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TEAMS: Rd 23 vs Geelong

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1 hour ago, binman said:

Jordon rested for sure. And likely replaces Sparrow.

Hibberd likely not rested, given the stakes. Might have played his last game this season

Hibberd may well have played his last game for the club, out of form out of contract and 31. I hope not but it’s a possibility. 
 

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    23 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Disagree again.

    In both the VFL and AFL games he's played this year he has never played as a run and carry half back. He rebounds somewhat from the contest, because that's how he's always played, he hits the contest and keeps momentum forward, but he is not a run and carry player who will go further up the ground like Hunt does.

    Here's Hunt's heatmap from his last full game (v GC):

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    Here's Smith's from last week v Adelaide:

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    Pretty clearly those are the heat maps of two completely different roles.

     

    Errrr he was playing Mays role... hence the heat map in the goal sq

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    5 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    Errrr he was playing Mays role... hence the heat map in the goal sq

    Errrrr that's the whole point of my post....

     

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    3 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Errrrr that's the whole point of my post....

     

    OK missed that!

    Can see him being used on Rohan in any case, Can run, is string enough and can stop him marking

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    Think this is very smart… Hibb and Melk get a seniors card rest for this game, Smith gets to show his wares in a slightly different role, and we still have Hibb and Melk good to go if we have an injury forward or back.  Suspect JJ will be medi-sub.

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    12 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    OK missed that!

    Can see him being used on Rohan in any case, Can run, is string enough and can stop him marking

    Agree, that's what I reckon the match up will be too.

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    1 hour ago, Big Col said:

    Do you think that means that Geel will be granted a home game at Kardinia Park if they finish 1 or 2? (and no crowds are allowed in Vic). If I were Geelong I'd be arguing for that.

    However  I think the Grand Final precedent is that we want a crowd no matter what, so Perth would still be favourite for the location of the Grand Final.

    Curse this COVID 100x over.

    No chance of Geelong hosting first final at GMHBA. What, are they going to restrict the crowd to people from regional areas? How could the AFL control that? No chance

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    2 hours ago, Big Col said:

    Do you think that means that Geel will be granted a home game at Kardinia Park if they finish 1 or 2? (and no crowds are allowed in Vic). If I were Geelong I'd be arguing for that.

    However  I think the Grand Final precedent is that we want a crowd no matter what, so Perth would still be favourite for the location of the Grand Final.

    Curse this COVID 100x over.

    Geel will be going hard,  and so they should!  It's a joke they don't get home finals.

     

    Yeh GF will be in front of crowds,  too much money in sponsorship and stuff

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    46 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Am I the only one who would prefer Jones in the team over Sparrow?

    I think Sparrow’s 7 tackles saved him. Like you I am underwhelmed but then I have been by Chunks form this season as well -  particularly his inability to chase and tackle.

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    1 hour ago, Lord Nev said:

    Errrrr that's the whole point of my post....

    58 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    OK missed that!

    Can see him being used on Rohan in any case, Can run, is string enough and can stop him marking

    But isn't the argument that this week he's being "moved" out of May's role and into Hibberd's role (which in turn is Hunt's role)?

    (Which, by the way, I'm not a fan of).

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    6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    But isn't the argument that this week he's being "moved" out of May's role and into Hibberd's role (which in turn is Hunt's role)?

    (Which, by the way, I'm not a fan of).

    My honest opinion I actually think they'll potentially use him to lock down on Jeremy Cameron potentially. 

    I say this because he actually did the Job on him last year and kept him to 1 goal. By doing this again frees up Lever and May even more. The more I have thought about in the last few hours the more I'm slowly starting to understand this selection. Now does this also free up Petty as well to use his strength in being another intercept role?

    What you see with Hibberd is what you get. But I think Smith offers that flexibility to play on the smalls and also with the talls. Maybe they are happy with Rivers, Salem and Bowey as our run and carry? 

    I think coming into finals the club may want to use Smith on a more lockdown role just because I think teams that we play in the final will put heavy work into the Lever/May combo.

     

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    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    they are vastly more experienced than us obviously

     

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    Thx for that - what I was looking for. If Melk and Hibberd played would’ve increased our average games. 
     

    They’re 3 years older with 55 more games experience. 
    thx again

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    Harmes named on a wing, Brayshaw half forward.

    Will they tag Smith?

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    11 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    But isn't the argument that this week he's being "moved" out of May's role and into Hibberd's role (which in turn is Hunt's role)?

    (Which, by the way, I'm not a fan of).

    No, I was replying to binman's assertion here that I disagreed with:

    2 hours ago, binman said:

    Technically he came in for may but in reality it was Hunt as that was the role he played.

     

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    3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I don’t see what they see in Sparrow.

    I get the Jordon omission though. The Jordon of round 1-17 has been far superior to the Jordon of rounds 18-22

    I love JJ, but he's been nowhere since being moved onto the wing in that Brisbans game. If you look at his tackle numbers between rounds 1-13, he was top 10 in the competition (despite registering a tackle when playing wing). He's struggled to make an impact with his tackling or spread since.

    Sparrow's tackle numbers last week were akin to Jordon's earlier in the year. I'd say that's why he's been kept in ahead of JJ. If Sparrow fails to match his tackle pressure of last week he'll be replaced by JJ. I think the MC like that really defensive role ages that can play off half back or half forward and add to the mid rotation.

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    27 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    My honest opinion I actually think they'll potentially use him to lock down on Jeremy Cameron potentially. 

    I say this because he actually did the Job on him last year and kept him to 1 goal. By doing this again frees up Lever and May even more. The more I have thought about in the last few hours the more I'm slowly starting to understand this selection. Now does this also free up Petty as well to use his strength in being another intercept role?

    What you see with Hibberd is what you get. But I think Smith offers that flexibility to play on the smalls and also with the talls. Maybe they are happy with Rivers, Salem and Bowey as our run and carry? 

    I think coming into finals the club may want to use Smith on a more lockdown role just because I think teams that we play in the final will put heavy work into the Lever/May combo.

     

    Think you have nailed it with Smith.

    Cameron gets most of his goals from running around, rather than marking in a pack close to goal.

    Smith will be able to run with him and while a little shorter has a leap if contesting a high ball. Cameron is more of the opportunist key forward while Hawkins is the lead out player. May will take Hawkins and Smith could get Cameron with Petty on Rohan, leaving Lever able to pick up a half forward and continue sweeping and intercepting.

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    34 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    My honest opinion I actually think they'll potentially use him to lock down on Jeremy Cameron potentially. 

    I say this because he actually did the Job on him last year and kept him to 1 goal. By doing this again frees up Lever and May even more. The more I have thought about in the last few hours the more I'm slowly starting to understand this selection. Now does this also free up Petty as well to use his strength in being another intercept role?

    What you see with Hibberd is what you get. But I think Smith offers that flexibility to play on the smalls and also with the talls. Maybe they are happy with Rivers, Salem and Bowey as our run and carry? 

    I think coming into finals the club may want to use Smith on a more lockdown role just because I think teams that we play in the final will put heavy work into the Lever/May combo.

     

    I think this is what they could go with too. Smith to Cameron, Petty to Hawkins and May to Rohan. This allows Lever to float and gives May a bit of room to either rebound off Rohan or double team Hawkins with Petty.

    If we need to spin the magnets because one match up gets away from us, then we can always flip them.

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    honestly i'm not upset about the smith over hibbo call, we probably weren;t expecting sav to be dropped given blic will play deeper in defence more often without stewart so he would've second rucked to stanley, and they will keep us accountable in the air so having a capable extra tall would help us out. 

    kadinia park is also narrow therefore less space to use run and kick which is hibbos strength and means more long deep bombs onto packs and crowded areas, suited to the athleticism and aerial ability of smith over hibbo.

    im genuinely more upset about melk losing his spot ahead of sparrow, hear me out coz i know this is already polarising... we've looked better in the last two weeks with our inside 50s compared to the middle stretch of the season. due to the lack of wings u can afford to play gus through the guts more to take sparrow/jordons minutes + harmes increases his gametime and u can start melky/spargs/tmac on a wing and allow them to drill the ball onto chests going i50. alternatively i wouldn'tve been mad if tmac was left out for melky to hold his spot for the same reason, having less talls forces us to kick shorter and sharper which suits our forwards, BBB, fritsch and melky on the lead particularly rather than kicks to packs which suits the cats defenders, Kola, henry, hendo and blic who will knuckle everything.

    anyway im not mad about the changes and definitely backing us in feeling pretty confident of a win

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    4 hours ago, Demons11 said:

    - Hibbo and Melksham were average last week.  
    - Salem, Bowey and Rivers provide enough pace in the backline

    -  Smith had a great 1st half and deserves to retain his spot. 
     

    Yep reason enough!

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    5 hours ago, Demonland said:

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    Ballsy selections  love it  maybe inspired

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