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PREGAME: Rd 18 vs Brisbane

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Good to see Goody make changes to try to get our forward line functioning well. The 2 rucks hasn’t worked overall at least from a scoreboard perspective. 

Having natural forwards leading and no resting ruck should in theory lessen the temptation to dump kick inside 50

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    2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Good to see Goody make changes to try to get our forward line functioning well. The 2 rucks hasn’t worked overall at least from a scoreboard perspective. 

    Having natural forwards leading and no resting ruck should in theory lessen the temptation to dump kick inside 50

    Does put pay to the ‘what forward line problem?’ people…

    We’re doing so well we have abandoned our dual ruck strategy (that the FD was banging on about last October) for at least a month* to accomodate a change to our forward setup.

    *I guess he is at Casey however long it takes to learn forward craft…

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    Wouldn’t mind playing the Dockers without Serong, Young,  Cox and Frederick.

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    If Kossi and Spargo can make a contribution tomorrow we could win this game

     The team looks more balanced to me.

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    42 minutes ago, sisso said:

    Strange decision for mine…Max is looking quite banged up and McInerney is a physical ruckman could bash Max up without having Brodie to help out

    Yep absolute carnage to unfold

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    3 minutes ago, old dee said:

    If Kossi and Spargo can make a contribution tomorrow we could win this game

     The team looks more balanced to me.

    SPARGO ???? SPARE ME ! Not up to it and never will be!

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    May have been mentioned earlier but with Casey having a bye Grundy does have a week off as will Hibberd

    29 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

    Wasn't Hibbo supposed to be right this week? Would have liked him to pick up the dangerous Charlie.

    Pretty sure they said at least 3 weeks to fully recover.  He would be right on the edge of that probably.

    One week too early me thinks plus they usually like to give Hibb a run at Casey before coming in.


    Certainly a surprise move to drop Grundy but I suppose they've decided to bite the bullet with something that just wasn't working

    More of a surprise is the goal of the MC for Grundy to learn some forward craft at Casey?  Strikes me as being a bit late in the season to do that sort of thing

    On one hand I find the whole thing a bit baffling but nevertheless, quite bold

    Bottom line is if the change works (structurally) and we win, we'll take the win

    It's a big game for us with a fair bit riding on the result

     

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    Grundy out?? WRONG week Simon and if a Banged up Max gets injured? Its Van Rooyen? Yeah ..

    We will lose tommorrow night .. Bookmark it!

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    1 minute ago, picket fence said:

    Grundy out?? WRONG week Simon and if a Banged up Max gets injured? Its Van Rooyen? Yeah ..

    We will lose tommorrow night .. Bookmark it!

    Relax old man, this game is not that important 

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    1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Brodie is on 193 games. I hope he plays his 200th this year. 🥹

    Hibbo and Max are on 194. Barring anything unforeseen Max will play his 200th vs Hawthorn in round 23, our home game at the ‘G, which is also our BCNA Field of Woman match. Hibbo… who knows?

    Langers plays his 149th game tomorrow night. His 150th will be next Sunday vs the Crows in our home game at the ‘G. That is, barring injury or being rested, managed, omitted, dropped, dumped, 86d, jettisoned, kicked to the kerb or in any other way not there. 😁

    There is acknowledgment of a milestone on tomorrow’s banner, but it’s not a player. It’s the 500th game of John Stanaway (father of Clint) who is a trainer and has been with the MFC since the 1990’s. This probs explains why Clint is a diehard Dees fan. He’s a cheer squad favourite and was actually in the cheer squad growing up.

    Oh and lil Spargypants is on 95 games. Nibs is on 144. It’ll be great to see them celebrate their milestones in five and six weeks (respectively) for the obvious reasons but also to annoy the “fans” who bag them week in and week out. Cheers Big Ears 🥳 🍻 😂

    Wow, Spargo 95, that seems to have gone by fast.

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    Picket, sometimes you have more bias than a lawn bowl.

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    I'd think the Grundy omission is 60% for a look at a different structure and 20% to give Max a proper full game in the ruck to find his mojo and 20% to give Brody a rest 

    Strikes me a little like JVRs recent omission. Sure, he wasn't in hot form, but the FD took a look at something different and in doing so freshened up a key player

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    7 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Surprised by the Grundy decision, but glad they are mixing things up.

    Who goes to Cameron? Rivers?

    Probably McVee...

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    29 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

    Picket, sometimes you have more bias than a lawn bowl.

    Dunno what he's drunk tonight, but he seems to be throwing up a fair bit.

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    I think a few others mentioned that Grundy looked "cooked" against the Saints?

    He probably needed a rest and might be very sore as well.

    It will be interesting who we have as our sub though.

    Will it be J. Smith, Dunstan, Chandler or even Grundy?

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    Brisbane have come in slightly post teams release, but @binman, you said this was relatively normal a few weeks back.

    So the bookies certainly have us favourites.

    I wonder if Dunstan will be the sub...

    Big call to leave Max to ruck solo against McInerney, especially off two 6-day breaks. Max should know his capabilities - and would have been consulted about this - so I assume he's up for it. 😬 

    On Grundy, coming off two major injuries and 12 months out, playing for a new club and in a different role, I think he's had a reasonable year. Credit to him and the medical/fitness staff to get him this far unscathed. I expect he'll be better next year.   

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    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    Grundy out?? WRONG week Simon and if a Banged up Max gets injured? Its Van Rooyen? Yeah ..

    We will lose tommorrow night .. Bookmark it!

    Petty?

     
    On 7/9/2023 at 9:23 AM, SPC said:

    JVR comes in for either Gawn or Grundy. 2 half ruckman/ half forwards is not what the team need. We need a bonafide forward and JVR can provide ruck assistance.

    Probably 1 or 2 others made a similar suggestion but you called it.  Kudos

    Mind you, they were never going to drop the captain so JVR for Grundy was the move

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    Is there any chance we name Schache as the sub? Strong VFL form and can play both ends. If BBB is off, he can replace him. If we lose a key back he can cover there. If Max is struggling, we can sub a small and he can ruck. I know we have more often than not gone for the ‘utility type’ as sub, but l feel we have enough mids to cover spots. I’d at least consider it

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