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PREGAME: Rd 19 vs Carlton

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The people riot if he drops T Mac.

The people riot even harder if Carlton beat us by under a goal yet again.

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    Out Sparrow Lever

    In May Brown

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    I’d probably rather someone else, but I’d assume Sharp would come in for sparrow? Not sure who else you’d give the nod to, I’d like to see Culley get a run

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    Going to be in an interesting week at selection.

    May, Petty and Howes could all come in while Sparrow is the only definite out.

    Billings the other one at Casey to put his hand up for selection.

    Tholstrup, Lindsay, Windsor and Lever the most at risk of being dropped based off today's performance.

    Edit: Sharp played OK as well and while I'm not his biggest fan I could easily see the selection committee putting him back into the squad.

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    1 minute ago, Nasher said:

    Windsor played.

    Some may disagree

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    @The Panglossian can you please have the same weird feeling for this game that you had for the kangaroos game

    Thank you

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    Howes should be in the team. Best on ground last night and too good for the vfl. Culley was good too. Wouldn't be surprised if they slot him in for Sparrow.

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    IN - Howes, May, Petty

    OUT - Sparrow, TMac, Lever

    Rivers takes Sparrow’s role.

    Gotta play younger if we’re looking to next season. Petty plays back.

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    A very different challenge: we could easily bring in May and Keep TMac.

    Going to need to replace sparrow (maybe Culley?) Kolt, Windsor and Lindsay under the pump. Billing’s could even put his hand up…

    Going to need to be stronger in the contest and may need 2 rucks to take on Pittonet and de Koenig.

    Should win, depends if we show up and dont dispose of it as poorly as we did today.

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    Looking at Collingwood’s draw, asides from Richmond, it’s a tough draw. If we could overturn the losing streak against Carlton on Saturday night and send them deeper into purgatory and then ruin Collingwood’s top 4 hopes in the last round, it’ll make me very happy!

    Would love to see Fritsch persisted further up the ground essentially playing as a high half forward. North’s defense has been pretty good this season, but the chaos playing Fritsch further up unwound them and took pressure off Jefferson and JVR.

    Perhaps the Jack Gunston role going forward is the answer instead of playing as a pseudo full forward. It was about time we saw a meaningful tactical change with him.

    Either way, gotta persist with Jefferson and JVR and just keep playing them as the 2 pillars up forward.

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    I have not seen a player not do the fundamentals that are expected from every player. It has been a long time since we've seen players just not chase or push to run into space to create. All of those really simple basic non-negotiables are not there. And it's getting worse he looks very disinterested. This is on top of the Lack of footy smarts and the consistent fumbling and giving away free kicks.

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    had forgotten about spargo; his vfl game was excellent

    IN: may, spargo, petty
    OUT: plugger mac, sparrow, tholstrup

    i love tommy, but if may is fit it's the only change to make - big body tall defender for bigger brute tall defender

    tholstrup doesn't really play as a 'small' forward so petty can replace him in the forward line, while spargo gives the forward pressure position coverage in sparrow's enforced absence

    the other one is howes might come in for lever, although i suspect he'll stay in the side

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    30 minutes ago, Wizard of Koz said:

    I have not seen a player not do the fundamentals that are expected from every player. It has been a long time since we've seen players just not chase or push to run into space to create. All of those really simple basic non-negotiables are not there. And it's getting worse he looks very disinterested. This is on top of the Lack of footy smarts and the consistent fumbling and giving away free kicks.

    Who are you talking about?

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    To everyone wanting Howes back in as he played a good VFL game

    He has played 6 games this year and not been great. Surely it is better for him to continue to gain confidence in the VFL with 3-4 good performances and then comes in?

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