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PREGAME: Rd 02 vs North Melbourne

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21 hours ago, Oxdee said:

Fritsch is the best forward we have had in 50 years. We’ve was the last generational forward of any team dropped? 

On his day maybe.

Right now he's probably on par with Darren Cuthbertson

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    25 minutes ago, layzie said:

    On his day maybe.

    Right now he's probably on par with Darren Cuthbertson

    It astounds me how little respect fans have for fritsch. Not sure who they want to bring on to replace him 

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    Just now, Oxdee said:

    It astounds me how little respect fans have for fritsch. Not sure who they want to bring on to replace him 

    I'm confident he'll come good again. It's unfortunate that we don't have more options up front because he could be useful for a stint further up the ground to get his mojo back. 

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    19 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Fritta the best forward in 50 years? 

    [censored] hell I've heard it all now... 🤣 there's been an outright nuffy and then there's simply being delusional.

    How many forwards have we had achieve what he has?

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    That is a grim set of ins, and one really bad out. Our depth is struggling and it's round 2.

    I'm excited that Spargo is fit enough for selection and happy to see Disco back.

    Laurie, Adams, Woewodin are surely just emergencies.

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    It will be 

    in: woewodin and turner

    out: Windsor and Johnson 

    you think that woey just takes the role of half back that he played most of last year, I think Spargo is still a few weeks away. 

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    How the heck did Blake Howes not get the Flick?? Not convinced at all! Chandler and Fritta extremely lucky!

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    1 minute ago, seventyfour said:

    That is a grim set of ins, and one really bad out. Our depth is struggling and it's round 2.

    I'm excited that Spargo is fit enough for selection and happy to see Disco back.

    Laurie, Adams, Woewodin are surely just emergencies.

    Spargo and Turner are good ins. Windsor’s foot is a concern. You’d think it’d be ok by now

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    23 hours ago, ManDee said:

    Allen Jakovich, Gary Lyon, David Neitz, Russell Robinson, Jeff Farmer and Brad Green spring to mind. 

    Who would you rather have, any on my list or Fritsch?

     

    I would add David Schwarz and Darren Bennett to that list.

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    10 minutes ago, seventyfour said:

    That is a grim set of ins, and one really bad out. Our depth is struggling and it's round 2.

    I'm excited that Spargo is fit enough for selection and happy to see Disco back.

    Laurie, Adams, Woewodin are surely just emergencies.

    Id play Woey for sure!! Where is Brown Dog junior??? He should replace Chandler!

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    Just now, dees189227 said:

    Disappointed to see Windsor out. 

    I better not see Laurie in the team before Taj

    i'd go...

    IN: spargo, turner
    OUT: windsor, johnson

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    1 minute ago, picket fence said:

    Id play Woey for sure!! Where is Brown Dog junior??? He should replace Chandler!

    Chandler & fritsch have never ending lives

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    2 hours ago, Oxdee said:

    It astounds me how little respect fans have for Fritsch. Not sure who they want to bring on to replace him 

    The one problem with fritta he likes things going one way not much chop in the wet but on the other hand he does some great things when he gets his way, he is one who should never pass the 40 metre area playing all day.


    2 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    Chandler & fritsch have never ending lives

    Need the VFL to start for players to really push their cases…at the moment, there’s just not the pressure from the 2nds on the AFL listed players

    On 19/03/2025 at 17:53, Oxdee said:

    Fritsch is the best forward we have had in 50 years. We’ve was the last generational forward of any team dropped? 

    Are you serious?

    Did you see any of Lyon, Bennett, Jakovich, Schwarz, Neitz, or Farmer play?

    If Liam Jurrah could have played longer he would have out-rated Fritsch IMO.

    Did you mean the last 5 years, not 50 years—- typo perhaps?

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    17 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Spargo and Turner are good ins. Windsor’s foot is a concern. You’d think it’d be ok by now

    Infections have a funny way of lingering around - everyone responds differently to medication treatment…can be hard to shake sometimes

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    6 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    i'd go...

    IN: spargo, turner
    OUT: windsor, johnson

    I think that's the most likely outcome.

    We missed Spargo last year with his pinpoint passes. I think he'll surprise a few this year.

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    5 minutes ago, heath55 said:

    Infections have a funny way of lingering around - everyone responds differently to medication treatment…can be hard to shake sometimes

    Need him against GC

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    The inclusion of Turner does not excite me. He has been poor in preseason games and I’m still unsure if he can make it as a forward.

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    Billings looked certain for Round 1 and now can’t even make the extended squad. 

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    Just now, Dee Zephyr said:

    Billings looked certain for Round 1 and now can’t even make the extended squad. 

    This surprised me too. In the “one’s” all summer, then emergency and now nowhere to be seen. 

    I expect Turner and Woey, as the closest positional replacements for AJ and Windsor. But we could go Spargo or Laurie instead of Disco if we’re going to try a smaller forward line, Fritsch going deeper to be the third tall.

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    Just now, Dee Zephyr said:

    Billings looked certain for Round 1 and now can’t even make the extended squad. 

    Agree

    That losing practice match between Casey and Coburg can't have been his best. Surprised that Spargo is a possibility after such a long lay off. His pre-injury form in 2023 wasn't stellar

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    7 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Billings looked certain for Round 1 and now can’t even make the extended squad. 

    He’s the very definition of vanilla, both in skills and personality 


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