Pickett2Jackson

19 minutes ago, Cheesy D. Pun said:

Absolutely gobsmacked that Chandler misses out. 

Who needs a young hungry Chandler when you have Nathan Jones zipping around the forward line applying elite pressure

First game of the year and team selection sucks.

Such a slow team.  Sparrow ahead of Chandler....

51 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Wash your mouth out with soap P2J! You obviously did not see Flower play. You really need to watch some Robbie highlights, he was sublime.

47 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Did you see Flower play? The distance between Flower and Petracca at his best is marginally less than a light year. 

29 minutes ago, tiers said:

Offensive to Robbie. There will only ever be one Robbie in all of footy histoy. No one that I have seen in over 60 years comes close in skill and outright ability in a body that was not made for footy.

Even more so that Robbie, unlike all the others, played in a poor team whereas the others named all played in powerful, successful teams that won premierships. They each had plenty of support where Robbie had almost none.

As for Petracca, the others named could regularly win matches almost on their own a stength that Petracca, although dominant at times, has yet to master. When it comes, then we can talk about comparisons.

 

Yeah I saw him play he was amazing.

Do you think hes going to be the best Demon forever?  Nostalgia is a powerful thing I guess

Soon the great Robbie Flower will be relegated to the 2nd best Demon of the last 50 years.

 Petracca is on a whole other level......  the Barassi, Leigh Matthews, Ablett Jnr and Dustin Martin level.

9 hours ago, SPC said:

Jobe makes me feel like I’m watching play school.. talks soooo slow. 

Must be all the Thymosin

5 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

That feeling in your gut. It's MFCSS.

The most destructive parasite known to man.

3 minutes ago, old dee said:

Well imo you missed a good game. The AFL are always going to start the season with two teams that have big supporter bases. Not sure why you have such a big problem with the 2 teams. 

There are other teams with big supporter bases too.  

Why should those two clubs have a monopoly on opening the season, its unfair and its no wonder Richmond have had success lately when they start every year with a free win over a rabble.

Didn't even watch the game. Same opening game every year for the exact same result. 

If it was literally any two other teams I would have watched.

3 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

What a fascinating Thread. 
those of you who discredit body language 

It doesn’t lie

Yes it does.

39 minutes ago, Chelly said:

Ergo:

Angus Brayshaw (foot) — Available
Michael Hibberd (ankle) — Available
Steven May (concussion) — Available
Jake Melksham (hamstring) — Available
Clayton Oliver (soreness) — Available
Christian Salem (hamstring) — Available
Jack Viney (foot) — Available
Mitch Brown (calf) — 1 to 2 Weeks
Joel Smith (finger) — 2 Weeks
Jay Lockhart (testicles) — 2 to 3 Weeks
Sam Weideman (leg) — 4 to 6 Weeks
Ben Brown (knee) — 5 to 7 Weeks
Marty Hore (knee) — Season
Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season

Brown was 4-6 two weeks ago,  now 5-7.  ?

3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Wouldn't IT be nice if we could open the season with two hot sides such as Brisbane and Port at the GABBA or Adelaide Oval. Or a West Coast V Richmond or Geelong game at Optus Stadium. Something different to the same old same old Richmond/Carlton predictable yawn fest.

 

Its so boring that its the same two teams every year that open the season. 

30 minutes ago, loges said:

Apparently it's the day before whenever the game is being played

jesus christ, whats the rational behind that I wonder

Gil McLachlan and Steve Hocking seem to have been tasked with destroying the game, and theyre doing a great job of it

20 minutes ago, DubDee said:

[censored] ridiculous we won’t know the teams until 18 hours before kick off

Is this confirmed?  No more Thursday night teams?

2 hours ago, loges said:

Unfortunately no.

What the hell...  surely all teams are back to being named on Thursdays

14 hours ago, John Demonic said:

- Christian Salem is going to give us #3rd degree burns off half back, if we don't put a clamp on him

 

 

 

 

 

3rd degree Cockburns

On 3/10/2021 at 10:23 AM, Pickett2Jackson said:

I give it until quarter time of Round 1 for Carlton supporters to be calling for his blood.

Well that wont be happening

Didnt even get named in the Carlton team for tonight 

Seeing people in here talk him up as if we had let a superstar get away lol

2 hours ago, Kent said:

I have not really seen him play

What are his skill sets??

41 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

I said I wasn't going to do another team pre view but the sub rule wasn't out yet.

B: HIBBERD, MAY, LEVER

HB: SALEM, TOMLINSON, HUNT

C: BAKER, PETRACCA, LANGDON

HF: PICKETT, MCDONALD, NEAL-BULLEN

F: FRITSCH, GAWN, SPARGO

FOLL: JACKSON, OLIVER, BRAYSHAW

IC: HARMES, JONES, JORDON, RIVERS

SUB: SPARROW

EMERG: BOWEY, CHANDLER, PETTY, VANDENBERG 

I think they will play it safe and play Spargo ahead of Chandler.

Bowey wasn't named to debut so he won't be playing.

Would be surprised if Hibbo played

Cockburn will never stop being funny

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

My centre bounce rotations would roughly be:
Oliver 75%
Harmes, Petracca 60% (Petracca attending more centre bounces then swapping forward with Jordon/Jones/ANB).
Jordon 50%
Kozzie 40%
Jones/ANB 15%

We know Brayshaw isn't good anywhere but in the middle and there's already 4 guys ahead of him and Koz makes 5. I know Koz on a wing was reported but I don't see that suiting him, if he's in the midfield get him around the ball IMO. I'd have Brayshaw on ball for Harmes' minutes but stopping Fyfe has to be a priority. I also wouldn't worry about getting Viney and Gus back in next week or the week after that, they can make a double change if it's needed. 

Jordon's locked in. Which leaves Chandler, Jones and Vanders (or possibly Baker) vulnerable but I think each of those 3 can do the job asked of them.

Kozzie, Jones, ANB and Jordon in the centre square ahead of Brayshaw?????

Good luck to JJ.  Play your role and help us take home the 4 points.

3 hours ago, hardtack said:

Correction... YOUR reality says his knee is a mess.  The removal of debris would suggest that the cause of his knee swelling has most likely been addressed.

Fine by me, i hope my reality is wrong.

A fit and firing 60 goal a year full forward is like gold.

14 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

Lead at the end of the game and we win, simple as that

Melbourne would still find a way to lose that.