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PREGAME: Rd 22 vs Port Adelaide

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Selections this week are ordinary to say the least.

AMW and Howes need more experience and we bring in Salem

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    Great to see Hore back. If he had been more lucky he’d be a regular

    AMW has had a good taste but has plenty to work on

    would have been nice to see Jeffo. hopefully next week

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    42 minutes ago, Newport34 said:

    We will win this game. I just know it. 

    I’m with ya, want to see more chaos thrown into the 8 with us winning.

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    1 minute ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    I’m with ya, want to see more chaos thrown into the 8 with us winning.

     

    With respect our season finished last Friday; and on that effort some players have checked out for this year. 

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    4 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

    Selections this week are ordinary to say the least.

    AMW and Howes need more experience and we bring in Salem

    Premiership gun over two kids

    tough call

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    2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Premiership gun over two kids

    tough call

    Who has been average this year due to injuries. Just give him the year off and play the kids.

     

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    9 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

     

    With respect our season finished last Friday; and on that effort some players have checked out for this year. 

    I know our season is done, I would like to win just for shiits and giggles. 

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    14 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Premiership gun over two kids

    tough call

    ‘Premiership gun’ 😂 Who gives a [censored] if he played in the premiership or not we’re three years past it champ. Hasn’t even been ‘good’ for three years. Should we bring Ben Brown in cause he was a ‘premiership gun’ ? Shocking take 

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    17 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

    ‘Premiership gun’ 😂 Who gives a [censored] if he played in the premiership or not we’re three years past it champ. Hasn’t even been ‘good’ for three years. Should we bring Ben Brown in cause he was a ‘premiership gun’ ? Shocking take 

    You should read 1984. Or at least look up Thinkpol. They weren't huge on views contrary to their own.

    Pickin up what I'm puttin down?

     

    58 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

    "desperation", "rolling the dice", "trusting players to do the job"

    same decision - different lens - so choose your language

    "argh the season's shot- play the young kids" whilst gnashing teeth that the seasons shot...

    And whilst on form, it doesn't look great - at least the FD is more optimistic than some of you lot...

    Optimistic about what? We've blown it this season. They're paid to manage these things and should be held to account.

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    Port have been using a very tall forward line recently. With no Georgiades, Howes has no match up. Could you imagine Howes lining up next to Esava or Dixon? He'd be ragdolled. Hore and Tommo make sense here.

    Bowza will take Rioli

    Salem gives us more experience and while AMW has impressed, he routinely has run out of legs in the second half of games this year. Good match up for Byrne Jones.

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    7 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

    You should read 1984. Or at least look up Thinkpol. They weren't huge on views contrary to their own.

    Pickin up what I'm puttin down?

     

    Yeh good one 

    2 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

    Yeh good one 

    I thought so

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    5 minutes ago, MrFreeze said:

    Port have been using a very tall forward line recently. With no Georgiades, Howes has no match up. Could you imagine Howes lining up next to Esava or Dixon? He'd be ragdolled. Hore and Tommo make sense here.

    Bowza will take Rioli

    Salem gives us more experience and while AMW has impressed, he routinely has run out of legs in the second half of games this year. Good match up for Byrne Jones.

    This is incredibly misguided - you've genuinely read every match up wrong. Only thing you've got right is that Howes would get ragdolled. 

    Guess what - so will Hore. 

    Bowza doesn't have the speed, agility or tackling ability in the clinches to take Rioli. And he's incredibly unaccountable for a defender. AMW equally unaccountable....but he's played what...5 games? At least he has speed and tackling ability. 

    As for Salem - DBJ will absolutely run him off his feet and get him out the back if that's the matchup - which it won't be. 

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    1 hour ago, Jibroni said:

    Selections this week are ordinary to say the least.

    AMW and Howes need more experience and we bring in Salem

    Salem whos hamstrings are totally parked! Carryst Does Goody play favs🤮Moniz W should be really Peeeeez3d of


    14 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

    This is incredibly misguided - you've genuinely read every match up wrong. Only thing you've got right is that Howes would get ragdolled. 

    Guess what - so will Hore. 

    Bowza doesn't have the speed, agility or tackling ability in the clinches to take Rioli. And he's incredibly unaccountable for a defender. AMW equally unaccountable....but he's played what...5 games? At least he has speed and tackling ability. 

    As for Salem - DBJ will absolutely run him off his feet and get him out the back if that's the matchup - which it won't be. 

    Just SHOCKING selections ad usual🤮

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    God awful selections one again.

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    Any chance we can bring the attitude and zest for the contest that we brought to the recent Brisbane game as opposed to the suburban league level pressure we brought to the Freo and Dogs games?

    Even the GWS game was more than acceptable.

    Feels like we’re picking and choosing which games we can be azzed turning up to.

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    1 hour ago, Jeremy said:

    ‘Premiership gun’ 😂 Who gives a [censored] if he played in the premiership or not we’re three years past it champ. Hasn’t even been ‘good’ for three years. Should we bring Ben Brown in cause he was a ‘premiership gun’ ? Shocking take 

    who gives AF? I do. 

    He has certainly been good in the past few years, looked good moving into midfield, unfortunately injuries and medical issues keep hitting him. 

    maybe a bit of respect for someone critical in ending our 57 year premiership drought? winning a flag is the whole point right?

    Just turned 29, hopefully he gets his body right and proves all you ‘supporters’ wrong

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    Certainly detect an uptick in aggressive posting from either new posters or posters that have been dormant for a few years. I guess they've actually missed the mediocrity...

     

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    6 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

    Certainly detect an uptick in aggressive posting from either new posters or posters that have been dormant for a few years. I guess they've actually missed the mediocrity...

     

    yep. some posters are loving our current plight

    draft picks should fix it. 

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    2 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    Maybe ensuring that AMW doesn’t cross the 10 game barrier this year so we can maintain him as a Rookie(new rules) have to consider all angles.

    This relates to the new modified Rookie rule to be introduced in 2024 where Rookies can be extended to a fourth year if a player hasn’t played 10 or more AFL games and extend to a fifth year if said player was a project or slow development player.

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    1 hour ago, MrFreeze said:

    Port have been using a very tall forward line recently. With no Georgiades, Howes has no match up. Could you imagine Howes lining up next to Esava or Dixon? He'd be ragdolled. Hore and Tommo make sense here.

    Bowza will take Rioli

    Salem gives us more experience and while AMW has impressed, he routinely has run out of legs in the second half of games this year. Good match up for Byrne Jones.

    Too much logic.

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    42 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Any chance we can bring the attitude and zest for the contest that we brought to the recent Brisbane game as opposed to the suburban league level pressure we brought to the Freo and Dogs games?

    Even the GWS game was more than acceptable.

    Feels like we’re picking and choosing which games we can be azzed turning up to.

    That’s the most disturbing thing to me. We go on about culture and playing a Melbourne brand of footy but once a team starts picking and choosing and needing massive bakes from the coaching staff to perform, I get worried.

    It won’t be one issue alone, but a collection of issues that have hit critical mass. Fitness, confidence, inexperience, injury, outside noise etc

    Good clubs put the fire out before it becomes an inferno. I look toward the coaches and Gawn & his lieutenants for leadership but I think we should be reviewing that group and reinvigorate the nominated leaders with some youth such as Rivers.

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    The changes are more logical than some on here want to admit, but they're equally uninspiring for those of us who have enjoyed seeing fresh faces in the side.

    I get why Hore and Salem are playing, and more importantly I can accept why AMW isn't, but if I'm honest I'd still rather see AMW out there.

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