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PREGAME: Rd 1 6 vs Gold Coast

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1 hour ago, roy11 said:

McVee and Gawn escaped with no sanction from the Match Review Panel

Unusual to be on the right side of the MRO or tribunal.

Thought McVee was gone for all money.

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    1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

    Dragging Help Me GIF by XRay.Tech

    how did you get this footage?!?

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    7 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Unusual to be on the right side of the MRO or tribunal.

    Thought McVee was gone for all money.

    i thought reid would have gotten done for a week too, they are obviously all on paid holidays to Europe or some bs

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    How can you win when the opposition have 3 or 4 players getting around 30 touches each week when only Oliver looks like getting around that on a regular basis. All our midfield can get that many, but only once or twice a year. Most of them struggle to get 20. What happened to the string of handballs and run instead of dumping it long.

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    1 hour ago, stinga said:

    How can you win when the opposition have 3 or 4 players getting around 30 touches each week when only Oliver looks like getting around that on a regular basis. All our midfield can get that many, but only once or twice a year. Most of them struggle to get 20. What happened to the string of handballs and run instead of dumping it long.

    Becomes hard eh....

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    Seniors

    B: Lever, May, McVee

    HB: Lindsay, Turner, Bowey

    C: Langdon, Oliver, Langford

    HF: Petracca, Johnson, Tholstrup

    F: Fritsch, Jefferson, van Rooyen

    FOLL: Gawn, Viney, Pickett

    IC: Laurie, Chandler, Howes, Rivers

    SUB: Sparrow

    EMERG: Salem, Petty, Melksham

    Casey

    B: Hore, Adams, Sestan

    HB: Salem, McDonald, Bonner

    C: Billings, Culley, Windsor

    HF: Henderson, Petty, Sharp

    F: Mentha, Kentfield, Melksham

    FOLL: Campbell, Woewodin, Brown

    IC: Hardie, Fullerton, Cross, Verrall, White

    Edited by WERRIDEE

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    1 hour ago, WERRIDEE said:

    Seniors

    B: Lever, May, McVee

    HB: Lindsay, Turner, Bowey

    C: Langdon, Oliver, Langford

    HF: Petracca, Johnson, Tholstrup

    F: Fritsch, Jefferson, van Rooyen

    FOLL: Gawn, Viney, Pickett

    IC: Laurie, Chandler, Howes, Rivers

    SUB: Sparrow

    EMERG: Salem, Petty, Melksham

    Casey

    B: Hore, Adams, Sestan

    HB: Salem, McDonald, Bonner

    C: Billings, Culley, Windsor

    HF: Henderson, Petty, Sharp

    F: Mentha, Kentfield, Melksham

    FOLL: Campbell, Woewodin, Brown

    IC: Hardie, Fullerton, Cross, Verrall, White

    I feel like you can’t have Fritsch Johnson Jefferson and van Rooyen in the same forward line

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    Petty must be in the last chance corral, or close to it. No idea who replaces him if he goes out, feels like it's just shuffling the deck chairs.

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    7 hours ago, gngov1 said:

    I feel like you can’t have Fritsch Johnson Jefferson and van Rooyen in the same forward line

    A forward line of Jeffo, El Jeffo and El Jeffo Cantina would surely get the job done!

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    Time to gel the backline for future years - disco, petty, adams, lever as talls. If May has another year use him forward instead of flicking disco and petty all over the place.

    Might as well play Jeffo, JvR up forward for the rest of the year to see what we’ve got. Maybe even Kentfield.

    No real point in playing TMac or Melky now if retirement is on the horizon.

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    On 15/06/2025 at 18:44, adonski said:

    IN: Kalani White, Jefferson, Tholstrup

    Umm

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    Hows this for a wild idea.

    Why not try Petty in the backline where he was a premiership defender?????

    Why not have Langdon on a wing where he can use his endurance, run and carry out of the back half and into the forward line?????????

    And may try the young bloke Windsor on the other wing where he almost won the rising star last year??????

    I wonder if any of these would work???????

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    How about a week of Goal kicking and a new plan for forward entries.....

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    Ban the Bomb

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    18 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Unusual to be on the right side of the MRO or tribunal.

    Thought McVee was gone for all money.

    It's because we suck again, so they are not after us. 🫠

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    Looking forward to seeing Petty, JVR and Disco kicking 10 between them again at Gold Coast.

    Bring back T Mac to stiffen up our defence. If the club was giving him a mid season rest to recharge his batteries, then that's totally understandable. However he'll be needed next week.

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    Swap May and Petty.
    bring in sport psych to deal with kicking.

    Be thankful I haven't spent money on flights/accommodations/beers for the next few weekends.

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    6 hours ago, picket fence said:

    A forward line of Jeffo, El Jeffo and El Jeffo Cantina would surely get the job done!

    Bro you've gone VIRAL

    Screenshot_20250617_144131_Instagram.jpg

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    1 hour ago, adonski said:

    Bro you've gone VIRAL

    Screenshot_20250617_144131_Instagram.jpg

    Haha I saw that! Gave me a good laugh

    Wonder who Clam is on here!

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    I want to see the following side for the Gold Coast game (assuming fitness).

    Ins: Jefferson, Sestan & Tholstrup

    Outs: Melksham, Salem & Sparrow

    B: Bowey May McVee

    HB: Howes Turner Lever

    C: Windsor Oliver Lindsay

    HF: Chandler Petty Petracca

    F: Pickett Jefferson Fritsch

    R: Gawn Langford Rivers

    Int: van Rooyen Langdon Sestan Tholstrup

    Sub: Viney

    I know this won't happen, but I want to see Goodwin get some gonads and make some tough decision.

    I also wouldn't be opposed to Adams playing ahead of Lever and May at some point.

    If Viney does play a full game, GET HIM OUT OF THE MIDFIELD!! Play Trent as the primary mid and maybe give Viney 20% of CBAs max.

    Edited by DistrACTION Jackson

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    6 hours ago, Deestinga2 said:

    Hows this for a wild idea.

    Why not try Petty in the backline where he was a premiership defender?????

    Why not have Langdon on a wing where he can use his endurance, run and carry out of the back half and into the forward line?????????

    And may try the young bloke Windsor on the other wing where he almost won the rising star last year??????

    I wonder if any of these would work???????

    To be fair, Demonland is full of criticisms of Goodwin for not trying different things. It would appear he's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

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    2 hours ago, biggestred said:

    bring in sport psych to deal with kicking.

    We have one, alongside Ben Crowe who also covers this area.

    Both presumably working overtime at the moment.

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    37 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    To be fair, Demonland is full of criticisms of Goodwin for not trying different things. It would appear he's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't.

    More he flip flops if it doesn't work straight away. You need to stick to a plan. Not just rotate players in and out continually.

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