godees

I tipped the suns. Collingwood are decimated by injuries. Nothing Buckley can do about it.

2 hours ago, Steno said:

Betting line was 90 points...

North basically had to find players this week to form a team including flying some in

Only half heard this; but only 4 players last night are North listed?

There were 8, although Dumont only played a half

17 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

can't see the logic

melksham is a link man, brown is stay at home leading key position forward

if you want brown it's fritta, tmac or jacko.......and can't see it happening

I didn’t really provide any reasons so I can understand that you couldn’t see them!

Brown is A grade when up and running. He has had 2.5 VFL games and played very well, including presenting up the ground. There is no chance of dropping Fritsch, Tmac or Jackson on current form. Fritsch is not a tall though and I think we have room for another. Now that Brown is ready it’s also time to test what could be our best forward setup.

Much like Jetta being dropped for Hibberd, whoever makes way for Brown will be unlucky but it will improve the team.

Melksham is easily our lightest contributor in recent weeks IMO. Spargo was also weak last week but has been better prior to that. Jones isn’t going to be dropped straight after his 300. Melk played fwd/mid. Only two score involvements (nibbler/Pickett 7, Spargo 1), 2 tackles/13 pressure acts (spargo 3/12, Pickett 5/21, Nibbler 4/26). We aren’t losing much. 

Nibbler, Pickett plus one of Melk or Spargo will provide the forward half pressure. TMac, Fritsch and Jackson are capable of pushing up towards the wing/high half forward. We can make room whilst maintaining excellent forward pressure.

Ben Brown must come in this week. Melksham is the obvious out but seemingly never gets dropped no matter his performance (and he didn’t have a bad game this time). 

6 hours ago, DubDee said:

Why do people still rate the Cats? Struggled at home against north!

WC choked against the Saints but it won’t happen again. Can’t believe Cats are clear favs. I’ll be loading up on the weagles

Injuries at WCE is why

Just now, bjDee said:

Jetta having a big quarter

Looks too good for this level but seemingly too slow for AFL

Melksham should be very nervous about Bedford’s performance today

Bedford sets up Chandler goal

1 hour ago, CHF said:

Watching the start of the Richmond/Saints game makes me think we need to have the height of Petty in the game this week to settle him into the structure for next week.

Similarly I think Hibberd needs to come in as he may be the Dusty match-up

Can anyone explain to me the “positive lingers” thing?

3 hours ago, hardtack said:

I too am loving the apparent synergy between Langdon and Hunt. I’m of the opinion that Langdon, in no small part, is responsible for Hunt’s turnaround in form.  Maybe an early call, but I haven’t seen a pairing like that since Cameron Bruce and Brad Green helped take us to a GF in 2000.

Those two are good mates. Definitely helping them enjoy their footy

Pat Lipinski dropped by the dogs. We must go after him

21 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

I've been a critic of one aspect of Oliver's game: lack of impact.  Well, he certainly turned that around last night!  He found space, had almost as many kicks as he did handballs (17/22), many of his kicks were sharp and went deep into the fwd line.  I don't know where to get 'metres gained' stats but I would expect it to be very high, perhaps the highest he has achieved.

It is close to his best ever game:  a very balanced game played at an exceptionally high level with significant impact.

Hope the Brownlow casting umpires take note.  He doesn't get enough love from them.

Metres gained is available on the AFL website (select advanced stats). He was 6th with 520m. Definitely above his usual 

14 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

won all the stats except tackles (sorry formatting a bit lost in copy/paste)

look at the difference in tackles!

TEAM STATS

Disposals

244

 

211

Kicks

146

 

135

Handballs

98

 

76

Free kicks

23

 

16

Clearances

26

 

23

Inside 50

31

 

30

Marks in 50

7

 

2

Contested Possessions

133

 

108

Tackles

54

 

90

Hitouts

28

 

22

 

We were first to the ball

Surprised people saying they thought Bris played better up to 3/4 time. We dominated the midfield all game but struggled to connect with the forward line. Bris defence were very good. 
Cant finish lower than 4th. Guaranteed home final

54 minutes ago, BigFez said:

Gulden looks a real player for the swans.  Another academy pick.

Strange that we didn’t bid

Probable 2 goal turn around with the sheparding free against ?Paxy mid 2nd quarter was the difference. We feel like the better team but Brisbane take their chances. Should be a good 2nd half. Hope Daisy is ok!

We have a huge chance this week to push for a home final. Looks like Meg Downie has now played two ressies games so she should be the replacement for Goldy (who will be a loss for sure but Downie is a handy replacement).

Brisbane are a good side but definitely beatable on our current form and at home.

I don’t understand why Baker is in so many teams

Can we talk about how bloody good Tyla Hanks is?! Her decision-making and execution is outstanding. She would be leading our b&f and is now one of the best players in the league. So smart and clean.

21 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

We put all our eggs in thr Isaac Smith basket and the moment we missed out, we simply had no plan B. It was well documented that Phillips was being shopped in the open market and every footy journo and media outlet said that it was the perfect fit for us. And it would have been.

The arrogance in this football continues to amaze me.

Whilst I was hoping we'd go after Phillips, I suspect it was a salary cap management decision. He would come cheap from a picks perspective but his existing contract may not have been as attractive (with Petracca, Oliver and others coming up for re-contracting).

Just now, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Amen.

Jetta any issues on his hit on Tom Lynch? Lynch sooked it up big time. And Jetta played well that quarter.

Reprimand I would think due to low impact and being in a contest (so not intentional). Lynch deserved it

1 hour ago, godees said:

They are very reliant on their senior core. Apparently Goldstein and Cunnington didn’t play? Saints had plenty out too but it affects weaker teams much more. I doubt they are that (Neeld) bad

Actually pretty much north’s entire first choice midfield was out

36 minutes ago, DubDee said:

North won't have much competition for the spoon you wouldn't think. Neeld-like years coming up for them

They are very reliant on their senior core. Apparently Goldstein and Cunnington didn’t play? Saints had plenty out too but it affects weaker teams much more. I doubt they are that (Neeld) bad

16 minutes ago, Nelo said:

I don’t really take a lot out of the practice matches. Hawks will be bottom 4 and dogs top 8. 

I have money on them for the spoon. Partly I think it’s a possibility, mostly I just want it to happen!