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Posted
9 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Only thing I'll say on this, is that Hunt has been given a crack this year and, for the most part, done little with it.

Time to give Charlie a crack and see if he can do better.

Agree that Hunt was disappointing in his 3 appearances this year albeit 3 goals v the Blues. However he did kick 21.10 with 18 GA's in his 21 games last year. Offers more than Spargs IMO.

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1 minute ago, M_9 said:

Agree that Hunt was disappointing in his 3 appearances this year albeit 3 goals v the Blues. However he did kick 21.10 with 18 GA's in his 21 games last year. Offers more than Spargs IMO.

Won't argue that Hunt wasn't handy last season.  His stats are proof of that.

But he is well off the boil this season.  Happy to back in the Spargo selection until late tomorrow night when he doesn't do much and I eat some delicious humble pie. ;)

Posted
7 minutes ago, M_9 said:

Agree that Hunt was disappointing in his 3 appearances this year albeit 3 goals v the Blues. However he did kick 21.10 with 18 GA's in his 21 games last year. Offers more than Spargs IMO.

Everyone offers more than Spargo. He had his chance against the Eagles and stuffed it. WOEFUL FOOTBALLER. 

Posted
31 minutes ago, Purple77 said:

I dunno what the point is in having Preuss if we don't play him for this exact scenario.

EXACTLY. HE MUST BE ABSOLUTELY [censored]&(ED OFF THAT HE SIGNED WITH US. THERES PLENTY OF CLUBS THAT COULD USE HIM. HES SEEMS UNWANTED BY GOODWIN 

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Posted
24 minutes ago, dimmy said:

Apart from that you seem happy with the team selection. ??

 

Thought they should've rested Jones, don't know how he'll fire up after such a short turn around.

Posted
1 minute ago, cantstandyasam said:

Thought they should've rested Jones, don't know how he'll fire up after such a short turn around.

Jones is a has been shouldn't be in the side clanger king.

Posted
16 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Developing.

To me, he deserves a run at it.  Hunt got his chance and did little with it.  Bennell has been hot and cold.  Time to give Charlie a game or two and see if he can cement a spot in the side going forward.  He's shown he is capable of doing it.

He's a smart player he just needs to play to his strengths and not cough up the ball.

 

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Posted

No problem with these selection except for the Spag Bol. 
 

looking at the comments here, if North have as much trouble working out who rucks when and what our forwards set up is going to be, then Goody may have pulled off a selection masterstroke. 
 

if, however, we come second in a two horse race, he will be a long time scraping egg off face.

Spag Bol for El Capitan

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Posted
21 minutes ago, Kent said:

Almost 2 years ago Wise Where has he been?

When is Wise right? He's a clown. Spargo is a disgraceful selection.

Posted (edited)
25 minutes ago, Kent said:

SPARGO HAS SHOWN NOTHING 

VERY POOR SELECTION

RATHER GIVE HUNT ANOTHER GO AND PLAY HIM WHERE HE IS MOST DAMAGING

Are you really picket fence?

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Rivers May Lever

Hibberd Tomlinson Salem

Langdon Brayshaw Harmes

Melksham Tmcd Hannan

Fritsch Weid Pickett

Jackson Petracca Oliver

Jones Sparrow Vandenburg..... Spargo 

really will miss Gawn and Viney and Lockhart.  Lockhart has played really well over the past 3 weeks and whilst big in stats, his tackles and smothers and spoils and pace as a back pocket has been excellent.  They need to be back for the Pies clash. 
 

Dangers are clearly Higgins, Goldstein, Polec and I think Zurhaar and Jed Anderson with their pace in the forward line. 

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Well that's a season ending selection of ins.

SG does it again.  Roll on 2021.

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Posted
43 minutes ago, Kent said:

Good grief i have been waiting all evening for this

Spargo and T mac Selection equals committee  lost plot

Tmac is not right cant run cant catch cant turn cant kick  the game has passed him by 

Spargo is vertically challenged with zero footy smarts

Why employ Preuss if not for this scenario

Tmac has played and shown nothing. Preuss at least may really want to play and perform against his old club

gobsmacked>

 

Yes it does seem very strange from the outside

Goodwin still needs to perform

He aint safe...

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Posted

Given the bizarre nature of the season, I could sort of understand the changes.

That is until I read on the Melb website that Jackson " will be taking the number 1 ruck duties" !!!!! 

That is crazy! Goldy will be too strong and too experienced for him. I can't see it doing any good for his confidence or his body. 

I assumed Tmac would ruck against Goldy and aim to at least nullify his hit outs and then we rely on our strong mids.

WTF is Pruess by the way

I don't get it.

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Posted
1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Rivers May Lever

Hibberd Tomlinson Salem

Langdon Brayshaw Harmes

Melksham Tmcd Hannan

Fritsch Weid Pickett

Jackson Petracca Oliver

Jones Sparrow Vandenburg..... Spargo 

really will miss Gawn and Viney and Lockhart.  Lockhart has played really well over the past 3 weeks and whilst big in stats, his tackles and smothers and spoils and pace as a back pocket has been excellent.  They need to be back for the Pies clash. 
 

Dangers are clearly Higgins, Goldstein, Polec and I think Zurhaar and Jed Anderson with their pace in the forward line. 

They don't have much do they North Higgins and Goldstein. Polec was dropped 2 weeks ago and Zurhaar and Anderson are just average. The question is can Brayshaw get any where near Viney's level and can Jackson get any where near Gawn's level if they can we should win easily but if they can't we will struggle I think we will win anyway North have proven they can't win without Cunnington and Ziebell and Brown to that equation then they shouldn't get close.

Posted
44 minutes ago, Kent said:

Good grief i have been waiting all evening for this

Spargo and T mac Selection equals committee  lost plot

Tmac is not right cant run cant catch cant turn cant kick  the game has passed him by 

Spargo is vertically challenged with zero footy smarts

Why employ Preuss if not for this scenario

Tmac has played and shown nothing. Preuss at least may really want to play and perform against his old club

gobsmacked>

 

Easily in SG & Co's top 10 worst ever committee results.  And that's saying something.

T-Mac is Gawnsky and Spargo is bottom of the small man rung at the club.

Goody still experimenting with the season on the line.  What a donkey.

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I am a bit surprised that Prusss was not picked. On about $500,000 a game he is our most expensive player. Just looking at the teams, I think the Dees might win this one. We just have too many players that should win their positions. I think it will be an ugly game though.


Posted
2 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Given the bizarre nature of the season, I could sort of understand the changes.

That is until I read on the Melb website that Jackson " will be taking the number 1 ruck duties" !!!!! 

That is crazy! Goldy will be too strong and too experienced for him. I can't see it doing any good for his confidence or his body. 

I assumed Tmac would ruck against Goldy and aim to at least nullify his hit outs and then we rely on our strong mids.

WTF is Pruess by the way

I don't get it.

Thanks Uncle....Pruess sitting around for this exact scenario but let's bring back T-Mac .  Just as LJ was finding some touch up forward let's throw him into the ruck against the hulking Goldy so he can get mashed.

There's an old saying i live by ..."If you don"t be bloody stupid you'll be alright".

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I must be in the minority but if McDonald is 100% fit, I am happy with him and Jackson sharing the ruck. I would have been much happier if Max rested last game rather than this one though. 

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Normally I would have preferred Preuss, but the fact he hasn’t played any sort of game in however long makes it hard.

Not a fan of the Spargo selection, but let’s see.

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Posted
23 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Rivers May Lever

Hibberd Tomlinson Salem

Langdon Brayshaw Harmes

Melksham Tmcd Hannan

Fritsch Weid Pickett

Jackson Petracca Oliver

Jones Sparrow Vandenburg..... Spargo 

really will miss Gawn and Viney and Lockhart.  Lockhart has played really well over the past 3 weeks and whilst big in stats, his tackles and smothers and spoils and pace as a back pocket has been excellent.  They need to be back for the Pies clash. 
 

Dangers are clearly Higgins, Goldstein, Polec and I think Zurhaar and Jed Anderson with their pace in the forward line. 

B: SALEM, MAY, LEVER

HB: HARMES, TOMLINSON, HIBBERD

C : LANGDON, PETRACCA, VANDENBERG

HF: MELKSHAM, T.MCDONALD, HANNAN

F: FRITSCH, WEIDEMAN, PICKETT

FOLL: JACKSON, OLIVER, BRAYSHAW

IC: JONES, SPARROW, SPARGO, RIVERS

 

We have 7 defenders so I think Harmes will definitely be back.

Jones and Sparrow in the midfield.

Spargo forward but I think he could spend time in the middle, it's worth a shot he's not a forward.

Rivers as the 7th defender.

Posted
18 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

Thanks Uncle....Pruess sitting around for this exact scenario but let's bring back T-Mac .  Just as LJ was finding some touch up forward let's throw him into the ruck against the hulking Goldy so he can get mashed.

There's an old saying i live by ..."If you don"t be bloody stupid you'll be alright".

I think we will share the ruck, Tom at the centre bounces, Jacko up forward and Tomlinson down back.

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I really don’t like us constantly calling our players ‘spuds’.  Paging Werridee, you’ve have made it abundantly clear via umpteen posts in this thread alone, that you think he is one (a spud) but remember he is one us, trains hard, bleeds red and blue every time he represents us in battle.  Give Charlie a chance ? you never know he might surprise us all.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Kent said:

SPARGO HAS SHOWN NOTHING 

VERY POOR SELECTION

RATHER GIVE HUNT ANOTHER GO AND PLAY HIM WHERE HE IS MOST DAMAGING

Have a look at Hunts last couple of games. Pathetic. He should be in the team but he lost the chance. Show some intensity and consistency and he might stay in. 

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