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CHANGES: Rd 23 vs Brisbane

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Only change I can see is Harmes in for Sparrow or Spargs both had little impact last night. Spargs might be one of the best kicks inside 50 but that doesn't work if he's not getting the ball. Two of his efforts last night were terrible 

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    11 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    It’s crap but we aren’t dropping him for the Lions unless he’s further injured. He had the guts and smarts to kick to the corridor to set up the winning goal though, so it’s not all bad 

    Yeah, I haven't even convinced myself that he should be dropped either 🙂. Also, I don't know that he actually meant the ball to go into the corridor, good play if he did. I thought he wound up for a longer bomb and just shanked it there. 

    1 hour ago, Lord Nev said:

    Rubbish. He suited it perfectly fine when we won a flag. What have we completely changed about our game style this year that suddenly now renders him obsolete? Do you think our game style this year is humming along perfectly? No tweaks needed? Reckon Goody talking about 'forward connection' is just to get his face in the paper?

    Nonsensical to suggest getting rid of him when his strength is what we desperately need.

    Well his strength isn't amounting to much. 

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    5 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    No change

    need a settled side

    I think we need to reward good performances, Harmes & Weiderman were very good for Casey & Brown & Spargo have been very very poor for a few weeks

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    2 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Well his strength isn't amounting to much. 

    Start using his strength more and we get better as a team. To me, that means coaching instructions not dropping the player.


    Just now, Billy said:

    I think we need to reward good performances, Harmes & Weiderman were very good for Casey & Brown & Spargo have been very very poor for a few weeks

    Harmes wasn’t good and Brown wasn’t bad. That’s just not true 

    Just now, Billy said:

    I think we need to reward good performances, Harmes & Weiderman were very good for Casey & Brown & Spargo have been very very poor for a few weeks

    Fair enough. No doubt Weed and Harmes are a cut above VFL level. Doesn’t mean they deserve a game though. Brown continues to bring the ball to ground. We simply cannot drop him. Weed has shown he is not good enough over many years

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    5 minutes ago, Boots and all said:

    Yeah, I haven't even convinced myself that he should be dropped either 🙂. Also, I don't know that he actually meant the ball to go into the corridor, good play if he did. I thought he wound up for a longer bomb and just shanked it there. 

    Nah the defenders all set up and it was a deliberate snap. He wanted it to go longer and not right to Motlop but it was a really smart play

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    52 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Harmes wasn’t good and Brown wasn’t bad. That’s just not true 

    Brown was below par.

    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    It’s crap but we aren’t dropping him for the Lions unless he’s further injured. He had the guts and smarts to kick to the corridor to set up the winning goal though, so it’s not all bad 

    It worked, all that matters!

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    1 hour ago, Boots and all said:

    Yeah, I haven't even convinced myself that he should be dropped either 🙂. Also, I don't know that he actually meant the ball to go into the corridor, good play if he did. I thought he wound up for a longer bomb and just shanked it there. 

    Watch the replay. Lever meant it. He actually turns his body to kick it there. Trac was wrong with his assessment unless Lever went against team rules.

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    1 hour ago, Billy said:

    I think we need to reward good performances, Harmes & Weiderman were very good for Casey & Brown & Spargo have been very very poor for a few weeks

    Not sure Brown has been to bad

    11 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Brown was below par.

    Maybe below par, I thought really about par, but definitely not very very poor.

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    Heavens to Betsy there a lot of people in here who don't understand footy, our game plan or what won us a flag 

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    We need another tall to complement B.Brown in the forward line .

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    25 minutes ago, COOLX said:

    We need another tall to complement B.Brown in the forward line .

    This side of Tmac there isn’t one. 

    TMac, TMac, TMac.  Obviously not yet but would be rapt if he became a realistic option (as opposed to a desperate option) to consider in a few weeks.  Fingers crossed.

    1 hour ago, mo64 said:

    Watch the replay. Lever meant it. He actually turns his body to kick it there. Trac was wrong with his assessment unless Lever went against team rules.

    Lever meant it and if Trac doesn’t realise that’s where our outnumber is in a ‘win game’ scenario then we have a problem. He is the biggest ‘blazer’ in the team and if he isn’t careful - his career will turn the way of  Dangerfield.

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    3 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    i don't understand the obsession on here of wanting to change our structure - the only time that will happen will be if plugger mac is available again

    harmes for sparrow remains the move i'd make but i won't be surprised when it's 'no changes' vs the bears

    Well that isn't going to happen - so maybe Joel Smith could (at least partially) fill his role

    7 hours ago, Canplay said:

    Bowey in to replace one of the pressure forwards - Spago or ANB -  we need his kicking skills into the forward line and both lads out of form - particularly ANB.

    Leave Brown - but just play deep -  doesn’t lead past fwd 20m arc -  and encourage midfielders / backs to run ball further toward 50m to kick.  Standing 15m out from goal is the only time Brown looks likely.

    Spargo was putrid yesterday would have Bowey in a heartbeat🙂


    I know at times Brown provided a decent contest but he ran too far under the ball time after time last night. If Weid didn’t get pushed around so easily at times the spot would be his.

    4 hours ago, Boots and all said:

    Yeah, I haven't even convinced myself that he should be dropped either 🙂. Also, I don't know that he actually meant the ball to go into the corridor, good play if he did. I thought he wound up for a longer bomb and just shanked it there. 

    Either way Goody is not one for making wholesale changes especially after a gutsy win. I cannot see Spargs or "the Bird" being dropped but one way or another Harmes will come in and as I see it Bowey is a possibility - but again, at whose expense.

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    10 minutes ago, Deetention said:

    Dees are a better team with Bowey & Harmes in it...!

    So Spargo and ANB to come out. 

    Can't see Goody playing players on friday, who played the whole game for Casey today. It was a hard slog today.

    That suggests Toby and Kade vying for sub on friday, who both were out for H & S protocols.  

    On 8/13/2022 at 10:19 PM, adonski said:

    ANB, Sparrow, Brown, Spargo all liabilities. A mirror image to last week except we won.

    No chance tho, presumably 

    Brown was good. Lifted in the second half. Probably playing the hardest role in the team atm. Single Key Forward. Could have kicked 3/4. He’s not far off.

    Spargo was useless again. ANB looked to be negating Saad (which worked) and I’ll give you Sparrow, he’s been half the player he was last year, I could see Harmes taking his spot.

     

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