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19 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Im tipping Shackey Attackey to be a late in

Tipping or hoping?

 

Max, Lever, May & Clarry all look pretty on for mine.  Clarry maybe a tad meh but shld be fine

 

Using Schache a fair bit as forward target so likely Sub??

 
1 minute ago, chook fowler said:

Take it the old fashioned way.

Personally I ain't going to ask him to bend over for that.


6 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Using Schache a fair bit as forward target so likely Sub??

It's looking to me like he could feature somehow.

26 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Interestingly Spargo is training with the main group. 

Maybe they are allowed to do non-contact training after a week of rest.

3 minutes ago, layzie said:

It's looking to me like he could feature somehow.

At this late point before gameday, all is a little intriguing. Shacka, Gawn, Oliver, Petty, et. al. Specific yet rather new forward drills, as if a revised attack plan could evolve. 

Could Schache be the sub??

I know it's not normal to have a 200cm tall forward as sub but it is interesting that he's being used a fair bit in the drills?

I'm guessing Laurie is the same but?



1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Jeff White is here with Kalani who is now taller than Jeff. 

Gonna be a man mountain.

I recognised Kalani before I recognised Jeff ☹️

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26 minutes ago, Demonland said:

A lot of the drills involve having a high ball kicked and the player just bringing the ball to ground intentionally and the players mopping up. 

Is this to appease the “just kick it long” element in the grandstands? 🙄

14 minutes ago, 12345_54321 said:

Was Petty with the forwards for the whole thing? 

Yes

 

Salo on track for 3 weeks (all going well)

36 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Yes

Yuck! Petty is not a forward. In certain matches where the game needs a change I don’t mind him swinging down there to try something different but starting him there is not the way to go in my opinion. He’s a starting centre half back and that’s that. I’ll die on this hill😂

 

To add to this, I thought in the second half last week Petty really grew into the game and gained some confidence back with his intercept marking and reading of the play. So swinging him forward and disrupting that momentum that he looked to gain again seems very unnecessary.  

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