Everything posted by Adam The God
- PREGAME: Rd 20 vs Richmond
- PREGAME: Rd 20 vs Richmond
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PREGAME: Rd 20 vs Richmond
I'm not so sure it's curtains for BB, nor is it the worst thing to be dropped at this stage. I think they could just as easily be thinking, 'right, his body is not going to hold up for another 8 or 9 weeks, but he could be up and about for 4 or 5. Let's manage him in the lead up to finals, play him in Round 23 and 24, and then he gets the week off before finals, and he plays all the finals.' Lots of water to pass under the bridge just yet.
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PREGAME: Rd 20 vs Richmond
Agreed. His defensive work is huge. I hope he's just being rested (we're not allowed to use the word managed anymore) and he's back the following week. JJ will get more mid minutes as a defensive mid and less at half forward, where he struggled to impact last week. I wonder if that means we bring Spargo in or if we simply bring Harmes in for Sparrow. The latter is probably the go.
- PREGAME: Rd 20 vs Richmond
- PREGAME: Rd 20 vs Richmond
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Membership Tally 2023
Omg. I love that gif... I've just watched it over and over again for about a minute. 🤣
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Harley Reid
Is it the real Mitch Cleary though? 😉
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Team heading into finals
I was about to say. Completely different roles. May as well say Lever is competing with Fritta. Melksham is a medium forward who plays defensive forward role, while Spargo is a high half forward with good endurance and ball use.
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Liam Henry
Maybe this is something we've leaked to the press to give Freo less leverage? Make it seem like we've moved on and will take him or leave him. Doesn't feel like the sort of game we'd play though, but we are having to deal with Peter Bell. If the frame is we don't absolutely love him at all costs and we're happy to move on, but for the right price we could get a deal done, then our alleged cooling makes sense.
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Harley Reid
Draft picks are overrated, but top 5 draft picks are the cream of the crop. If you're drafting the best inside/outside mid in the talent pool, you're getting an elite mid. This isn't Barry Prendergast anymore. JT doesn't miss with mids. If Reid is possible without giving up players that we want to keep, and only costs us draft picks, and JT rates him as highly as I'd suggest he does, just do the deal. Oliver, Petracca, Viney, Reid, Brayshaw, Sparrow, Rivers. Trac and Reid playing forward and then with mid bursts. A huge opportunity to take another step and improve our elite talent.
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What They Are Saying at Punt Road
I find it interesting how opposition supporters still think we win games by May and Lever taking intercept marks. Sure, we can win that way and it won us a flag two years ago, but we've rarely won that way this year. St Kilda being the exception because King went down, freeing up May and it had a flow on effect to the rest of the back 7. I know we know our team better than opposition supporters and we have a media that is obsessed with shallow analysis so supporters are unlikely to gauge the real strengths and weaknesses of all teams, but we much prefer to score from intercepting higher up the ground now, with our back 7 behind this as cover. But I guess I shouldn't expect clear and insightful analysis from Richmond nuffies.
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Team heading into finals
Woey currently gets lost in the zone and doesn't have the running power/capacity of Charlie. I still like Charlie's game sense and ball use, but Woey's game sense and ball use has surprised me.
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2023 Injury List
How much better does LJ look in our jumped than Freo's? You made a mistake, LJ.
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Matt Jefferson Signs 2 Year Extension
Yes, Jed is the WA boy. Jesus, how old are you DS? 403? Very rude question... :P
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Team heading into finals
Wow, TMac and Smith is an intriguing play. I don't think Tom will have the athleticism anymore and could be exploited the other way, but I could be wrong. As you say, I'd replace TMac with JVR. I do worry about Smith's footy nous and forward craft too in comparison to BB, but love Smith's athleticism. A tough one. With Grundy/Gawn resting forward too, we might not want BBs lack of ground ball ability on top of that. The one major variable is that finals are often very different and more contested than H&A games, so we might be able to play BB, Gawn/Grundy and JVR forward in a final.
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Team heading into finals
Anyone that thinks Grundy won't be in the team come finals is away with the nuffies.
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Team heading into finals
So no real analysis, just another best 22. Thanks for that mate. FWIW, no way Woey is ahead of Spargo.
- Nick Watson
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Nick Watson
You can see how two small forwards have transformed Adelaide's forward half game. If we end up managing two top 10 picks and not trading/being able to trade for pick 1, Watson in our forward half would be handy. And as @Nascent suggests above, Watson and Duursma would certainly improve our danger in the forward half. With Kozzy, Fritta, JVR, Chandler and Jefferson that's a promising forward half.
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2023 Injury List
That'll be 3 weeks from the 3-4 weeks, mate. Where's the mixed messaging?
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The Jack Viney Made Me Cry Thread
I watched Gawn live today and I felt he needed to take more contested marks, but completely dominated at stoppage. We need Grundy to manage him though. And Max knew this mhimself, hence his push to get Brodie to the club in the first place. And Jack is bursting for every minute he's out there, but it wasn't a flawless game either. Brodie Smith kicked his goal, because Jack basically let him wander off unattended after Jack had worked brilliantly to get it over the boundary for a stoppage. You're totally off on Max here though.
- The Jack Viney Made Me Cry Thread
- The Jack Viney Made Me Cry Thread
- POSTGAME: Rd 19 vs Adelaide