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Even if Clarry’s not ready please get Harmes out of our side. 

I suggest we may see the Grundy forward experiment. 

In Oliver Grundy

Out Harmes Petty

 

 


I'd prefer not to see Harmes in the team... again! 

Welcome back Clarry.

MAybe Smith forward to cover Petty? Otherwise BBB...

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE

IN: The Clayton Michael Oliver, Grundy

OUT: Petty :(, Harmes (Thanks for the service to this club and you've lived our dream of playing for your childhood club but I think its time to go)

In Oliver , Grundy, Thomlinson 

Out Harmes , Petty , Hibbo.

JJ Lucky

Edited by Bates Mate

 

Out: Harmes, Petty 

In: Oliver, Tomlinson

Joel Smith to play forward if Petty is cooked.

 

Moonboots are precautionary although they look awful.

Fingers crossed on Petty. Maybe just a week or 2 hopefully.


6 minutes ago, Deebauched said:

Moonboots are precautionary although they look awful.

Fingers crossed on Petty. Maybe just a week or 2 hopefully.

Healy on kayo, looking at it on replay thought  it could well be  the dreaded syndesmosis. ie 8 weeks. Anyway fingers crossed it’s not .. he’s a big cog in the wheel for us. 

Just now, whatwhat say what said:

there's no match-up for tomlinson at the baggers so can't see him coming in

OUT: petty, harmes
IN: oliver

smith forward and hibb comes into the 22

Yeah I think i’m with you. Tempting to give grundy one last go though isn’t it.

Hibberd was quality after he came on for Petty. Definitely deserves a full game next week against the dangerous Carlton smalls.


Just now, Wells 11 said:

Healy on kayo, looking at it on replay thought  it could well be  the dreaded syndesmosis. ie 8 weeks. Anyway fingers crossed it’s not .. he’s a big cog in the wheel for us. 

For anyone else you’d be suspicious of a syndesmosis so I’m not surprised job for life Gerard went with that. But with Petty only just recovering from the sprained ligament in his foot that has to be the suspicion too.

Either way serious foot/ankle injuries rarely get back inside 6 weeks. Full fit inside 5 would be a good result. 

3 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

Yeah I think i’m with you. Tempting to give grundy one last go though isn’t it.

...not really?

do not rate as a forward option and gawn's work around the ground has been extraordinary these last few weeks

17 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Out: Harmes, Petty 

In: Oliver, Tomlinson

Joel Smith to play forward if Petty is cooked.

 

This ☝️

5 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Hibberd was quality after he came on for Petty. Definitely deserves a full game next week against the dangerous Carlton smalls.

Thought he was average. A poor panicked handball gifted the Roos a goal. 


JJ’s second half probably keeps him in but geez if Oliver is cherry ripe and can dominate the midfield with Viney and others then do we go a double change in the middle and take out a crash and bash mid and bring in Woey, Spargo, Laurie or even Moniz-Wakefield? All who would bring either speed or polish. 

We had 6 inside mids today: Viney, Gus, Tracc, Sparrow, Harmes, JJ. We really only need 5. 

I don’t think he’s quite ready but I’d love to see the Money man Wakefield 

Oliver for Harmes seems a reasonable bet.

A few options for Petty. We could try Grundy. We could flip Smith back to the forward line and bring Tomlinson back. We could go back to the well with Brown, but I doubt that will happen. A lot of food for thought. A shame Casey didn't play this weekend.

37 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

In Oliver , Grundy, Thomlinson 

Out Harmes , Petty , Hibbo.

JJ Lucky

Hibbo wasn’t in the 22

 
3 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

JJ’s second half probably keeps him in but geez if Oliver is cherry ripe and can dominate the midfield with Viney and others then do we go a double change in the middle and take out a crash and bash mid and bring in Woey, Spargo, Laurie or even Moniz-Wakefield? All who would bring either speed or polish. 

We had 6 inside mids today: Viney, Gus, Tracc, Sparrow, Harmes, JJ. We really only need 5. 

I don’t think he’s quite ready but I’d love to see the Money man Wakefield 

I think Viney 71% gametime was part of the idea there.

9 minutes ago, old55 said:

I think Viney 71% gametime was part of the idea there.

Loading up on mids lets us run out games strongly, but it means we also start slowly because we’re slow. 

Edited by DeeSpencer


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