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PREGAME: SF vs Carlton

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5 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Me to the Bullring.

Got to try something. 

 
39 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

We really need kossie to stand up this week. Been down for a while and missed gettable goals. Need at least 2 from him and a high pressure crumbing ,tackling game. Him flying for marks makes it to easy for the opposition to clear. Kozzie is about 1 from 80 so it's a low percentage play.

You’re being generous with 1 out of 80 though. I can’t remember him sticking one!

we definitely need him firing to win this week given our lack of firepower up forward now. He’s looked dangerous recently but been inaccurate and rushed when taking shots.

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    59 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Still hasn't fully recovered by the looks of it

    Way off and yet still gets important games

     
    3 minutes ago, Kent said:

    Still hasn't fully recovered by the looks of it

    Way off and yet still gets important games

    He’s a star mate. A tough, premiership player. Literally had the norm smith until CP5 went platinum in the last 40 mins.

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    58 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    So no Turner, or does Joshua Dawe not know who that is?

    Turner was having a run around at Gosh's with the other young bucks - JVR, AMW, Woey etc

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    53 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    He presumes wrong. 99% of Melbourne supporters would know who he is. He played 2 weeks ago against Sydney.

    I was making a joke.

    24 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    Gawn in forward line and grundy to ruck.

    Yes and he can do all the forward half ruck work, pinch hit in the centre when Grundy’s on the bench. Only problem is he won’t play 

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    1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

    We look short

    Possibly, but of the ones you mention Curnow and TDK are likely to play in the forward line.  I'm curious as to why Hibberd goes out for Tomlinson, when ... they won't have height up forward as far as I can tell, the others are defenders (barring Cripps and Acres)

     
    23 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    He’s a star mate. A tough, premiership player. Literally had the norm smith until CP5 went platinum in the last 40 mins.

    Well to be fair Bont probably did. 

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    31 minutes ago, Swooper said:

    Turner was having a run around at Gosh's with the other young bucks - JVR, AMW, Woey etc

    Interesting that JVR was excluded, surely if we win he comes straight back in.


    11 minutes ago, BW511 said:

    Interesting that JVR was excluded, surely if we win he comes straight back in.

    His form really hasn't exactly been great 

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    My guess at teams.

    Ins: Jordon, Spargo, Tomlinson, Schache

    Outs: Brayshaw, Chandler, Hibberd, JVR

    The big games are here.

    No build up to the Woobles game, flew under the radar, didn't do us much good.

    Different to this one.

    Pressure form many angles. Tribunal, possible straight sets again, not quite right forward area, hurt mates and families.

    Great we get another look, unlike 12 other teams.

    Plenty to get right, though our backline is a rock.

    We will play with passion, hoping we do it smartly, and not to the point of exhaustion or trying too hard.

    I am nervous, but that is what finals seem to bring up.

    Go Dees.

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    I will be surprised if Grundy is left out once again tbh

    Have Grundy in the square with Kozzy, Chandler, ANB, Sparrow and Fritsch roving off him 


    There is no point playing Grundy if we are wanting to replace the role of JVR. He cannot play as a forward, and giving him the bulk of the ruck work is robbing us of our best and most influential player spending as much time as possible in the middle. 

    If Grundy plays then it's at the expense of a small runner. Very risky, especially in warm conditions.

     

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    20 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    His form really hasn't exactly been great 

    JVR > Grundy, every day of the week.

    Despite not hitting the scoreboard, he’s contesting and his ruck work has been really good for such a young kid

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    1 hour ago, rpfc said:

    He’s a star mate. A tough, premiership player. Literally had the norm smith until CP5 went platinum in the last 40 mins.

    What you and Kent are saying  may both be the case imho.

    Yes he was X...   he's currently Y

    Where X >>>Y

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    3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    My guess at teams.

    Ins: Jordon, Spargo, Tomlinson, Schache

    Outs: Brayshaw, Chandler, Hibberd, JVR

    Schache offeres nothing imo.

    I'd prefer keeping Chandler or bringing in Woey, having Petracca spend more time forward and Chandler/Woey picking up the slack in the middle.

     

    8 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    There is no point playing Grundy if we are wanting to replace the role of JVR. He cannot play as a forward, and giving him the bulk of the ruck work is robbing us of our best and most influential player spending as much time as possible in the middle. 

    If Grundy plays then it's at the expense of a small runner. Very risky, especially in warm conditions.

     

    Blues are not overly tall down back so do we just go with a mosquito fleet?

    By the sounds of things TMac lives to fight another day

    Kozzy, TMac, ANB

    Chandler, Fritsch, Trac


    17 minutes ago, JTR said:

    Sorry if already posted.

    I'm not a massive fan of David King, but his conversation here with Gerrard Whateley has helped pep me up a bit re our chances tomorrow night!

    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/09/13/im-super-confident-they-wrap-back-around-the-change-melbourne-needs-to-reach/

    ~13 mins mark onwards...

    Same!

    Thanks for the link, was a good listen. Hard to disagree with much of what he said really. 

    Even gave me a little more confidence! When we step back a bit, it's easy to be apprehensive about tomorrow's game, but we should have won last week (even without Gus) - and just need to make some tweaks. JJ will be a perfectly adequate swap and didn't mind the Salem idea, would shake up a few things. Give the Blues something to think about. 

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    19 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    My guess at teams.

    Ins: Jordon, Spargo, Tomlinson, Schache

    Outs: Brayshaw, Chandler, Hibberd, JVR

    Just can’t see Schache rising to this occasion. Grundy has a much better chance to impact. 

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    8 minutes ago, SthSea22 said:

    Blues are not overly tall down back so do we just go with a mosquito fleet?

    By the sounds of things TMac lives to fight another day

    Kozzy, TMac, ANB

    Chandler, Fritsch, Trac

    If defenders aren’t tall, don’t give them an even match?

     

    Absolutely no way we go with Schache, that’s the coaches unnecessarily [censored] themselves over Carlton’s talls, which is exactly what we don’t do. I like the Salem forward idea and agree that Trac must play forward. 

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    19 minutes ago, BW511 said:

    JVR > Grundy, every day of the week.

    Despite not hitting the scoreboard, he’s contesting and his ruck work has been really good for such a young kid

    Well yeah? But that's not what the question was..


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