PREGAME: Rd 22 vs Carlton

[bing181 9,191]

18 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

My guess is Petty is out for the season. His ankle buckled inward, nasty.

Goodwin confirmed that it wasn't a short-term injury so ...

In a game of inches, there goes the chance at a flag?

[Roost it far 8,104]

8 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Goodwin confirmed that it wasn't a short-term injury so ...

In a game of inches, there goes the chance at a flag?

Not at all, you shift and adapt. Grundy gets his moment and Tomlinson goes back? Let’s see who we play against Carlton 

[Deebauched 1,220]

6 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Goodwin confirmed that it wasn't a short-term injury so ...

In a game of inches, there goes the chance at a flag?

Why pray tell.

Dees players will be fired up especially with Oliver and Fritsch possibly returning very soon.

Relax . have a glass of milk.

[bing181 9,191]

16 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Not at all, you shift and adapt. Grundy gets his moment and Tomlinson goes back? Let’s see who we play against Carlton 

You can only adapt if you have the pieces. On admittedly limited evidence, Petty is head and shoulders above the alternatives.

[Bates Mate 4,462]

32 minutes ago, Deebauched said:

Why pray tell.

Dees players will be fired up especially with Oliver and Fritsch possibly returning very soon.

Relax . have a glass of milk.

Been Radio silence in Fritsch I'm not positive he'll make it back hope I'm wrong

[DeeSpencer 25,365]

2 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

Been Radio silence in Fritsch I'm not positive he'll make it back hope I'm wrong

I’d have Fritsch as a finals inclusion. 

[praha 11,226]

Petty is averaging less than a goal a game and has already missed 6 games this year. It's a big loss but we can recover. 

[Demongirl35 1,025]

Out: Harmes Petty

In: Oliver tommo 

smith to move forward

[titan_uranus 24,963]

1 minute ago, praha said:

Petty is averaging less than a goal a game and has already missed 6 games this year. It's a big loss but we can recover. 

But he was averaging 4 goals a game the past 2 weeks. His recent form was promising. 

I agree it’s not the end of the world. He only returned last week and we won 3 straight without him, including Brisbane and Adelaide. 

[layzie 33,724]

Need Petty's clone.

[Bates Mate 4,462]

Petty big loss, we just don't have someone else with his size and mongrel to attack it and kick goals.

JVR is now our main target which is a worry as much as I love what he has done this year. Maybe brown back he did give us a nice structure and takes a key back. the forward line was functioning relatively well in the few weeks before the petty party last week.

Edited August 6, 2023 by Bates Mate

[Jaded No More 68,835]

16 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

Been Radio silence in Fritsch I'm not positive he'll make it back hope I'm wrong

Read the updates from @WalkingCivilWar

Eyeing a round 24 return if there are no setbacks. 

[Diamond_Jim 12,503]

Grundy to 60% ruck and Gawn to a Tom McDonald CHF role.

The great thing is that we are getting goals from the small forwards.

I have zero confidence in Smith as a full game goal contributing forward... sub is his role

[Floody100 193]

So let me get this straight. Grundy has sucked as forward for us this year & he did nothing in the VFL last week & you want to swap him for Petty ?

Smith to go forward & Tomo to go back to CHF.

[DeelightfulPlay 2,543]

The entire MFC and NMFC are in the food lounge in Hobart.  AMA except I'm chicken sh** and will not be saying hello to anyone

(Andy if you can edit this to add that Jonah Hill freaking out gif, much appreciated since I can't get my internet to work 😂)

[picket fence 16,985]

2 hours ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

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

 

 

Yep I think so, however could we be tempted to play Brown in Pettys place?

[Jaded No More 68,835]

Just now, DeelightfulPlay said:

The entire MFC and NMFC are in the food lounge in Hobart.  AMA except I'm chicken sh** and will not be saying hello to anyone

(Andy if you can edit this to add that Jonah Hill freaking out gif, much appreciated since I can't get my internet to work 😂)

Go ask Petty how he’s feeling and tell Zeibel he’s been a royal pain in our behind for the 90 years he’s played and good riddance. 

[dees189227 12,361]

Gee the Carlton fans are going to be out next week. It should be a good crowd 

[binman 42,468]

1 hour ago, bing181 said:

You can only adapt if you have the pieces. On admittedly limited evidence, Petty is head and shoulders above the alternatives.

How does it work then if all contenders lose key players?

Daicos is much more important to us than petty.

We have our leading goal scorer for the last few years in fritter to come back in.

And for good measure we have bb and Grundy in reserve and tmac one week away from returning from injury.

To replace daicos, the pies have, check notes, no one. And Murphy might be back for finals, but still a big loss

And the lions haven't looked thesame side since Ashcroft went out. And he's not coming back.

We can cover petty. Doesn't move the dial much.

Edited August 6, 2023 by binman

[DeelightfulPlay 2,543]

@Jaded No More surprisingly cannot see Petty! But also they're lining up for the flight behind where I am standing so that might explain it

Terrible photo incoming when I get my internet to work

Edit: Grundy is sitting with a North player and there are a few trainers kicking around.  Spargo also chatting with a friend rather than lining up 

Edited August 6, 2023 by DeelightfulPlay

[Roost it far 8,104]

29 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Grundy to 60% ruck and Gawn to a Tom McDonald CHF role.

The great thing is that we are getting goals from the small forwards.

I have zero confidence in Smith as a full game goal contributing forward... sub is his role

Gawn is monstering the ruck and you want to newt him? I just can’t understand why anyone would do that. 

Edited August 6, 2023 by Roost it far

[dees189227 12,361]

21 minutes ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

The entire MFC and NMFC are in the food lounge in Hobart.  AMA except I'm chicken sh** and will not be saying hello to anyone

(Andy if you can edit this to add that Jonah Hill freaking out gif, much appreciated since I can't get my internet to work 😂)

So they're both coming back on the same flight. 

Go up to max and ask what the hell happened in that first quarter. He's pretty approachable. then ask goody if he sprayed them at quarter time 

[dees189227 12,361]

24 minutes ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

The entire MFC and NMFC are in the food lounge in Hobart.  AMA except I'm chicken sh** and will not be saying hello to anyone

(Andy if you can edit this to add that Jonah Hill freaking out gif, much appreciated since I can't get my internet to work 😂)

Tell Goldstein to retire. He's a pain

[Diamond_Jim 12,503]

7 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Gawn is monstering the ruck and you want to newt him? I just can’t understand why anyone would do that. 

Grundy is a more than adequate ruck replacement but he's useless as a forward.

Play to your overall strengths not necessarily individual strengths.

Would you prefer Schache or Smith up forward... the cupboard is bare

[DeelightfulPlay 2,543]

5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Tell Goldstein to retire. He's a pain

Sorry, saw this too late!  They've all just left now.  I did shake hands with Grundy and told him to keep on keeping on!