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CHANGES: Rd 04 vs Geelong

Elwood 3184
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i would bring brown and possibly Weids back into the forward line and move Tom to the backline maybe give smith a rest.

 
3 hours ago, Pates said:

I like Hannan a lot but I agree, two weeks in a row Brown pulls out some goals, it shouldn’t be ignored. Our forward line looks short without one of Weids or Brown in there as well. I really wanted to see Sam do well in the intra-club but it looks like Brown has the form. 

Brown was dropped after 1 game in which everyone agreed the forward delivery was rubbish.

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    No change. It's the best team we have formed for a long while, why change it?

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    7 hours ago, Pates said:

    I really wanted to see Sam do well in the intra-club but it looks like Brown has the form. 

    You may be right of course, but all we have from the intra-club is the play leading to the goals, which isn't much. We don't really know who was playing where, what they were asked to do - we don't even know how long they played or who might have been rested etc.

    Difficult to draw conclusions, but if they were going to stick with Jackson for Essendon, would imagine they'll do the same for Geelong. But what would I know?


    16 hours ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    Is he,  really.    He is elite on Statistics.   But  we've played better footy when his been inured. 

     

    What I am getting at is...  he would be so much more effective,  if he takes more marks around the ground,  without going to ground.  And also he has to,  IMV,   get forward and mark more often.

    We need him to add goals,  and also to Split packs,  forward/midfield.. 

    I'd prefer another tall to take marks positioned kick behind play.   and I'd like to see Tomlinson, Brown & Gawn taking midfield marks and from kick-outs.

    I wish we had  a go for Finlayson at the time

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    20 hours ago, Demons3031 said:

    Does any one have the current injury list? Its been nagging me as to who we might be missing most up forward - Harrison Petty came to mind. I also think Smith has a bit to offer there too to charge things up a bit mark and goal kicker wise. With Bennell, Lochhart and  Pickett at their feet and Hunt too.

    Here is the current injury list based on last weeks list and no announced injuries yet from the scratch match.

     

      PLAYER INJURY LENGTH
    PREUSS Braydon.png Braydon Preuss Achilles 2-3 Weeks
    HORE Marty.png Marty Hore Toe 4-6 Weeks
    PETTY Harrison.png Harry Petty Groin Indefinite
    KOLODJASHNIJ Kade.png Kade Kolodjashnij Head Indefinite
    NIETSCHKE Aaron.png Aaron Nietschke Knee Season

     

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    Interesting to hear that Teague's recipe to beat Geelong was to isolate Geelong's defenders, making it next to impossible for them to zone off and start their forward run from their half back line (which is how they love to play).

    With that in mind, I want to see Melksham tag Stewart and make him accountable.  I want to see TMc go to Blicavs, which leaves Harry Taylor.  I'd bring in Brown or Weid to play on Taylor (Brown if all the highlights we've seen are all the highlights).  Have Hunt playing on Tuohy.

    I'm reluctant to make a change, but could see Brown for Hannan (unlucky for Mitch, I'm a fan, but I think it gives us better balance).

    Realistically, Geelong should be an easy team to match up on for us.  We have players that should be able to beat most of theirs, but our consistency across 4 quarters is what always brings us unstuck against this mob.  When we get it right, we generally outplay them.

     

     

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    24 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

    Interesting to hear that Teague's recipe to beat Geelong was to isolate Geelong's defenders, making it next to impossible for them to zone off and start their forward run from their half back line (which is how they love to play).

    With that in mind, I want to see Melksham tag Stewart and make him accountable.  I want to see TMc go to Blicavs, which leaves Harry Taylor.  I'd bring in Brown or Weid to play on Taylor (Brown if all the highlights we've seen are all the highlights).  Have Hunt playing on Tuohy.

    I'm reluctant to make a change, but could see Brown for Hannan (unlucky for Mitch, I'm a fan, but I think it gives us better balance).

    Realistically, Geelong should be an easy team to match up on for us.  We have players that should be able to beat most of theirs, but our consistency across 4 quarters is what always brings us unstuck against this mob.  When we get it right, we generally outplay them.

     

     

    Petracca,  one-on-one with Danger,  would be an interesting watch.  And a real challenge for Tracca.

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    59 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

    Damn, now we are no chance.

     

    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

     

    Meanwhile ‘superstar‘ Harrison Petty is set to undergo surgery. There goes our hopes of finals

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    3 hours ago, The Chazz said:

    Interesting to hear that Teague's recipe to beat Geelong was to isolate Geelong's defenders, making it next to impossible for them to zone off and start their forward run from their half back line (which is how they love to play).

    With that in mind, I want to see Melksham tag Stewart and make him accountable.  I want to see TMc go to Blicavs, which leaves Harry Taylor.  I'd bring in Brown or Weid to play on Taylor (Brown if all the highlights we've seen are all the highlights).  Have Hunt playing on Tuohy.

    I'm reluctant to make a change, but could see Brown for Hannan (unlucky for Mitch, I'm a fan, but I think it gives us better balance).

    Realistically, Geelong should be an easy team to match up on for us.  We have players that should be able to beat most of theirs, but our consistency across 4 quarters is what always brings us unstuck against this mob.  When we get it right, we generally outplay them.

    The thing Carlton did well to create one on ones inside 50 or at least let their big boys fly with a good chance was put on an excellent display of switch kicking and spread running. It's something few teams ever achieve down at Geelong. Docherty, Simpson, Weitering and SPS in particular kicked beautifully and they spread really well. They timed their leads so they had a target moving in to a space 30-40m behind a player who had led to 20m up to create pockets to kick in to and hit those pockets.

    I don't think you can tag Stewart. He's going to go where he wants to go, and if you play narrow and safe he'll be the extra defender at the contest.

    Salem, Harmes and Rivers hitting the switches and the wings/half forwards providing the options might be more important than the big forwards winning match ups. For that reason I'd stay smaller and quicker and keep rotations high running for those options.

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    24 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    The thing Carlton did well to create one on ones inside 50 or at least let their big boys fly with a good chance was put on an excellent display of switch kicking and spread running. It's something few teams ever achieve down at Geelong. Docherty, Simpson, Weitering and SPS in particular kicked beautifully and they spread really well. They timed their leads so they had a target moving in to a space 30-40m behind a player who had led to 20m up to create pockets to kick in to and hit those pockets.

    I don't think you can tag Stewart. He's going to go where he wants to go, and if you play narrow and safe he'll be the extra defender at the contest.

    Salem, Harmes and Rivers hitting the switches and the wings/half forwards providing the options might be more important than the big forwards winning match ups. For that reason I'd stay smaller and quicker and keep rotations high running for those options.

    You stop Stewart from going where he wants by getting Melksham to tag him.  Melksham then makes him accountable because he is strong on both sides, is good at ground level, and can kick goals.  If need be, he drags him to the goal square, and you clear the forward line out.

    Stewart is a very vulnerable defender if matched up right, the above is the easiest and best way to exploit this.


    1 hour ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

     

    Meanwhile ‘superstar‘ Harrison Petty is set to undergo surgery. There goes our hopes of finals

    The only key position player on our list who can take a mark at its highest point and is almost un-spoilable.

    Yes it is a big loss.

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    On 6/21/2020 at 12:08 AM, Elwood 3184 said:

    Has Jones done enough to earn a recall?

    Forget Jones, what we need are Key marking Forwards!!

    10 hours ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    Bing181, They dropped Jackson for Essenon.

    Of course they did. Egg. Face.

    8 hours ago, Kent said:

    I wish we had  a go for Finlayson at the time

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    14 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    First player ever to be dropped despite not playing a game??

    Haha probably! I like him, I just think we picked that team for a possibly wet day and our forward line against Geelong would be better off with two talls. Toss up between him and vandenBerg, but thought vB's grunt might be handy after our second half clearance struggles against the Blues.

    13 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    That's actually a good out for us, if the good Stanley was planning on turning up.

    unfortunate for him but at least this week we can a bit of luck our way 

    we need as much luck as we can (general luck - not hoping for players to be injured) 

     
    23 minutes ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    Who is Geelongs ruckman with Rhys Stanley now out injured?

    good question I assume Blicavs/Ratugolea? 

     


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