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Pennant St Dee

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  1. 19 hours ago, red and blue forever said:

    out Sparrow.

    In Petty,

    Tholstrup sub

     

     

    FB J.Lever S.May T. Rivers    
    HB J.Mcvee T.Macdonald B.Howes    
    C E.Langdon C.Petrecca C.Windsor    
    HF H.Petty J.Van Rooyen K.Pickett    
    FF B.Fritsch B.Brown K.Chandler    
    Fol M.Gawn J.Viney C.Oliver    
    IC J.Billings A.Neal-Bullen C.Salem M.Hore K.Tholstrup

     

    So drop a mid for a key tall, we would be far to top heavy with those changes 

  2. Missed the game with commitments, although I was getting fed score updates after half time, so knew the score when watching the replay.

    Liked the quicker ball movement off defensive rebound and more corridor focus allowing for better F50 entries.

    Highlight of the entire game/after game for me was Oliver’s smile when running off to the ovation and how open and happy he seemed in the interview.  Forget the result it was great to see him looking like he was enjoying his footy again and hopefully happy off field.

    1 win, 1 loss and it will take a few more games for us and others to find real form and we realise where teams are at.  Onto next week 

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  3. 5 hours ago, DubDee said:

    posters reactions to the changes never stop being hilarious 

    if we win, we do not speak of them 

    if we lose… Goodwin must go

    [censored] me

    And can you believe we lost to Sydney last week when they had their own 3 best midfielders out

    Adams 0 games for Sydney 

    Mills who rarely played through the middle unless needed to run with someone played more off half back

    Parker was a very very good midfielder but Warner and Guiden have been there 2 best mids since early 22

    But Kane Cornes was pushing the best mids out agenda and many bought it. If you watch footy and Sydney’s evolution you would realise how deep their midfield went

    They made the pies look second rate tonight 

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  4. 14 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Worth noting that;

    - half time reporter was Theodore Doropolous 

    - Theo has just scored the job of his lifetime with ch7 in Melbourne

    - Theo is from Adelaide

    - if I were Theo I’d be leveraging my network back home to score early points in my new plush gig 

    - Theo has 6 O’s n his name. Can’t be trusted.

    Theo is actually from Perth and moved to Adelaide for work opportunities 

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  5. 8 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    You really think because it’s not in the media the Melbourne list management team have just decided to have no interest in perhaps the best young key forward in the game? When he kicks 6 on Tomlinson this weekend they might be asking who that guy is?

    Good clubs don’t leak trade plans in March. 

    Exactly same media who reported Crows looking to lure Sparrow

    Less than 90 mins later - Sparrow extends contract at MFC

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  6. Brisbane did it against us last season at the G and it was effective for most of the game. It was late in the 4th when they tried to ice the game and slowed their ball movement that we got back into the contest

  7. 10 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    There are some truly garbage hot takes in this thread, but equally there was some ridiculous overconfidence after beating Carlton in a practice match (say it with me one more time - it was a [censored] practice match).

    I was there. The humidity was telling. We simply didn't cope. That's understandable, but disappointing.

    Grundy was good but the key difference was he wasn't being blocked, checked, hit and kneed at every contest. Gawn was. We know this happens when we go in without proper ruck support. This has been happening for 8 years.

    We were also visibly cooked about 5 minutes into the last. That will partly be because we were a player down plus May appeared to be hobbling, and partly because we struggled with the humidity. But it's also concerning. We pride ourselves on our fitness and specifically running out fourth quarters, but we were gassed too early.

    Having said all that, three things really stand out to me as areas of significant concern:

    1. I never, ever, want to see Spargo, Chandler and Laurie in the same side again. On the understanding that ANB is a walk-up best 22 player, there will never be a situation in which we need all three of these players alongside ANB. Sadly, I do not see anything in Laurie to suggest he's good enough, but IMO Spargo was atrocious tonight - I watched him and he appeared lazy, pointing without manning up and waltzing between contests. I didn't like that we picked him off no practice matches and I think it was a massive mistake. I think we conceded that we stuffed this up by subbing so early in the third, which we don't normally do. The worst bit was that this robbed us of a rotation when Bowey went down. Spargo will probably be suspended but I'd be happy to drop him for Kozzie next week
    2. We can't play Schache again. Not after that. That was so, so weak. They ignored him most of the night, allowing McCartin to blanket JVR. Fullarton or Brown have to replace Schache next week.
    3. We lost CPs and clearances to a side missing three first-choice midfielders. That is enormously concerning. We do not have a good enough forward line or forward half game to be that bad in the middle, and if a side missing that much midfield power can beat us in the middle, then we are in for a tough time.

    I loved Howes and Windsor, Viney was incredible, and Oliver was so good for someone with the summer he's had. May was dominant in the air and Salem in the midfield clearly works.

    I won't write us off after one summer's game in Darwin-like conditions, but enough went wrong tonight to give me a lot more doubt than I want.

    Good post from someone who gets it, not a great night and plenty of basic errors but some of the tripe on here is predictable but just so uneducated.

    Those who lauded us after beating Carlton are most of those who are the most vocal tonight and the ones who underestimated Sydney’s midfield which has had depth for years but never had a big physical presence in the ruck.

    Am I concerned yes a little but been around long enough to know it’s a long season 

     

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  8. 15 minutes ago, SPC said:

    They have a good ruckman and JJ is no mug. I think the whole game will be really even, we have strengths where they don’t and vice versa. Can see it being decided by a kick… late. 

    Warner and Heeney/Papley will get runs through there to give them options 

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  9. 43 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Would you take SVR with a mid season pick, which as a bonus, also might assist JVR to extend his contract with us.

    Not currently but will see how he goes once the season starts. WAFL pre season matches start this weekend so may get a look at him.

    Im not a believer in signing players to keep siblings. Back your culture (that dirty word)

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  10. 5 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    What is SVR doing this year footy wise?

    He’s back at Claremont training with the Senior Squad 

    BVR is contact training and should play Futures and Community footy this year. He’s 199cm now I heard yesterday 

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  11. 6 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    AFL.com.au’s predicted Sydney backline;

    Lloyd.    McCartin.    Rampe

    Florent.  Blakey.   Jordon

    They are tiny. And that is weird.

    Never been a fan of using a tall as a sub but on a small ground I’d be throwing everything in the height bucket against these smurfs.

     

    edit. Looking a bit more closely at their predicted side, it appears the work experience kid might’ve been thrown this one. 

    Need to consider the flip side effect on being smashed at ground ball gets and fast transition on turnover due to going in to tall.

    For this reason long bombs won’t work as they’ll just flood numbers back and spread quickly on rebound. If we can get more separation and 1v1s in our F50 and move the ball similarly to the game last week vs Carlton, we should expose the lack of defensive height.

    A good mix inside our F50 of small and tall should still work both ways 

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  12. 5 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Sounds like Sparrows agent needed some negotiation power to get a better deal for Tom

    delighted he’s signed  could go next level this year  Our best kick off one step

     

    Bingo, but Deelanders fall for it every year and the media generally know it’s a nothing story, but hey columns need to be filled

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  13. 1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Can't stand the whole poor me mentality on here.

    Has it been a challenging off season? Yes absolutely.. has it been the worst in our time? Nope, we've gone through the whole Troy Broadbridge death, tanking saga and Jim Stynes death in one hit which I think was more significant then what we've just experienced. 

    In my opinion the club has handled the Clayton Oliver situation incredibly well and they need a pat on the back for that. Does that mean we need all articles out there saying what a great job the club had done? Nope, i would rather be winning games and Oliver playing a big part in that. Results will speak for itself.

    Anyway enough of that, let's smash those Swannies!

    Agree totally with the poor me attitude 

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