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PREGAME: Rd 01 vs St. Kilda

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16 hours ago, joeboy said:

Langdon got the job done against Daicos and would seem the only viable choice

Agree with Langdon for pure running power. He concedes a bit of height and aerial ability on Nas though.

If fit, could Jai Culley be the man? They are similar in height and Jai is a strong lad. Maybe a combination of Ed and Jai.

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    3 hours ago, AshTaafe said:

    Can we leave JVR to focus on being a forward. He's been under the pump for a while and hadn't been developing enough. This pre-season he hasn't been doing as much ruck craft and frankly is looking more like a dangerous forward than ever...

    Someone has to be the second ruck. Mihocek needs to come back into the side and Kentfield will go out. The other option is bring in Mihocek and Heath but that completely unbalances the forward line.

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    3 hours ago, Demongirl35 said:

    Windsor played on him last year.

    He was doing such a great job. I still remember thinking why on earth would we take him off! Then moments later NAS went absolutely nuts. We lost the moment Windsor got subbed.

    yairs, that was my memory too

    as such, duke vs nas, head to head

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    No Heath 😡

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    14 minutes ago, dice said:

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    No Heath 😡

    Really weird team by someone at AFL house who hasn't followed much of preseason

    Edited by adonski

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    5 hours ago, adonski said:

    Really weird team by someone at AFL house who hasn't followed much of preseason

    I gotta be honest I only tune in to the afl website for cal twomey and damos sliding doors(to Rile myself up). The rest is utter slop. Occasionally their stat pieces are ok

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    5 hours ago, adonski said:

    Really weird team by someone at AFL house who hasn't followed much of preseason

    I think the only change to that 22 will be CJ for Taylor.

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    Will be interesting to see how Saints two ruckmen works for them and if we'll follow suit. The smaller forwardlines worked well in the practice matches though.

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    On 02/03/2026 at 16:31, Fat Tony said:

    Someone has to be the second ruck. Mihocek needs to come back into the side and Kentfield will go out. The other option is bring in Mihocek and Heath but that completely unbalances the forward line.

    Max Heath should get the gong ;-) And Gawny has been listed with "hamstring awareness" so a genuine ruck option has to be the safe bet.

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    An extra thought to add

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    8 minutes ago, AshTaafe said:

    Max Heath should get the gong ;-) And Gawny has been listed with "hamstring awareness" so a genuine ruck option has to be the safe bet.

    Gawn played last week and I haven't seen him on the latest injury list.

    Regardless, we play only one ruck because Heath or Gawn would unbalance the forward line. The fact that Heath didn't play last week, means he won't play.

    If both play, there will be 50% of game time with both on the ground at the same time. It didnt work with Grundy and Gawn, why does everyone think it will work with Heath?

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    2 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

    Gawn played last week and I haven't seen him on the latest injury list.

    Regardless, we play only one ruck because Heath or Gawn would unbalance the forward line. The fact that Heath didn't play last week, means he won't play.

    If both play, there will be 50% of game time with both on the ground at the same time. It didnt work with Grundy and Gawn, why does everyone think it will work with Heath?

    Maybe they wanted an extended look at Kentfield in that role so they didn't pick Heath. Wouldn't rule him out yet, think he offers more in the F50 than Grundy.

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    1 hour ago, Fat Tony said:

    Gawn played last week and I haven't seen him on the latest injury list.

    Regardless, we play only one ruck because Heath or Gawn would unbalance the forward line. The fact that Heath didn't play last week, means he won't play.

    If both play, there will be 50% of game time with both on the ground at the same time. It didnt work with Grundy and Gawn, why does everyone think it will work with Heath?

    Perhaps he played well enough in the previous match to actually get the gig vs his old team round 1.

    Would not at all surprise me if he has done enough....he looked good.

    If he had kicked his chances at goals he would have been in our best.

    With 5 on interchange he should be a great chance imo.

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    Really tough game to read. We are a great unknown with only 2 practice matches against woeful opposition to measure ourselves against. And I really don't rate St Kilda this year, nor do I understand the hype that is surrounds them.

    Add to that, we probably have 8 players who have shown enough to get picked for the interchange bench.

    I reckon both Dees and Saints will be fighting each other for positions 9-12.

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