5 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Cox hasn’t got near it the last few weeks. I wouldn’t be surprised if he got dropped this week for Grundy.

Despite him constantly reminding me of one of those infallible dudes out the front of a tyre centre, I still get weirdly thrown-off knowing he’s on the ground. I hope you’re right. 

7 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Cox hasn’t got near it the last few weeks. I wouldn’t be surprised if he got dropped this week for Grundy.

Cox is such a wildcard, he can be the most useless player one week and then be the game changer the following week. Credit to him he was excellent against us earlier in the year. 

Much like the Freo game, it's easy to forget we had a lot of injury issues/missing players that day. Starting with May, then Petty during the match, then Disco Tuner, then Gawn (played on but shouldn't have). Much like Freo, they took advantage, can they beat us when we have those players available? We'll see next week.

The one thing that concerns/frustrates me about them is that they have had the wood over us lately, even when we have been significantly better. 

I really felt like we turned the corner against Freo and the Pies are going to face a different team than they did a few weeks ago.

6 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

those infallible dudes out the front of a tyre centre

 

8 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

If Harmes was in 2021 form ....possibly.

A long way off it and coming back from a head knock.  Doubt we would risk him for this role.

Someone does need to run with N Daicos though.  Pretty sure he drifts forward a fair bit.  Maybe Jordan through the middle and Hibb picks him up for the forward bit?

Probably not a full tag but we just need to be mindful of him at Collingwood kick ins and maybe at stoppages. He's just too good to let off the chain. I like your idea with JJ and Hibbo

Edited July 31, 20222 yr by layzie

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

 

I'm not sure you could claim the head of the Catholic church is infallible.

3 minutes ago, binman said:

I'm not sure you could claim the head of the Catholic church is infallible.

Actually you can bin! The infallibility trick comes with job.

Unfortunately, it cannot be used for practical matters such as picking the lotto numbers or the winner of the last at Flemington.

Any news on Howe? Would be great news if he’s an out.

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

 

Look, I’d just gotten home from a fun night out at the Forum, and was lacking the clarity to notice what havoc autocorrect was wreaking. 

44 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Any news on Howe? Would be great news if he’s an out.

Howe was interviewed last night on channel 7 news and he's confident he'll play.

Injury is very minor.

Taylor Adams is set to miss 1-2 weeks.

Edited August 1, 20222 yr by Bring-Back-Powell

7 hours ago, Pates said:

Cox is such a wildcard, he can be the most useless player one week and then be the game changer the following week. Credit to him he was excellent against us earlier in the year. 

Much like the Freo game, it's easy to forget we had a lot of injury issues/missing players that day. Starting with May, then Petty during the match, then Disco Tuner, then Gawn (played on but shouldn't have). Much like Freo, they took advantage, can they beat us when we have those players available? We'll see next week.

The one thing that concerns/frustrates me about them is that they have had the wood over us lately, even when we have been significantly better. 

Cox has destroyed us twice against us in 2018 (5 goals!) and this year's QBDAY.

Quite happy for him to be omitted. 

Does anyone know if Jake Lever will be good to go for Friday. Rolled the ankle twice in the Freo game and I think he did it the week before also. He is a vital cog

According to @kev martin's training report -

"BBB on the ground late and in runners, joined the main group, for about 5 minutes, then back into the sheds. "

 

1 hour ago, The Swimming Dee said:

Does anyone know if Jake Lever will be good to go for Friday. Rolled the ankle twice in the Freo game and I think he did it the week before also. He is a vital cog

From @kev martin's training report -

"Jake Lever did his own warm up, then joined the group, appears unhampered. "

 

16 hours ago, Boots and all said:

In light of Dunstan's 41 touch performance in the VFL this weekend, I'd love to hear 'landers opinions with regard to his selection for the Pies game. He has been very consistent lately and I wonder if this performance elevates him above Harmes, who has been out of touch recently. 

I have watched Dunstan quite closely and I reckon he is not quite up to it. He is a handy replacement in case of emergency but he seems to run to the wrong spots and his disposal is not great. Lacks a certain fierceness and polish at the contest

 

I watched the 6 minutes highlights package on Friday night before knowing the final result or had seen any stats. My impression then of Weideman was that he appeared to bring the ball to ground a lot (admittedly, a polite way of saying he didn't take contested marks) which then resulted in goals to our smaller brigade. On that basis, I thought Weideman might have had quite a useful game. Having since watched the game, I'm not so sure. However, on a wet night, maybe he played his role. Nevertheless, if Brown is fit, he should replace Weideman (unless Jackson is sore and needs a rest).

As well as Brayshaw played on-ball, I suspect he'll return to the backline to allow Harmes back into the side and one of Rivers, Hunt or Hibberd will make way. None deserves to miss out, but that's the great thing about having a strong team.

6 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I watched the 6 minutes highlights package on Friday night before knowing the final result or had seen any stats. My impression then of Weideman was that he appeared to bring the ball to ground a lot (admittedly, a polite way of saying he didn't take contested marks) which then resulted in goals to our smaller brigade. On that basis, I thought Weideman might have had quite a useful game. Having since watched the game, I'm not so sure. However, on a wet night, maybe he played his role. Nevertheless, if Brown is fit, he should replace Weideman (unless Jackson is sore and needs a rest).

As well as Brayshaw played on-ball, I suspect he'll return to the backline to allow Harmes back into the side and one of Rivers, Hunt or Hibberd will make way. None deserves to miss out, but that's the great thing about having a strong team.

Is Harmes walk up best 22 anymore? I actually rated the balance of the team more with Hunt breaking some lines off HBF and Gus in the middle. Looked quite potent.

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Howe was interviewed last night on channel 7 news and he's confident he'll play.

Injury is very minor.

Taylor Adams is set to miss 1-2 weeks.

I'd like to see Jack Crisp get a corky this week and end this consecutive streak but that's just me. 

If JVR comes in it has to be for Melksham.  JVR is too small to play as the only tall forward.

If Weid goes out it has to be for BBB.  We have to have one TALL key forward at least

If NB goes out then it is a fight between Harmes, Dunstan and Chandler.  My choice is Harmes.

Harmes' best is good. But his worst sucks. 

Too up and down for my liking. Play to play he is just super inconsistent and we can't carry that going into finals. 

And like others have said, we needed a rejig and winning aside from Friday, the side on paper looks a lot better imo. 

 

Just been watching the QB game against the Pies again.

7min to go in the 2nd qtr we were 5g to 0g

We had no May, Petracca was recovering fm covid still, Gawn did his foot, TMac was out, Turner went out with concussion.

They controlled the corridor. Cox had a day out as we rejigged our defence and were short on talls.

I think we wipe the floor with them this week

 

 

19 hours ago, Boots and all said:

Which is a shame for him. He's far better than a week in, week out VFL player.

He knew he was back up when he joined took a chance on playing finals instead of consistent AFL game time. Better than vfl standard but he is not breaking into this midfield barring injury

With Brayshaw getting 5 coaches votes (Gus not Andrew), I can’t see Gus being moved out of the midfield for Harmes unless there is a tagging requirement.

Especially given the depth we have on the half-back flank, and therefore not losing much by taking Gus from the backline 

Edited August 1, 20222 yr by 1964_2