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PREGAME: Rd 17 vs St. Kilda

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It’s a joke, so at this stage of their careers Brown & Melksham are a better bet than Van Rooyen

FMD!! At least the Ashes are on

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    Still making mistakes at the selection table. Petty forward, Tomlinson in, Grundy out would be better for balance. Good sides this year are going smaller more mobile.

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    5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    So no Van Rooyen and Neal Bullen keeps his spot. We are under the roof. wouldn't you want to see how Van Rooyen and brown work together? 

    Why have 2 genuine two forwards when you can have one and a resting ruckman who hasn't played forward his whole career and another who can't kick straight and get in the way of the genuine forwards

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    You gotta hope there is some kind of plan afoot….

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    Can’t see why anyone would be complaining about Spargo in. He can find and hit a target and is our best I50 kick by a country mile. Just needs to get the pill …

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    Suprised no dazzledavey named, calling most our players useless I reckon he’d have a better go.

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    Sensible changes. Spargo is no worldbeater but unlike Chandler is adept at finding space in the forward 50 and has good disposal skills. Woewodin has earned a start and Jordon will surely be a huge improvement on Harmes. The bad news about Oliver has opened the door for Jordon to prove he is worth persevering with. Van Rooyen for BBB is probably the only other change that might have been considered. At least we now know that Goodwin has apparently decided that Petty's place is definitely in the backline.

    My god. The whinging. School holidays has killed the spirit of some of you lot.

    I’ll be there on Saturday night supporting the club that’s given me some of life’s most memorable moments.

    Get to the ground. Support the Dees.

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    3 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    They’re giving JVR a rest prior to finals, that is all

    What seriously makes you think we will make the finals, seriously??

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    4 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    They’re giving JVR a rest prior to finals, that is all

    He played VFL so not resting though

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    Why is Melksham in the side. Simply amazing.

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    4 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    Can’t see why anyone would be complaining about Spargo in. He can find and hit a target and is our best I50 kick by a country mile. Just needs to get the pill …

    Because he hasn't got nearly enough of the pill this year

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    1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

    He played VFL so not resting though

     

    6 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    They’re giving JVR a rest prior to finals, that is all

    He is not playing as he goes against all the team rules. He leads at the ball and kicks straight. That will not get you a game in our forward line, will be lucky if we don't de-list him. 

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    Just now, dl4e said:

    Why is Melksham in the side. Simply amazing.

    I think. Maybe wrong.  100 games for the Dees.    A ton more than me !

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    2 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

    He played VFL so not resting though

     

    2 minutes ago, Billy said:

    What seriously makes you think we will make the finals, seriously??

    Because we’re an incredibly good side

    2 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

    He played VFL so not resting though

    It’s rest compared to AFL

    With Woewodin and JJ as ins (and only one mid out), it definitely spells a mid going forward for longer periods. It obviously won’t be Viney, so that leaves Trac or Sparrow. They can definitely both rotate at half forward and make an impact. 

    What concerns me is the lack of reliable goal kickers. Ben Brown aside, where are the rest of the goals coming from if Kosi doesn’t have a great game (and form isn’t on his side)?

    I’m all for playing to the ground conditions (would have been good to see that the last two weeks), but we don’t really give any forward mix a real go consistently.

    Smith in for 3 weeks, two of those weeks played in awful conditions. He wasn’t amazing, but he also was not giving us less than Melksham has, and is certainly much better defensively.


    This can’t be the forward set up we think we take to September, unless we are very confident Fritsch will be cherry ripe for finals, Gawn will start delivering up forward, and Ben Brown is going to return to 2021 form. Long reach there. 

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    4 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    They’re giving JVR a rest prior to finals, that is all

    A rest from what ? It'll be a very long rest come September if we lose this one.  Lose  and its pretty much over when you look at our games coming up this month.

     
    2 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

    Because he hasn't got nearly enough of the pill this year

    This. Subbed off against the pies with 6 touches, subbed on against the cats and got 2 - not sure how he got to the front of the queue. 

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    1 minute ago, Fromgotowoewodin said:

    This. Subbed off against the pies with 6 touches, subbed on against the cats and got 2 - not sure how he got to the front of the queue. 

    Because he can kick straight

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