Prediction Changes: Round 11 Vs Melbourne Demons + pre-match discussion
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SupermanCapes
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I think the Banfield debate might need to have some of the heat taken out of it.
In my view, the young fella has earned his spot the last few weeks, to the point where I don't think he should be insta-dropped even if he does have a bad game in future. Maybe it's him not having to play tall that has made a difference but he's a different player to the bloke who had me tearing my hair out in the first 5 weeks or so. He's a net positive to the team at the moment so keep him in.
Having said that, those that want him dropped are entitled to that view. He does miss gettable set-shots, he does miss tackles occasionally and he does fumble. He's still in that 18th-23rd player bracket so questioning his spot isn't insanity. I don't agree with calls to drop him at the moment but we can do better than calling people names.
In my view, the young fella has earned his spot the last few weeks, to the point where I don't think he should be insta-dropped even if he does have a bad game in future. Maybe it's him not having to play tall that has made a difference but he's a different player to the bloke who had me tearing my hair out in the first 5 weeks or so. He's a net positive to the team at the moment so keep him in.
Having said that, those that want him dropped are entitled to that view. He does miss gettable set-shots, he does miss tackles occasionally and he does fumble. He's still in that 18th-23rd player bracket so questioning his spot isn't insanity. I don't agree with calls to drop him at the moment but we can do better than calling people names.
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Give Ras a run with role on Petraca. Could move Aish to the sub role or put him back in defence.
Back Ras to give Trac are hard time all game, would also be a good learning experience for the young bloke as Petraca is probably the best comparison to Ras as a player
Back Ras to give Trac are hard time all game, would also be a good learning experience for the young bloke as Petraca is probably the best comparison to Ras as a player
Maybe, however Jackson when down in the forward line causes them real headaches as they have been playing Rivers in the midfield. Their third tall in defense is missing and I expect that they may bring in Tomlinson because of this.
Darcy and Jackson will hold their own easily, Darcy has done it before. If Lycett can do the job he did then our rucks can do it.
We don't need to bring in a kid to stop Trac.
no oliver and trac was playing mostly forward against port so he might not be 100% either?
if we keep up the midfield domination, id back our structures and movement to win the game. walker to shut down kozzi, hughes on fritsch?
should be able to mop up down back pretty easily, especially with pearce back in form.
if we keep up the midfield domination, id back our structures and movement to win the game. walker to shut down kozzi, hughes on fritsch?
should be able to mop up down back pretty easily, especially with pearce back in form.
In our dreams Ras turns out to be like Petracca. That is a very high bar.
Oh yeah. The kid is going like prime Fyfe atm
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In a perfect world Jackson will make the difference on the weekend
Petracca received a foot knock late the week before versus Hawthorn and was somewhat questionable for the Port game. I would say he was playing sore and might have been rested against a weak side. Not sure how he would have pulled up.
In a perfect world (for us) we win by 200+ so Jackson's got his work cut out kicking 34 goals this week to be the difference.
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Amiss needs those goals. Jackson can have the goal assists.
Only way he'll get noticed by the rising star committee.
You watch, Jye will kick 30 goals against the Dees but some Essendon player will have 120 possessions and kick 15 goals versus the Eagles and he'll miss out again.
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I agree in principle but I'd like to think that if a nineteen year old key forward kicked 30 goals in a game against Melbourne at the MCG that they just declare him the winner of the rising star that very week and forget the votes at the end of the season.
Yes, Ashcroft had a lot of thirty possession games, but a teenager kicked thirty goals, probably from about 40 marks total and 45 disposals.
It's hard to have a coleman medal nearly wrapped up at round 11 at nineteen.
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They really need to do this, as I said before, Hunter plays 90% of the game on the field allowing their rotations elsewhere, it's a supreme effort and a real strength of the Melbourne side that such hard running roles (both wings) spend almost the whole game on the grass. To have to replace that player with another is not going to be as simple as the next one up, they will need to change their entire rotations plan.
Highly disruptive to lose either Hunter or Langdon.
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I doubt they will do this. With Oliver out they will back our mids to win the midfield battle rather than trying to stop Melbourne's mids.
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what is the point of this tweet? approaching tom browne levels
I would honestly prefer Johnson to start in the guts ahead of fyfe.His in and under work in the middle with his beast of a frame for his age blows me away. Going to be a great player for the club if not already is. Fyfe will determine his own load but we got to fit Johnson in even at the expense of someone else
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I mentioned it earlier, maybe we start with Johnson in the middle and Fyfe as the super sub and he can finish the game out rather than getting subbed off when we might really want him out there…
I'm at the point now where I think I'm going to be happy with the season whether or not we play finals.
We've got 6 first-round draft picks not in the side for various reasons - Chapman, Sturt, Brodie, Henry, Erasmus and Johnson (not starting 22). Worner, Wagner, Emmitt, Kuek, Draper have been around it too. Plus dependable senior depth in Hamling, Colyer, Taberner and Wilson.
If we start losing, there will be players worthy of a future-22 getting experience.
If we keen winning, we're finals bound and the playing group form more synergy.
We have the playing list that breeds success now.
We've got 6 first-round draft picks not in the side for various reasons - Chapman, Sturt, Brodie, Henry, Erasmus and Johnson (not starting 22). Worner, Wagner, Emmitt, Kuek, Draper have been around it too. Plus dependable senior depth in Hamling, Colyer, Taberner and Wilson.
If we start losing, there will be players worthy of a future-22 getting experience.
If we keen winning, we're finals bound and the playing group form more synergy.
We have the playing list that breeds success now.
I must say, I think you have missed the key positive of the season - it looks like we might have a forward line. I don’t understand how it has appeared out of nowhere, but I am not worrying about that, just enjoying it coming in to existence.
