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TEAMS: Rd 07 vs Hawthorn

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Even with the 4 outs (as well as Salem & Hibberd) it's still a very good team, chock full of talent.  Run your eyes across the team looking for the good/top players and they are everywhere.  And our system will stand up as well

And there are about 6 players who will be desperate to hang on to their spot in the side

Someone mentioned to me that if LJ, Kozzie & Sparrow aren't effected too badly by covid, they'll get the chance to get away from footy for a week (another bye?) ... all 3 are still very young and their replacements will be going at it anyway. 

But covid can also be quite debilitating ... even for young & fit  athletes.  Fingers crossed the players affected make a speedy recovery

Petty being out is different as he has  just got back in the side but we're well off for tall depth with Tomlinson still being an emergency.  Adam hasn't done a lot wrong

5 goal victory and we'll shut down the last quarter again!

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    12 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    This year we have had up to 2 players missing ( except rd1 with more ). That is also  good players. Now it is 4 and this may have a telling effect. In a sense it is good some other players are getting a run but we don't want to drop one against the hawks. 

    It’s easy to forget we were without Lever, Petty,  Rivers and Salem(for 3.5 quarters) round 1.

    Lever, Petty, Salem round 2 and 3.

    That’s 3-4 players in the same part of the ground. In some ways that should be more difficult to cover than one back, one mid, one forward/ruck and one small forward, as important as they are. 

    We’ve covered incredibly well this year, I’d say the only team truly close to our best 22 was round 5 against GWS, and we all saw how that went. Hopefully we just get the W this week, go 2 games clear plus percentage in the top two and get our best 22 back for St Kilda.

     

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    Great opportunity for Bedford to shine and im sure TMac will be keen to make amends for being dropped.

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    42 minutes ago, CHF said:

    Not a lot of midfield cover in the listed emergencies.

    We have enough mids in the team already 

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    41 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    HAWTHORN

    IN: Callow, Bramble, Shiels

    OUT: Ward (managed), Grainger-Barras (managed), Maginness (omitted)

    B: Jack Scrimshaw, Sam Frost, Blake Hardwick
    HB: Harry Morrison, James Sicily, Will Day
    C: Jaeger O'Meara, Tom Mitchell, Liam Shiels
    HF: Conor Nash, Luke Breust, Connor Macdonald
    F: Dylan Moore, Jack Gunston, Jarman Impey
    R: Max Lynch, Jai Newcombe, James Worpel
    Int: Jackson Callow, Lachlan Bramble, Chad Wingard, Jacob Koschitzke

    Emer: Finn Maginness, Denver Grainger-Barras, Ned Long, Daniel Howe

    I don’t understand: how can Grainger-Barass be an out as well as an emergency?

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    38 minutes ago, Nelo said:

    The positive is a lot of players are getting a nice rest. 

    For those that have had Covid, did it make you feel lethargic?

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    4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I don’t understand: how can Grainger-Barass be an out as well as an emergency?

    I guess he’s not part of the starting 22?

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    59 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

    Milkshake is well and truly on the outer. Not even an emergency 

    covid?

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    22 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

    Great opportunity for Bedford to shine and im sure TMac will be keen to make amends for being dropped.

    Good luck to any KPF out there on a day like has been forecast for Saturday.

    At least our midfield looks strong (please don’t jinx it). As again, this is where it will be won and lost.

     

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    6 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    For those that have had Covid, did it make you feel lethargic?

    Bloody oath it did. It was the thing that stood out the most for me (and the cough that almost made me spew)

    Even my young wife was knackered for a week. I was still tired 3 weeks after testing.

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    I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw Bowser included. 
     

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    1 minute ago, faultydet said:

    Bloody oath it did. It was the thing that stood out the most for me (and the cough that almost made me spew)

    Even my young wife was knackered for a week. I was still tired 3 weeks after testing.

    Same. It flattened me. I’m over a month out now and I’m still not fully right. ItS oNlY a CoLd tHoUgH

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    3 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    Bloody oath it did. It was the thing that stood out the most for me (and the cough that almost made me spew)

    Even my young wife was knackered for a week. I was still tired 3 weeks after testing.

    Well then so much for several players getting a nice rest.

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    1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

    Milkshake is well and truly on the outer. Not even an emergency 

    Yes, I thought he was a pretty obvious medical sub.

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    24 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    For those that have had Covid, did it make you feel lethargic?

    No, All I had was cough,loss of taste and smell, and loss of hearing, occasional headache. But otherwise no loss of energy🤩

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    3 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    No, All I had was cough,loss of taste and smell, and loss of hearing, occasional headache. But otherwise no loss of energy🤩

    Fortunately then, it would have no impact on the cheap red you guzzle by the gallon picket!

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    14 minutes ago, Nasher said:

    To be fair, the effects on people widely vary. On balance of probabilities you’d think extremely fit and healthy men in their 20s are likely to recover quicker than most.

    The worst flu I ever had was when I was young and fit ( bike riding in extremis and gym) all lean lean muscle .

    No I'm not fantasising  and it was quite some years ago yet I lost kgs and it took me weeks to recover.

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    As long as we get no more nasty last minute changes I think this is not a bad outcome. 
    If we stick to our system we will win. 

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    42 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    For those that have had Covid, did it make you feel lethargic?

    Extremely but I am a 76 Yo retiree. Lol!!!

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    41 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    Bloody oath it did. It was the thing that stood out the most for me (and the cough that almost made me spew)

    Even my young wife was knackered for a week. I was still tired 3 weeks after testing.

    Fatigue was my partners main concern, other symptoms were very mild, tiredness just took a little longer to clear.

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    28 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    No, All I had was cough,loss of taste and smell, and loss of hearing, occasional headache. But otherwise no loss of energy🤩

    Oh good, just 3 of the 5 senses wiped out. Any impact on ball handling skills 🤪

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