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PREGAME: QF vs Collingwood

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Just now, Billy said:

Do you think Melksham, Turner & Laurie will play?

Hunter won’t get dropped I’ll admit that & Grundy won’t get another gig, it’s a forum so let’s not all get to angry over people’s opinions 

 

I think Laurie was excellent today and at worse will be sub. Turner is likely on todays form against a small Pies forwardline. 

 
59 minutes ago, Billy said:

Salem was non existent today & Bowey not much better, we need Hibberd imo, proven big game performer & our best lock down defender.

 

I'd agree. I love Salem but Gee he's been horrible late this year.

He's a seasoned finals player and may stand up but right now he looks so far off the pace, I'd bring someone harder and faster in.

Hibbo has been going extremely hard and stands up in the pressure.

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    1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

    I think Laurie was excellent today and at worse will be sub. Turner is likely on todays form against a small Pies forwardline. 

    Yep thought they were both ok, but don’t think they’ll hold their spots

     

    We just beat an in form, well coached, tough, contested ball team in Sydney on their home turf and people are wanting 4 people dropped... 

    Goodwin and the selectors under his coaching reign rarely make sweeping changes, and our form of late (including getting ripped of for a win versus the Blues) will mean few changes again. There are considerations like Salem's poor form, Hunter's turnovers, Bowey's patchy form etc... but I don't reckon any of these rate a mention on Goodwin's radar. How will Turner go against the big bodies of Mihocek and McStay?

    Week 1 focus is rest and recover hard. Bowey, Fritsch and anyone else with a knock or problem. 

    Melksham is unlikely to play, so that will be one change.

    Any other changes will be dependant on matching the Pies, and perhaps weather if it is a factor. We beat them on King's Birthday, with the only thing keeping them close being our poor goal kicking (which we have well and truly corrected). 

    Our players like ANB, Brayshaw, Langdon, Max, and Sparrow are really important because of their defensive spread (which the Pies hate, relying on players like Daicos x 2, pendlebury and Sidebottom playing wide for the free ball).

    I both hate and love the pre-finals bye.

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    I think a 6pm game to finish off the season was stupid. Why wait till 9pm to hear what we already know?

    Free kick other sports 

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    People calling for Bowey and Salems head should go and have a good hard drink and forget about life for a while.

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    36 minutes ago, Billy said:

    Do you think Melksham, Turner & Laurie will play?

    Hunter won’t get dropped I’ll admit that & Grundy won’t get another gig, it’s a forum so let’s not all get to angry over people’s opinions 

     

    Fine but stop posting silly ones

     
    1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

    Fine but stop posting silly ones

    Fair enough 

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    I think only change will be tmac for malksham, would like to see Hibberd  come in for Turner but I don’t see Goodwin making any unforced changes from here on out

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    53 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    I think Laurie was excellent today and at worse will be sub. Turner is likely on todays form against a small Pies forwardline. 

    McStay, Cox/Cameron, Mihocek and probably Howe?

    Out: Melksham

    In: McDonald

    Sub: Smith

    I would bring Laurie into the 22 and move Smith to the sub role where he can be deployed where needed due to his versatility.

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    1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    That's fine, he's still playing his role. That's all he needs to do.

    Goody has already admitted that Grundy experiment hasn't worked as what they thought it be, but again, that's fine. He'll only play if Gawn has to miss.

    With Melksham out, and admittedly I am a massive McDonald fan, there's just not good reason not to play Grundy vs the Pies imo.

    5 minutes ago, old55 said:

    McStay, Cox/Cameron, Mihocek and probably Howe?

    Howe will play back IMO. Especially if Moore isn’t 100%. Could be wrong. 

    I think there’s definitely room for Hibbo. May will take McStay. Beyond that I have no idea. Their forwardline is annoying. It’s mediocre but also hard to match up on. Elliot is my biggest worry. 

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    2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Howe will play back IMO. Especially if Moore isn’t 100%. Could be wrong. 

    I think there’s definitely room for Hibbo. May will take McStay. Beyond that I have no idea. Their forwardline is annoying. It’s mediocre but also hard to match up on. Elliot is my biggest worry. 

    McVee to be the pest following Elliot throughout the whole game.

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    1 hour ago, Brownie said:

    I'd agree. I love Salem but Gee he's been horrible late this year.

    He's a seasoned finals player and may stand up but right now he looks so far off the pace, I'd bring someone harder and faster in.

    Hibbo has been going extremely hard and stands up in the pressure.

    Salem was tagged all day

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    Just now, Pennant St Dee said:

    Salem was tagged all day

    Which was an odd choice from Horse given the form Rivers has been in 

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    7 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Howe will play back IMO. Especially if Moore isn’t 100%. Could be wrong. 

    I think there’s definitely room for Hibbo. May will take McStay. Beyond that I have no idea. Their forwardline is annoying. It’s mediocre but also hard to match up on. Elliot is my biggest worry. 

    I hope Moore is stuffed personally but that's just my point of view.

    3 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Howe will play back IMO. Especially if Moore isn’t 100%. Could be wrong. 

    I think there’s definitely room for Hibbo. May will take McStay. Beyond that I have no idea. Their forwardline is annoying. It’s mediocre but also hard to match up on. Elliot is my biggest worry. 

    They've got both Moore and Murphy to come back into that backline. I'm not sure Howe plays back there. They might even prefer Markov. They've actually got a selection squeeze especially if they do go with Cox and Cameron which looks likely. Maybe Howe back and Markov sub but that still leaves 3 marking forwards.

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    Cant wait, can only hope I can get tickets, otherwise:

    Bring It GIFs | Tenor

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    Ummmm……is this the first time ever we’re playing the filth in a QF !?

    surely not….!?!

     

    Thursday is less time for Moore and Daicos to get up too. That's also a win.

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    We are not going to play two dedicated rucks.

     

    Sad to say I'm off the Grawndy experiment, just halves Maxxy and slows us down :(

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