Pulp Fritschon

Cats will put the 16 min quarters back on the agenda this week

Interesting not replacing the tall....I guess we did go 6-0 with the Tmac and Jackson as the only talls and Fritsch the hybrid. Max will play more forward in this setup and Jackson more time in the ruck. Arguably this may be our best setup. Glad Sparrow has been kept in. Was good against the Lions. Interesting to see Jordon named in starting 18 on wing. Gus on bench. Love Jack back in. He just brings intensity. He will crunch a few. Bombers won't be thrilled to see his name. You would expect our tackle count to be high this week. Go Dees

I don't miss hearing " X player hurt his knee in marking contest, spoke to docs, walked slowly back to AAMI park. Hope it is not serious........' Then I proceed to stress unnecessarily for days until I hear the player is at training 2 days later. Appreciate the reports but I am sleeping much better just waiting for the teams to drop on a Thursday night and assuming everyone is training like a champion.

Jack Viney

Very happy with this (First to admit I am an Essendon hater) I thought the best case for them was to finish bottom 4 this year and then get a compo pick for losing Merrett. Giving them 2 top 5 picks. They talk very positively (when haven't they?) but I think they will stay mediocre for a few more years yet. Still have some massive gaps in their list. 2 top 5 picks was their best option.

Think it will be insufficient force Interesting case in a way as he went passed the ball to bump which they don’t like. But this was the perfect choice as it was a shepherd and cleared the way perfectly for Spargoat I think it was.

If not Alice lets just go to the Gabba. Will get a good crowd. We take the gate. Best thing for footy.

Great bounce back win Doubters can sit back down Our defensive setups must be first class Highlight for mine was that lovely left foot pass by ANB that resulted in Weids first mark and goal in the 3rd. Crucial goal. ANB I was wrong. You have had a great year. I thought your old habits were returning down in Tassie against North but you have bounced back. The true barometer. Love the ball in Spargo’s hands. He doesn’t mind drawing the high contact free does he. Selwood esk from Spargoat. Why does Max always get called to play on quickly after he marks it. BT in round 11 just realises Brayshaw is playing a new role this year. Played great tonight. Shame about Langdon. Could be worse though.

The other stat that caught my eye was Efficiency Inside 50 - Crows went at 51% - we normally keep the opposition under or just on 40% . We did lose a heap more one on ones in the D50 than normal

No prizes awarded for 10-0 Backline and General pressure up field was off last night. Credit to Crows and the Salem out unsettled us. People that are lauding the Dogs quickly forget the Tigers (without Dusty) absolutely bullied them in the 2nd half in round 7, and that Carlton really had them in their match (27 point lead at one stage and heaps of missed shots also). I think we will go ok next week against them.

Always think Melky is good for a goal or two or at least a few goal assists with the penetration in his kicking. But fair enough, I like Chandler and it looks a better balanced forward line with this change. On a side note - refreshing and good to to see the team named how it lines up on the day. Why play games. Must have been Choco’s idea.

Jeff, just play Mothers Day in Tassie next year. Easy fix.

The Weid is in surely. Hope he takes his chance. Max to go back to rucking 90%+. Weid and TMac to share the 10% Rest up Luke Go Dees

TMac 2 touches in the first half playing forward last week. Weideman vital to our future success - will be in soon no doubt. Next week vs Blues is my guess.

Jason Taylor would be sleeping well at night that is for sure. He has gone against the grain on some high picks and come out a star. Both considered risky at the time - Interesting to know what he would rate as a better pick - Kozzie at 12 or Oliver at 4?

In: Petty, Weideman, Sparrow Out: Tomlinson, Baker, TMac, Jones

Weid will replace TMac at some stage. Might be a few weeks but it will happen. Get the BBB, Weid and Jackson combo firing then look out TMac can be medical sub. He actually would be the ideal medical sub.

I am guessing Weideman would have been in if Fritsch didn't come up. Going for the team that have got us to 5-0. Fair enough too. We are very settled. The Dogs are 5-0 and they made 6 changes

In: May, Weideman Out: Petty, M Brown In the weeks to come - In: BBB, Fritsch Out: Jones, Tmac

First few minutes of the match I knew we were in for a struggle. We had a quick play from the wing to inside 50 but there was no space to find a target. Credit to Clarko but we found a way. Last quarter was electric. Hibberd was awesome. Wound the clock back to 2018. Massive bonus, I thought he was passed it. Happy to be wrong. Go Dees

Reported as up to 2 weeks - so still a chance for the Tigers I'd keep Sparrow in and only make the change for May. Max and Melksham to spend more time forward. Tommy Mac and Jackson to hit the scoreboard this week.

Gee the Cats were so so lucky it was wet. We were all over them most of the day. Dry day and we would have really carved them up. Great win. Our tackling was awesome. We were physical and ferocious. Good signs. Big shame about May. Petty gets his chance. We will be ok.

Brown to play at the G next week. Must be fit enough. Half a game and a few touches in the 2nds is enough.

Kozzie for pick 12 what an absolute bargain! 3-0 feels so good. Enjoy. Ahead of the ledger and the confidence will grow. If we made the most of our scoring opportunities the last two weeks we would have had a couple of thumping wins. Look out when that clicks. Great time to play the Cats.

Haha same here. Keep replaying it but just can’t see it. It was unbelievable! The only place I have seen a move like that was in the Matrix