PREGAME: Rd 19 vs St. Kilda

[Red and Blue realist 2,026]

2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

I don't get the hysteria.

May is out. We want a KPD to replace him, hence OMac.

Lockahrt is out. We want a runner to replace him, hence Baker.

Preuss is out. We want a KPF to replace him, hence T Smith.

The article says Weideman and Hore are named as emergencies but returning via the VFL for match fitness. I suppose the only point to that is to have them available as genuine "emergencies" if needed, but otherwise the message on both of them is they need a game through the VFL.

I'm not really a fan of OMac or of T Smith and would rather not have either of them in the side but in the context of the above, I completely understand why they've been picked.

Summed it up perfectly, the meltdown on here has been great though!

[picket fence 16,736]

1 hour ago, Vineytime said:

Hannan not named at Casey

Yeah Homesick for the ones.. Sheeit is Oscar can get a game on not playing surely he can??

[Redleg 40,287]

3 hours ago, picket fence said:

WTF How does Oscar Mc Donald get a game on very average form at Casey and not playing last week?? Beggars belief!!

ANB double WTF sheeeit we Must be tanking? shocking!

Tim Smith did little last week and I was there!!

If Hore, Dunkley and Weeds are fit and named as Emergencies

FRIGGEN PLAY THEM!!

This is absolute Garbage MFC 

Sheesh, Just ....Unbelievable really!

Thank Heavens I can't go , but we will be Flogged!

Hello Rowell or Anderson.

[Megatron 886]

2 hours ago, olisik said:

Wow T Smith and Petty as CHF and FF. Indictment on our list management right there.

Young, inexperienced and developing?

[ding 5,126]

Get ready for a rare win 'landers.

We will get up this week.

Lock it in.

Edited July 25, 2019 by ding
I havent felt this confident since our last unexpected loss

[Lou C. Fur 1,009]

4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Another loss is looming...

The Aints will be Red Hot at Home

B.S.

[Lou C. Fur 1,009]

46 minutes ago, ding said:

Get ready for a rare win "landers.

We will get up this week.

Lock it in.

That's the spirit!

[praha 11,137]

If we lose this the pressure gauge will go up a notch.

We have them beat almost across the ground. A repeat of round 5 is unfathomable. And I swear to God, if those spuds Bruce and Membrey kick bags on us....I'll probably just vent on Demonland.

[beelzebub 23,204]

12 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Weideman as an emergency... as the lady who I don't like says..... "please explain"

The shutters have been put up for the year... fine... but this is the team from hell

Isn't that where Demons come from ?

(yes....doesn't bode well eh )

[beelzebub 23,204]

My interest here lays more with what/how Ratten employs  his team more than Goodwin ours. 

I suspect Brett will look to negate us winning the guts. He does that we lose. 

If Goodwin cant conjur a response....

Oh wait.  

Might be an interesting  game...more so if you have no allegiance  to Melbourne.

We're  still shakey up front...whose kcking goals ? Even shakier down back now.

Still.....ought not be ant 'breeze' to upset those hard 30m kicks....

Deckchairs... Titanic still goes down.

 

[Kent 2,868]

1 hour ago, praha said:

If we lose this the pressure gauge will go up a notch.

We have them beat almost across the ground. A repeat of round 5 is unfathomable. And I swear to God, if those spuds Bruce and Membrey kick bags on us....I'll probably just vent on Demonland.

Membrey will kick 5 he always does and only against us guaranteed.

We will kick 1:5 and lose in the first half as is our style

How the sportsbet has us favourites bemuses me?

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,434]

The only minor win out of selections is the non selection of Jack Steven. That guy usually destroys us.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,656]

14 hours ago, 640MD said:

With OMac back

at least I can smile at the expected

(rightly or wrongly) outrage from posters on land. 

I have no idea if it’s the correct choice or the wrong  but ........hell we might even win

Go Dees

Demonland haiku

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Dees by 5 goals.

Membrey to kick no more than 2 goals.  He'll be lucky to get that.

Fritta to run them a merry dance inside 50 and kick another 4.

Gawny to tear Marshall a new one.

Gus to have 25 touches.

Demonland to still complain.

[chook fowler 19,270]

Kent to be a last minute inclusion and kick 6

[Dee Zephyr 19,189]

Membrey destroyed us last time because we had one key back in that day and that was Frost. Throughout that game at various stages Membrey was manned by Jetta ( before going off injured), Hibbo, Hore and even Fritta. We were all over the shop defensively that day. 

A lot of us lamented only going in with the one key back that day. May is a big loss, O Mac coming in might enable Lever to play his usual intercept role, something he started doing well again late last week. The R5 loss to the Saints was embarrassing, they ran riot inside our defensive 50. 

I believe we can win this one, but more importantly I hope the coaches have worked out how they smashed us last time and respond accordingly.

[Red and Blue realist 2,026]

I'm interested in Lewis role this week, I love that at the end of his career they aren't just shuffling him to the back flank anymore. He's done jobs on Murphy, Bont and McGovern, so if I was betting I think they might try him on Ross or even forward on Savage? Anyone else got thoughts on the negating role Lewis will do?

[Lucifers Hero 38,985]

29 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Membrey destroyed us last time because we had one key back in that day and that was Frost. Throughout that game at various stages Membrey was manned by Jetta ( before going off injured), Hibbo, Hore and even Fritta. We were all over the shop defensively that day. 

A lot of us lamented only going in with the one key back that day. May is a big loss, O Mac coming in might enable Lever to play his usual intercept role, something he started doing well again late last week. The R5 loss to the Saints was embarrassing, they ran riot inside our defensive 50. 

I believe we can win this one, but more importantly I hope the coaches have worked out how they smashed us last time and respond accordingly.

Ratten is the wild card. 

He has his own approach which we don't know much about.  Also, reckon he will use some Hawthorn 'tricks' he knows work well against us.  Its a situation which makes him and the Saints quite unpredictable making it difficult for our coaches to develop tactics - something they did very well, from the get-go,  last week.

Edited July 25, 2019 by Lucifer's Hero

[Demon3 2,541]

Every time i look at the Saints i look at how they always seem to be so much quicker than us, it does not always translate to wins, but the little guys are the ones that always worry me. Gresham, Billings, Sinclair, Lonie, Newnes and on and on. 

Also Nev is in pretty awful touch and looks slow and uncertain ( this is not a knock on him but its just how he is at the moment) at the moment.. hope he finds a bit of form.

[beelzebub 23,204]

48 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

 

Membrey to kick no more than 2 goals.  He'll be lucky to get that.

Fritta to run them a merry dance inside 50 and kick another 4.

Gawny to tear Marshall a new one.

Gus to have 25 touches.

 

Not so sure Membrey will be so confined.. but either way

The next three things can happen and we can still lose.  we've made it a bit of a party trick

I expect it to be relatively close at 3/4 time... I suspect it'l change after that...we have a habit of running out of legs

[Dee Zephyr 19,189]

26 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Ratten is the wild card. 

He has his own approach which we don't know much about.  Also, reckon he will use some Hawthorn 'tricks' he knows work well against us.  Its a situation which makes him and the Saints quite unpredictable making it difficult for our coaches to develop tactics - something they did very well, from the get-go,  last week.

Great point Luci, forgot about Ratts. It might be a match between two lowly placed teams but you’ve just highlighted an element of intrigue in the coaching battle. 

[Sorry kids 635]

Just watched Goodys press Conference of today.

Not a criticism of him personally because it clearly is a personal trait/compulsion but has anyone else noticed how he learns to the left and touches his left leg when questioned. He did it eight times in todays conference. It makes him look fidgety and nervous. 

[DubDee 24,548]

6 minutes ago, Sorry kids said:

Just watched Goodys press Conference of today.

Not a criticism of him personally because it clearly is a personal trait/compulsion but has anyone else noticed how he learns to the left and touches his left leg when questioned. He did it eight times in todays conference. It makes him look fidgety and nervous. 

he only does that when he is not telling the truth

[ManDee 7,124]

Just now, DubDee said:

he only does that when he is not telling the truth

I can always tell when a politician is lying!

 

 

 

Their lips move.

[DubDee 24,548]

The Saints team lacks talent badly especially with all their injuries (~9 first 18 out)

I rate Ratten though (Carlton bad a big mistake sacking him) and he will have them fired up.  stay with them in the first half and we will pull away for a 40 pt win. 

Saints' form has been horrible (worse than ours).  aside from last week they are 2-10 since round 5, beating the suns just and carlton. Saints won't make finals for years.

I have a feeling we will click and win easily and if we don't then I blame the umpires and of course Goody's selection  ?