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2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 

What Demonstone said. ⬆️

Much appreciated, FB! Just wondering if this link can be used to open any paywalled article. 

I can't help but think you're all in on some prank!

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2 minutes ago, YearOfTheDees said:

Lever Hibbard and Jordan out.

With Brown back in , do we think Petty will be down back again?

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Tomlinson   back pocket   and BBB in

 

 

Jake Lever (Injured),James Jordon (Sub),Michael Hibberd (Managed)

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2 minutes ago, layzie said:

Really hope it's not serious with Lever.

According to Richo it’s just a cautious approach layz, they expect him to be available for Anzac Eve.

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7 minutes ago, Big Col said:

With Brown back in , do we think Petty will be down back again?

200% he goes back.

I can’t fathom a forward line of BBB, T Mac, JVR and Petty.

Even without Petty that forward line looks too tall if the heavy rain comes in the arvo. At the moment it’s looking like a very wet second half.

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Petty 100% goes back with Lever out. He can play the intercept role and May and Tomlinson will play the shut down role. Lucky for us Essendon are missing their two starting tall forwards. 
I would be interested to try Rivers on Stringer. Similar body shape. Rivers definitely has the size and speed to cover him. He can run with him midfield and forward. Could be a decent matchup in the absence of Hibbo. 
I think McVee and Bowey are both too slight and Gus doesn’t have the speed. 

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Sensible to leave Lever out with his crook ankles if he’s not right…we should have enough quality and team to defence to cover Essendon’s forward line without Peter Wright (you’d hope)

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Great looks like we are learning from our mistakes of last year… lever isn’t right give him the week off. 
 

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5 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Petty 100% goes back with Lever out. He can play the intercept role and May and Tomlinson will play the shut down role. Lucky for us Essendon are missing their two starting tall forwards. 
I would be interested to try Rivers on Stringer. Similar body shape. Rivers definitely has the size and speed to cover him. He can run with him midfield and forward. Could be a decent matchup in the absence of Hibbo. 
I think McVee and Bowey are both too slight and Gus doesn’t have the speed. 

Rivers for me too. I keep thinking he plays well above his height but then forget he's actually 188cm.

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Very pro Petty as a forward, but not silly, with Lever out he is required back, not sure Tomlinson is the right match up for Stringer, Hibbo would have been better. I guess Rivers can have a crack. I’d actually start JJ before Tommo, I think the team is too tall for the conditions as well.

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I am amazed that more people dont expect May to play on Stringer when forward. He has been playing generally as a small full forward this year moreso than a mid/high half forward. Brown, TMac, JVR forward. Petty will play the Lever role, Tomlinson the tall back and May on Stringer. 

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20 minutes ago, layzie said:

How do we feel about Brown in? Bit surprised to be honest 

Equal leading goalkickers so far this year alongside Fritsch with 9 to date.

I know many here have mixed feelings about Brown, but he's been finding the middle of the big sticks this year.

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16 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I'd suspect that's exactly why they've timed it as they have many people take the 4 days off this week as well and, so then it's about attracting some of those people to Adelaide for more than just the weekend, to stay longer and spend more tourist dollars.

Yeah fair point. Was thinking today, if I had known about this round earlier in the year, I probably would’ve done just that! 

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16 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Having heard/read a rumor that Lever may (pardon the pun) not be quite right, I'd be seriously looking at throwing Petty back and BBB as the third/second rotating key forward.

A few reasons for this:

T Mac is back to decient form and providing a the big mussel / contested marking forward up there again now and draws the more established KPB away from JVR.  Lessens the need for Petty up there.

I didn't think Petty made as bigger impact up forward as I'd expected.  He looks a bit lost and out of position at times and if he misses the mark, I think guys like T Mac and BBB actually have a more established sense of how to stay involved and or kick opportunist goals once the ball hits the deck.

Petty playing back is such a valuable asset to us.  His ability to take big contested intercept marks down back and lock down an opponent is really important IMHO, particularly since we don't really have Gawn floating back down there at the moment.

 

It's not that I think it was a huge mistake to throw Petty forward and give him a go down there, but for me it's run it's course for now and, so I think we should just park it unless the need really arises again.  I actually think Petty would be better used up forward sporadically within games when we might be struggling to take grabs up forward, just to create a mismatch, throw the  break things open a bit for the odd goal here or there if the game is in a bit of a stalemate or we badly need to get our selves back into a game.  Using Steven May in this way would also be worthy of consideration here and there as well.

Spot on RG-especially the sporadic part-at specific times in games to throw the opposition an unexpected curve ball (May/Petty). 

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7 hours ago, 58er said:

BO BO 

Maybe you don't have kids? Maybe you don't read much about the Dees draw in advance ? Maybe you are just not up with the fact that tickets for Gather Round were available about 2/3 mths ago. That rock that you are under sure does a good job or are you a resident of Cooper Pedy perhaps? 

Enjoy oh and Dees play on Sat twilight!! 

Did you know? There’s studies on the correlative relationship between trolling and what’s called ‘Dark Tetrad’ personality factors (the levels of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian and sadistic traits a person has). What’s been found is that the levels of these traits a person has, is shown to be positively predictive of whether they’ll engage in trolling or not.

On top of this, levels of loneliness are also another factor that is shown to be positively predictive. The more dark traits and higher levels of loneliness a person has, the more likely they are to troll.

There’s also a social factor to online trolling which is driven by a desire for attention from others. The emotional reward is a sense of power and (saddest of all) feeling successful. 

So when someone engages in trolling behaviour, it’s indicative, that they’re most likely somewhere in what the above describes. 

 

Make of this information what you will.

 

Dees by 23.

P.S. It’s ‘Coober Pedy’ not ‘Cooper Pedy’.

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29 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Did you know? There’s studies on the correlative relationship between trolling and what’s called ‘Dark Tetrad’ personality factors (the levels of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian and sadistic traits a person has). What’s been found is that the levels of these traits a person has, is shown to be positively predictive of whether they’ll engage in trolling or not.

On top of this, levels of loneliness are also another factor that is shown to be positively predictive. The more dark traits and higher levels of loneliness a person has, the more likely they are to troll.

There’s also a social factor to online trolling which is driven by a desire for attention from others. The emotional reward is a sense of power and (saddest of all) feeling successful. 

So when someone engages in trolling behaviour, it’s indicative, that they’re most likely somewhere in what the above describes. 

 

Make of this information what you will.

 

Dees by 23.

P.S. It’s ‘Coober Pedy’ not ‘Cooper Pedy’.

The savagery. I’m here for it. 🍿

‘Make of this information what you what you will’ has just became my email sign off.

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90% chance of rain and we bring in talls… Petty back and Tmac and VanRooter up forward, I wouldn’t bring in either Brown or Thomo. 

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