, Petty, Baker, Smith

Out: Keilty, Melk, Lewis, Hibberd

No Preuss, so again maxy will be targeted and without proper ruck support. 

What happened last time we played em with one ruck!!!!!!

FMD some of these selections do my head in. 

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1 minute ago, DemonOX said:

No Preuss, so again maxy will be targeted and without proper ruck support. 

What happened last time we played em with one ruck!!!!!!

FMD some of these selections do my head in. 

Agree... no Preuss when he played well in the VFL, has looked good in his couple of AFL matches this year and we need Max in defence....weird selections again

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Eagles only going with the one ruck. unless we have a late change, we look like we have 1 tall too many in defence so must be planning on using Petty and Omac on the key fwds and Frost again as the loose man to stop them getting out the back. their small forwards look like they could give us the run around.

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2 hours ago, Nudge said:

Petracca? Jeff?! GUs? Are you MAD?!?! 

 

WOW - the actual football nous on here is just way more of a blind spot than one could EVER anticipate! OUR SINGLE BIGGEST PROBLEM R1-5 was Groundball gets all over the ground, most of all between both arcs.. Jeffry has been a major help in this area and will only improve with time, allowing us a bit extra fwd 50 pressure also, another weakness but Petracca leads ENTIRE COMP in ground ball gets per game IFWD50 - with 3.0 per game.. and you wanna drop him?! Do you actually SEE our entries?! Wow..

Seriously ppl just need to stop the BS and realise we’ve been DECIMATED by inj to ALL our speed and pressure players, understand we’ve FINALLY got some grit & groundball cut through, and hope like hell we get some stability & likes of Hannan, Smith, Smith, Vanders, Jetta, May, Lever, KK etc back by back half in time to storm home or reinvest for momentum into 2020. 

 

So sick of keyboard warriors bagging the players they find easy targets without ANY actual insight!!! 

 

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3 minutes ago, Demon Dude said:

Eagles only going with the one ruck. unless we have a late change, we look like we have 1 tall too many in defence so must be planning on using Petty and Omac on the key fwds and Frost again as the loose man to stop them getting out the back. their small forwards look like they could give us the run around.

But frost isn't that positionally smart, nor is he good at reading the play. Maybe it could actually be Petty doing this role? he's not strong enough to play on Darling or Kennedy, but he is a good reader of the ball and intercept mark i believe. Anyway will be interesting to see how we go.

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I can see the reasoning behind including Petty rather than Preuss with WC looking to run just one ruck against Gawn. Petty will give us options and flexibility in our defensive setup and may free up Frost for a more flexibility.

I see this as a 'no loss' game. Lose by 10 goals and it was expected. A close loss would be rated as a 'win' of sorts and if we get over the line it is a 'boilover'.

With what is available playerwise I think we have a good balanced team that will push WC. if we are still in with a sniff at 3/4 time I think we might run out winners by a couple of goals.

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13 minutes ago, Older demon said:

I wonder if one of our key backs is under a cloud with Petty named in the team and Pruess as an emergency.

Oscar was sore last week so you might be on the money there.

I couldn't see both him and Petty in the same team, we would be way to slow if that were the case.

...but then again selections have been a bit baffling this year.

 

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20 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Willie Rioli playing limited minutes in his come back game. Show’s what West Coast think of their opponents when they can afford this kind of luxury.

I couldn't believe it when I read they are planning on playing him for 60% game time.

Pretty much down one rotation from the get go...

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47 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

No Preuss, so again maxy will be targeted and without proper ruck support. 

What happened last time we played em with one ruck!!!!!!

FMD some of these selections do my head in. 

That is not positive - Preuss is needed.

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2 hours ago, CHF said:

If I leave now I may make it back in time but be suffering from jet lag and old age.

Id pull the old footy boots on and help- except I can’t find a shop that sells leather stops for my R Barrasi boots ?

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11 minutes ago, Stormy Dee said:

We’re playing VFL players and leaving out Preuss. Tanking early for draft picks.

There can be no other explanation - they're tanking.

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50 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

No Preuss, so again maxy will be targeted and without proper ruck support. 

What happened last time we played em with one ruck!!!!!!

FMD some of these selections do my head in. 

Next thing people on here will complain that its because the players didn't review the game. 

I reckon we will do something innovative, like build a human triangle in front of goal.

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9 minutes ago, chookrat said:

Next thing people on here will complain that its because the players didn't review the game. 

I reckon we will do something innovative, like build a human triangle in front of goal.

I inquired into players making a human pyramid once before and was informed it was against the rules for players to stand on each other’s shoulders in front of the goals. I thought I had successfully come up with a way to hack the game.

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7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I inquired into players making a human pyramid once before and was informed it was against the rules for players to stand on each other’s shoulders in front of the goals. I thought I had successfully come up with a way to hack the game.

From memory it was outlawed after this rather hysterical episode in 1988... still cracks me up ?

 

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29 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I inquired into players making a human pyramid once before and was informed it was against the rules for players to stand on each other’s shoulders in front of the goals. I thought I had successfully come up with a way to hack the game.

I have always wondered why players don't propel teammates in the air as they do in rugby line outs, though instead of lifting them lock their hands together and hoist them up like they do in the circus.. Imagine how high a big fella could fling a little fella. Would make stopping goals a lot easier.

Is that against the rules?

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2 minutes ago, binman said:

I have always wondered why players don't propel teammates in the air as they do in rugby line outs, though instead of lifting them lock their hands together and hoist them up like they do in the circus.. Imagine how high a big fella could fling a little fella. Would make stopping goals a lot easier.

Is that against the rules?

If it were legal, Caleb Daniels value would increase. Imagine how high Preuss could toss him. 

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27 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Really excited to see Petty and Baker play.

Me too dazzler. Always love seeing new players and i didn't like Petty getting only the one game last year. Exciting.

How do you see them playing Petty?

I suspect they may play him as the lose man, goal keeper role Frosty has been playing allowing him to take Darling or Kennedy Kennedy. Good hands and reads the ball well by all accounts. Not sure how good his kicking is but has to be better than Frosty. Gig challenge for Frosty and OMac. If Petty plays well and keeps his spot, one of those players will come out for Lever.

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