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22 hours ago, binman said:

That's a good point.

He was excellent too against the roos.

So perhaps 'that's exactly what will happen' was a bit strong.

That said I think Bedford is still a better option because he can cover the roles you note that harmes plays ie on ball minutes, high half forward who can snag a goal and up and down the ground running as a quasi winger.

Not sure Dunstan has the same flexibility - particularly forward craft.

I agree that Bedford is better as an option for Harmes than Dunstan. 

Dunstan is a good ordinary inside mid with grunt. He is a replacement for Viney or Clarry. 

Harmes rarely plays on ball, he plays much more wing and half forward. Bedford gives us pace and the ability to push ANB inside, or Spargo up the wing as needed. It means Sparrow plays more inside minutes and Bedford plays as a half forward. 

Being Indigenous round only adds to the point that Bedford should play, and the fact we are playing a side that is hardly going allows us to play around with a few positions as needed. 

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    1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

    Being Indigenous round only adds to the point that Bedford should play

    Yes i thought much the same.

    The fact that they selected Toby to do the club's Sir Doug Nicholls Round video (published on Monday) ratjher than say may or Kozzie reinforces that point i think

     https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1128685/toby-bedford-sir-doug-nicholls-round?videoId=1128685&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1652682034001

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    1 hour ago, binman said:

    Yes i thought much the same.

    The fact that they selected Toby to do the club's Sir Doug Nicholls Round video (published on Monday) ratjher than say may or Kozzie reinforces that point i think

     https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1128685/toby-bedford-sir-doug-nicholls-round?videoId=1128685&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1652682034001

    Maybe. But if Bedford is selected, I hope that it's solely on merit and that he is told as much. It would be horrible for Bedford if he thought his selection was tokenistic.

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    2 hours ago, Demonland said:

     

    The intrepid footy reporter known as Skuit is sent along to the mid-week Simon Goodwin press conference. A hot ticket. He completely botches the assignment though, and only manages to ask Simon why humans have pom-poms on their beanies? Like what's the function and when did it become a thing? Is there some deeper meaning? It's a gotcha-question gone wrong, as Simon says that they're not really taking the pom-poms into consideration right now, it's more about the process. Does Skuit take any satisfaction from the fact that a multi-billion dollar organisation in the AFL has finally managed to procure some decent mikes to capture the reporters' questions, or is he left ruing this development? You decide. 

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    35 minutes ago, Skuit said:

    He completely botches the assignment though, and only manages to ask Simon why humans have pom-poms on their beanies?

    Must say I normally cut them off but you are right it is one of life's biggest mysteries

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    59 minutes ago, Skuit said:

    The intrepid footy reporter known as Skuit is sent along to the mid-week Simon Goodwin press conference. A hot ticket. He completely botches the assignment though, and only manages to ask Simon why humans have pom-poms on their beanies? Like what's the function and when did it become a thing? Is there some deeper meaning? It's a gotcha-question gone wrong, as Simon says that they're not really taking the pom-poms into consideration right now, it's more about the process. Does Skuit take any satisfaction from the fact that a multi-billion dollar organisation in the AFL has finally managed to procure some decent mikes to capture the reporters' questions, or is he left ruing this development? You decide. 

    You should have asked him about all three phases in beanie construction

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    1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Maybe. But if Bedford is selected, I hope that it's solely on merit and that he is told as much. It would be horrible for Bedford if he thought his selection was tokenistic.

    Of course.

    But he has been in the best 23 all season and 100% deserves his inevitable selection this week

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    Toby is definitely next man in for mine, showed in the Hawks game he is AFL quality

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    With Harmes now confirmed out for 2-3 it is clearly a choice of Bedford or Dunstan I suggest. The other item I think that goes this week in Bedfords favour is the fast deck at Marvel.

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    Happy to be wrong with this, I checked FTA channel 7 for our game on the weekend and we are not being broadcast. The premiers and not seen again on FTA for two weeks in a row. Why bother with FTA get a subscription and get every game. So much for sponsors getting more coverage. Yes I know we playing the last team on the ladder. 

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    1 hour ago, binman said:

    You should have asked him about all three phases in beanie construction

    And whether we’re preparing for opposition beanies to come out at their best

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    6 hours ago, jnrmac said:

    The one change I would like to see is Petracca.

     

    I wish he would change his boots. Watched his highlights package and he slipped over on at least 4 occasions whilst kicking. I mean WTF is that? Its infuriating.

     

    It wasn't just him and I don't think it had anything to do with boots either. It appeared to me that the surface was letting go. In some of the interview footage you can clearly see the surface is patchy and getting to the muddy stage. It wouldn't be a surprise that WA hasn't put the best drainage in (like the "G") as they think they don't need it because they don't get a lot of rain but do get a lot of wind.

    4 minutes ago, dworship said:

    It wasn't just him and I don't think it had anything to do with boots either. It appeared to me that the surface was letting go. In some of the interview footage you can clearly see the surface is patchy and getting to the muddy stage. It wouldn't be a surprise that WA hasn't put the best drainage in (like the "G") as they think they don't need it because they don't get a lot of rain but do get a lot of wind.

    Perth's annual rainfall is greater than Melbourne's , and most of it is in the football season.

    With Optus Oval surrounded by stands, they couldn't rely on strong winds for drying.

    It is warmer, though.

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    13 minutes ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

    Perth's annual rainfall is greater than Melbourne's , and most of it is in the football season.

    With Optus Oval surrounded by stands, they couldn't rely on strong winds for drying.

    It is warmer, though.

    When the grandstands are full, as they would have expected when WCE were a good team, there would be a lot of hot air boos to dry the ground.  Now that they are 💩 there are too few booing feral Eagle fans for purpose. 

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    1 hour ago, old dee said:

    Happy to be wrong with this, I checked FTA channel 7 for our game on the weekend and we are not being broadcast. The premiers and not seen again on FTA for two weeks in a row. Why bother with FTA get a subscription and get every game. So much for sponsors getting more coverage. Yes I know we playing the last team on the ladder. 

    This will make it three weeks in a row....pathetic

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    33 minutes ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

    Perth's annual rainfall is greater than Melbourne's , and most of it is in the football season.

    With Optus Oval surrounded by stands, they couldn't rely on strong winds for drying.

    It is warmer, though.

    Best drainage, it’s built on sand, not much better drainage. No matter how heavy the rain gets at Optus it drains fairly quickly 


    8 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

    Best drainage, it’s built on sand, not much better drainage. No matter how heavy the rain gets at Optus it drains fairly quickly 

    Was in terrible condition last week.

    Way too sandy

    2 hours ago, old dee said:

    Happy to be wrong with this, I checked FTA channel 7 for our game on the weekend and we are not being broadcast. The premiers and not seen again on FTA for two weeks in a row. Why bother with FTA get a subscription and get every game. So much for sponsors getting more coverage. Yes I know we playing the last team on the ladder. 

    22 minutes ago, 640MD said:

    This will make it three weeks in a row....pathetic

    We're also not on FTA next week when we play Fremantle on a Saturday twilight timeslot.

    That will mean 5 of our first 11 games have been on pay TV, and 3 of those 5 will have been our home games (vs Hawthorn, St Kilda and Fremantle).

    By comparison, the Dogs will have 3 of their first 11 games on pay TV (they've started with 8 of their first 9 on FTA, so they've been all over the TV so far).

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    8 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    We're also not on FTA next week when we play Fremantle on a Saturday twilight timeslot.

    That will mean 5 of our first 11 games have been on pay TV, and 3 of those 5 will have been our home games (vs Hawthorn, St Kilda and Fremantle).

    By comparison, the Dogs will have 3 of their first 11 games on pay TV (they've started with 8 of their first 9 on FTA, so they've been all over the TV so far).

    Only solution is buy a subscription and to hell with 7/ AFL. Of course that is probably what they want anyway. 

     
    3 hours ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

    Perth's annual rainfall is greater than Melbourne's , and most of it is in the football season.

    With Optus Oval surrounded by stands, they couldn't rely on strong winds for drying.

    It is warmer, though.

    Thanks JJC, so it appears the ground received a lot of rainfall in April and the drainage wasn't up to the job, hence the players breaking through the surface. If it keeps up it might be a mud hole by the time we play the Dorks there.


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