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TEAMS: Rd 16 vs Fremantle

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14 hours ago, Win4theAges said:

Bennell is finished mate, no intensity what so ever.

Trains well though.

I tend to agree. i'd give him one more and a full pre-season to see where he is at. Coming off a multi-year hiatus, need to give him the benefit of doubt that his first year was always going to be like this.

Basically has been injury free, played a few games etc - we all knew he wasnt going to tear the house down.

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    120 point spread for me we could win by 10 goals or lose by 10 goals but +1 would be fine thanks.

     

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    2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    Is that 17 changes in 3 games?

     

     

    Nothing to see here, all under 

    Basically we need to be ruthless and cut quite a few from the list almost to the point of rebuilding. At this stage we seem to be going in circles. 

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    People said the same things re 6 changes before the St. Kilda game. Thought it would be obvious to most the side looked flat and tired during the Swans game and now it's a four day break, needed a freshen up. Can't understand why Lockhart is not playing though.

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    34 minutes ago, CYB said:

    I tend to agree. i'd give him one more and a full pre-season to see where he is at. Coming off a multi-year hiatus, need to give him the benefit of doubt that his first year was always going to be like this.

    Basically has been injury free, played a few games etc - we all knew he wasnt going to tear the house down.

    Bennell is a punt. The club haven’t risked a whole lot but there’s plenty of upside if he comes right. There are a few others on the list who have hit their ceiling and should be let go before Bennell. Worth persevering with for another year imv.

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    20 hours ago, Elegt said:

    Probably the best lot of changes we have made this year, however Smith should not be in the squad, and he should be in the forward line if selected. Unfortunately Goodwin has made these changes too late in the year when he really needed to make them earlier in the year, his biggest fault is that he is too slow to make change. It gives me relief to see Jones, Spargo, Wagner and Omac out of the side,  4 massive spuds [I still love Jones though]

     

    20 hours ago, Elegt said:

    Finally we may not have a slow plodder on the wing for once!! Ain't it amazing to see Goodwin elect genuine wingers to play on the wing 

     

    20 hours ago, Elegt said:

    Yep and yep. Not quite sure why its taken so long to inject some pace though

     

    19 hours ago, Elegt said:

    His intensity is a worry but he seems to be the only one who can hit a target in the fwd line

     

    19 hours ago, Elegt said:

    No. I think they are great changes and you see these players will give 100% instead of the spuds we had in last week

    Wow you're more confident of a good outcome this week than me.

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    2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

    Basically we need to be ruthless and cut quite a few from the list almost to the point of rebuilding. At this stage we seem to be going in circles. 

    What's more they are ever decreasing circles deever and we run the risk of finishing with our head totally up own [censored].

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    FYI ...

    Average Attributes
      Melbourne Attribute Fremantle  
    188.0cm Height 188.0cm
    87.8kg Weight 88.6kg
    24yr 11mth Age 25yr 1mth
    78.9 Games 92.8
     
     
    Total Players By Games
      Melbourne Games Fremantle  
    8 Less than 50 7
    6 50 to 99 8
    5 100 to 149 3
    3 150 or more 4
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    i just can't see how we're going to compete with their depth of midfielders

    fyfe, mundy, walters, brayshaw, serong, cerra

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    oliver, petracca, viney, langdon

    we're going to be VERY reliant upon melksham, avb, anb, tomlinson, baker and perhaps even salem and rivers contributing well

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    1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

    Does anyone else question anb being in the team?

    weekly but he wasnt the worst player out there last week and probably deserves his spot for this week only. + no other alternatives (i imagine spargo is more of a management than a dropped) i like his pressure. i want to see him get some continuity in the side

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    7 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    Is that 17 changes in 3 games?

     

     

    Nothing to see here, all under control....

    Nothing to see here, all under control.............................??????

     

    There ain't nothing under control in Demonland

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    What do we lose from Jones, O Mac, Harmes, Wagner, Brown and Spargo - very little based on recent output.  Gus is the only one that hurts but he has had an OK season only

    coming in with have experience and hardness with Vanders and Hibbo. excitement and speed with Kozzi and Bedford. and who knows with Baker, Hunt and Pruess

    Go DEMONS!

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    4 hours ago, Pollyanna said:

     

     

     

     

    Wow you're more confident of a good outcome this week than me.

    Yep. We will win this one

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