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PREGAME: Rd 12 vs Carlton

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30 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

What was the point of getting Schache we could have just kept Weiderman, we invest in another premier ruckman & yet win the hit outs but don’t dominate the clearances… is it structure or players not working hard enough 

Weideman indicated he wanted to go, so we managed a trade for Schache to cover for Weideman.

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    9 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Riv mid. Riv mid. I know he’s been mostly good down back but Gus can roll back with Hunter in. It’s time to unleash Rivers on ball.

    FB: Hibberd May McVee
    HB: Salem Lever Brayshaw
    C; Hunter Petracca Langdon
    HF: Spargo T Mc ANB
    FF: Pickett JVR Fritsch 
    Foll: Gawn Rivers Viney
    Int: Grundy Bowey JJ Sparrow
    s: Chandler 

     

    Christ wash rinse dry, repeat , repeat repeat 

    T MAC IS TOTALLY COOKED

    VAN ROOYEN NOT YET UP TO IT

    SPARGO SHOCKING

    NIBBLER TERRIBLE

    PICKET NEEDS A ROCKET

    MAX. ALMOST COOKED

    And you want to make minimal changes???

    Nar SHHEESH

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    11 minutes ago, A F said:

    Weideman indicated he wanted to go, so we managed a trade for Schache to cover for Weideman.

    Which was no surprise as he got absolutely no continuity at senior level. He’s been doing well at Essendon. A change of scenery was definitely good for him. I’m not sure he was going to progress any further at Melbourne. 
     

    I am still mad that we gave up Hunt for nothing. 

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    3 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Which was no surprise as he got absolutely no continuity at senior level. He’s been doing well at Essendon. A change of scenery was definitely good for him. I’m not sure he was going to progress any further at Melbourne. 
     

    I am still mad that we gave up Hunt for nothing. 

    Cap space. Not nothing, but we better spend it on something good soon 

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    9 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Christ wash rinse dry, repeat , repeat repeat 

    T MAC IS TOTALLY COOKED

    VAN ROOYEN NOT YET UP TO IT

    SPARGO SHOCKING

    NIBBLER TERRIBLE

    PICKET NEEDS A ROCKET

    MAX. ALMOST COOKED

    And you want to make minimal changes???

    Nar SHHEESH

    So you want to replace our entire forward line with what? Casey’s forward line, so you can then complain about them?

    Seems unlikely to be a successful decision.

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    13 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Christ wash rinse dry, repeat , repeat repeat 

    T MAC IS TOTALLY COOKED

    VAN ROOYEN NOT YET UP TO IT

    SPARGO SHOCKING

    NIBBLER TERRIBLE

    PICKET NEEDS A ROCKET

    MAX. ALMOST COOKED

    And you want to make minimal changes???

    Nar SHHEESH

    Jeez pf we could have won both games with an ounce of luck or some decent umpiring you can’t write off the whole team. Also based on Casey form the only three deserving players on the weekend were Tomlinson, Schache and Brown.!!!

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    15 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Christ wash rinse dry, repeat , repeat repeat 

    T MAC IS TOTALLY COOKED

    VAN ROOYEN NOT YET UP TO IT

    SPARGO SHOCKING

    NIBBLER TERRIBLE

    PICKET NEEDS A ROCKET

    MAX. ALMOST COOKED

    And you want to make minimal changes???

    Nar SHHEESH

    Out of that lot I'd drop Spargo, rather give Chandler more opportunity, Nibbler is doing his job imo. I do agree Tmac looks cooked probably give BB one more chance.

    Pickett seems to be second guessing himself as are alot of our players not taking the first option and stopped playing on instinct. 

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    13 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    So you want to replace our entire forward line with what? Casey’s forward line, so you can then complain about them?

    Seems unlikely to be a successful decision.

    WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

    While we are at it let’s drop Petracca. I’m sick to death of him missing goals. Trash player. Directly to Casey and would trade for a third rounder. 

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    21 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Which was no surprise as he got absolutely no continuity at senior level. He’s been doing well at Essendon. A change of scenery was definitely good for him. I’m not sure he was going to progress any further at Melbourne. 
     

    I am still mad that we gave up Hunt for nothing. 

    Never rated Jayden, so I'm comfortable with it.

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    who was it that said ‘don’t check demonland after a loss’?

    a wise, wise oracle it was

     

    *in fairness we would have gone out of business in 2013 but still

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    9 minutes ago, A F said:

    Never rated Jayden, so I'm comfortable with it.

    I reckon I’m just sentimental because he was one of my favorites and I feel badly for him because he was so close to winning a flag, and never wanted to leave the club. 

    I know rationally that he’s just an ok player and would make no difference to our team currently. 
    But watching him play for that abomination of a side, is very sad. 

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    3 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    I thinking we dont go too tall.

    Many may lampoon...  and ill wear it.

    Im going very left field..   bring in Milkshake.

    Word him up ;) 

    He has X value potential....and isnt fazed by a wettish dewy slippery ball.

    Thoughts ??? 

    Will at least stop us dump kicking into the forward line.

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    4 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    I thinking we dont go too tall.

    Many may lampoon...  and ill wear it.

    Im going very left field..   bring in Milkshake.

    Word him up ;) 

    He has X value potential....and isnt fazed by a wettish dewy slippery ball.

    Thoughts ??? 

    Milkshake stared in our last gasp victory against the blues last year. 

    Our form seemed better when he was in the side early in the year.

    I'm Sold. Milkshake is our Talisman haha

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    10 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    I reckon I’m just sentimental because he was one of my favorites and I feel badly for him because he was so close to winning a flag, and never wanted to leave the club. 

    I know rationally that he’s just an ok player and would make no difference to our team currently. 
    But watching him play for that abomination of a side, is very sad. 

    Out of all the players that left last year it's Hunty the one that I feel for the most. Baker or Weids I couldn't give a stuff about.

    Had he not done his ankle we would be talking about a premiership player.

    Unfortunately he's now playing for a trash WAFL club which to me just doesn't look or feel right after all the [censored] years he went through.

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    On 5/28/2023 at 10:02 AM, Clint Bizkit said:

    How long does Goodwin last if he loses to Voss?

     

    Depends on  whether Melbourne again wants to look like a football version of a banana republic. Thankfully those days appear to be over.

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    49 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

    Milkshake stared in our last gasp victory against the blues last year. 

    Our form seemed better when he was in the side early in the year.

    I'm Sold. Milkshake is our Talisman haha

    "Milkshake stared..." ? WTF? He won the game by keeping his eyes wide open? Give me a break!

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    3 minutes ago, GOLORDIE said:

    "Milkshake stared..." ? WTF? He won the game by keeping his eyes wide open? Give me a break!

    Starred* haha

    I went to pull out the stats and then I re-read my post haha

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    55 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

    Milkshake stared in our last gasp victory against the blues last year. 

    Our form seemed better when he was in the side early in the year.

    I'm Sold. Milkshake is our Talisman haha

    I really feel for Milkshake. In the finals last year he was essentially our main man down forward and his main strength - excellent kicking - just disappeared. He could have been the key.

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    3 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

    Starred* haha

    I went to pull out the stats and then I re-read my post haha

    Sorry I'm so pedantic DWA. 50 years of journalism will do that.

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    Carlton love to attack through the corridor and quickly, they also like to switch the play (our Achilles’ heels).

    We need to study the Blues vs Lions game earlier in the year. Brisbane denied them the corridor at all costs and so must we.

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    44 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

    Carlton love to attack through the corridor and quickly, they also like to switch the play (our Achilles’ heels).

    We need to study the Blues vs Lions game earlier in the year. Brisbane denied them the corridor at all costs and so must we.

    I've read this four times. I might be misunderstanding your point, but don't these two statements contradict each other?

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    An additional tall defender must come in. I guess it has to be one of Tomlinson (most likely) or Smith or Schache. I'm not a huge fan of any of those gents, but Lever can't play on McKay or Curnow. As has been said repeatedly, he's not a particularly good one on one defender. He needs to be the third man up/inteceptor.

    Edited by Winners at last

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    10 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Found myself screaming “YOU’RE NOT THAT GUY” at Harmes on too many occasions last Saturday 

    Apart from the goal that Fritta gifted him everything else was error ridden. 

    Having another look at the replay, ANB gave him a run for his money as well. Both liabilities.

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    On 5/27/2023 at 3:12 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    The Chandler and McVee experiments are probably over.

    They aren’t experiments they have shown enough, maybe they need tests but both of them have had impacts across their lines

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