TEAMS: Rd 10 vs North Melbourne

[dees189227 12,509]

Viney out hurts. He was good last week & just looks great when he starts in the middle with trac & oliver

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

7 minutes ago, DubDee said:

The $5 for Demons under 40pts is looking tempting 

At quarter time?

[BDA 23,048]

Hopefully nothing too serious for Jack. He's been excellent this year so far.

[binman 44,788]

7 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

I didn't say he was.

But why then would he replace harmes?

[Nascent 9,345]

Laurie replaces Dunstan on the emergency list.

[qarocks 107]

1 hour ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Prevention better than cure i reckon Q.

And no better week to pull out the conservative card than this week against Norf eh

For sure! Hopefully everything with the fitness program is all good and we don’t have any mass disasters!

[dazzledavey36 56,269]

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

Anyone have any idea if Viney is a proper hammy or just tight/precaution?

Hamstring awareness usually means tightness 

[DubDee 26,666]

1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

At quarter time?

Half time last year they were up by 20 so who knows!

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Half time last year they were up by 20 so who knows!

They had Cunnington then who always kills us and in particular that day.

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On 5/19/2022 at 6:47 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

You've genuinely got to be [censored] kidding me right?

We pick a bloke off the back of not playing last week being an emergency, over guys like Bedford who had the perfect opportunity to play consisten game time at AFL level. Even if it was Bailey Laurie to get a taste of AFL action.

But no, we select a guy that's going to be 31 this year and we'll past his best at AFL level.

Genuine [censored] selection and it's been obvious that Goody has been trying desperately hard to get his Essendon mate a game this past few weeks.

Opportunity missed.

Take it easy. You do know Melks plays for us, right? Maybe redirect that disdain to players of opposition sides. 

[Cranky Franky 2,270]

1 hour ago, binman said:

But why then would he replace harmes?

Because he's the obvious replacement & in good form.  Harmes is predominantly a tagging on baller who can kick handy goals.

[Kent 2,920]

On 5/19/2022 at 6:37 PM, sisso said:

Don’t really understand why we’d go with the Melk unless it’s to nurse him to 200

Me neither

Mellks isn't anywhere near Harmes output enduance nor defense

A very poor bewildering selection

At least if he has a poor day that will be the end for him

[Cranky Franky 2,270]

14 minutes ago, Kent said:

Me neither

Mellks isn't anywhere near Harmes output enduance nor defense

A very poor bewildering selection

At least if he has a poor day that will be the end for him

That's pretty unfair.  And its hardly bewildering as his form at Casey has been excellent playing on ball & fwd and he was solid when he filled in against Hawthorn.

And I doubt they will drop him on 199 games.

 

[Macca 17,127]

2 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

That's pretty unfair.  And its hardly bewildering as his form at Casey has been excellent playing on ball & fwd and he was solid when he filled in against Hawthorn.

And I doubt they will drop him on 199 games.

The Melksham inclusion can be justified and equally,  the MC might want to see if Jake can recapture his best form ... so he gets his chance because of injury

And against North, he'll get every chance to stand out and excel

If he strikes form, we've got another nice problem 

For all our speculation, we generally haven't had to leave out a player who is performing well in the seniors.  It nearly always seems to work out well, Franky (mystery ailments, covid, suspensions, long term injuries etc)

Apart from the GF when Jordon was the sub, Hunt missed out and Jones & Jetta just couldn't break back into the team.  Or Melksham for that matter

I wish Jake well today and I really hope he stands out

 

Edited May 21, 2022 by Macca

[sisso 2,621]

We’d all like Jake to play a great game it’s just on recent evidence it’s not likely…guess he was OK against the Hawks even though that easy set shot he missed in the last qtr annoyed me

[spirit of norm smith 16,677]

Missing Salem, Viney & Harmes from best 22. Melksham, Dunstan & Jordon as depth.  Though Jordon had shown he is more than capable and having another good year. 

[Chook 15,068]

EDIT: Wrong thread

Edited May 21, 2022 by Chook