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PREGAME: Rd 03 vs Gold Coast

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OUT: Viney, Sparrow, Woewodin, Howes, Sharp, Jeffo (inj)
IN:  Langford, Windsor, ?, ?, ?, ?

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    Howes must go. Windsor looked very immobile in the rooms so would be surprised if he gets up. Hopefully May can play. 

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    How bad is Jeffo’s injury?

    is there a way to play both max and TC in the same team??

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    31 minutes ago, adonski said:

    OUT: Viney, Sparrow, Woewodin, Howes, Sharp, Jeffo (inj)
    IN:  Langford, Windsor, ?, ?, ?, ?

    Cant drop Viney.  But as a coach you should know your players and as a midfielder in a fast transition game style he is wrong guy to have the ball in hand. 

    He should play high hf role replacing Chandler.  Sparrow stays to tag one of the gc bulls otherwise we're too light.  Sharp probably gets lucky  but I thought Mentha showed a bit. I'd have him as the sub for Woewodin for some late pace.  AJ to come in for Jefferson, cause.... who else. 

    But really the big one is Lindsay to play as many minutes as possible thru the midfield.  

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    I don't think we can play Howes in defence anymore. I thought he looked ok at points last year, but he was comprehensively beaten by Curtis today.

    Sharp doesn't seem to do much aside from run. He'll probably hold his spot until Pickett comes back but he's on the thinnest of ice.

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    May to come in. that’s about all

    T Max out I guess

    [censored] who cares

    wouldn't surprise me if lever doesn't get up, so that's both jefferson and lever out

    you can't pick sharp or woewodin either based on today's performance

    fritsch should be dropped but there's no one to replace him; we've turned one of the best mid-sized goalkicking i50 players into a completely ineffectual high half forward - what a waste

    fingers crossed may is fit

    langford the best of the mfc-listed players in the vfl, with fullarton arguably next best, but johnson will get the forward / ruck role over him you'd expect

    i would drop howes and sharp as well, but there's no one to replace them - crikey, when yr advocating for the return of bill laurie over the latter yr in trouble as a best xxxiii

    OUT: lever, jefferson, woewodin
    IN: may, langford, johnson

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    Anderson, Rowell and Miller will have a field day.

    +30 CPs for GC

    +20 in clearances for GC.

    40+ loss coming up for us unfortunately.

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    Dees by 4 goals. 
     

    (Please don’t yell at me the world is burning and I need to try to be optimistic about something)

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    I'm not sure who we can beat this year on today's performance. Hopefully we are competitive and can hold a few tackles against Gold Coast.

    Bring in TC to give Max a chop out.

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    31 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    We haven’t lost to GC since the Easter weekend of 2014.

    Straaap urself in, history beckons!

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    2 hours ago, jumbo returns said:

    Harry Sharp is not a great pick up

     

    A real pre season front runner and when the hard stuff starts looks like a bunny in the spotlight.

    There is a reason Brisbane let him go.

    We will struggle for 12-15k for the Suns.

     

     

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    3 hours ago, adonski said:

    OUT: Viney, Sparrow, Woewodin, Howes, Sharp, Jeffo (inj)
    IN:  Langford, Windsor, ?, ?, ?, 

    You can add Tmac and Fritta to that list also.

    We're not a team known to make big changes even after a big loss like that. 

    Clearly Jefferson is gone with a fractured hand so you'd think Johnson comes back in. I did see Fullarton take some pretty solid clunks up forward today in the VFL, could he possibly be an option for Jefferson? I feel like eventually we either need a Fullarton or Campbell playing together with Gawn at some stage. Today he looked completely gassed and Campbell completely dominated the ruck at VFL level. Even as a big body up forward perhaps.

    Wanted Sharp gone last week and got questioned by a few folks on here.. where are they now? He's a genuine VFL depth plodder who i much prefer Bailey Laurie playing instead of him.

    Hopefully Steven May is a chance. We are shot once he actually retires.

    Our depth is pretty limited to be honest....

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    3 hours ago, adonski said:

    OUT: Viney, Sparrow, Woewodin, Howes, Sharp, Jeffo (inj)
    IN:  Langford, Windsor, ?, ?, ?, ?

    Windsor won’t play for at least 3-4 weeks I reckon. They rushed him already, I wouldn’t do it again. 

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    1 minute ago, GS_1905 said:

    Windsor won’t play for at least 3-4 weeks I reckon. They rushed him already, I wouldn’t do it again. 

    True

    14 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Wanted Sharp gone last week and got questioned by a few folks on here.. where are they now? He's a genuine VFL depth plodder who i much prefer Bailey Laurie playing instead of him.

    We gave him a 3 year deal 😂

    1 minute ago, Greg Schneider said:

    We gave him a 3 year deal 😂

    You're kidding right.

     

    It's got a bit of a Deckchairs on the Titanic feel about selection.

    AJ for Jefferson, Laurie for Sharp, Langford for Howes and put Rivers back where he belongs.

    A few big reputations on thin ice (Fritta, Salem) but with such a long injury list I reckon they're safe for a while yet.

    27 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    We're not a team known to make big changes even after a big loss like that. 

    Clearly Jefferson is gone with a fractured hand so you'd think Johnson comes back in. I did see Fullarton take some pretty solid clunks up forward today in the VFL, could he possibly be an option for Jefferson? I feel like eventually we either need a Fullarton or Campbell playing together with Gawn at some stage. Today he looked completely gassed and Campbell completely dominated the ruck at VFL level. Even as a big body up forward perhaps.

    Wanted Sharp gone last week and got questioned by a few folks on here.. where are they now? He's a genuine VFL depth plodder who i much prefer Bailey Laurie playing instead of him.

    Hopefully Steven May is a chance. We are shot once he actually retires.

    Our depth is pretty limited to be honest....

    Your last line is spot on. Our depth is ordinary at best. Looking at the Casey stats you have Bison, TC and Fullarton in the best. The rest struggled to get double digit disposals. I know a couple of our better players are out, but most teams have injuries and cover OK.

    As I mentioned last week and got a few negative responses our skills are not good. We miss kicks and handballs all too often. Time to have a week of just skills training. Maybe heaps of circle work like in the old days.

    Hope we can turn it around as coming down from Qld for the Anzac eve game with sons and grandsons and would love to see us back to our best. I can dream can't I!


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