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    The only thing I want to see this game is a massive reduction in the fumbling and horrible skills that have made watching our team so painful the last two weeks. Get between the ears fixed, get the confidence back, excecute our skills at an AFL level and lets see what we can actually do rather than another train wreck.

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    12 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

    I know this will be howled down but TMac is too good to not have in the 22. If May comes back I’d be moving Petty forward. AJ was poor in the ruck against Brown and JvR is much better. Jeffo has no intensity and I’d prefer Turner and Petty to AJ and Jeffo. 
    If Spargs is ready he’s a class above Hendo. 
    Wont happen, but that’s my take. 

    I'm on the Petty is a forward bandwagon with you and I'm staying there.  He is the best contested mark out of all the players we've tried up forward in the past few seasons, and that makes him a big point of difference.  TMac had a great season last year, and I think the backline of May, Lever and TMac should be continued this season.

    JVR, Petty and one of Jeffo or Turner, along with Fritsch (staying much closer to goal than he did yesterday) and the smalls rotating through is our best look I think.

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    Always disappointing to lose like that but I kind of felt it was a bit of a free kick of a game prior to the first bounce. They had the advantage of playing last week and are one of the most highly fancied teams while we were playing with 5 AFL debutants. As long as we weren’t smashed it seems an acceptable result. 
     

    Slight worry for me was our scoring profile. Goals from centre clearance are wonderful to watch but they aren’t reliable. Need to keep working hard on scoring from turnovers and from the back half. 
     

    Still much to like but  we got so so close and gave up the lead in the last minute. 

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    We’re trying to be too cute for these conditions. Most of our goals have come from loose ball deep in the forward 50 but instead of getting the ball in there, we’re trying to hit the perfect pass. Just get the ball in there, get it to ground and see what happens. 

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    I wonder if Jackson is on St Kildas radar.  They seem desperate to land a big fish and from the dollars they have reportedly thrown around, we won't be abe to compete against them.

     

    You'd think any fair trade for Jackson back to Victoria definetaly opens up the door for us to get a good trade for Kozzy, however, will Freos trade targets need to change if they lose Jackson? 

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    15 minutes ago, binman said:

    Interesting point.

    As you say koz had had two sold hit outs already. And obviously he's not playing in the first 3 rounds.

    That could mean them running with the team they might go with round one.

    That said missing the first three rounds might mean they want to take the opportunity to get one more match load and fitness into koz.

    The round 4 game is on April 4th, which is almost 5 weeks after this Sunday's game.  There will be virtually zero residual fitness benefit for playing Pickett on Sunday.  All his match fitness and loads will have to be managed in training sessions in the couple of weeks prior to that game. 

    Still very hard to stomach that he got suspended for that incident.... stupid AFL 🤬🤬🤬 

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    Curious with what we do with Pickett.  If this a full dress rehersal for Rd 1, do we leave him out?

    For me, it really depends on how big the benches are (ie how many players the coaches can give a run to see how they fit), but given Pickett has already played 2 preseason games, I actually think he will be left out (which will surprise some).

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    Given we are more than likely going to be adding Windsor, Salem and May to our backiline for the next praccy against Freo, a more relavant question is which other 2 backline players as well as the unlucky AMW will miss out.

    20 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    I wish ALL clubs played intraclub practise matches in the preseason 

    Round 1 should be the first meeting of opposition 

    I think the Season would have a far better build up..

    I actually think the practice matches provide the build up and without them, crowd numbers and engagement would be lower in the first few rounds.  For every one footy tragic who has eagerly been devouring training reports all off-season, there are 5 or 10 far less engaged supporters who need the mainstream reporting of the prctice games to create their expecations and get the anticipation up for Round 1.

    And like most, I agree that Round Zero is a train wreck that needs to be scrapped straight away.

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    The amount of opinion stated as fact in this thread is ridiculous, even for Demonland standards.  This story has been swirling around since he joined the club and he hasn't gone anywhere.  And as yet, there has never been a credible source given for the remours.

    Given he spent the Christmas break in NZ, not in WA or SA, he doesn't seem desperately homesick to me. 

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    I'm not sure if Adelaide being 8 points up at 3Q time against a putrid Saints side is that good a form line.  And I want Essendon to make the finals so they can lose another final.  So I'm hoping for an Essendon win.

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    5 hours ago, M_9 said:

    When you say ‘any posters’ are you suggesting there was more than just me?

    In my defence I did state (with stats) that the key to Harry’s game is his marking. Good to see on Saturday it was more than that. Tackling, competing and at least one deft touch.

    There were several posters who wanted him dropped in the lead up to the Geelong game.  Some like yourself have owned it, others haven't.

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    1 minute ago, Demon Dynasty said:

    Another lovely play from Sesto off HB through the middle.  Spears a pass to BB but he's out bodied and defender marks in front.

    It was nice lead up play but he had an open player on at the 50 which might have been the go rather than the BBB 50:50.

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    5 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

     

    Surely there's a better alternative than playing this match on the same day as the senior match?

    What's wrong with Sat or Sunday?

    Reserves as the curtain raiser to the seniors worked for a very long time, and is fondly remembered.  It still works for nearly every non-AFL competetion in the nation.

    Him (or maybe even better a player like him but not actually him) would have been far more useful than the Grundy experiment, but hindisght is 20:20.  Not worth the risk at his age now though.

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