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53 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I wonder if it might be the other way around. Jordon may appear to be ahead of Harmes because he (JJ) was sub and Harmes didn't play at all. But I suspect Harmes will play the Sparrow role better than Jordon. On the other hand, if it was Viney or Oliver who needed to be replaced, I would expect Jordon to play ahead of Harmes. It's all about the role being played.

The more I think about it, the more I wonder whether Salem comes in with either Brayshaw or Rivers moving from defence to take on the Sparrow role.

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Bugger. 
 

Must’ve stepped on a Seagull. 

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2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I wonder if it might be the other way around. Jordon may appear to be ahead of Harmes because he (JJ) was sub and Harmes didn't play at all. But I suspect Harmes will play the Sparrow role better than Jordon. On the other hand, if it was Viney or Oliver who needed to be replaced, I would expect Jordon to play ahead of Harmes. It's all about the role being played.

Good points and Harmes available to tag. 

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T Mc, BBB, J Smith, Melksham, Schache or no one (with Tracc probably forward more).

I probably lean towards Tommy if he’s had a couple of good weeks on the track given Petty has mostly played more of a lead up CHF role.

Maybe Schache if he hasn’t? Schache played defensive forward or Aliir in the Dogs prelim final win. If the Dees coaches are reading this, go pull out the tape of that game and watch big Schach.

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Was lucky enough to speak to someone from the club last week.  And amongst other things, the Pies come up in our conversation and he said words to the effect of ‘we can’t wait to play them, because we think our backline and defensive structure will stack up well against them’. I replied, yeah but wouldn’t Petty need to go back against them, and he said, ‘no, Petty has been our best performing forward and we prefer him up there’. 

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1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

Chandler plays a role where you will have quiet games. Small forwards have the hardest role in footy in terms of getting big stats. Sometimes they'll kick 3, sometimes they'll touch it twice a game. It's just luck of the draw and really depends on how the rest of the side is playing. 

I think as long as Chandler keeps up his defensive role, he is perfectly fine. 

BTW he had 12 touches, 3 score involvements and 3 clearances. These are super similar stats to Spargo, but Spargo kicked 2 and that's how the dice rolled this week. 

Good point. As a matter of fact, it did occur to me when watching the replay that there are times in every game where the ball always seems to by played on the other wing - hence Langdon's relative quietness in the first half and Hunter's in the second half. The same probably applies to Chandler. I really love the way he plays, with heart and soul and great skill. So I take it back....

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I think Smith has been in the best form in the VFL. I think he should get the shot. Very upset for Petty, hope to see him back soon.

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In:  T-Mac, Jordon into the 22, i would like to see Howes or Laurie as sub but think it will be Melksham

Out: Petty, Sparrow

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Loving the flipped feedback that NOW Petty is out, its a problem for us.

It's only been for the last month on this forum that Petty has contributed to a dysfunctional forward line and he is far better suited in defence.

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2 hours ago, The Chief said:

Was lucky enough to speak to someone from the club last week.  And amongst other things, the Pies come up in our conversation and he said words to the effect of ‘we can’t wait to play them, because we think our backline and defensive structure will stack up well against them’. I replied, yeah but wouldn’t Petty need to go back against them, and he said, ‘no, Petty has been our best performing forward and we prefer him up there’. 

This stacks up to where both teams sit on scores from stoppages, scores from turnovers and scores from kick ins. Thanks for the info, Edward Platt. ❤️

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53 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Well this aged poorly…

Interesting that the club got that quite wrong. The way the cookie crumbles, I guess. 

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Likely changes now 

outs.  Petty inj. Sparrow susp 

ins Tmcd/BBB , Jordon (Harmes as sub) 

when we lost Petty last week , our forward line looked less dangerous in the air.  JVR and Gawn/Grundy.  Goody tried Gawn forward after 1/2 time but we needed him on the ball.  

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