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ANB should be in the pocket and Kolt on the bench. If McAdam is fit he replaces Spargo and Trac replaces any of the mids/smalls as necessary.

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Seriously OD is one of the most negative posters of all D/Lers. Posts that he believes Clarry is not going to be if any or much help as he won’t be fit and we will get b all out of him in 2024. Never a thought to welcome him back and let him know especially we( Ie OD himself) are behind him and wish him all the best. I can’t recall him re the flag in 2021. When did he make the call ( When Fritta kicked his 6 th goal). Sorry but I am bullish and if you like to go through my 2021 posts I was bullish and predicting a good season from pre season on not once but a dozen times in differing p osts. This year yes injury to our forwards is our biggest worry but even then we could develop our game plan and connectivity to win and kick straight. So good times ahead still I believe . Top4 and luck with injuries and we can win it.

Great photos thanks 6💙❤️

Duke is far better and goes so well with “Kolt”!

Surely Disco if not injured would Benin the mix for the third defender also on his pre season form and final game last year on the SCG vs Swans.

Why exactly please explain?

Go to some Adelaide replays/ highlights in the last few rounds last year when he was kicking goals.

A team is 23 not 22 and despite all the hoo har it makes sense to make the option of using the Sub. In any circumstances. If you fans think like the MC and Coaches what hope have we got . Blinded by lack of creativity. A Sub for one player in a final ? No thanks never again. They can change their mind if they actually want to but that’s the problem, one person can be so stubborn. So can a number of D/Lers who are blinkered by saying Schache is no good and wouldn’t have made any difference. As John Kennedy said “Do something “ Our bench did nothing and I am struggling to understand how the defensible are/can defend the indefensible!!!

Good point much as I would like him to be available.

I reckon they will need to leave at least 5,000 seats available from the big spending Vics fans at this Stadium which should be no less than 30,000 capacity. That will give the local existing “AFL” fans of the visiting teams plus about 2/3,000 visitors of the interstate teams scheduled there. It will be like the GC and GWS all teams will play there not as selected by the Cats to their own dung hill. ( I think they have done well to get the ground as good as it is now. They must be asked to reserve say 4,000 seats for the opposition and have any sales after say Thursday open to the Gen Public.

Well you get the result you deserve if you don’t take a chance . We know that in life and the excuses drummed up for not taking a chance on the Sub are almost as if he was there in the 0.10 % to be used. Boy oh boy I wonder what the reaction would have been if Brodie Grundy had been the Sub and not used????

Complete lack of imagination from the FD Cttee and Coaching staff in the Semi no matter what those plans were planned.

All the Simon moves you are quoting are pre planned during off seasons. planned and trained for months Yes but the moves I are quoting are DURING THE GAME where it’s well noted industry wise he is not really flexible. Ie Not a great Match Day Coach. Two different qualities altogether. Sheedy for example had both qualities covered, You can only comment on some moves after a game all you “in hindsight” experts that are discounting these options. When are you able during a game? I don’t text publicly during a game except a text to family or a Melb mate. But a Coach’s job is to be vigilant and flexible. Let’s see with some of our new players even greater flexibility should be apparent on MATCH DAY now especially on the forward line. G o Dees in 2024.

Completely different circs comparing with 2021GF. Another Sub disgrace. Simon again guilty. JJ deflated and embarrassed. You don’t seem to realise the desperately poor decision and handling of the Sub. Again in the Final. Yet it’s smart play if Max breaks down ? It’s even smarter play to use your Sub when one of your players isn’t contributing!! It’s also called a tactical Sub for use as Carlin did theirs. End of story Macca . Poor planning by our Coach and Match Committee. A wasted player who was not used. .

All a load of conjecture and far too much if this and if that. Schache was the SUB and as is usual should be selected to come on the ground who ever comes off. IF NOT he should not be selected as the Sub in the first place. End of story. Please Don’t try and come up with other illogical conclusions as it doesn’t work that way.

Possibly it’s not like her but she said she was clotheslining and queried whether hi is Goodenough as he continually gets criticised. She hardly defended him in IMO as she was completely over the discussion of the Sub.

Thanks rjay. The info on not using the Sub ( Schache ) is not I believe made up. It’s been floated in circles widely and frankly it’s believable knowing how stubborn Simon has been on making moves. If i you agree thst you would have changed Tommy then things are done for a reason to try and win. I have played sport at Club level and captained cricket teams. Making bowling changes is a top priority and it’s just the same as this. No change attempted you never know but you inside I know it’s got to be done in an attempt to change things up and make life more difficult to the opposition. Growing up as a parent if your child did not like something the best to one yo do was look at making a change u to I improve matters. That's all this is a perfectly easy move to help the team and look at it as a great opportunity to improve matters on the forward line. As for WCW being sick of this topic clearly she doesn’t understand sport ( footy in this case) and surprisingly rude enough to say she is sick of the matter and then denigrate Josh Schache as a player is a very disappointing event. In addition she does not realise her posts on many occasions on some topics are extremely long and boring lecturing others as she believes she has divine right to. This has to be said on this occasion. As you know WCW no one makes you read other people’s posts if you don’t want to. This is my last post on this matter but I have a feeling it may not be the last by a D/Ler. Some of us always like the last word!!! Go Dees in 2024.

Are you not able to read my opinion ? I have twice stated that change of The Sub on could change the dynamics.? That’s what happens when changes are made in sport. You can’t say that Josh Schache may not have taken 2/3 marks and kicked goals to win it for us. As to justifying his opinion he has not really given any in-depth analysis of his 11/12 reasons. Stating is not in depth at times and you seem satisfied but he hasn’t started 11/12 points anyway. i am stating along with poor forward kicking and connection, goal inaccuracy plus Gawny touching Clarry’s goal shot and also goal umpire decisions plus the Sub not being used are reasons why we did not win. And Goody had much to do with the decision about the Sub plus his alleged failure to activate the change of Tmac off and Schache on. Happy now I have for the third time repeated myself. TN does not elaborate like you say. You are just easily accepting his post and have not even given any of your views. No doubt you will just say the same few options that TN has listed. Nothing will make me change my mind only reinforce my opinion. Cheers and Go Dees.

Are you sure that any of TN’s decisions aren’t a matter of opinion as well? I am not going to go through his ( 11 or 12) doesn’t list these either !!

We’re already sending Harry P forward. He will with the new recruits plus the trade of McAdam and Billing’s seems to me to offer much more class and options plus our forwards being fit would also be a great filip. Have no doubts our forward line will be a major reason we improve our team.

To say it’s the 11th or 12 th reason and to say didn’t matter as much as any other is completely underestimating that decision. You May say that but you a have either got half a dozen other minute reasons any which could be from 6 th onwards. The non use of a Sub is a crucial and dumb decision in most games ie soccer nrl and obviously AFL. Then you double up and say because the Senior Coach made the decision it’s almost irrelevant. He was the crucial decision maker and failed miserably in leadership and daring/positive action. Refer back to the 2023 last quarter and Harry Petty was switched forward with about 10 mins to go. If that move had been Made at 3/4 time by Simon I have a feeling we wouldn’t have lost that game. Similar situations and in sport some have the knack and others can’t find the fortitude to press buttons at the right time. Schache was let down by the Coach and if as is alleged ( you are ignoring the reason conveniently). This has been a common thread regarding this game and yes it sounds very hard to believe but I feel there is a very strong element of truth regrettably about this “ non decision” to use the Sub. I can think of about 5 other reasons we lost that game but to say this Sub decision was not a crucial one is ignoring the games natural flow and sports amazing ability to thrill us any time we close our eyes or use our given faculties.

TN you have found 5 other reasons for us losing both Finals and tried to underwhelming ignore the Schache sub fiasco in the middle of your post. Of course there are more reasons than ONE but to say the Subs non use was not a reason we lost is not even sensible. You have made some very good posts recently but this one is a part miss due to the lack of admission of the Coaches decision on the Sub.

Kossie is suspended for 0 and 1 Rounds in 2024 coming up.