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Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

No.

I'm not accepting the season is over one bit.

Dangerfield missed 6 games last year and that did not stop them going on a full blown winning streak without it.

Accept it at your own peril, cool. 

I won't.

Exactly. We will need Max and Trac to step up and lead this group to some gutsy John Northeyesque wins

 

A lot of histrionics in this thread. It was the same when Maxy got injured.

 

8 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Clarry out with hammy, Tracc playing with proppy ankle.

This will be a massive test of Goodwin's coaching

Goody Only has a 1 wood in the bag. 
Any good coach would use this to make us unpredictable. My guess is he will throw in Harmes to do Oliver’s role. 

 

Ralph’s post is fence-sitting junk. “Could” miss “up to” 4 weeks. If it doesn’t happen he will say the scans returned better news than expected. Otherwise he can laud himself as being “first” with the news. 

If Oliver misses, he’s irreplaceable. Doesn’t matter what you think about Dunstan, Harmes or Sparrow. No one in the league can replace Oliver. We will just have to do our best to find a player or players who can take his minutes and work with our setup. 

As for the MFCSS on him playing out the game - how about we get (a) confirmation he’s injured and then (b) someone who knows something about injuries to tell us what impact, if any, playing on might have had. 


Just now, SPC said:

Goody Only has a 1 wood in the bag. 
Any good coach would use this to make us unpredictable. My guess is he will throw in Harmes to do Oliver’s role. 

Just out of interest, what is Chris Scott doing right now to make Geelong “unpredictable” with Dangerfield out?

Quite possible he may only be out for a couple and fingers crossed be back for Collingwood if it’s only a minor hammie 

1 minute ago, DeeZee said:

Quite possible he may only be out for a couple and fingers crossed be back for Collingwood if it’s only a minor hammie 

That would be best possible case. But the next two games are no walk in the park based on our current form and clearance woes. 

 
9 minutes ago, Redlagged said:

Pre-dinner drinks?

Those that suggest otherwise...

Pray tell... how do we replace his effect ?? 

And over to you all....

He's our engine room.

 

4 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Brayshaw in guts full time

Kozzie more time in

I'd like to see this dynamic

Brayshaw got exposed big time for his lack of fitness and poor conditioning trying to play as a midfielder on Friday night. Was embarrassing to watch.

An absolute plodder in there. Never again.


3 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Just out of interest, what is Chris Scott doing right now to make Geelong “unpredictable” with Dangerfield out?

Danger missed a lot of 2022 and Scott coped fine. 
I like Goody, but he is stubborn and steadfast in his plan. 

6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Just out of interest, what is Chris Scott doing right now to make Geelong “unpredictable” with Dangerfield out?

They did it perfectly well last year when Dangerfield missed 6 games with an injury.

26 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

Clarry out with hammy, Tracc playing with proppy ankle.

This will be a massive test of Goodwin's coaching

And why is that …maybe a good test of our depth ..

5 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Those that suggest otherwise...

Pray tell... how do we replace his effect ?? 

And over to you all....

He's our engine room.

 

You put Max and Trac in there for increased minutes. You add Viney and Sparrow and rotate Brayshaw, Rivers, Pickett, Chandler and whoever else is up to it through the middle. You double down on contest and you harass the opposition like your life depends on it. Then you run to the next contest and do it all over again. We can do this. Oliver is our Dangerfield and this next month might  force the coaches to think a little differently. 

Can’t rely on one player even a champion like Clarry…we’ll find a way to get some wins, I’m confident 


So ralphy saying up for a month. I'm hoping he can get back for king's birthday. 

Why didn't he come off and say something? Honestly these players that think they can push through 

28 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Brayshaw in guts full time

Kozzie more time in

I'd like to see this dynamic

Hope you're right. But frankly - to date - there is no evidence to suggest that Pickett is a midfielder of substance, He simply doesn't get enough of the ball.

27 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Brayshaw got exposed big time for his lack of fitness and poor conditioning trying to play as a midfielder on Friday night. Was embarrassing to watch.

An absolute plodder in there. Never again.

3rs in Brownlow playing midfield.

Oliver out means we will be a lesser side for those weeks, sure.

But it is also a really good opportunity to practice an extended period of alternative set ups. It's been great that Oliver and Petracca and Gawn have played almost every game together for 4-5 years, but that also leads to lack of alternative set ups.

This year we have really focussed on mixing this up a bit vs the last couple of years where we played best players in each positions permanently. It has seen Kossi, Rivers, Jordan, Sparrow all rotate through the midfield in significant minutes.

With Max out, Grundy had a long period of time to gel with the midfielders.

If Clarry is out, it will give more game time minutes to set ups without Oliver, helping us find tune the team and develop those synergies.

It might hurt our top 2 chances, but if we are good enough we should be able to still win enough games to finish top 4.

Peaking in September is what we want. Not May.

17 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

You put Max and Trac in there for increased minutes. You add Viney and Sparrow and rotate Brayshaw, Rivers, Pickett, Chandler and whoever else is up to it through the middle. You double down on contest and you harass the opposition like your life depends on it. Then you run to the next contest and do it all over again. We can do this. Oliver is our Dangerfield and this next month might  force the coaches to think a little differently. 

They have not played like this since 2021 bar a handful of games. Not holding my breath that’ll change this week. 


Just now, Gawndy the Great said:

They have not played like this since 2021 bar a handful of games. Not holding my breath that’ll change this week. 

Well it’s their only hope now. 

2 minutes ago, Redlagged said:

3rs in Brownlow playing midfield.

5 years ago.

Likely that he'll miss a couple and be back for Collingwood.  He only missed one with the broken hand last year.  Not ideal but not insurmountable.  Time for a few others to lift.

 
51 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Feel like this will get swept under the rug during the weeks.

This smells of when we sent Joel Smith back out with a strained groin in a nab game back in 2019 and ended up missing the year because of further damage.

Why does it smell like that? He played out the last quarter and moved freely. Sometimes an injury gets worse once you cool down.

Honestly after a loss it’s like some posters on here are rushing around to be the biggest Harbinger of doom.

Well, we have no other option than to to watch a Demons' team without Clayton for some weeks. Both Harmes and Jordon had great hit-outs for Casey on Saturday, so, together with Sparrow to come back, at least there are capable replacements lining up.....


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