Ultimately there were seven key players who were missing from the side yesterday that, if fit, all need to come on when we play next.

Vanders (grunt and midfield depth), Joel Smith (our third tall defender), Jones (experience and smarts up forward or across midfield), Jackson (pace and height up forward and a decent cutout for Gawny, albeit a green one), Salem (skill and precision from down back), Hannan (a genuine tall small forward who has pace and can mark and can kick long goals) and one of Petty or Weid (the missing third tall marking forward yesterday).  

For those who think Weid will be any sort of answer...............Good luck with that.

18 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Thoughts?

Bennell, Vanders and Smith should all be right by then

 B- Jetta  May Hore

HB- Hunt Lever Salem

C- Langdon Brayshaw Tomlinson

HF- Petracca TMac Fritta

F- Melksham Weideman Pickett

R- Gawn Oliver Viney

I- Hibberd, Lockhart, Bedford, ANB

E- Sparrow, OMac, Jones, Spargo

Need to inject some pace in the backline......the delisting of Frosty was just stupid.

 

17 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Jetta left his man too many times to rush up as well, he has to get discipline in to his game because good teams are always going to open you up on big grounds and you have to let things play out as one on one and have the mids cover off.

Jetta is getting out-of-position, as it were, so much and it is because he plays as a team man - providing assistance (as he sees it during a game) to his teammates under pressure. For three years, at least, he has worn his own opponent and then snuck over to assist a struggling OMac - covering his ( OMac's) man too, so frequently, game after game, struggling with high clearance punches at the ball against a KP tall forward as OMac is still bringing up the rear some 15 metres away (ie: OMac cannot keep pace with any opponent). Good onyer, Nev, for trying. You can see the weaknesses, as well as we can. That is perhaps the reason why I have never seen you pass the ball to OMac by foot. 

17 hours ago, Sick2deeath said:

tmac back Oscar out

Now we're talking good sense. Backed with Hore and Rivers. 

19 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

B: LOCKHART, MAY, LEVER

HB: SALEM, T.MCDONALD, RIVERS

C : LANGDON, PETRACCA, TOMLINSON

HF: PICKETT, JACKSON, JONES

F: BEDFORD, FRITSCH, MELKSHAM

FOLL: GAWN, OLIVER, VINEY

IC: WEIDEMAN, HARMES, SPARROW, HORE

COACH: YZE

Out Hore in Petty to CHF

1 hour ago, loges said:

For those who think Weid will be any sort of answer...............Good luck with that.

Beg to differ, play out of position in Marsh. Runs hard and prepared to present. (Iron hands but that will come I think). Much better option than Brown. 

I certainly hope it comes Robbie, we certainly need it, but I've seen him not prepared to present. It's his fifth season now when is it going to happen?

1 hour ago, chookrat said:

Bennell, Vanders and Smith should all be right by then

The most silver of silver linings

6 hours ago, Pitchy said:

Also it's impossible to describe how much we needed Jack Martin. And we had the pick. But instead of selling him on our culture we let him go to Carlton. He kicked 4.1 and was creative going into F50 against the premiers. 

Another example of us not being a ruthless club.

We had 4 weeks to convince J Martin to come to the club. And he would've come too if he wanted to continue his career.

I don't buy into the fact that he ONLY wanted to play for Carlton. The year before he ONLY wanted to play for Essendon. I think he wanted out of GC more than wanting to play for Carlton.

Edited March 23, 20205 yr by Bring-Back-Powell

We missed Jones yesterday.

One of the rare players on this list that can kick a football and make half decent decisions.

3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Another example of us not being a ruthless club.

We had 4 weeks to convince J Martin to come to the club. And he would've come too if he wanted to continue his career.

I don't buy into the fact that he ONLY wanted to play for Carlton. The year before he ONLY wanted to play for Essendon. I think he wanted out of GC more than wanting to play for Carlton.

He wanted ridiculous money that only Carlton was prepared to pay him

23 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

OUT:

Spargo - delisted

Hibberd - retired

IN:

A tall forward option

A midfielder with a brain

Ditto

1 hour ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

He wanted ridiculous money that only Carlton was prepared to pay him

Don't let facts get in the way of a Deelanders opportunity to lay the boots into the club

10 hours ago, Pitchy said:

Also it's impossible to describe how much we needed Jack Martin. And we had the pick. But instead of selling him on our culture we let him go to Carlton. He kicked 4.1 and was creative going into F50 against the premiers. 

One of the smartest posts on this site for a long time. Another case of just rolling over and accepting mediocrity. 

Hore? Miles off being an AFL player and is unlikely to improve much more. Better to blood Rivers and invest for 2021 and 22.

21 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

We missed Jones yesterday.

One of the rare players on this list that can kick a football and make half decent decisions.

 

Agreed .... and runs to space, uses space once found (nearly always within a 5-metre radius of the pack), and runs on in support of an attacking play by the team to receive/offload support in tight, if needed.

Unfortunately i don't believe Round 2 will be till next year, if we are lucky.

Listening to the PM last night, it was inferred that the current restrictions (and worse) will be around for a long long time. 

The Spanish Flu pandemic lasted 2 years from January 1918 to December 1920.

Edited March 24, 20205 yr by Neil Crompton
add note

If Spargo plays another game then we really are stuffed..

If we think O MACS one game "Blinder" is promise of things to come?? Think again

If we think Max can ruck all day with a Brown as back up ... Think again

If Hibberd is not finished .. Then Think again

If Nev .. in spite of heroics isn't near the end?? Think again

If selling one of the few with Pace "Sam Frost" was a masterstroke... Think again

If we think Bailey is a Key Forward.. Think again!

If we think Tommy Mac can play..... Think again!

IF IF we think Simon Goodwin is the messiah .. who will lead us out of the Desert???? 

TAKE A TATTSLOTTO TICKET go the bed and wake up to find???

Sheeit I got 20 Cents under my pillow and I never lost any teeth!

YEAH.... SHORT CHANGED YET AGAIN!

On 3/23/2020 at 11:20 AM, Pitchy said:

Also it's impossible to describe how much we needed Jack Martin. And we had the pick. But instead of selling him on our culture we let him go to Carlton. He kicked 4.1 and was creative going into F50 against the premiers. 

TYPICAL MFC SOFT SO BLOODY SOFT!!

On 3/23/2020 at 8:53 PM, whatwhatsaywhat said:

He wanted ridiculous money that only Carlton was prepared to pay him

Yeah matchwinners are like that!!!!!!!

35 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Yeah matchwinners are like that!!!!!!!

what's the win:loss record for games jack martin has played in? not including those that he's been injured in...

he's not that good

Edited March 27, 20205 yr by whatwhatsaywhat

Oh what a perfect afternoon to be at the G watching our boys play there first home game. The suns out, a 1:45 game. Oh well 

Ok OUT Spargo never to play again.

Brown was average but can see some advantages!

Need Weeds to step up!