7 minutes ago, olisik said:

Just can’t see where our improvement on 2020 is going to come from looking at this. 

In fairness our round 1 side was always going to be weak given we have Brown, Weid, Viney, Melksham and Hibberd out.

Be a great result if we can get out of this with a win.

 

1 minute ago, drysdale demon said:

Just because he is named there doesn't mean he is going to play there, you would think that people would wake up to the fact that a lot of positional spots named pregame alter on game day.

Some people are just slow learners drysdale.  Three of the four named on the bench could play on the wing for starters.  Personally I'd like to see Riv given an opportunity there.

4 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Won't stay there - utility negator and tag.

I agree he'll be closer to Fyfe than his wife. 

I have no inside stuff on their relationship...just saying

Pardon my ignorance but who will be the new 23rd man?

3 minutes ago, olisik said:

Ok then, if he doesn’t play there then who does? Whose our 2nd winger based on this team?

Jones? Tmac?

We're going to borrow Omac and sub him in there 

2 minutes ago, olisik said:

Harmes on the wing. Good grief.

Your comments. Good grief.

11 minutes ago, big_red_fire_engine said:

Has Chandler suddenly become an on baller? Team is pretty much right I would personally  play Bowey ahead of Jetta and Chandler ahead of Spargo on form but its a good balance for who is available. 

you would play a little kid like Bowey,the big boys would eat him up,he's 2years away from being an afl player

1 minute ago, Bravo Oskar, Bravo said:

Pardon my ignorance but who will be the new 23rd man?

One of the emergencies.

1 minute ago, Bravo Oskar, Bravo said:

Pardon my ignorance but who will be the new 23rd man?

Chandler or Baker

Absolutely gobsmacked that Chandler misses out. 

1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

In fairness our round 1 side was always going to be weak given we have Brown, Weid, Viney, Melksham and Hibberd out.

Be a great result if we can get out of this with a win.

In contrast to the praccy match against the Tigers, this game will be a good example of what we need to build to make the improvements that we have all (DL) suggested and considered, at length. The Doggies practice match was a poor reflection on our readiness; we were soft.

 

18 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

First game of the year and team selection sucks.

Such a slow team.  Sparrow ahead of Chandler....

Agree - this is a bit of a surprise for me.  Surely with Oliver, Petracca, Harmes, Jordan, Brayshaw we have enough centre square players?  Sparrow is meant to be quick but he hasn't shown anything to suggest he's providing us a point of difference from what we already have (hope to be proven wrong).

To me this suggests that Petracca will be spending more time forward.

18 minutes ago, big_red_fire_engine said:

Has Chandler suddenly become an on baller? Team is pretty much right I would personally  play Bowey ahead of Jetta and Chandler ahead of Spargo on form but its a good balance for who is available. 

Has Spargo suddenly become a footballer.

Lets hope TMac can channel his little brother 

5 minutes ago, kev martin said:

Pickett on the wing.

Harmes a run with role. 

Sparrow centre.

Pettraca rotating mid and forward line.

Well that was easily solved @kev martin ?

6 minutes ago, Jaded said:

It’s an ok team until you hit the forwardline. I worry about the non-Langdon wing too. 
Thank god May is playing. At least our backline and on ball brigade look very strong. 

Great post jaded. My concerns in a nutshell. Esp the reference to God and steven may in the same sentence.

Jones t mac and anb got to be least impressive half forward line in the comp.

 

4 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

In fairness our round 1 side was always going to be weak given we have Brown, Weid, Viney, Melksham and Hibberd out.

Be a great result if we can get out of this with a win.

I feel this way about the the first 10 games of the year. If we can win 5 games without too many new injuries, I'll be somewhat confident, we can finish the season strongly with a forward line in place.

4 minutes ago, forever demons said:

you would play a little kid like Bowey,the big boys would eat him up,he's 2years away from being an afl player

Id play Bowey and Chandler before Spargo! Its a no Brainer

Just now, picket fence said:

Id play Bowey and Chandler before Spargo! Its a no Brainer

You have my vote pf.

I think that Chandler is unlucky, thought he showed more than Jordan against the dogs... still it’s the FD job,

2 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

 

Jones t mac and anb got to be least impressive half forward line in the comp.

 

Here’s hoping Jackson has an appetite, as with that fwd line he’ll need to kick 5+ if we are even to have a chance.

21 minutes ago, big_red_fire_engine said:

Has Chandler suddenly become an on baller? Team is pretty much right I would personally  play Bowey ahead of Jetta and Chandler ahead of Spargo on form but its a good balance for who is available. 

It's the balance of the forward line that worries me, BRFE.

I love Jonesy but I can't think of another side that throws a slow, old bloke in its forward line.

We play a forward half game style. We need to be overloading on small, fast blokes.

As always these days, the listed structure never really matches the constantly changing pattern on field. I for one will be hoping to see a quite dynamic mixing of our onballers at stoppages out of that group.

I'm still in the camp of 'Harmes is best as a tagger with strong counter-attack ability'. 

An interesting show of faith in a couple of veterans, perhaps at a dangerous cost of speed. 

I wonder which of our emergencies will be brought in for the definitely legitimate medical substitute?

4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Id play Bowey and Chandler before Spargo! Its a no Brainer

I love your training reports pickett, but .........

7 minutes ago, forever demons said:

you would play a little kid like Bowey,the big boys would eat him up,he's 2years away from being an afl player

Based on the limited game time against the Dogs, pretty confident he’ll get a game well within 2 years. Looks a likely replacement for Jetta. 
 

Not the done thing on here, but all the best to Sam Switkowski, great local talent who’s had a wretched run with injury, a quick and smart small forward, hope he snags a few tomorrow.