CHANGES: Rd 21 v Collingwood

[DeeSpencer 26,273]

Out: Oscar, Lewis (rested), Preuss
In: May,  Hore, Lockhart

Hore in down back, Hunt back forward. If Lever's no good then either Hunt/Brayshaw at half back and bring in Stretch.

FB: Hibberd  May Frost
HB: Hore  Lever  Salem
C: JKH   Oliver  Baker
HF: Dunkley  Melksham Petracca
FF: Hunt  Fritsch  Petty
Foll: Gawn Harmes Viney
Int: Brayshaw, C Wagner, Jones, Lockhart

Go small and quick up forward. Petty can ruck for 5 minutes a quarter against Cox. 

[Vagg 2,449]

1 hour ago, Sorry kids said:

May, Petty and Fritta would be an interesting experiment.

Yes, but then again, Petty May Fritta away his opportunities with his lousy kicking for goal!

 (Sorry!  Couldn't help myself!  LOL)

[spirit of norm smith 16,615]

Agree the coaches must take a lot of the heat right now as well. 

[Superunknown 4,240]

@FNQ Demon @pineapple dee I think you’re both in Port D. I will be at the pub in my #13 demons top for the pies game. The pub on macrossan with the big screen tv outdoors

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,013]

5 hours ago, Megatron said:

Didn’t Oscar play his school footy as a forward? Why not throw him down there and May back if he’s back in. May as well coz his confidence is shot as a defender at the moment. 

Goody said in his presser that he’s throwing some players around to see what flexibility they may have to offer. 

Smart. Bailey didn't say that was what he was doing and was accused of tanking, By stating in advance that you'e doing it to look at flexibility, he's prepared his defence in advance.

I can't see any future with C Wagner so I'd rather play Stretch to see whether he might be worth keeping. May and Hore should both come in, one for Oscar McD and the other for either Lever (if injured) or (gulp!) Brayshaw who looks horribly out of sorts. I don't think Preuss, Baker or Dunkley deserve their places, either, but I'd like to keep giving them game time.  

[whatwhat say what 23,425]

14 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Smart. Bailey didn't say that was what he was doing and was accused of tanking, By stating in advance that you'e doing it to look at flexibility, he's prepared his defence in advance.

I can't see any future with C Wagner so I'd rather play Stretch to see whether he might be worth keeping. May and Hore should both come in, one for Oscar McD and the other for either Lever (if injured) or (gulp!) Brayshaw who looks horribly out of sorts. I don't think Preuss, Baker or Dunkley deserve their places, either, but I'd like to keep giving them game time.  

I hope he is true to this then 

Start by playing Preuss on Cox in the backline

Actually BE radical rather than just say you will be

 

 

[nosoupforme 3,085]

In. May and Hore.          Play OMac at Full Forward and see if he has anything to inspire us. Anything!

Out. Please yourselves. 

All our players to go to and shake the 3 field umpires hand and  simply ask them to give us a fair go and  not feel pity for us as  we are going through the motions. 

I think the excitement l will enjoy from 2019 season is the Draft picks. My Blockbuster for the year.

[In Harmes Way 7,840]

Oscar can't currently keep up with the leading forwards, so I'm not sure why we'd play him in the forward line, except to "bring the ball to ground" which isn't working out so well for us.

I'd like to see the club make a statement of one (or more) of the several players that didn't lay a tackle all game. I can't fathom that. 

[beelzebub 23,390]

Out:  Wynns Black Label  Cab Sav,          Tassie Blue Opal

In:  Pepperjack premium Cut Cab Shiraz,       Gippsland Blue

oh...the footy.

Doesn't matter...whoever we field will just play Collingwood into Finals Form

gotta dash....there's a quad chair with my name on it...........

[picket fence 17,971]

20 hours ago, Sorry kids said:

May, Petty and Fritta would be an interesting experiment.

Why Not?? And Hore comes in for UKNOWWHO!

[Demon3 2,541]

Pruess is a disaster, 1 mark, 6 disposals and 3 of them turnovers. Its not working, out he goes. Put Lever away fro the rest of the Year, what good is it having him play, plus he is so overrated its not funny, sorry i should say that, because he does have elite qualities, he is a great Spolier and his pointing to players in the backline is first class.O-Mac is not good at his job.

Pruess Lever O-Mac - OUT

May Hore Lockhart  - IN 

 

 

[ErmieJones 63]

OUT: Preuss (clearly not ready for AFL level, keep working on his game in the twos), OMAC for obvious reasons.

IN: Hore and May

*If lever is injured, bring in Lockhart.

 

[La Dee-vina Comedia 17,013]

30 minutes ago, Demon3 said:

Pruess is a disaster, 1 mark, 6 disposals and 3 of them turnovers. Its not working, out he goes. Put Lever away fro the rest of the Year, what good is it having him play, plus he is so overrated its not funny, sorry i should say that, because he does have elite qualities, he is a great Spolier and his pointing to players in the backline is first class.O-Mac is not good at his job.

Pruess Lever O-Mac - OUT

May Hore Lockhart  - IN 

 

 

Preuss's major attribute is his tap work. The previous week against St Kilda we played T Smith as the second ruck. My view may differ if I had a look at the replay, but I thought that Smith in the ruck didn't work and we lost that game when Gawn was off the ball and St Kilda took control of the centre. That's why I wanted Preuss to play against Richmond. If there's an alternative to Preuss who can give Gawn decent support, I'm all for playing him. But without T McDonald or Weideman, I think we still need to play Preuss for this reason.

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,244]

On 8/4/2019 at 10:11 AM, dees189227 said:

May walked past me last night after the game and it looked like he was limping. Not sure if the hammy will come up but I hope it does. 

This post seems to have gone under the radar around here.

Apparently he trained well and was border line for the Richmond??

[Demon3 2,541]

7 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Preuss's major attribute is his tap work. The previous week against St Kilda we played T Smith as the second ruck. My view may differ if I had a look at the replay, but I thought that Smith in the ruck didn't work and we lost that game when Gawn was off the ball and St Kilda took control of the centre. That's why I wanted Preuss to play against Richmond. If there's an alternative to Preuss who can give Gawn decent support, I'm all for playing him. But without T McDonald or Weideman, I think we still need to play Preuss for this reason.

Fair comments LD-VC 

[Red and Blue realist 2,058]

I don't agree with those calling for May going forward, if he's back the more games they get with him and lever add in Frost, hore etc. down back together the better it'll be for next year. Don't mind omac going forward because like petty I think they are additions to the backline not keys. 

I'd bring in May and hore and move out Preuss and omac. Put hunt forward again and try going smaller down there

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,244]

If we drop Preuss (and he absolutely deserves to be dropped after that performance) who plays that second ruck role assuming T Smith is unavailable?

[Lord Nev 13,512]

9 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If we drop Preuss (and he absolutely deserves to be dropped after that performance) who plays that second ruck role assuming T Smith is unavailable?

I might be wrong, but I seem to recall Petty taking a handful of ruck contests since playing forward.

[monoccular 17,642]

18 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

I hope he is true to this then 

Start by playing Preuss on Cox in the backline

Actually BE radical rather than just say you will be

 

 

Mmmm .. maybe Preuss to follow Cox wherever he goes (assuming he plays - isn't he under some sort of injury cloud?) ..... meaningless game so experiment time.

17 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If we drop Preuss (and he absolutely deserves to be dropped after that performance) who plays that second ruck role assuming T Smith is unavailable?

Too true.  Petty is just starting to show he is learning as a forward: why not leave him there?

[Red and Blue realist 2,058]

29 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If we drop Preuss (and he absolutely deserves to be dropped after that performance) who plays that second ruck role assuming T Smith is unavailable?

If we bring in May and hore and don't loose lever, then I'd love to see Frost go in there. Try some Frost ball from the centre with no expections

[rjay 25,302]

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Preuss's major attribute is his tap work. The previous week against St Kilda we played T Smith as the second ruck. My view may differ if I had a look at the replay, but I thought that Smith in the ruck didn't work and we lost that game when Gawn was off the ball and St Kilda took control of the centre. That's why I wanted Preuss to play against Richmond. If there's an alternative to Preuss who can give Gawn decent support, I'm all for playing him. But without T McDonald or Weideman, I think we still need to play Preuss for this reason.

 

29 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If we drop Preuss (and he absolutely deserves to be dropped after that performance) who plays that second ruck role assuming T Smith is unavailable?

 

18 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

I might be wrong, but I seem to recall Petty taking a handful of ruck contests since playing forward.

I agree that Smith isn't the answer, we just get totally cleaned up when Max goes for a rest and Pruess does his share in this area.

Unfortunately he's lost any confidence with his hands and can't hold a mark.

I like where 'Nev' is heading here, I would give Petty a run.

The kid is a smart footballer and he has just that little bit of mongrel about him.

Would also be pretty useful around the ground with his marking.

Might as well have some options for next year.

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,244]

1 hour ago, Red and Blue realist said:

If we bring in May and hore and don't loose lever, then I'd love to see Frost go in there. Try some Frost ball from the centre with no expections

Don't mind that to be honest. I can vaguely recall him taking some ruck contests in his early games for the club.

It's a dilemma as Preuss has been an absolute liability since the Bulldogs game (Carlton game he was OK as the sole ruck) but we need someone to compete against Cox as the resting ruck.  

[Demonland 73,478]

Big Cox Out

 

[Robbie57 2,026]

On 8/4/2019 at 12:09 PM, Megatron said:

Didn’t Oscar play his school footy as a forward? Why not throw him down there and May back if he’s back in. May as well coz his confidence is shot as a defender at the moment. 

Goody said in his presser that he’s throwing some players around to see what flexibility they may have to offer. 

Suggested this last week. Take the weight off his shoulders and let him run free for a change, absolutely nothing to lose. 

[sue 9,187]

18 minutes ago, Robbie57 said:

Suggested this last week. Take the weight off his shoulders and let him run free for a change, absolutely nothing to lose. 

Worth a shot.  Just because he gets left behind by forwards doesn't mean that he can't leave them behind.  Maybe as a back he focusses too much on his oppo rather than where the ball is going and thus gets lost.