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PREGAME: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs

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Schacke out for Fullerton (or Verrall even?)

Laurie out for Kozzie

Spargo out for Billings

 

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    Do we have anyone of note to come in besides Pickett?

    Give Kynan Brown a crack, may as well

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    I’ll play. I’m 45 and useless but can’t be any worse? 

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    What about McDonald for Schache? Couldn't do any worse.

    Kozzie back, he owes us

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    In: Fullerton, Pickett, Woewodin

    Out: Schache, Laurie, Bowey (if injured)

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    1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Not negotiable 
     

    Out. Spargo. Laurie. Schache. 
     

    In. Pickett. Woewodin   Fullerton. 

    Don't forget Bowser out.  Maybe Pup Brown and send Salo back to defence.

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    I'd go a bit of a shake up. 

    Kozzie, Fullerton, B.Brown in 

    Schache, Laurie, Bowey out

     

    give us some actual targets up front 

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    40 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    The Demons return to Melbourne and the MCG as they take on the Western Bulldogs in Round 01 on Sunday Afternoon. Kozzy Pickett will be available and Jake Bowey and Bailey Laurie looks set for a stint on the sidelines through injury. Who comes in an who goes out?PreGameRd012024.png

    Injured or not, Laurie was so poor tonight that it will surely be a long time before he is considered again.

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    In: Pickett, Woewodin, Fullarton

    Out: Bowey, Laurie, Schache

    Few half forwards lucky we don't have a lot of depth ready to come in.

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    Wait and see what happens in the Casy practice match tmrw. Bowey out injured and Schache and Laurie dropped. Comes in wait and see.

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    My initial early thoughts are:

    In: Pickett, Fullarton/Brown, Woewodin

    Out: Bowey (inj), Spargo (suspended, if not then dropped), Schache

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    22 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Out: Bowey (inj), Spargo (suspended, if not then dropped), Schache

    I must have missed that. What happened?

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    The dreaded 10 day wait. 

    I'm going to bed, wake me up that Sunday morning.

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    18 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    I must have missed that. What happened?

    The 50 he gave away, he struck a player in the head. It might have been an accident but at the ground it didn’t look great. 

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    1 hour ago, Nascent said:

    In: Pickett, Woewodin, Fullarton

    Out: Bowey, Laurie, Schache

    Few half forwards lucky we don't have a lot of depth ready to come in.

    Kossie and Woe for starters. I’d drop Spargo play Billing’s and Kynan B and not sure on Chandler and Schache after only one game. 

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    Schache's gone for Fullarton that's a no brainer.

    The rest isn't easy.

    I think it has to be either Hore or Woey for Bowey and keeping Salem in the midfield. How many times did Salo lace kicks to forwards (only for them to drop them) last night? He provides us such a needed balance.

    Pickett for Laurie.

    Not sure if Spargo/Billings swap roles or stay in or go entirely. Not a lot of confidence in either of them.

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    17 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Schache's gone for Fullarton that's a no brainer.

    The rest isn't easy.

    I think it has to be either Hore or Woey for Bowey and keeping Salem in the midfield. How many times did Salo lace kicks to forwards (only for them to drop them) last night? He provides us such a needed balance.

    Pickett for Laurie.

    Not sure if Spargo/Billings swap roles or stay in or go entirely. Not a lot of confidence in either of them.

    Agree. Hore needs to come in for Bowey - we need to be able to keep Salem in the midfield. Woey jnr doesn’t help with that, though I’d be happy for him to replace any of Laurie, Spargo or Billings.

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    5 minutes ago, godees said:

    Agree. Hore needs to come in for Bowey - we need to be able to keep Salem in the midfield. Woey jnr doesn’t help with that, though I’d be happy for him to replace any of Laurie, Spargo or Billings.

    I think Woey can play half back. Obviously we haven't seen that in a game but it's not that hard and he has the attributes. Hore's the safer option. The big challenge no matter who comes in down back is whether we can rely on Rivers and Howes to become the designated kicking options off half back. We really missed Bowser, as soon as he went down the game changed.

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    Laurie, Spargo, Billings, Chandler..keep one of them...probably Chandler.

    Tip the rest.

    Of course Koz comes back and we need at another tall at least to help JVR.

    Look at Tholstrup, Woey, Sestan someone with a bit of extra size and grunt...

    ...and young Brown who has a bit more zip than the pedestrians we had in last night.

    Even look at AMW.

    It would have to have been the most boring, ineffective forward line in the AFL for a long time.

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    36 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    We really missed Bowser, as soon as he went down the game changed.

    It really did as we also had to move Salem out to the middle...

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    11 hours ago, 58er said:

    Kossie and Woe for starters. I’d drop Spargo play Billing’s and Kynan B and not sure on Chandler and Schache after only one game. 

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    I think it possible - after attempting so many marks against much taller opposition defenders - that Chandler has been given crazy instructions not to play his versatile (and profitable) role as a forward line free agent, roving to opportunities and space, emerging in possession from fwd-50 packs, isolating himself to long runs from whence the goodness flows into a set shot (he is very good at these) and a few mobile scores. Why? Kozzie cannot do it all and our static forwards (other than Fritta) suffer weekly from inaction and static geo-location.

     

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