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PREGAME: Rd 17 vs Adelaide

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I know this will go against what most think is right for where we are at.

In Campbell, TMac, Billings, Laurie.

Out: Petty, Howes, Sparrow, Sharp

Fritsch as sub.

Campbell and Gawn to offer a long target when not in ruck. Old Man TMac to play on Old Man Walker. Billings and Laurie may not be the future but their VFL form warrants selection and they have endurance and polish. There will be better development opportunities later in the season if warranted for players.

I suspect we will reintroduce JVR, Lever and Windsor but that would be wrong.

Let JVR gain touch at VFL. Let Windsor get a clear month developing his midfield role. Let Lever show he can actually add value defensively.

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    Looks like we might be going in a tad light against the Crows.... a Murder awaits !!!

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    7 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Looks like we might be going in a tad light against the Crows.... a Murder awaits !!!

    i will animation GIF by hoppip

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    We will need a tall backline

    Crows are playing 4 x 6ft 4 today

    Tall big and strong

    No Petty so I guess Turner may go back and T mac in

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    2 hours ago, Tarax Club said:
      3 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    Looks like we might be going in a tad light against the Crows.... a Murder awaits !!!

    A murder of Crows...

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    The most uninspiring comments that this topic has seen for a long, long time

    I suppose Fritsch and Sparrow (Drink Card Boy) will hold their spots

     
    26 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

    The most uninspiring comments that this topic has seen for a long, long time

    I suppose Fritsch and Sparrow (Drink Card Boy) will hold their spots

    Whats drink card boy in response to?

    6 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    Whats drink card boy in response to?

    What are you asking me about?

    Tom (Drink Card Boy) Sparrow’s form?


    Just now, jumbo returns said:

    What are you asking me about?

    Tom (Drink Card Boy) Sparrow’s form?

    I don't get the reference to a drinks card. Clearly I'm missing a simple explanation here. Which you can give in the next response :)

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    Petty & Howes, and in the last 5 minutes, Turner was hobbled and could not move. It could get worse.

    Here's an idea, play JVR at CHB and play a 2nd ruck who can relieve Max and not make either Jeffo or JVR go anywhere near the ruck. Play Verrall and let us see what he's got. Kentfield showed a bit up forward, and before this showed something down back. Only BIllings showed enough to deserve a game

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    Windsor has lost all confidence and couldn't get a kick at Casey so no point bringing him in. I'd like to see Kentfield played on a wing in the same way most sides have a tall wing who drifts forward for goals. He is mobile and athletic.

    JVR/Johnson for Petty. TMac for Howes - should never have been dropped

    No point looking at casey for replacement midfielder for Viney if suspended. The best Casey midfielders were casey players. Probably use Langdon as the extra mid.

    Wouldn't mind Culley as the sub.

    We've got to get some more hardness. That first quarter was embarrassing. When we ramped up the pressure we won the last 3/4's.


    Outs. Petty and Howes concussion

    Viney and May should definitely NOT get suspended for their actions. Ainsworth got up immediately. May gets the ball.

    JVR replaces Petty (need as a marking option and 2nd ruck)

    TMCD replaces Howes ( Dees need Turner, May and Tmcd to counter Fogarty, Walker & Thilthorpe )

    That’s it !!! Play the kids again Jeffo, Kolt, Langford , Lindsay

    Lever had a stinker in the VFL. He has lost any aerobic ability to run to the contest. I think his ankle issues are ongoing unfortunately

    No one else at Casey demands a promotion. Kentfield & Mentha are still developing

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    Sub Sparrow

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    33 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I don't get the reference to a drinks card. Clearly I'm missing a simple explanation here. Which you can give in the next response :)

    Well, young ‘un, a long time ago when the VFL ruled and Fitzroy existed, players would frequent night clubs and be given free drink cards - thus, by equivalence, the only thing that Tom Sparrow brings to this team is that he is the conduit that gets players free drinks everywhere he goes!

    Cheers 🍻

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    Tipping possibly 5-6 changes this week, all of them forced!

    3 hours ago, jackaub said:

    We will need a tall backline

    Crows are playing 4 x 6ft 4 today

    Tall big and strong

    No Petty so I guess Turner may go back and T mac in

    May Adams/McDonald Lever

    McVee Turner Chandler

    May can still win the ball but is too loose in a lock down on a good key forward. Free him up.

    10 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    What do you mean “accepted”?

    We don’t get a choice.

    We also get what we deserve when we had sub-20,000 crowds in the last 2 months of last year.

    If our crowds drop off further in the last 2 months of this year, expect more of the same for our 2026 fixture.

    Collingwood would never have accepted 3 interstate trips in a row. There would have been an uproar. This is unprecedented and the only reason it's been deemed ok is because we just don't have the power of a big club to push back

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    4 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    Collingwood would never have accepted 3 interstate trips in a row. There would have been an uproar. This is unprecedented and the only reason it's been deemed ok is because we just don't have the power of a big club to push back

    I think our media game is poor

    We could be leaking to the media from the president about how Pooh it is when it’s released and unnamed sources will be meeting with the afl to change it

    We are too nice

    We are not a serious club

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    1 hour ago, Abyssal said:

    May Adams/McDonald Lever

    McVee Turner Chandler

    May can still win the ball but is too loose in a lock down on a good key forward. Free him up.

    Hasn’t he done well on Walker in the past?

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    50 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

    I think our media game is poor

    We could be leaking to the media from the president about how Pooh it is when it’s released and unnamed sources will be meeting with the afl to change it

    We are too nice

    We are not a serious club

    Isn’t that kind of what St. Kilda have been doing and everyone is criticising them for it?

    On 28/06/2025 at 22:07, titan_uranus said:

    Petty and Howes miss with concussion.

    JVR comes back because there's no one else.

    Lever's the better fit but whilst TMac's struggling at Casey, he at least was doing well in the AFL before he was dropped.

    Ironically, despite our injury list and run with fitness/injuries this year being as good as it's ever been, other than Windsor and JVR who just got dropped, possibly the only players on our list I really want to see get back into the side are AWM, McAdam and Sestan, who are the only actually injured players we have.

    Instead, what do we do - make Laurie the sub again? Give Woewodin, Brown or Culley a game off middling (at best) VFL form? Billings?

    How about play Lauries for a full game and give him a look in the midfield? It’s where he plays at Casey?


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