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5 minutes ago, Redleg said:

After his start to this year, no way.

He will be playing Saturday night, unless a mystery injury, but then he wouldn't be playing for Casey either.

I think he was referring to Tom Sparrow 

 
38 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

 

Hearing Weid not in.

If fit, surely May Fritsch and Weideman.

Cannot go into Sat nights game with same forward line as last week.

We'd be mauled.

If Weids or TMac  is a bust replace him with BBrown in R7 ..Melb have options.

Edited by siam juntaRus

Really hope Weideman plays to be honest. He’s the future up forward for us along with Jacko 

 
5 minutes ago, Redleg said:

That would be amazing after 7 goals for Casey and M. Brown not training and injured.

Think you are wrong. 

I don't 

3 minutes ago, Redleg said:

After his start to this year, no way.

He will be playing Saturday night, unless a mystery injury, but then he wouldn't be playing for Casey either.

Red, he wasn’t at the Captain’s Run, and my understanding is that he’ll be playing at the Punt Road end of Yarra Park tomorrow.

3 minutes ago, Redleg said:

That would be amazing after 7 goals for Casey and M. Brown not training and injured.

Think you are wrong. 

Perhaps, but maybe he was with the group today as backup for Fritsch, and Fritsch has come through today’s run?


4 minutes ago, Tim said:

Red, he wasn’t at the Captain’s Run, and my understanding is that he’ll be playing at the Punt Road end of Yarra Park tomorrow.

Perhaps, but maybe he was with the group today as backup for Fritsch, and Fritsch has come through today’s run?

Wait so TMac didn’t train today???

 
3 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

Wait so TMac didn’t train today???

Think there's a few wires getting crossed. I believe people are talking about Tom Sparrow.

There's photos of TMac and Lever with their kids at training today, looks like TMac trained.

On 4/21/2021 at 5:44 AM, Clint Bizkit said:

I’m going BBB over Weideman at this stage.

I do see room for them both at some stage.

Brown is a  proven gun forward. Weid is a kid with potential who time to shine has arrived. Only one of them has a question mark over them. BBB gets the nod for me.

Edited by Grr-owl
absurd ambiguity


2 hours ago, Damo said:

Is there any info from training? There does not seem to have been any training threads for weeks.

Its hard to know which are training days now that the season has started.

 

Anyone know when/where training/captain's run are?

42 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

Really hope Weideman plays to be honest. He’s the future up forward for us along with Jacko 

It's such a nice change for the Dees to be playing for the "now" and not the future.

 

I am guessing Weideman would have been in if Fritsch didn't come up. 

Going for the team that have got us to 5-0. Fair enough too.

We are very settled. The Dogs are 5-0 and they made 6 changes

1 hour ago, dl4e said:

You seem pretty sure of yourself. Will keep this in mind when the teams are announced. My opinion is the weed will play and Fritsch won't.

Yoko has runs on the board in this department...

1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

Hearing Weid not in.

 

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

That would be amazing after 7 goals for Casey and M. Brown not training and injured.

Think you are wrong. 

 

55 minutes ago, siam juntaRus said:

If fit, surely May Fritsch and Weideman.

Cannot go into Sat nights game with same forward line as last week.

We'd be mauled.

If Weids or TMac  is a bust replace him with BBrown in R7 ..Melb have options.

 

55 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

Really hope Weideman plays to be honest. He’s the future up forward for us along with Jacko 

Coaches have long memories.

The last time North won anything that saw them on the front page it was probably their Rnd 11, 2019 sterling win by 6 goals against the 'about to be dual premiers', the Tiges.

BB kicked 5 big ones.


13 minutes ago, Pulp Fritschon said:

I am guessing Weideman would have been in if Fritsch didn't come up. 

Going for the team that have got us to 5-0. Fair enough too.

We are very settled. The Dogs are 5-0 and they made 6 changes

Incredible, and most changes are omissions

Would have been interesting hearing the chat between coaches and Weid.

I reckon they would have been telling him since day one, we need you to dominate a game in the VFL.

He finally does it and gets told it's not enough right now.

 

 

2 hours ago, Yokozuna said:

I would say that melksham and jones know they are under the pump to play well. 
T Mac is in the same boat. 
LJ less so as he plays ruck and I do it think the club wants weed or brown in the ruck. although weed could possibly play LJs role, just not with as much athleticism 

LJ is starting to hold his own in the ruck, even winning a few contests now.  Is also very handy at ground level competing well.

I could be wrong (a regular thing!) but i can't see how he would be anywhere near the 'Ins / Outs' radar or discussion at this stage.

26 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

LJ is starting to hold his own in the ruck, even winning a few contests now.  Is also very handy at ground level competing well.

I could be wrong (a regular thing!) but i can't see how he would be anywhere near the 'Ins / Outs' radar or discussion at this stage.

Totally agree and I love what LJ is doing. I am not advocating he be dropped at all, I was more looking at how we would get weed and brown in the side, and I was saying if LJ was injured, that weed could play his role. 


2 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Very much off topic but North are in WA which may very well be in lockdown shortly.

Guess who plays North next week?

Sounds like it will be a 3 day lockdown. I suggest North will travel straight down to Tassie from WA and our game should go ahead as scheduled. 

Also [censored] Covid and the endless [censored] coming out of these returned travellers and these quarantine hotels. 18 months later and we still can't get it right. 

43 minutes ago, BW511 said:

Would have been interesting hearing the chat between coaches and Weid.

I reckon they would have been telling him since day one, we need you to dominate a game in the VFL.

He finally does it and gets told it's not enough right now.

 

 

I suspect not.

He's played 7 quarters of competitive football coming back from a significant layoff.  

Their conversations would have been about managing him, getting his body right and getting him back out there with a few games under his belt.

3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Sounds like it will be a 3 day lockdown. I suggest North will travel straight down to Tassie from WA and our game should go ahead as scheduled. 

Also [censored] Covid and the endless [censored] coming out of these returned travellers and these quarantine hotels. 18 months later and we still can't get it right. 

Do they have direct flights? I always thought they had to fly back to Melbs then to Tassie.

 

Also I know i say it every week but this is ridiculous to wait for the teams to come out, Friday and Sat should be released on Thursday at a min and Sunday games on a Friday. 

Edited by Cards13

7 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Sounds like it will be a 3 day lockdown. I suggest North will travel straight down to Tassie from WA and our game should go ahead as scheduled.

Would suggest it's more about if the Freo Roos game even goes ahead and how that then impacts the next round of games.

 


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