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B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

 
  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

Not sure about tmc at chf but hope gets back to form,imagine if that front 6 were all in form they would be very hard to beat.On paper thats a finals forward line

Would love to see some youngsters.

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Practice Match Team

B  Lockhart May Lever

HB  Rivers Tomlinson Hunt 

C  Langdon Petracca Salem

HF  Spargo McDonald Fritsch

F  Pickett B.Brown Weideman  

R  Gawn Oliver Viney

Inter. Melksham Baker Rosman Harmes Jackson Sparrow Jordan Neal-Bullen

Not ready for Match Practice Yet. Hibberd Brayshaw Petty vandenBerg

This list is our best 30 players from 2020 list and our new recruits.

Bowey Laurie and Bedford could be included if form or injury warrant.
 

  On 28/01/2021 at 19:45, 58er said:

Practice Match Team

B  Lockhart May Lever

HB  Rivers Tomlinson Hunt 

C  Langdon Petracca Salem

HF  Spargo McDonald Fritsch

F  Pickett B.Brown Weideman  

R  Gawn Oliver Viney

Inter. Melksham Baker Rosman Harmes Jackson Sparrow Jordan Neal-Bullen

Not ready for Match Practice Yet. Hibberd Brayshaw Petty vandenBerg

This list is our best 30 players from 2020 list and our new recruits.

Bowey Laurie and Bedford could be included if form or injury warrant.
 

Sorry Apologies to Lord Nev and Joel Smith who both could have been in Interchange or if not fit enough in that category.


  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

Not sure why you think Pickett is not in our best starting side??

  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

Do we have a practice match this weekend??

  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

Three talls up front won't work. May in his article on the AFL website yesterday stated the plan this year was to lock the ball into forward 50 so we need more smalls for that.

TMac and Melksham out for Spargo and next best small (whoever is training the best, perhaps one of the newbies)

 
  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

I wouldn't have Tmac starting at CHF with Jackson Brown and Weideman there.. Way too tall.

  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

Hard to imagine our best 22 with Tmac starting at CHF after his performance over the last 2 years. I don't care how fit he looks this pre-season needs to earn his way back into the side. 


I assume we have two practice matches.

One where we arrange with another team - ie- North at Arden Street last year. This game would probably involve a bit of experimenting.

The other being an official pre-season game, which would be the full dress rehearsal. 

  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

Usually practice matches are a chance to play players in different roles or play players not in the 22 to see how they perform under match conditions against another team. No team ever plays their best 22 in a practice match.

Do we have a practice match this week or is the OP referring to the Preseason Comp?

It's starting to feel a lot like FOOTBALL !

 

 

 

 

smile...

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  On 28/01/2021 at 21:30, Smokey said:

Hard to imagine our best 22 with Tmac starting at CHF after his performance over the last 2 years. I don't care how fit he looks this pre-season needs to earn his way back into the side. 

It’s a practice match I think they will trial the 4 talls if not put in Lockhart 

 

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  On 28/01/2021 at 22:04, Lefty said:

Usually practice matches are a chance to play players in different roles or play players not in the 22 to see how they perform under match conditions against another team. No team ever plays their best 22 in a practice match.

Do we have a practice match this week or is the OP referring to the Preseason Comp?

That’s not true the last few years have played our strongest side in the pre season comp

No we don’t have a practice match this week we don’t know who we playing yet I’m getting in early


can't see the likes of hibberd and brayshaw (or petty and hore) being part of any practice match situation

i think we are allowed play a six man bench in the practice games?

  On 28/01/2021 at 17:03, WERRIDEE said:

B: Hibberd, May, Lever

HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Rivers

C : Langdon, Petracca, Baker

HF: Melksham, McDonald, Fritsch

F: Pickett, B.Brown, Weideman

FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, vandenBerg, Neal-Bullen, Spargo, Sparrow, Jordon

 

Play the strongest team possible rest Brayshaw make sure he is right for round 1.

Works in a practice match with the larger interchange, but that forward line is probably too tall.

We're still missing the small forwards we need to consistently win games. I know we drafted that way but until they're up and running, I reckon we could be looking at more of the same.

At least one of TMc, Jackson, Weideman or BBrown had to miss out on a weekly basis.

  On 28/01/2021 at 22:09, WERRIDEE said:

It’s a practice match I think they will trial the 4 talls if not put in Lockhart 

 

Well what is it, play our strongest team or trial things? 

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  On 28/01/2021 at 22:21, Smokey said:

Well what is it, play our strongest team or trial things? 

McDonalds pre season form is too hard to ignore so it would be playing their strongest team like Jordon that’s why I have him front of Lockhart

  On 28/01/2021 at 21:02, Doug Reemer said:

I wouldn't have Tmac starting at CHF with Jackson Brown and Weideman there.. Way too tall.

players regularly will sub out at HT/3QT in praccy matches, i'd imagine Brown would probably come out at some point maybe same as jackson to not over work them early on.

Similarly hibbo and jones would feature sporadically allowing nietschke/bowey/laurie the likes a feel for it for a quarter here or there

can also see viney/gawn sitting out say a final quarter to allow jacko to ruck and sparrow/jordon to feature inside 


  On 28/01/2021 at 22:20, Cheesy D. Pun said:

Works in a practice match with the larger interchange, but that forward line is probably too tall.

We're still missing the small forwards we need to consistently win games. I know we drafted that way but until they're up and running, I reckon we could be looking at more of the same.

At least one of TMc, Jackson, Weideman or BBrown had to miss out on a weekly basis.

spargo and pickett another year and more mature should be improved and provide the small forward players you refer too

  On 28/01/2021 at 23:50, Pickett2Jackson said:

Is Tomlinson definitely locked in as a defender now?  Is he really that good back there?

I thought he was fairly serviceable last year. He's no star, but he appears to hold his own down back mostly.  

 

Rather than trial players in other positions, why not pick the player that plays that position the best and most professionally and let them show it in a practice match? Scratch matches and training are good spots to try other positions.

I think we seem to be experimenting players in other positions too much in the Goody years.

  On 29/01/2021 at 01:05, Smokey said:

I thought he was fairly serviceable last year. He's no star, but he appears to hold his own down back mostly.  

He did some nice things for sure.  This is likely his first ever preseason as a defender so that can only help.


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