Preview Changes v Dogs, Round 19

[A11dAtP0w3R]

If Petty had covid it's not implausible that a few of the others test positive over the next week or so as well.

 

[schmuttt]

If Petty had covid it's not implausible that a few of the others test positive over the next week or so as well.

Same for the dogs as hunter missed last week with it.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Same for the dogs as hunter missed last week with it.

Put your veil on so youre able to realise only Melbourne players will get infected this week.

 

[Dory_77]

If Petty had covid it's not implausible that a few of the others test positive over the next week or so as well.

Lalalalalalalalallalala

Can't hear you

 

[Scythe94]

Put your veil on so youre able to realise only Melbourne players will get infected this week.

Same for the dogs as hunter missed last week with it.

 

[Demon13304]

Trade value now thru the roof THRU THE ROOF!!

2 first rounders for Tomo or we riot

 

[KAYNE]

Not that it would happen but I would prefer Bowey over Salem at the moment. Salem isn't a great defender. And his skills aren't being utilized at the moment. Just playing safe football, slow and down the line. His inside 50 kick on the weekend to miss ben brown

50

Ben Brown

Age

32

Ht

200cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

2.2

5star

D

7.9

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.6

1star

M

3.7

4star

T

0.9

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

out on a lead wasn't good enough.
Oliver and Petty back in. Assuming Lever might be out and would drop sparrow or Jordon.

 

[Toump Ass]

Momentum, that's what I think about when I think of Jake Melksham

18

Jake Melksham

Age

33

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.2

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.2

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.3

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

2star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.8

4star

.
He's building baby, he's building.
There was nothing to see of Mount Melksham, the land was barren, no sign of life, but look at him now, look at him go!
I haven't seen Aliir Aliir

21

Aliir Aliir

Age

30

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

5.9

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.9

4star

MG

240.9

4star

D

11.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

6.4

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

158.4

3star

get so comprehensively SPANKED since Josh Schache

19

Josh Schache

Age

27

Ht

199cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.5

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

0.0

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

10.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.8

4star

monstered him in last year's prelim.
(That might because I haven't seen Aliir Aliir

21

Aliir Aliir

Age

30

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

5.9

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.9

4star

MG

240.9

4star

D

11.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

6.4

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

158.4

3star

play since, but I digress)
That tackle? Magnificent.

Melksham is IN for me.

 

[thecuzsays]

OUT - Bedford (reset and regain form) & Lever (rest shoulder)
IN - Oliver & Petty

 

[DemonZombie_001]

Obvious change is Petty in for an unlucky Tomlinson.

Who Oliver replaces is trickier. Maybe for Bedford, who has had a quiet month, but that messes up our forward pressure. Maybe Melk, who had a stronger last quarter was was overall pretty invisible.


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I think Tomlinson will stay in. I don't think he did anything to deserve to be dropped, and certainly performed as well as Petty, and therefore should be rewarded. Petty might come in if Lever is injured though. I like Petty, but I think the culture they want to build is reward for effort.

Big issue for Melbourne has been forward pressure, they leaked a few goals to Geelong because they could not trap the ball in the 50 and even in other games the ball just gets out too easily. Melksham should stay as I thought his forward pressure was good. Bedford will need to make way for Oliver I feel.

Fritsch should be getting a massive spray, I think he has cost the team a goal in the last three games by not passing it (maybe he could watch Melksham's replay). But at the end of the day he will stay.

I think Brown is doing a good job, in contested marks he is bringing the ball to the ground more often than not.

I don't see large changes, Oliver is a no brainer and it seems that the forward 50 pressure issue is something they are trying to address with this setup. I like Jackson or Gawn resting down there as well.

The defence is good, Salem needs games, the problem is the speed of the ball coming out of the forward line for me.

Oliver for Bedford
Petty for Lever (if injured)

 

[Jibroni]

I think Tomlinson will stay in. I don't think he did anything to deserve to be dropped, and certainly performed as well as Petty, and therefore should be rewarded. Petty might come in if Lever is injured though. I like Petty, but I think the culture they want to build is reward for effort.

Big issue for Melbourne has been forward pressure, they leaked a few goals to Geelong because they could not trap the ball in the 50 and even in other games the ball just gets out too easily. Melksham should stay as I thought his forward pressure was good. Bedford will need to make way for Oliver I feel.

Oliver for Bedford
Petty for Lever (if injured)

Agree Tomlinson was great and deserves his spot but perhaps as a forward? Think he has played there before for GWS.

I cant see Petty not returning this week

 

[Demon13304]

Big issue for Melbourne has been forward pressure, they leaked a few goals to Geelong because they could not trap the ball in the 50 and even in other games the ball just gets out too easily. Melksham should stay as I thought his forward pressure was good. Bedford will need to make way for Oliver I feel.

Fritsch should be getting a massive spray, I think he has cost the team a goal in the last three games by not passing it (maybe he could watch Melksham's replay). But at the end of the day he will stay.

I think Brown is doing a good job, in contested marks he is bringing the ball to the ground more often than not.

Does anyone else think the whole Selfish Fritsch is absolute bullshit?
Like yeah he probably should've passed to Petracca a few weeks back but other than that he's just backing himself to kick goals , he just needs to be a bit cleaner. He's a forward ffs, they should be backing themselves to kick goals and obviously you win games by kicking more goals than the oppo. Hardly selfish if it wins games
God I hated it back in the day when we would over possess the ball in the 50 to the point where it ends up back in the oppo hands.

Anyway this post also shows how good he is

 

[netslave]

The Fritsch thing is overblown, he's a better kick than most of our other forwards and I'd back him most of the time to slot it and he is our leading goalkicker.
If he's around goals he'll just take a shot on instinct, it's just a bad look when he blatently burns some players sometimes.

 

[Topkent]

Does anyone else think the whole Selfish Fritsch is absolute bullshit?
Like yeah he probably should've passed to Petracca a few weeks back but other than that he's just backing himself to kick goals , he just needs to be a bit cleaner. He's a forward ffs, they should be backing themselves to kick goals and obviously you win games by kicking more goals than the oppo. Hardly selfish if it wins games
God I hated it back in the day when we would over possess the ball in the 50 to the point where it ends up back in the oppo hands.

Anyway this post also shows how good he is

Lol yeah the same bloke criticizing him was probably standing and applauding Kozi kicking goals out of his arseh*le all day. Can't have it both ways. I think Fritta should back himself in anytime he can see the goal same as Koz. Trac aswell.

 

[Tulip]

Lol yeah the same bloke criticizing him was probably standing and applauding Kozi kicking goals out of his arseh*le all day. Can't have it both ways. I think Fritta should back himself in anytime he can see the goal same as Koz. Trac aswell.

Don't mind him taking pot shots but if there's a player in an obviously better position like on their own in the square then he needs to pass.

 

[Scythe94]

Over on The Western board, they have Hannan playing as a half-back flanker, as a "strong body" who can play forward and get physical with May, and as a second ruckman...

Can we retroactively trade him to the Dogs for three first-rounders? What a guy!

 

[Topkent]

Don't mind him taking pot shots but if there's a player in an obviously better position like on their own in the square then he needs to pass.

If he tries to find Spargo and misses the same campaigners complaining would be saying just kick the goal **** we burn the ball etc.

 

[DemonZombie_001]

Don't mind him taking pot shots but if there's a player in an obviously better position like on their own in the square then he needs to pass.

Exactly this, got someone that is a sure thing or 20m out from goal and time to pass then get that ball to them.

 

[DemonZombie_001]

Does anyone else think the whole Selfish Fritsch is absolute bullshit?
Like yeah he probably should've passed to Petracca a few weeks back but other than that he's just backing himself to kick goals , he just needs to be a bit cleaner. He's a forward ffs, they should be backing themselves to kick goals and obviously you win games by kicking more goals than the oppo. Hardly selfish if it wins games
God I hated it back in the day when we would over possess the ball in the 50 to the point where it ends up back in the oppo hands.

Anyway this post also shows how good he is

A great example of that was Port on the weekend. I think they started around 50 out of the left hand side of the 50 then went all the way around to the right side, then a crap kick in.

I would never bemoan anyone taking a shot, snap or otherwise, if they are under pressure. But he is an accomplished player under little pressure, you need to reward work rate and players getting into the right spots. Otherwise they stop doing that and that is no good for the team.

 

[DemonZombie_001]

Lol yeah the same bloke criticizing him was probably standing and applauding Kozi kicking goals out of his arseh*le all day. Can't have it both ways. I think Fritta should back himself in anytime he can see the goal same as Koz. Trac aswell.

That is the cutthroat nature of AFL. You get a chance and take it then it is all smiles. You don't then nobody is happy. But once you choose to burn others you have to take that chance.

Just like having a shot outside 50 and choosing a torpedo I believe Hunt commented that he would have got blasted if he did that in free play and didn't score on the Gus and Gawny show.

 

[Headless]

Would anybody here like to see Laurie?

 

[DemonZombie_001]

Would anybody here like to see Laurie?

Yes 100 percent. But who goes out then is the big question ?

 

[Topkent]

Yes 100 percent. But who goes out then is the big question ?

Ben Brown and Brayshaw by the sounds of it

 

[ImissFrosty]

Yes 100 percent. But who goes out then is the big question ?

Bedford 100%

Melky too pls

 

[Topkent]

Also wonder what was shorter odds at the start of 21' us winning a flag ever in our lives or me and rude defending Brayshaw, Jordan and Brown on the board.