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Selection is a joke. 

Jones is in better form than Melk amd he gets omitted. 

Well some things haven’t changed since last season with goody. Pathetic. 

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    1 minute ago, DemonOX said:

    Selection is a joke. 

    Jones is in better form than Melk amd he gets omitted. 

    Well some things haven’t changed since last season with goody. Pathetic. 

    I tend to agree that Melk should’ve been the one making way.

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    I don't really understand the anti-Melk chat. Melk's upside is heaps better than Jones. 

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    8 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    Didn't expect Jones dropped 

    Rested. There's no need for him to mosey on down to Tasmania to beat the Roos by a lot.

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    I hope Jones is the medical sub

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    Just now, Nasher said:

    I don’t care about the optics, it was obvious we were shepherding Jones through, and any club who reckons they wouldn’t do the same are full of it.

    Exactly and Jones bloody deserved to get there for the years of crap and his loyalty, from here he makes the perfect sub 

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    weak selection choices by goody, cant argue that Jones is out but bring in a small forward for him (chandler/bedford) or like for like swap him for Sparrow and brown for melkshambles

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    Yea Jones gives us more than Melky. 
     

    Jones could be done on 300, I’d be surprised if he can make it back in with so few injuries.

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    Typo? Toby Bedford mentioned in preamble as emergency but Kade Chandler named on the team sheet. Either are worthy 23rd  ‘men’ given recent performances.

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    numeracy adjustment?

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    Brown had to come in therefore someone had to make way. May as well give Jones a rest.

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    I don’t like the optics, but Jones is closest to not being best 22 of the current side, very very closely followed by Melksham, who is surely one more poor game away from being replaced by a red hot Chandler 

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    3 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

    I hope Jones is the medical sub

    After 300 games, being managed and not having to fly to Tassie and being allowed to spend the time with pregnant wife and 2 kids does make sense, doesn’t it?

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    An in form Melksham is better at the role of medium forward than Jones. Neither are setting the world alight but to call it pathetic is projection.

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    Just now, Redleg said:

    After 300 games, being managed and not having to fly to Tassie and being allowed to spend the time with pregnant wife and 2 kids does make sense, doesn’t it?

    Yeah I think he’d be less upset about having a rest than a lot of the posters here. 

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    2 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Yeah I think he’d be less upset about having a rest than a lot of the posters here. 

    I don’t like that he’s been “omitted”. Just say “managed” and say he’s being nursed thru the season to make sure he’s right to go later in the season. 

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    I think Melksham gets the nod in the hope that he delivers well to Brown. His forward entries are first class, as long as he gets enough of it. 

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    Jones as medical sub to get to 301. Use the vets as a sub.

    Will show leadership from the bench, more then any other player. If he comes on, could have a  better understanding of where the game is at and what role to play, than a less experienced player.

    Get games into the less experienced, even at VFL level.

    Stable team selections. Winning form, is good form, hard to be deselected.

    A credit to fitness and biometrics staff, that we have minimal, injuries and player management. 

    A few knocking on the door for a call up. 

    Go Dees.

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    11 minutes ago, adonski said:

    I don't really understand the anti-Melk chat. Melk's upside is heaps better than Jones. 

    This, 

    Jones can't hit the scoreboard and we have enough players to cover Jones' role. 

     

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