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PREGAME: Rd 11 vs Walyalup

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In: Harmes, Sparrow

Out: Hunter, Oliver, Jordon

Jordon, Woewodin, Smith, Laurie the emergencies. 
 

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    Just now, Mickey said:

    Sparrow and Harmes in. No Woey unless he is the sub or there's a late change

    Woey won't be the sub. Demons never name debutantes as the sub.

    Poor JJ ... he really is on the outer. Thought he was a certainty to be in the 22 ahead of Harmes.

    Walters being injured is something of a bonus. He's the type of player who cuts us up.

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    Good to see Harmesy back in, you would think Gus starts on the wing.

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    7 minutes ago, Mickey said:

    Sparrow and Harmes in. No Woey unless he is the sub or there's a late change

     

    Well we can kiss Jordan goodbye at the end of the year!

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    I would guess Rivers or even Harmes go to the wing before Gus.  But who knows

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    Well, I look like a bit of a goose. What happened @Dannyz? 😭

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    7 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

    Woey won't be the sub. Demons never name debutantes as the sub.

    Poor JJ ... he really is on the outer. Thought he was a certainty to be in the 22 ahead of Harmes.

    Walters being injured is something of a bonus. He's the type of player who cuts us up.

    Agree and super surprised JJ didn't get the nod ahead of Harmes. I thought his Casey game was better than Harmes and that he would be a no-brainer to replace Hunter on the wing. JJ is definitely on the outer 😟

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    5 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Good to see Harmesy back in, you would think Gus starts on the wing.

    Guarantee Gus won’t start there

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    Oh well it looks like we’re going to lose a very solid future 200 game player at years end

    Sad to see you go JJ

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    So Walters is out injured and no-one comes in?

    It's not that hard to provide the ins and out guys! I'm sure this means the sub from last week comes in, so we have to go look who was the sub?  jesus.  just tell us who is in and out of the 22!  

    I couldn't give a rats about the sub!

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    1 minute ago, 12345_54321 said:

    Guarantee Gus won’t start there

    Can you guarantee who will ?

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    I’ll give the FD one more go at the JVR-TMac set up, and the no-third-tall defender set up. 

    But neither have me convinced and I’ll be more than a little peeved if we lose in circumstances which suggest a different tall mix might have made a difference. 

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    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

    So Walters is out injured and no-one comes in?

    It's not that hard to provide the ins and out guys! I'm sure this means the sub from last week comes in, so we have to go look who was the sub?  jesus.  just tell us who is in and out of the 22!  

    I couldn't give a rats about the sub!

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    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

    So Walters is out injured and no-one comes in?

    It's not that hard to provide the ins and out guys! I'm sure this means the sub from last week comes in, so we have to go look who was the sub?  jesus.  just tell us who is in and out of the 22!  

    I couldn't give a rats about the sub!

    It means last week’s sub, Fyfe, is “in”. 

    AFL has to change the rules to mean clubs name 23 plus three emergencies. If the sub is credited with a game, the sub should be named alongside the 22.

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    I'd be happy to see a bit more of Rivers in the middle.

    I agree about Gus. He doesn't look fit enough for an on-ball or wing role

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    I'm glad we kept the fwd line the same, we can't keep swapping T Mac and BB around.  And Chandler and JVR have been our best fwd options and although have been poor the last couple, should bounce back.  They are young and will have quiet games, especially when our midfield is being belted

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    12 minutes ago, Winners at last said:

    Poor JJ ... he really is on the outer. Thought he was a certainty to be in the 22 ahead of Harmes.

    Yep. I don't see why he'd want to stay.

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    On 5/21/2023 at 12:51 PM, Fanatique Demon said:

    I like Sparrow and I think Harmes might have helped us against Yartapuulti if he’d run with Butters. One or both of them will probably come in next week. 

    Ahem.

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    I would play both Gus and Rivers out of the middle. Harmes can play forward or he could be used to tag Brayshaw.

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