we're rolling the dice. nothing left to lose at this stage so may as well

13 minutes ago, adonski said:

Casey forward line better than the 1's

I'm sick

I'm sicker ☠️

Turner shouldn't have been dropped

Fullo for JVR a week late but anyways

Turner shouldn't have been dropped

Fullo for JVR a week late but anyways. We at least get to see if he can bring something alhough the bye at Casey came at a shiiite time for Fullo who had some form prior to that.

Dunno what to make of Kolt for Fritta. Thought he might need a week or two at Casey to find his match fitness and i saw him as coming in (potentially) for Vines. Fritta actually showed a bit in the last two matches and looking like he might have turned the corner.

Brown dog for Spargo?

Does this at least send a bit of a signal to the senior regulars that no one is safe? Something that should've been happening from mid 2024 onwards imv.

Edited April 17Apr 17 by Demon Dynasty

1 minute ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Turner shouldn't have been dropped

Fullo for JVR a week late but anyways. We at least get to see if he can bring something alhough the buy at Casey came at a shiiite time for Fullo who had some form prior to that.

Dunno what to make of Kolt for Fritta. Thought he might need a week or two at Casey to find his match fitness and i saw him as coming in (potentially) for Vines. Fritta actually showed a bit in the last two matches and looking like he might have turned the corner.

Brown dog for Spargo?

Does this at least send a bit if a signal to the senior regulars that no one is safe? Something that should've been happening from mid 2024 onwards imv.

I’d have thought it’s Turner for JVR, Fullarton for Fritsch and Tholstrup for Henderson.

This site is insufferable

Goody bagged for not making a statement, not dropping Fritsch, not promoting Fullarton etc

he does all this and still the whinging

it’s too late, not the right time

all I hear is WWWAAAAAAAAAA

Finally dropping forwards for playing behind.

Hope Fullerton can offer something in the Ruck tho

I don't pretend to know better than the FD, but would have liked to have seen;

JvR not to be punished after being set up for failure with selection last week,

Jefferson in,

Tholstrup to return via vfl after a long lay off with injury,

Sharp out with Sparrow on cusp of demotion as well.

I love melksham and the delivery he provides, but think we need to move forward from a 33yr old low possesion player that shouldn't be part of our plans from next year onwards. Provides much needed leadership though so perhaps is required.

Fritsch looked better last week so bit surprised by his dropping but not necessarily unhappy with it.

Looking forward to the imminent return of McVee if all goes well at VFL level.

Edited April 17Apr 17 by Random Task

Just now, BDA said:

we're rolling the dice. nothing left to lose at this stage so may as well

Yeah but this is it Simple Simon hasn't rolled the dice! THOLSTRUP REEKS OF TOTAL DESPERATION. WHY NOT PLAY

JEFFO, LAURIE, SESTAN, BROWN ???? Now thats Rolling the dice! No Simon is now going into job protection mode!

44 minutes ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

If we are serious without being ridiculous JVR and Sparrow should be ommitted as well as one of Spargo/Henderson and one of Fritsch/Melksham.

Well played

Aside from Sparrow you nailed it

Just now, DubDee said:

This site is insufferable

Goody bagged for not making a statement, not dropping Fritsch, not promoting Fullarton etc

he does all this and still the whinging

it’s too late, not the right time

all I hear is WWWAAAAAAAAAA

Just to be clear, I have no issue with Fullarton getting picked, but it should have happened last week. I would have had no issue with Fritsch being dropped, but it’s come after (mild) improvement.

We’ve been burned by bringing guys back off long injuries without VFL game time already but we’re doing it again with Tholstrup.

Meanwhile Sharp, Spargo, Melksham and Sparrow stay in.

Real clown show on here. Let the cobblers cobble.

Ok cool! Don’t mind it. Fascinated to see if there’s more leading towards the ball carrier

Van Rooyen and Fritsch out. Here we go boys and girls. Goody's gettin' serious.

23 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

https://t.co/qmMiB8giE8

In: Fullarton, Tholstrup, Turner

Out: Fritsch, Henderson, JVR (all dropped)

My initial thought: WTF are we doing

Tholstrup straight in is insanity

2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Just to be clear, I have no issue with Fullarton getting picked, but it should have happened last week. I would have had no issue with Fritsch being dropped, but it’s come after (mild) improvement.

We’ve been burned by bringing guys back off long injuries without VFL game time already but we’re doing it again with Tholstrup.

Meanwhile Sharp, Spargo, Melksham and Sparrow stay in.

Get it, but we can’t drop all our non performers at the same time

Well, they changed it up. Dropped underperformed players. To be applauded really.

Inclusions ... hmm.

What it says really is we're stuffed so what hell.

As such that's OK as that'd tge reality of where we are. Going a bit left field to see if we can get some traction. .... even better.

I'm happy to mix it up. Quietly impressed we've actually done SOMETHING.

We bemoaned many things... almostvas though someone listened. I've now a little genuine curiosity about how we go on Sat now.

Could be Goody's last ever team changes

The gutsy move would have been to drop Viney. Once our pressure engine, this season his tackle count per game is less than half his career average.

Tholstrup sub surely? Crazy. Need to drop Viney, offers nothing

Some real question marks on the selections. Glad he's finally making some changes, but Fritta did show a bit more in the last 2 weeks. JVR and Hendo i agree with though.

Next week id be putting - as others have said - the midfielders on watch especially Rivers and Viney.

2 minutes ago, adonski said:

Could be Goody's last ever team changes

Lets hope so!

I like the changes.

1 minute ago, Greg Schneider said:

Tholstrup sub surely? Crazy. Need to drop Viney, offers nothing

I think the sub has to come from the bench, which is Oliver, Melksham, Rivers, Sharp and Sparrow.

Jeff White dissected many Dees plays from last weeks game on X. He did a good job on that.

He did not bag players etc but it was obvious that we are NOT playing 'team smart' football.

Players bombing, not making position, not backing up, Tracc calling for obvious 'kick it out in front' ignored and bombed etc.

Team smart footy in the AFL is above the shoulders.

Individual form and confidence is different to Team form and confidence.

It can be fixed but it needs some strong leadership.

Looks like the Dees should do their own dissection of 'smart' and 'not so smart' team plays each week. Record the stats and reward or highlight players who play 'team smart' footy.

Those who rack up excess 'not so team smart' actions should have their position in the team reviewed.

We will not win until we start playing 'team smart' footy.

5 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Yeah, I think we actually largely agree on all this. I also think dropping 3 forwards but no mids in one week is unhelpful when a significant portion of our problem is in the midfield.

It has been a mostly a forward problem prior to this season and a large part of 2024 though Titan. Needed to sort all this over the last few seasons including systems / method.

We have all seen the fall out of a dysfunctional under-performing forward line. Maybe that fallout also (finally) got to the rest of the playing group as well and has killed off moral / incentive / hope a fair bit.

Change is a good thing especially when same old same old has proven to be a complete failure.