Preuss is injured so he wont be going.

So in taking 33, does that mean the end of any sort of match practice till the full squad is back together?

We'll effectively be be splitting our scratch match team in half with the 7 or so non-injured players staying in Melbourne and the other 7 that are in the hub, but not named in the 22 + 4 emergencies.

 

 

Can we leave some of the coaches behind as well? 

11 hours ago, Jaded said:

Viney is going. If he wasn’t we would have heard by now given he’s our vice captain. 
You maybe right re: older players not being senior like Wagner or Preuss. Although we would need Preuss for insurance if Gawn gets injured. 
Jones is the one who may have decided to stay back. Can’t blame him. He should be playing. If he can’t crack the team in our current horrid form why bother wasting time in the hub away from the family?

Why should he be? He was done last year, and has gone backwards this year.

Can we leave Goodwin, Mahoney, Pert, and Richardson out of the hub and replace them with Watts, Kent, Martin, Frost, and Hogan?

 

10 hours ago, Nascent said:

We could probably predict the most likely candidates based on the selected 22 today + emergencies and likely additions.

22 from today vs Richmond

1. May
2. Salem
3. Harmes
4. Petraccca
5. Viney
6. Lever
7. Brayshaw
8. Gawn
9. Oliver
10. Hibberd
11. Langdon
12. Melksham
13. Hannan
14. Tomlinson
15. Vandenberg
16. Rivers
17. T. McDonald
18. Hunt
19. Fritsch
20. Pickett
21. Lockhart
22. Smith

Emergencies

1. Spargo
2. O. McDonald
3. Jackson
4. Brown

Next 7 likely candidates

1. Jones
2. Bennell
3. Jordan
4. Weideman
5. Neal-Bullen
6. Sparrow
7. Jetta

In the Mix?

1. Bedford
2. Pruess
3. Baker
4. Chandler
5. C. Wagner
6. J. Wagner

Unlikely/Injured

1. Bradtke
2. Dunkley
3. Kolodjashnij
4. Nietschke
5. Hore
6. Petty

Goodwin confirmed Bennell will be going in his post game presser. 

1 minute ago, McQueen said:

Goodwin confirmed Bennell will be going in his post game presser. 

Yes.  I think we will see HB this week v Suns. We need his skill. It will be interesting versus his former team. At least some theatre. 

13 hours ago, Nascent said:

We could probably predict the most likely candidates based on the selected 22 today + emergencies and likely additions.

22 from today vs Richmond

1. May
2. Salem
3. Harmes
4. Petraccca
5. Viney
6. Lever
7. Brayshaw
8. Gawn
9. Oliver
10. Hibberd
11. Langdon
12. Melksham
13. Hannan
14. Tomlinson
15. Vandenberg
16. Rivers
17. T. McDonald
18. Hunt
19. Fritsch
20. Pickett
21. Lockhart
22. Smith

Emergencies

1. Spargo
2. O. McDonald
3. Jackson
4. Brown

Next 7 likely candidates

1. Jones
2. Bennell
3. Jordan
4. Weideman
5. Neal-Bullen
6. Sparrow
7. Jetta

In the Mix?

1. Bedford
2. Pruess
3. Baker
4. Chandler
5. C. Wagner
6. J. Wagner

Unlikely/Injured

1. Bradtke
2. Dunkley
3. Kolodjashnij
4. Nietschke
5. Hore
6. Petty

Replace Jordan and ANB with Bedford and Dunkley and I think you have it right.  If one of the players in Viney, Jones or Jetta don’t go for family reasons then Jordan and C Wagner are next in line.  I personally think the whole group minus injured players should have gone up to at least have the team morale improved a little and avoid a divide within the club. Even on Survivor no one likes to be left behind in the reward challenge. I note most other clubs are taking their whole group. 

NSW has closed the border to all Victorians effective midnight tomorrow night.  Closed to all Melbournians midnight tonight.

The AFL had planned to 'pause' the season after round 10 and bring Vic teams home.

The season post round 10 is in serious jeopardy.

And, if the club thinks it may need any of the players left behind it needs to get them and families out asap.

Edited July 6, 20205 yr by Lucifer's Hero

Viney is going with with and child. The 33 limit is to allow wives and families to go. It would appear that the number taken to the hub is capped. Also note the family are in lockdown and confined to quarters so to speak so it is hardly ideal.

Meanwhile, Melbourne on Sunday night took a group of families to their NSW hub - Jack Viney travelled with his partner Charlotte and nine-day-old baby Mila - while a host of fringe players stay at home.

The struggling Dees have reportedly left Wagner brothers Josh and Corey back-up ruckman Braydon Preuss, among others, in Melbourne to continue training with coaches.

AFL teams head into hubs

IMO, staying behind would be: Hore, KK, Preuss, Nietschke, Petty, Baker, Bradtke, Wagners x2, Chandler, Jordon, Sparrow.

According to the vox populi on this site they're all as sh@t as each other so it shouldn't really matter which 33 we fly up there. 

23 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Quarantine Station at Manly would not be the worst. Been there for a conference and it is good. Nice, relaxed feel and no distractions.

North Head Manly surrounded by the national park with the great vista of Sydney Harbour in the background. The team can lick their wounds and re-group. Maybe Tammy Roos can be co-opted to assist with the spiritual healing?

Edited July 6, 20205 yr by Tarax Club
mind the gap

Wonder if Angus Brayshaw is going up there or is in Perth. According to the Age today he polled voted in the Crows vs Dockers game.

HS website has this headline:  "Nine Demons won’t enter NSW hub".

Can someone get behind the paywall to see who wasn't on the plane. 

Cheers,

9 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

HS website has this headline:  "Nine Demons won’t enter NSW hub".

Can someone get behind the paywall to see who wasn't on the plane. 

Cheers,

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Demons players including Jack Viney, Jake Lever, Tom McDonald, Nathan Jones and Jake Melksham travelled with their families.

Jack Viney’s wife Charlotte only gave birth to daughter Mila Grace in the last fortnight.

But coach Simon Goodwin confirmed after the 27-point loss to Melbourne the club would leave a group behind to ensure the club’s focus was on winning games of football.

Players including Braydon Preuss, Oskar Baker, Josh Wagner and Corey Wagner have been left behind to conduct intensive coaching with several assistant coaches.

 

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The Demons chose the players on their list that were closest to senior selection for the next batch of five games over 32 days.

The Demons left Harley Bennell, Mitch Brown and Sam Weideman out of their side against Richmond despite the club’s continued forward connectivity issues.

They played in a scratch match against Richmond over the weekend at Punt Road.

And while Goodwin will not tip the side on its head there will be intense pressure to play Bennell and one of those key forwards.

The Demons cannot score more than 10 goals so far this year, having cobbled together scores of 51, 54, 44 and 52 points.

They are at 1-3 with a make-up game against Essendon to come, and a loss to the Giants would heap more pressure on them given their expectations of being a premiership contender.

 

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

They are at 1-3 with a make-up game against Essendon to come, and a loss to the Giants would heap more pressure on them given their expectations of being a premiership contender.

When are we playing the Giants?

3 minutes ago, Grimes Times said:

When are we playing the Giants?

dunno......that was a quote from the hun, not from me

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

dunno......that was a quote from the hun, not from me

Yeah I wast asking you the question diasycutter, more pointing out the papers mistake

8 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

dunno......that was a quote from the hun, not from me

Simpletons at the Hun, you can always bank on errors in their articles.

Weideman's photo is in today's paper (The Age) showing him as part of the squad. (Actually, it shows him kissing his partner goodbye). So he's one of the additions.

The other way to look at this is that those who have been left behind must be a fair way behind. Whether that's because of injury or form, probably doesn't matter. The point is, their papers had effectively already been stamped for the next 5 weeks. For those who haven't been injured, that's got to be a strong hint they won't be around in 2021 when it appears that list numbers will be reduced. 

Anyone know where they will train?  Manly oval? 

1 minute ago, Robbie57 said:

Anyone know where they will train?  Manly oval? 

may as well not bother training the way they are playing

Just now, daisycutter said:

may as well not bother training the way they are playing

Indeed, however its not often we get to see them here so i may try and see what training they do attempt. There are not many decent AFL grounds they could use near Manly, possibly middle head. 

 

Q Station Sydney National Park. Manly. North Head. 4 stars. Well located for quarantine. Good walking and team dining facilities.  Not quite the Gold Coast resorts but manageable.  If that’s it.