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Weid can't hold a mark in dry, still conditions. He would be a liability tonight.

I'm not writing him off altogether. The guy has had no chance to regain form with the reserves not playing etc.

Please don't play him tonight!!!

 

 
2 minutes ago, defuture15 said:

Hoping that umpire 22 is not on the roster tonight

Margetts (6) is the one we have to worry about. 

4 minutes ago, defuture15 said:

Hoping that umpire 22 is not on the roster tonight

No.  He did the hawks

 

Margetts not on the roster tonight, according to AFL app

Phew.

Edit. Dalgleish (7), Nichols (15) and Howorth (17)

Edited by Stiff Arm

15 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

A wonderful opportunity for the Deez to stamp itself as a professional, mature, resilient, dominant, big-time, legitimate, serious, credible, imaginative (hang-on, Goody's coaching), heavy-weight, premiership contender. Should work out well. 

Did you swallow a thesaurus for breakfast?


2 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Margetts not on the roster tonight, according to AFL app

Phew.

Edit. Dalglish (7), Nichols (15) and Howorth (17)

Not a fan of Nichols.

13 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

If so, wonder if Weid or VDB or JJ to replace?

Given the weather id be inclined to vanders or jj.

1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

Not a fan of Nichols.

Would be good if all three could lose their hearing just for 3 hours at the 1st bounce

 
8 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Not a fan of Nichols.

 

I remember a few years ago at the MCG, Nicholls performed a rather errant centre bounce to the side, and Max a little bit cynically punched the ball a fair distance away. The look Nicholls gave to Max...

They never forget when the 50/50s are in question...

Edited by The Stigga


11 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Given the weather it's not the worst out.

I would suggest bringing in JJ and playing a smaller forwardline with Jackson spending more time at CHF.

 

16 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

If so, wonder if Weid or VDB or JJ to replace?

I reckon JJ comes in. We tend to play kozzie in the midfield sometimes but if it’s raining chuck jordan in the mid and let kozzie stay up forward and get ready for the ground ball. Weids can’t mark as it is so being wet will guarantee he gets 0 marks. Pointless I reckon 

3 minutes ago, BDA said:

T minus 4 hours

Been a long day

This day could not be going any slower if it tried! 

Lockdown is not helping the situation. 

9 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Not a fan of Nichols.

was he the one got upset when max smashed a bad bounce up?

Our 22 from the 2018 prelim:

B Neville Jetta, Oscar McDonald, Jordan Lewis
HB Christian Salem, Sam Frost, Michael Hibberd
C Mitch Hannan, Nathan Jones, Angus Brayshaw
HF Jake Melksham, Tom McDonald, James Harmes
F Aaron vandenBerg, Sam Weideman, Alex Neal-Bullen
FOL Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Jack Viney
I/C Christian Petracca, Charlie Spargo, Dom Tyson, Joel Smith

Bolded aren't playing tonight (assumes TMac plays). That's 12, more than half the side. An almost entirely new backline, too.

For comparison:

B Shannon Hurn, Tom Barrass, Will Schofield
HB Thomas Cole, Jeremy McGovern, Lewis Jetta
C Dom Sheed, Luke Shuey, Chris Masten
HF Mark LeCras, Jack Darling, Mark Hutchings
F Willie Rioli, Josh J. Kennedy, Jamie Cripps
FOL Scott Lycett, Elliot Yeo, Jack Redden
I/C Liam Ryan, Liam Duggan, Daniel Venables, Nathan Vardy

10 for them not playing.

 


1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

was he the one got upset when max smashed a bad bounce up?

 

Indeed...the glare by Nicholls in his direction...

 

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

was he the one got upset when max smashed a bad bounce up?

 

 

22 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Did you swallow a thesaurus for breakfast?

Not sure about QD, but I swallow a profanisaurus before each game...

Roger's_Profanisaurus.jpg

3 hours ago, Kozzie4PM said:

Pretty relaxed about this game. We only need one win to secure top 4 and we're not playing any home finals anyway so top two pretty irrelevant. I also genuinely reckon we're the best team in the comp and we'll roll this mob comfortably. 

That's not certain snd if finishing higher will be given probably option of venues as in home and away.

So we need to finish 1 or 2,to get that advantage of choice wherever.

Also winning breeds confidence and self belief. Or haven't you played sport much over the journey.? 

haven't time to read whole thread but has there been any team changes today?

 


Just now, daisycutter said:

haven't time to read whole thread but has there been any team changes today?

 

Just a rumour that TMac won't play.

28 minutes ago, The Stigga said:

 

I remember a few years ago at the MCG, Nicholls performed a rather errant centre bounce to the side, and Max a little bit cynically punched the ball a fair distance away. The look Nicholls gave to Max...

They never forget when the 50/50s are in question...

I thought the cheeky grin from Max was great...nichols look was why did you do that?

Max's grin was...i have a problem with authority.

41 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Margetts not on the roster tonight, according to AFL app

Phew.

Edit. Dalgleish (7), Nichols (15) and Howorth (17)

I'm a little partial to Nichols, he's good to us

 
3 hours ago, Stiff Arm said:

That's the spirit!

You will be happy if we cannot beat WCE?

44 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Margetts not on the roster tonight, according to AFL app

Phew.

Edit. Dalgleish (7), Nichols (15) and Howorth (17)

Nichols nooooo! From memory he’s not great for us… 

He’s the one who had the Hawks themed Twitter account that got found out right?


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