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5 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

At the time BBB looked a fair step off the pace

My bad. Yes you are correct.

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    Terrible game to watch, we lacked intensity and belief, I have nothing against the Weid but if you saw all the Pie big men they all contributed and tried their guts out. In all honesty could BBB play a worse game than the performance put in by Weid, I doubt it. We also have Mitch and Majak who would be more reliable and energetic . We now have nine weeks to sort this out.

    Come on Coaches get your thinking caps on you need to sort this well before finals.

    I don’t like to bag players but we can’t keep playing a man short.

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    At this stage of the year perhaps we should try B.Brown and M.Brown/Daw. The Weid lacks confidence for some reason perhaps it is due the arrival of B.Brown. We cannot afford to play him any more.

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    9 hours ago, rpfc said:

    Brown can come in off training form, the fact there is no VFL is not an excuse for not picking players to come in. That’s really ridiculous if you take that to the logical conclusion that no one can get a call up without first playing VFL.

    I wouldn’t hesitate. 

    And the way some Dees fans waive away Brown’s recent history in the Coleman race and yet call back to one game of Weideman three years ago is cognitive dissonance of the highest calibre - you have to try hard to be so obtuse…

    Close the thread. This nails it shut. 

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    On 6/14/2021 at 8:54 PM, Antioch said:

    Weideman isn’t cooked he’s just not up to it. Trade him.

    Trade implies two parties each wanting something

    On 6/15/2021 at 5:13 AM, Deemania since 56 said:

    Petty should be trained as the backup forward.

    I believe that he had been, but it is certainly not an option this year in the absence of Tomlinson.

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    Rest Max   In Daw

    Weid out to pasture In  M Brown

    Rest Sparrow In Melksham

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    5 minutes ago, Kent said:

    Rest Max   In Daw

    Weid out to pasture In  M Brown

    Rest Sparrow In Melksham

    Max is about to have a week's rest....

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    Hands up those who’ll be excited to see Viney back in for our Saturday night redemption game against the bombers on the 26th 

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Max is about to have a week's rest....

    He needs more than that in my opinion

    You cannot play the same 22 every week for 22 weeks 

    The FD needs to strategically rest some players and freshen the group Any that's my view !!

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    1 minute ago, Kent said:

    He needs more than that in my opinion

    You cannot play the same 22 every week for 22 weeks 

    The FD needs to strategically rest some players and freshen the group Any that's my view !!

    Yeah considering that's actually never happened in the history of AFL, I think we'll be sweet in that regard cob.

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    Go back to the mobile fwd line, keep the pressure up and create turnovers and scores like earlier in the season.

    Out: Weid, Sparrow

    In: Viney, Melksham 

    B:        Lever          Petty       Hibberd

    HB:    Hunt.            May         Salem

    C.       Langdon     Oliver       Brayshaw

    HF.     Pickett.      Tmac.       Nibbler

    F.       Spargo.      Jackson    Fritsch

    R. Gawn, Trac, Oliver

    I/C Jordon, Harmes, Rivers, Melksham

    Sub: Sparrow/Chandler

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    20 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    Go back to the mobile fwd line, keep the pressure up and create turnovers and scores like earlier in the season.

    Out: Weid, Sparrow

    In: Viney, Melksham 

    B:        Lever          Petty       Hibberd

    HB:    Hunt.            May         Salem

    C.       Langdon     Oliver       Brayshaw

    HF.     Pickett.      Tmac.       Nibbler

    F.       Spargo.      Jackson    Fritsch

    R. Gawn, Trac, Oliver

    I/C Jordon, Harmes, Rivers, Melksham

    Sub: Sparrow/Chandler

    100%… 

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    1 hour ago, Nicko said:

    Hands up those who’ll be excited to see Viney back in for our Saturday night redemption game against the bombers on the 26th 

     

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    5 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

     

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    Dont want to be a downer but I wouldnt get too excited about when the club says he will be back.

    I recall he was only out for two

    Then four

    Then six

    Heres hoping....has been very much missed .

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    Hawthorn website has an article on how their players plus a few Pies went in a scratchie against some of ours also with a few Pies. Has the club put anything out about this?

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    9 hours ago, Kent said:

    He needs more than that in my opinion

    You cannot play the same 22 every week for 22 weeks 

    The FD needs to strategically rest some players and freshen the group Any that's my view !!

    They can start doing that at rd 16 onwards. Let’s secure our finals place and perhaps even a top 4 before flirting with that idea 

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    B Brown for Weid. Viney if fit for Sparrow.

    Viney will add a bit of hardness and desperation.

    Team probably needs the bye time out to get a mental and physical rest.

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    There is no resting of players after the bye, unless we get to round 22/23 and have a top 2 spot sewn up. Every single game matters now and we will not simply rest players unless they are actually injured and cannot play. 
    If we don’t finish top 2 or at least in a top 4 spot that ensures we play our finals at the G, we are unlikely to win the flag this year. 

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    While dropping Weid is the right thing to do, there are a few things worth remembering:

    - his preseason was heavily interrupted

    - last year he put in half a dozen really solid games working in conjunction with Jackson in the forward line, if he had of improved off the back of that batch of games, he’d hold his place this year

    - TMac was poor 2019& 2020, same as Harmes, so I wouldn’t write off Weideman, he needs a very good preseason then let’s see what he can do in 2022!

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    7 hours ago, D4Life said:

    While dropping Weid is the right thing to do, there are a few things worth remembering:

    - his preseason was heavily interrupted

    - last year he put in half a dozen really solid games working in conjunction with Jackson in the forward line, if he had of improved off the back of that batch of games, he’d hold his place this year

    - TMac was poor 2019& 2020, same as Harmes, so I wouldn’t write off Weideman, he needs a very good preseason then let’s see what he can do in 2022!

    Agree. Same applies to BB. Both have had interrupted preseasons so it may well be 2022 before we see the best of either of them. 

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    16 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

    Dont want to be a downer but I wouldnt get too excited about when the club says he will be back.

    I recall he was only out for two

    Then four

    Then six

    Heres hoping....has been very much missed .

    I’ve never missed him more!!!

     I miss his grunt, his nuggety-ness, his come hell or high water-ness. He’s just the shot in the arm we need. ❤️?

     
    23 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    Go back to the mobile fwd line, keep the pressure up and create turnovers and scores like earlier in the season.

    Out: Weid, Sparrow

    In: Viney, Melksham 

    B:        Lever          Petty       Hibberd

    HB:    Hunt.            May         Salem

    C.       Langdon     Oliver       Brayshaw

    HF.     Pickett.      Tmac.       Nibbler

    F.       Spargo.      Jackson    Fritsch

    R. Gawn, Trac, Oliver

    I/C Jordon, Harmes, Rivers, Melksham

    Sub: Sparrow/Chandler

    I love what you did there play Clarry in two spots, that probably gives Sparrow a spot on the bench.?

    46 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    I love what you did there play Clarry in two spots, that probably gives Sparrow a spot on the bench.?

    Yes my bad one of those double ups should be Viney

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