8 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

Love that some on here are trying to set up the story that if we lose its because Preuss wasn’t selected... so they can somehow feel vindicated when we lose.

Really! 

We’ve been decimated with injuries and the coaching panel have developed and are deploying their best strategy to enable us to win... and it don’t include Pruess, and they (our coaches) know a lot more than any on here.

and we’ll still probably lose, but have given it our best crack.

some respect

go Demons.

If we lose it won’t be because we didn’t pick Preuss and it’s nothing to do with feeling vindicated if we lose as u suggest. 

He is ready to go and showed good form last week and should be in the team. He provides great support for Maxy. It’s pretty simple. 

14 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

the coaching panel have developed and are deploying their best strategy to enable us to win..

...and how's that going for them this season????

6 minutes ago, RedButMostlyBlue said:

A tale of 2 teams

Last year in the prelim, we were on fire, hungry, and playing with nearly a full team (plus we were feared and favoured, which was no doubt helped by the fact that we had recently beaten the Eagles at the same ground). Then we got belted. 

This year, we are out of form, still fairly unfit, and having to choose from the most depleted list in the league. It doesn't bode well. Arguably we should lose by more as all the factors that were in our favour in the prelim no longer exist. It really could, and should be ugly.

But is it too much to dream? I love an underdog story. Maybe I'm just fatigued (1 month newborn at home), but this is the exact sort of game good teams can win. It's not impossible. Unlikely, sure, but impossible?

I've tipped us by 1 point. We CAN do this.

Go Dees! ??

Hey congrats on the new arrival ! ??

1 minute ago, DemonOX said:

If we lose it won’t be because we didn’t pick Preuss and it’s nothing to do with feeling vindicated if we lose as u suggest. 

He is ready to go and showed good form last week and should be in the team. He provides great support for Maxy. It’s pretty simple. 

Agree

We don't lose because of no Preuss... unless we lose by less than 2 goals then I retract!

The point is we drafted Preuss to support Max, and we have 17 injuries and are playing the team that doubled up on Maxy to destroy us!

And we choose not to play Preuss...

Just now, Superunknown said:

Hey congrats on the new arrival ! ??

Thanks! Exciting times ? Before the start of the year I thought I was going to have to manage competing joys of fatherhood and a huge year from the Dees. As it's eventuated, I've had no distractions at all with being a good Dad haha. Let's hope we get things together before the kid is old enough to pick a team (I've already bought his gear).

Game hasn’t even started and Ling is already broadcasting his ignorance perpetuating the myth that the prelim final wasn’t reviewed.

Ground is empty. Where are all the Dees fans. 

The mascot was the only one to kick a goal in the run out. 

Great omen.  

No Preuss?

bloody Hell Goodwin WTF????

1 minute ago, P-man said:

Game hasn’t even started and Ling is already broadcasting his ignorance perpetuating the myth that the prelim final wasn’t reviewed.

It was my understanding that it wasn't. 

Two rucks against Gawn.

Awesome.

32 minutes ago, picket fence said:

farrrrgin HELL We are INEPT.. PRUESS NO BRAINER!

Will be FLOGGED!

How hard is it to see this coaching maneuver from WC 

Cheezus

 

Have no fear we will bamboozle them with a human pyramid formation in our F50. Intercept that McGovernator

please let us never run out of a kiddie castle

What’s up with Wayne Carey’s head??

Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

Two rucks against Gawn.

Awesome.

Preuss should have been picked. 

They're not missing a shot for goal in the warmup. 

Nathan Brown still upset he broke his leg against us. 

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

No Preuss?

bloody Hell Goodwin WTF????

 

1 minute ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Two rucks against Gawn.

Awesome.

 

Just now, Demonland said:

Preuss should have been picked. 

Well, at the end of this game Goodwin will either be a master coach or have NFI...

General question - whys Carey  called the “Duck”? And what’s with the black eye???

Just now, rjay said:

 

 

Well, at the end of this game Goodwin will either be a master coach or have NFI...

Absolutely!!

2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

What’s up with Wayne Carey’s head??

Inside or outside?

1 minute ago, Little Goffy said:

Inside or outside?

Good point. But it was more the exterior I noticed this time!

14 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

He is ready to go and showed good form last week and should be in the team.

Which applies even moreso to Tim Smith. Which is perhaps why Smith is included and Preuss isn't.

(just a wild guess ...)

Wayne Carey should have Ducked ?

20 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

There is still time for a very late change for a player who is sore/injured during the warm-up eg Oscar if he is sore from last week.  It really can't be Petty as it wouldn't be fair to select him and drop him at the last minute.

The thing is it was just so obvious WCE would bring in Hickey at the last minute.  If Preuss doesn't come in Goodwin has a good reason. 

If we don't bring in Preuss and WCE tag and work Max over again I hope Goodwin has a very big flack jacket as fans (DL's) will have mega meltdowns be they warranted or not.

Thanks LH.   Personally I think they’re nuts not to play Pruess tonight!

He’s playing v well ATM, WC are planning to work Max over again, which also increases Maxs’ risk of injury, but also, though he’s had little to beat this year, Pruess has been our best KPF this year !  (On the rare occasion we got to see it).