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PREGAME: Rd 03 vs Gold Coast

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1 minute ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

I'm a Petty fan, so this is biased, but I thought he was fine against North.

he certainly wasn't the reason north's forwards got such good looks at the ball coming in to them

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    9 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Who else could we play to bring additional pressure?

    We've got Chandler and Henderson. Pickett's unavailable. Sharp needs to lift, but Spargo and Laurie both lack the pace required to provide sustained forward half pressure and neither has struck me as capable of producing it at AFL level for years (or in Laurie's case, at all).

    I agree we are limited with options. I would have added Laurie, K Brown or retained Woewodin for better balance, but I fully understand the selection decisions given the outs.

    Our emergencies are Turner, Howes and Mentha.

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Salem on notice? You mean the same Salem that is equal second in the Demonland player of the year after getting votes in both of the first two games? Wow. I like setting high standards, but this is next level!

    Salem needs to adapt to need to move the ball faster. Take the handball or pass to team mate open in corridor more often than the sideways kick to the boundary line.

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    1 hour ago, demoniac said:

    Salem needs to adapt to need to move the ball faster. Take the handball or pass to team mate open in corridor more often than the sideways kick to the boundary line.

    Needs to be someone there to kick to. As @jnrmac has posted this week, our running patterns leave a lot to be desired

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    Why on earth is Howes in??? God I was feeling better that he wasn't playing this week but oh well

    Surely Tmac in his place...not sure what to do with Howes though. Would rather see Turner or Sestan instead I think!

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    Sestan added as an emergency.

    Seems to be musical chairs for the emergencies list. 3 weeks and 9 different emergency players.

    Edit: Perhaps a concerted effort to ensure players get full games rather than a half or miss out entirely for multiple weeks.

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    1 minute ago, Young Angus said:

    Why on earth is Howes in??? God I was feeling better that he wasn't playing this week but oh well

    Surely Tmac in his place...not sure what to do with Howes though.

    selection committee need to be sacked

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    Laughable that Howes gets another chance. His confidence is shot and he needs a stint at Casey. Frankly anybody on the list would be better at this point.

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    You play Howes because we’re clearly trying to make him a defender and Turner needs forward time at Casey to find his mojo which appears he left in 2024.


    3 hours ago, hardtack said:

    I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but I received an SMS from MelbourneFC this morning saying:

    “The only way to watch Dees v Suns LIVE tomorrow is with Kayo. Sign up mfcde.es/Kayo“

    I know Kayl is a subsidiary of Foxtel, but as the game IS available on Foxtel, it is not exactly true, and could mislead some people considering it comes hot on the heals of FTA coverage being dumped on Saturdays (or is that just the night game?).

    First world problem I know, but I had to take a walk up to my local pharmacy today and it’s left me feeling completely rooted and a bit grumpy.

    Welcome to my world!

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    2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Have you already forgotten how poor Petty was last year in the forward line?

    His Round 1 game was better than pretty much anything he produced as a forward last year.

    One poor game, on an AA calibre key forward when our midfield was being slaughtered and they were walking out the front of stoppage, is no basis at all to say Petty should be coming out of the backline.

    And your hyperbole on JVR is insane.

    Yes he played well in round 1 as a defender and I said I'd consider (not demand) him as a forward tomorrow seeing as though T Mac is in the side as defensive cover and you're not going to have a defence of May/Lever/Petty/T Mac.

    If T Mac wasn't in the side then I wouldn't consider Petty as a forward.

    JVR hasn't hit the scoreboard in any meaningful way in 8 of the last 9 games. As our nominal number 1 key forward I expect more output.

    EDIT - Lever is out, so clearly Petty won't be forward.

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    13 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Blakes? The club should be doing a bit better than that.

    Lucky we're not playing interstate. They could have gone with Blakes on a plane.

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    Howes came to us as a mid/ forward and has been pushed to the hbf.

    He has played some good games there and some not so good, much like other players in our side.

    I would move Rivers back to hbf and try Blake mid or forward.

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    Don't change Melbourne selection committee..

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    Assume this is for balance? others would know better than me

    But not sure we can play May, Petty and then another typical tall back like Adams? So Lever for who? Turner would be an option I would have considered as he's a good intercept mark

    Would others have brought in Adams? T Mac May and Petty wouldn't be great imo

    2 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    Assume this is for balance? others would know better than me

    But not sure we can play May, Petty and then another typical tall back like Adams? So Lever for who? Turner would be an option I would have considered as he's a good intercept mark

    Would others have brought in Adams? T Mac May and Petty wouldn't be great imo

    Going to need the extra tall vs gc, Howes won’t cut it

     

    That change makes no sense when we still have Tmac on the bench.

    I can see only two conclusions.

    Tmac is the sub or we're playing him as a Forward.

    Really hard to know what to expect from Gold Coast.

    They've had such a strange preparation.

    First they had their opening round game postponed.

    Then they traveled to Perth only to have their opponents forfeit on arrival.

    And now they're coming off a bye.


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