1 hour ago, Bates Mate said:

As much as I don't really rate the tigers.GC got them off a short break after a tough game against us,  and alot of their key players are about a season away from retirement and would have been sore

I agree, but temporally in the other direction. The Richmond players you are thinking about should have retired last year.

31 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

No change 

Agree.

Anyone that thinks this will be easy is kidding themselves.

Edited May 1, 20231 yr by AzzKikA

5 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

GC 3 straight wins now. This isn’t the soft  kill  it looked like a few weeks ago… they’ll be primed to rest themselves against one of the best. 

Two wins not 3. Both those wins were against putrid slops although they were cheated out of a win by the umps against Freo. 

Definitely a game to take very seriously and they should head up early this week not wait till the last bloody minute. ffs

 

Where does one park when going to a Gold Coast game?  Driving down from Sunshine Coast for this and I can't make heads or tails of the Gold Coast Councils parking rules / durations for 'Traffic Area' in nearby streets.  If anyone has done this before, can you please enlighten me? Right now i feel like I will have to park 30+mins away and walk. 

13 minutes ago, Port Demons said:

Where does one park when going to a Gold Coast game?  Driving down from Sunshine Coast for this and I can't make heads or tails of the Gold Coast Councils parking rules / durations for 'Traffic Area' in nearby streets.  If anyone has done this before, can you please enlighten me? Right now i feel like I will have to park 30+mins away and walk. 

There is a parking area to the south of the Stadium off the Nerang/Broadbeach Rd. Pretty sure you pay as you go into park. It's only $10 I think. Pretty easy to exit after matches end to return same roads you used on the journey there. 

Might pay just to look on goldcoastfc.com.au website or ring  them if any doubts. 

 

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

No change 

Petty to return Schache as sub or Harmes. 

Danger game this week. Whilst without Miller, Suns are otherwise at full strength and are looking for a big scalp. 

I would be putting time into Noah Anderson.  Seriously is close to A grade now imv.  
 

Dees have the stars to prevail but can’t take this one lightly 

Big Danger game,

Jump them early like we did against NM.  No change unless someone has a niggle.

Give Petty a rest and Spargo a run in the VFL for a week.  they are both in our B22 i think but petty could do with a rest and unfortunately Spargo just has to go and wait his turn now.

Danger players are:

Lukosius - Smooth link up player that can catch defenders off goard with his 60m pin point passes, Tall and athletic too, hard match up - Lever would be the right player but Lukosius does go up the ground a lot which lever wont want to follow him. Maybe Rivers.

Witts - Just a good hard ruck, hopefully our two can outwork him around the ground

Weller - Good running def, think Hibbo is the man for this

Anderson - He is class, maybe get Viney to go head to head with him.  But our Midfield should get the choccies.

2 hours ago, Port Demons said:

Where does one park when going to a Gold Coast game?  Driving down from Sunshine Coast for this and I can't make heads or tails of the Gold Coast Councils parking rules / durations for 'Traffic Area' in nearby streets.  If anyone has done this before, can you please enlighten me? Right now i feel like I will have to park 30+mins away and walk. 

Should be a nice drive! Must say I'm jealous.

On 4/30/2023 at 9:48 AM, Glorious Day said:

Everyone seems to want us to play our best 22 (or 23) next week. It’s round 8 into a long season. Last season we came unstuck through fatigue and doing just this, playing what Goodwin thought was our best side every week, whereas Geelong took more of a squad mentality and rested blokes along the way. It’s clear we need to do that, but at what point of the season? Now, or do we want to get to say 8-3 or 9-2 (which we are almost certain to do) and then do it, with the knowledge our fixture in the second half of the season is nowhere near as brutal as last season?
 

Problem I see with this approach is if a logjam remains at the top of the ladder and there are 5-6 breakaway teams all around the same number of wins (which could well happen), it would be tempting just to revert to last season’s approach. 
 

It doesn’t matter how high we finish after the H&A season if we’re banged up and buggered when the finals start. We should know that from last season.

 

I think a 3 quarter sub out should be another mechanism we explore rest our best. The weekend game was a good example of resting Hibbo when the game was done. 

The game against the Suns might give us another opportunity to this.

 

Also we have a twilight game, hopefully we can wrap up the game before the sun sets and humidity picks up and the ball gets all dewy. 

Rest Kozzie, he’s done enough this week

32 minutes ago, Travy14 said:

Give Petty a rest and Spargo a run in the VFL for a week.  they are both in our B22 i think but petty could do with a rest and unfortunately Spargo just has to go and wait his turn now.

Goodwin confirmed in the post match presser that Petty would be in on the basis he passes concussion protocols. Petty effectively had a rest not playing in the North game. Goodwin also confirmed Spargs was available for selection, so don't be surprised if he gets the nod as well. Hasn't been dropped since I don't know when. 

7 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

Goodwin confirmed in the post match presser that Petty would be in on the basis he passes concussion protocols. Petty effectively had a rest not playing in the North game. Goodwin also confirmed Spargs was available for selection, so don't be surprised if he gets the nod as well. Hasn't been dropped since I don't know when. 

I did see that, i just think he has been pretty banged up so give him another week.  they will know where he is at.

Apparently Schache had his hand in a brace today at training so there might be a forced change

Petty for Schache the only change I think. Big upgrade

I wonder when McVee gets a rest? I reckon he's struggled the last two weeks.

3 hours ago, Port Demons said:

Where does one park when going to a Gold Coast game?  Driving down from Sunshine Coast for this and I can't make heads or tails of the Gold Coast Councils parking rules / durations for 'Traffic Area' in nearby streets.  If anyone has done this before, can you please enlighten me? Right now i feel like I will have to park 30+mins away and walk. 

There’s car parking directly across the road from the stadium (blue car park) and you can buy a ticket through ticketek ($20)

Hope that helps PD

Schache should stay in my book, made a couple of really effective contributions and a goal.

Actually seems to know what to do in the ruck, which is to touch the ball in the direction one wants it to go.

We need young fast players against this mob, able to run out the four..

39 minutes ago, A F said:

I wonder when McVee gets a rest? I reckon he's struggled the last two weeks.

They might push him til after the Freo game and then bring Salem straight in for him as head into a difficult month (Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong). 
 

Petty may be an in given that The Shack is looking like an out with a bent paw. Thought he was a bit tentative, bit Weedlike, for a bigger body anyways.....who is to be the sub? Harmes again? Milkshake served up a 5 goal BOG for Casey, which keeps the pressure on, as does Charlie's availability......further spoiled for choice with MacT, BB et al  in the wings....no wonder Nibbler is playing like a Demon possessed....

48 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

They might push him til after the Freo game and then bring Salem straight in for him as head into a difficult month (Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong). 
 

  NO  a thousand times NO.  Not learning from last year if Salo comes straight back in. 

57 minutes ago, 58er said:

  NO  a thousand times NO.  Not learning from last year if Salo comes straight back in. 

He is apparently only a couple of weeks away which gives him 2 games at Casey first. That would be about right I would think. They won’t let him waste his time at Casey for any longer unless he’s really in bad touch or struggling with fitness/pain. 

Edited May 1, 20231 yr by Jaded No More

There would appear to be other ways of managing players throughout the year, apart from being rested from a game. From the time on ground stats, it would appear that, on Saturday, we started to rest our key players a bit more during the game, which is pleasing from a management perspective. Trac spent 9% more time on the bench than his yearly average to date ( 75% game time against 84.2% game time); while Oliver spent nearly 7% less game time than his yearly average to date ( 79% against average of 85.7%). This equates to over 2 minutes per quarter of additional rest - which must feel significant for both these warriors.

3 hours ago, Travy14 said:

Apparently Schache had his hand in a brace today at training

More like, strapping/support, from wrist to just below the elbow.

He didn’t want to use his right, was marking with the left, and doing light training away from the main squad. 

Edited May 1, 20231 yr by kev martin

4 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Danger game this week. Whilst without Miller, Suns are otherwise at full strength and are looking for a big scalp. 

I would be putting time into Noah Anderson.  Seriously is close to A grade now imv.  
 

Dees have the stars to prevail but can’t take this one lightly 

With you on this Spirit. Was at the game last year and it was tough going for us. In fact the Suns give us a real run for it in most games up here in Qld. Will be going to the game expecting a win and be happy to just get the 4 points. Suns are improving and have decent players on all lines.

I know we should never take a result for granted, but has there ever been a week on Demonland when at least one poster hasn't described the upcoming match as a "danger game"?