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oh reall?y well that would prove my point exactly in that they named him in the 22 knowing he would be a late withdrawl, but since you two happen to know everything I guess you were right to mock anybody that suggests it might happen again this week

nice conceited way of admitting you are wrong. Maybe try not being such a know-all next time someone suggests there might be a late change will be pretty funny if Martin plays too

and i forgot to add that it happened just 2 weeks ago! Spencer was a game-day change for Bartram. Now there is no evidence at all that he was hurt I think that was just a shifty from Bailey.. or maybe he WAS hurt and they knew but named inn the 22 to get that slight advantage I mentioned above. What do you have to say that?

well I didn't say any of that stuff I merely pointed out that it looks a chance and that you are the one being absurd by completely dismissing the possibility who besides martin is capable of filling the obvious hole at Full Forward. It is clearly not Newton or watts for a while so who is it That's exactly right, the Lions would have an inkling it might happen, because it makes perfect sense... that's why myself and others have put it out there. What they can't do is include an extra big man in the 22 that can line up on him if he sits at FF all day unless they are somehow certain we will make the late change, which they obviously can't be I can't believe you are actually debating this TBH... consider this hypothetical Brad Green (total stab in the dark) has actually got an issue of some kind that they have kept very quiet, and they know he is going to be out. Why would you list him as injured and bring Martin in just so they know for sure they have to man up on him and maybe alter their selection. Why wouldn't you just take the slight advanatge of surprise and named Martin as an emergency. It may not be a huge advantage, but why not do it, everything counts. It could be the difference between Martin being mismatched and having a bit of a day out and kicking a few

so you've never known a player to withdraw from a match on the day when you had no idea they were injured and a coach doesn't have his plans shaken a bit by the sudden inclusion of a 200cm player that can play forward, back or ruck what planet are you on?

which of these things is not true 1.the lack of a tall marking target i50 has been a huge concern all season 2.stef martin is such a player and is in form 3.there is always a good chance somebody in the 22 is NQR and needs to withdraw and they havent made it public 4.bringing in a matchup like stef when your opponent is not ready for it can be a nice little 'unsettler' for the opposing coach That's where the idea is coming from

agree with that

just messin with ya

Grimes BOG that's all I'm predicting

excellent post you are dead right, if we didn't pounce on the KPF we would have been looking down the barrel of many years without getting one, or at least not one with such good credentials. We had to put our eggs in that basket and I'm glad we did.

gee I would love to see that, all 5 of em, talk about excitement

Morton, Jurrah, Frawley and Grimes not doing it for ya? There's also a bloke named Joooooordie

Obviously everything that a player does on the field is done by a matter of instruction from the FD, then it is reviewed and discussed. I don't imagine he just elects on any given day how he is going to go about it, they are all very well informed and aware of exactly what it is the coach wants them to be doing... TBH I am not sure I have noticed a significant difference in his tackle-breaking, and if it is the case could it not just be circumstantial.. anyway I guess my point is that over his career up to this point I cannot imagine he was playing the way he was playing if it wasn't something Bails had given blessing for

how beautiful would it be if your namesake was the one to do so

I disagree, every supporter has long recognised that part of his game includes taking on tackles and usually getting caught. There is no doubt the footy department is aware of this too, and it is unreasonable to think he has been told not to do this but is doing it anyway (if that was the case he would be dropped) Therefore I conclude that the coaching stuff must be backing him to try and develop himself as this sort of player. I think he will just get better and better at it and eventually be able to smash through more regularly, which will make him very damaging. Think Paul Chapman or our own Beamer who they could not bring down last week

There will be at least one occasion where we knock off a big opponent and the footy world will have to sit back and go 'ah dammit these guys are actually going to be very good' Queen's Birthday please

at least one of those was a famous victory

Sounds like something that moron would say They have plenty of other game-smashing super champion goalkickers down at Brissy that can come in

people are quoting this on ology too... did you just make it up... if so, why?

exactly.. when did Steve Quartermain and Bruce McAvaney start posting on DLand

looks like Franky by an absolute street Surprised Morton got so few, he got mine

How carp were you then because he took Freo to their only prelim ever

why is that even a mistake, they were always going to give a few tastes at the big time to know what he's up against. Why not use it give us a bit of profile and gate revenue also

How could they possibly be mates... have they ever even been in the same room together? I think footy people use the term 'mates' extremely lightly