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Keeping to our structures Petty and M.Brown are the logical choices to come in. Goody just needs to back his system in and the players will perform. Changing the structures by adding a Bedford or Chandler to the forward mix makes us too short on marking and lead up type forward options. As for Petty we just need to get games into him to see what he's made of, otherwise what's the point in keeping these guys? I'd love to see Hibbered in for Nev as I still think he's our weakest link in defence. 

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8 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

Bit surprised people are suggesting players like Mitch Brown and Daw. IMO Fritsch is a more rangey type, good on the wide leads and flexible enough to kick a few opportunistic goals. I wouldn't be replacing him with a big lumbering forward.

Put Melksham into Fritsch's role. He's better as a finisher anyway, doesn't do enough higher up the ground.

Your kidding 

Since  2018 Melky hasn't finished any thing! Or started it either.

Perhsps  Chandler like for like Left footer etc. 

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13 hours ago, deelusions from afar said:

Mitch Brown or Majak surely - I don't think TMac and Jacko can carry the forward line (unless they planned to give Jacko more time in the ruck and Gawn more time forward)

hold on we only have one Max

I thought all on here had him covering for May in the backline

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7 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Sparrow stays in Trac spends more time forward

No, Trac does what he has been doing.

He is the most dominant midfielder we have had since <insert historical reference>.

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9 hours ago, MF-C said:

got mail on this? lol 

 

11 hours ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

You say that with some authority, friend. Care to extrapolate? 

No authority or mail. Saw the pic of May at training yesterday. If Fritta had the injury and surgery earlier in the week he would have played Sunday.

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14 hours ago, dl4e said:

Some people are forgetting we are comming up against the best ruckman this year in McEvoy. He also swings forward so to have Max spending more time down forward could be fraught with dangers. I would keep the options open on that. I do not believe for 1 minute that Melksham can replace Fritsch. I would bring Brown in because he will at least provide forward pressure and Petty in for may. Melkshan to Casey and Chandler bought in as sub. Just forget about Daw for crying out loud.

WTF?

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14 hours ago, dl4e said:

Some people are forgetting we are comming up against the best ruckman this year in McEvoy. He also swings forward so to have Max spending more time down forward could be fraught with dangers. I would keep the options open on that. I do not believe for 1 minute that Melksham can replace Fritsch. I would bring Brown in because he will at least provide forward pressure and Petty in for may. Melkshan to Casey and Chandler bought in as sub. Just forget about Daw for crying out loud.

Yeah, there’s this other ruckman who’s actually better than McEvoy....

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6 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Here’s a left field selection. How about we replace Fritta with Joel Smith. Finally give him the opportunity to play forward that a number on here have been wanting to see (me included).

J Smith unfortunately is NQR.

Mitch Brown for Frittr  and Petty for May

Its all we need to change in my opinion

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I have seen teams pick talls and then find it rains and they become useless as the ball becomes more slippery.

Fritta is more than a marking option so we need a marking crumber kind of player which neither Petty or Brown are in that class.

I would pick Hibberd and Sparrow with Petty as the Sub.

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46 minutes ago, durango said:

I have seen teams pick talls and then find it rains and they become useless as the ball becomes more slippery.

Fritta is more than a marking option so we need a marking crumber kind of player which neither Petty or Brown are in that class.

I would pick Hibberd and Sparrow with Petty as the Sub.

You are not replacing Petty with Fritta it is May!

it upsets the whole backline structure with Tommo and Lever playing intercept.

Maybe Chandler is closest yo Ftitts but frsnkly he is very hard to match up,

Some say  Melky but really it is not 2018 any more. Last chance if Melky does not play well. Chandler best option.

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The weather looks dry mostly for Sunday so I suspect the Hawks will replace Lewis with a tall so we have little choice but to bring in Petty for May

Fristch is more difficult, but I suspect M Brown will come in (assuming he has been training well and doing the right things in practice games). The hawks defence looks average without Sicily (Freo kicked 13.18 last week) so it could be a week for T Mac of Jacko to have a day out

If it was a day like last sunday it wouldnt have surprised me to see Hibberd and Sparrow/Chandler come in

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I have barely heard anything from training reports about Joel Smith, only thing I can say is that he's not on the injury list?  Anyone able to say if he's been training back or forward? if he's training forward then he or Melk are the closest 'like for like' to cover Fritsch for the next week or so, 

Don't see us needing another tall to replace Fritsch, who is a strong marking creative medium forward that plays tall and small. Making him a hard match up for a defender

... or we change it up and bring in another small like Bedford or Chandler, who seem to be going ok at the moment from all reports.

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Just analysed it in a bit more detail.

This was their side last week with 8 players 1.90m or more. We played 6 1.90m or more against the cats.

B: Sam Frost, Kyle Hartigan, Changkuoth Jiath
HB: Jarman Impey, Blake Hardwick, Michael Hartley
C: Dylan Moore, Jaeger O'Meara, Harry Morrison
HF: Luke Breust, Chad Wingard, Tim O'Brien
F: Tyler Brockman, Mitch Lewis, Dan Howe
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Tom Mitchell, James Worpel
Interchange: Jack Scrimshaw, Tom Phillips, Jonathon Ceglar, Liam Shiels

With the Hawks being so tall, we have to replace May with another tall and Petty has to come in as the most in form VFL big man which leaves Lever to still do his thing. I would just reshuffle the rest of the side this week for Fritsh's forward role including Melksham, Jones, and maybe Sparrow. Hibberd probably comes in on the bench as his form warrants. Also, it might be a good idea to rest James Jordan as a med sub this week like they did with Sparrow previously. If the hawks want to go in with 3 talls (including Scrimshaw) in their defence then good luck keeping up with us in the forward half

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Waaaahhhh??. Mitch Brown is in form and is a flexible forward, tall but rangy could kick a bag.!!!!!!’nn

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8 minutes ago, Demons1858 said:

B: Sam Frost, Kyle Hartigan, Changkuoth Jiath
HB: Jarman Impey, Blake Hardwick, Michael Hartley
C: Dylan Moore, Jaeger O'Meara, Harry Morrison
HF: Luke Breust, Chad Wingard, Tim O'Brien
F: Tyler Brockman, Mitch Lewis, Dan Howe
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Tom Mitchell, James Worpel
Interchange: Jack Scrimshaw, Tom Phillips, Jonathon Ceglar, Liam Shiels

 

Is that their VFL side?    We cant lose to this mob surely.....  

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5 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

Is that their VFL side?    We cant lose to this mob surely.....  

I had the same thought P2J, hopefully our players aren't thinking the same thing as we are ... should be a smashing really!

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