On 02/08/2024 at 22:05, WERRIDEE said:

Out Goodwin May

In: Jeffo and someone that can coach

Sorry, but Godwin is the best coach in the comp, first coach to take the dees to a flag since 1964!

1 hour ago, Binmans PA said:

So in that set up JVR isn't playing 2nd ruck, the pinch hitting season ruck/forward is?

I know he's a bit soft, but a Chol type would have been handy...

Yes someone like a Chol

42 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

Do you really think Tracc needs to play forward?  We need stars in the midfield.  And with his spleen injury and the way we bomb it into our forward line, it would be the last place he would want to be.

Absolutely, Trac inside F50 is our biggest point of difference.  He should only get occasional runs through the middle. 
 

If he’s worried about further injury then the ground is no place for him but he’s a competitor so I have no concerns re him returning to where he left off 

52 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

Do you really think Tracc needs to play forward?  We need stars in the midfield.  And with his spleen injury and the way we bomb it into our forward line, it would be the last place he would want to be.

Tracc’s lack of pace and tank around the ground have been issues the last 2 years. Not to mention some of his horrendous turnovers. I don’t think the move forward this year was purely for forward line bite. A good part of it was to remove his weaknesses from the midfield (especially when Oliver and even Gawn were having the same weaknesses).

So it kind of depends what kind of physique he has coming back from injury. If he’s lost muscle and can build his fitness base quickly he might play more mid. The injury could have a silver lining.

But if he struggles to build that base then he was heading towards a forward role anyway.

It’s a scary thought but I think we are looking at almost a complete on ball rebuild over the next few years. 

Going to be interesting selection this week. We now know playing finals is out of the question. It would be nice to rest some of our older players that are banged up and needing surgery but if we do that we could get completely slaughtered.  
I’d give games to both Jeffo and Pup. 
put Petty back. 
Id put Pup tagging Rozee. Be a good learning experience for him and Rozee isn’t the biggest so he should be able to stick a tackle on him. 
 

On 04/08/2024 at 12:22, dees189227 said:

What do you reckon the crowd will be?

Quite possibly home by 3/4 time.

On 02/08/2024 at 23:34, titan_uranus said:

That’s what I said - May out injured, Petty goes back, Jefferson comes in. 

Worth considering Jefferson. It's certainly not worth having a compromised May being belted out there. Charlie Dixon would hit those ribs every time. Lever, Petty, TMac back in the Men's Department.

2 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Absolutely, Trac inside F50 is our biggest point of difference.  He should only get occasional runs through the middle. 
 

If he’s worried about further injury then the ground is no place for him but he’s a competitor so I have no concerns re him returning to where he left off 

Although its interesting to look at Traccs stats and impact.  He played mostly forward up to 2019 and he was involved in 22-29% of our scores when he was a forward.  Since 2020 when he went midfield, the impact was immediate and he has been involved in 33-37.5% of our scores.  He has been number 1 or 2 for score involvements in the AFL for 4 years. By comparison, Clarry's best year was 2021 with involvement in 28.7% of scores, but he has generally averaged around 26% (dropping to 19% this year).  But this is probably for a different thread.

On topic, I'll be interested to see which Port turn up this week.  Hopefully they are busy drinking their bathwater.

Hmm

 

On 04/08/2024 at 12:22, dees189227 said:

What do you reckon the crowd will be?

11,000.

IN Jefferson, Hore, K Brown

Out May, Howes, Melksham

Turner to play key Back

Edited August 6, 20241 yr by DubDee

Anyone who follows Maxy on Instagram seen his most recent post? One of the slides is footage of his foot and ankle, and the bruising is hectic. No wonder he's been proppy, the fact he played so well against the Dogs just shows what an absolute warrior this man is, we're so lucky to have him. 

2 minutes ago, Little Richard said:

Anyone who follows Maxy on Instagram seen his most recent post? One of the slides is footage of his foot and ankle, and the bruising is hectic. No wonder he's been proppy, the fact he played so well against the Dogs just shows what an absolute warrior this man is, we're so lucky to have him. 

Port have always physically targeted Max. He wouldn't like it, but the club should rest him and bring in Verrall. Rough on him but a sore Max is too important to risk copping it

Put Max on ice FFS

i reckon he has 2 more elite seasons in him if handled well

We would be mad to play Gawn. Absolutely bat**** crazy. Port don’t even have an amazing ruckman. Try out Fullarton for all I care. 

7 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

We would be mad to play Gawn. Absolutely bat**** crazy. Port don’t even have an amazing ruckman. Try out Fullarton for all I care. 

after what Goody said about Fullerton after Freo game, there is no chance he can play him this year.

41 minutes ago, BScotti said:

after what Goody said about Fullerton after Freo game, there is no chance he can play him this year.

He can if he plays him as a forward and let JVR ruck and Disco/Petty go back because May is injured. 

On 04/08/2024 at 06:27, buck_nekkid said:

Schache to play backie and replace Maysie

Schache to backie? Wacky

33 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

Schache to backie? Wacky

Making me feel heart attacky

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

He can if he plays him as a forward and let JVR ruck and Disco/Petty go back because May is injured. 

I really want to see one of Fullarton or Verrell but if they picked Fullarton and played JVR as our main ruck I'll be so [censored].

1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

He can if he plays him as a forward and let JVR ruck and Disco/Petty go back because May is injured. 

I'm actually getting tired of bashing JVR around in the ruck. I know the cupboard is bare but it's actually getting annoying now. 

If Fullerton is even a bee's diaphragm of ruckman then we should chuck him in. Couldn't be much worse than Petty.

5 minutes ago, layzie said:

I'm actually getting tired of bashing JVR around in the ruck. I know the cupboard is bare but it's actually getting annoying now. 

jvr doesn't appear to be, he seems to relish it

6 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

jvr doesn't appear to be, he seems to relish it

As a no.1 ruckman attending more than 14% of centre bounces? I'm not sure about that.

I think it's taken its toll, looked a bit cooked on Fri night.

I’m just turning up to watch Dan Houston…

On 03/08/2024 at 16:46, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Langdon cleared by the MRO.

Props to Langers.

One of our few senior players who has really put in, this year.