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PREGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood

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I want him laid out cold on the MCG turf.

The only thing that will make me feel remotely better.

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    I'll eat my hat live on Twitch if we win this one.

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    10 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    I want him laid out cold on the MCG turf.

    The only thing that will make me feel remotely better.

    Interest factor only if I'm honest.

    Won't happen.

    And we won't win I'm afraid.

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    Need to show 1000% better contest work and pressure defensively on opposition ball movement. Was witches hat stuff today, totally unacceptable. 

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    FB: McVee May Bowey
    HB: Salem McDonald Turner 
    C: Woey Oliver Windsor
    HF: ANB Tracc Langdon
    FF:Chandler JVR Pickett
    Foll: Gawn Rivers Viney
    Int: AMW Kolt Sparrow Brown
    S: Fritsch 

    Out: 
    Hunter - see ya
    Tomlinson - any pressure and he goes to water
    Petty - I still want to like him but no
    McAdam - come on now

    In:
    AMW
    Kolt
    BBB
    JVR 

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    We won’t even fly the flag against that dog Maynard I bet. 

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    2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    FB: McVee May Bowey
    HB: Salem McDonald Turner 
    C: Woey Oliver Windsor
    HF: ANB Tracc Langdon
    FF:Chandler JVR Pickett
    Foll: Gawn Rivers Viney
    Int: AMW Kolt Sparrow Brown
    S: Fritsch 

    Out: 
    Hunter - see ya
    Tomlinson - any pressure and he goes to water
    Petty - I still want to like him but no
    McAdam - come on now

    In:
    AMW
    Kolt
    BBB
    JVR 

    Who comes in for Tommo?

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    19 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    The Demons head back to Melbourne after an embarrassing loss to the Dockers to take on the Magpies at the MCG on Kings Birthday. With a calf injury to Lachie Hunter and Jacob van Rooyen possibly returning from injury who comes in and who goes out?

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    Who is willing to take a 10 week ban for knocking out Maynard? You’re in son. 

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    no need to play two tall backs as they've not got one tall forward

    OUT: hunter, petty, tomlinson, sparrow
    IN: jvr, tholstrup, woewodin

    sparrow as the sub, i guess

    their pressure at ground level will destroy us; filth by 42

    maynard bog


    i think this is a case of moving deck chairs on the titanic . we are cooked .

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    Play Jefferson.  Nothing to lose. The lack of depth at Casey is alarming but we knew that at the start of the season.  Oh wait, all except the football and recruiting departments.  Thought it was OK to lose Dunstan, Jordon, Hibberd, Brayshaw, Grundy, Harmes and Smith all really not replaced. It's a scandal. Midfield is tiring but Goodwin has never been one for rotation.  Development at Casey has been halted with an uncompetitive outfit. Max and May in their twilight. Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

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    17 minutes ago, praha said:

    I'll eat my hat live on Twitch if we win this one.

    You’ll need a bucket-load of condiments for that one amigo! I’d be going truffle oil and mayo.. but whatever it is, choose wisely! 

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    7 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

    Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

    this is scarily true

    he started the season brilliantly but has stopped being able to run from the looks of things

    looks super slow

    13 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    Who comes in for Tommo?

    Turner back. 

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    19 minutes ago, praha said:

    I'll eat my hat live on Twitch if we win this one.

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    6 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

    Play Jefferson.  Nothing to lose. The lack of depth at Casey is alarming but we knew that at the start of the season.  Oh wait, all except the football and recruiting departments.  Thought it was OK to lose Dunstan, Jordon, Hibberd, Brayshaw, Grundy, Harmes and Smith all really not replaced. It's a scandal. Midfield is tiring but Goodwin has never been one for rotation.  Development at Casey has been halted with an uncompetitive outfit. Max and May in their twilight. Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

    Yes depth isn’t as good as we may have thought. However Smith cannot be replaced and Brayshaw retired after draft day and is irreplaceable anyway. Jordon is the one we would have fought harder for or offered more had we known Gus wasn’t going to play. Hibberd retired and Dunstan was ordinary 

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    6 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

    Play Jefferson.  Nothing to lose. The lack of depth at Casey is alarming but we knew that at the start of the season.  Oh wait, all except the football and recruiting departments.  Thought it was OK to lose Dunstan, Jordon, Hibberd, Brayshaw, Grundy, Harmes and Smith all really not replaced. It's a scandal. Midfield is tiring but Goodwin has never been one for rotation.  Development at Casey has been halted with an uncompetitive outfit. Max and May in their twilight. Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

    Not a bad point but I think with JVR back it’s unlikely — that’s more one for when/if we start going down the off-season surgery road by round 19 etc I think but who knows I guess it’s possible!

    I don’t think we’ll see wholesale changes but I do expect a debut.. AMW/Brown my guess, maybe Fullarton to give Max a chop-out and not have to have JVR ruck.. maybe Howes for Hunter, or Billings I suppose.. I think it’s wrong-round to debut a skinny key fwd! 
     

    I'm gonna guess 3 changes max!
     

    Lord I hope I’m right & we respond, I still think the WCE game was worse — we packed this one in and they had all hail-Mary’s cashed.. we were flat as a tac etc but one thing is, we WILL find out either way! 

     

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    The season is not quite cooked, in 1998 and 2000 we had some horrible mid season drubbings and still bounced back to win multiple finals. I know it’s clutching at straws to go back 25 years but it has happened.

    Petty and McAdam can’t play in the same forward line together next week. Drop one, drop both, move Petty back if you must, but not those two together please and thank you. Turner no better either. 

    Salem, Bowey, Woey Jr, Rivers and countless others were all pathetic today but the cupboard is too bare to make meaningful changes in the smalls department. Please no Billings Goody.
     

    Win and our season has a pulse. Lose and we are in trouble. Lose badly and I’m just about ready to put a fork in this era. The flag was amazing at least. 

     

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    Sick of all this Maynard rubbish, it derailed our finals last year & mid 2024 we’re still taking about it, get over it!!!!!

    Maybe a bit of focus about getting our season back on track

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    McVee May Petty

    Bowey Tmac Rivers

    Windsor Viney Langdon

    ANB Oliver Picket

    Chandler JVR Fritsch

    Gawn Trac Salem

    K Brown Woey Kolt Turner

    Sparrow

    Petty back is better for both him and team.  Oliver may be getting it, but very little is effective - he'd be a real headache in the forward line though as he can get his hands on it - forcing defenders to panic. We alsi need lots of run to match the pies out of Defence - note I suspect pup will be one of those players who plays better with good players around him i.e. first grade.

     

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    It’s no secret that I’ve been pretty much dead inside when it comes to football since the last time we played this pile of dog [censored] club. I don’t even carry anger or disappointment when we lose anymore. I get over it fairly quickly and my passion for the game will probably never be the same again. 
    Having said all that, I would take not winning another game for the rest of the year, so long as we obliterate this bunch of ****heads next week!

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    10 minutes ago, Billy said:

    Sick of all this Maynard rubbish, it derailed our finals last year & mid 2024 we’re still taking about it, get over it!!!!!

    Maybe a bit of focus about getting our season back on track

    Agree, but we have lost our edge. I hope we pick Kolt because he has some, and I’d love to see some of our players stop being scared to tackle or crunch a player in a contest. 

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    5 minutes ago, Ungarieboy said:

    Oliver may be getting it, but very little is effective - he'd be a real headache in the forward line though as he can get his hands on it - forcing defenders to panic

    There’s no evidence that Oliver can get the ball yet alone do anything with it forward.

    We need to understand his limitations with ball in hand as a mid but recognise his legs and reading of the play still seem powerful - even if he’s not using them. In that respect, he should be given the responsibility of a team first tag on Daicos. Does he have the discipline and work ethic - I think he does if he’s coached how to do it. 

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