Curtin in as you say, and unless he needs a rest at any point he stays in ahead of McHenry/Murphy/Smith/Scholl/Hamill for the rest of the season.
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Hope port win but like this week, not watching. Prolly wont again til nicks is gone.
Dowling was travelling emergency. He is beyond Sanfl. But will be forced to play Sanfl due to lack of game time. Curtin wont be selected.
Both should be playing AFL but neither will this week because of a showdown. Hope im wrong. You never know with Nicks.
Curtin ends up with 30 disposals (21 kicks) and 7 marks while playing a mix of half back/wing and then a bit forward in the 4th (where he kicks 1.1 and still has 6 touches in this role). Was very good at reading the ball in the air too and chopping off North kicks with either a mark or spoil. I'm sure he had a heap of score involvements too but can't see those stats. Exactly the type of game you expect from an elite talent used in his correct position in the lower leagues. Even our coaches can't ignore this, especially if it was him and Dowling next in line (Dowling wasn't anything special today).
If Nicks as he says wanted him to work on his defensive skills against the best SANFL key forward last week, then seeing him released into an attacking role this week and getting that type of performance is surely what they were looking for to bring him into the AFL side.
If Nicks as he says wanted him to work on his defensive skills against the best SANFL key forward last week, then seeing him released into an attacking role this week and getting that type of performance is surely what they were looking for to bring him into the AFL side.
Pedlar & McHenry out
Curtin in and Jones to sub.
FB: Michaelanney Borlase Worrell
HB: Hinge Keane Nankervis
C: Curtin Dawson Sholl
1R: O’Brien Rankine Soligo
HF: Cook Walker Keays
FF: Fogarty Himmelberg Rachelle
Int: Crouch Laird Curtin Hamill
Sub: Jones
Curtin in and Jones to sub.
FB: Michaelanney Borlase Worrell
HB: Hinge Keane Nankervis
C: Curtin Dawson Sholl
1R: O’Brien Rankine Soligo
HF: Cook Walker Keays
FF: Fogarty Himmelberg Rachelle
Int: Crouch Laird Curtin Hamill
Sub: Jones
I watched a fair bit of it, he was dominant. Not junk disposals. Probably only behind Wigg for BOG and should gets votes in the Magarey for it.
Dowling played at Prospect, but Curtin’s game puts him ahead now. Can easily play both though when you’ve got McHenry and Hamill running around in the 1s.
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Out/in
Hamill/Curtin
Pedlar/Shoenberg
Borlase/Butts
Hamill/Curtin
Pedlar/Shoenberg
Borlase/Butts
Dowling played SANFL today, he wasn't a travelling emergency. That was Gollant.
Ahh Dowling did play. Last I saw he was out. Correction. I didn't see the game. Curtin being the clubs prime target is always going to be the one we want up and ready first. But its no race, its team balance and where they fit. So ditch the competition whose ahead of who because i can assure you Curtin is not coming in if we want a midfielder. He will be coming into defence which means Nicks is trying to find every excuse in the book not to play him because he isnt strong enough to defend against the big AFL bodies.
Yeah just saw it.
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I like these changes...
B: Michaelanny, Keane, Hinge
HB: Laird, Worrell, Curtin
C: Nankervis, Soligo, Jones
HF: Rachele, Walker, Keays
F: Cook, Himmelberg, Fogarty
R: O’Brien, Dawson, Rankine
I: Borlase, Crouch, Sholl, Schoenberg
Sub: Hamill
We need to remain tall with Aliir out.
I think our midfield looked better when Laird moved to half back & have Nankervis off a wing. Can inject Laird on ball later in the game with Hamill coming on as sub.
Do we think 3 changes will occur after a win? Don't forget Smith will come back.
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Don’t see the sanfl game but I imagine that Murphy would have shown amazing values 
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. Probably in One of those changes is forced, and I think they will see Butts over Borlase as being a strict upgrade. But yeah I think Smith will be back after the rest if he's capable of training, so there will be some juggling to do. Smith for Pedlar and Curtin for Hamill is a real possibility, and if Smith isn't fit maybe Hamill stays in.
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He was responsible for the sanfl side's shape....Don’t see the sanfl game but I imagine that Murphy would have shown amazing values
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Why Borlase out, he has not done much wrong and imo he is more solid as a defender than Butts
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Pedlar out murphy in because nicks is a piece of absolute trash.
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Dowling seems to be suffering with Harry back
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Don’t rate him. He was okay today playing on b grade mid size forwards. Butts is better.
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Showdown debut because **** it, why not.
In: Curtin, Murphy, Smith
Out: Pedlar (inj), Hamill, McHenry, Sholl(sub)
Pedlar --> Murphy. Depth chart shuffling with McHenry being cast back out into the wilderness.
Hamill --> Curtin. 30 disposal game from our best prospect who isn't getting games? You'd almost think that forces a debut, especially with Hamill not shining.
Sholl --> Smith. Best 22 player coming back and without there being too many standout bad performances, the player who came in gets flicked.
In: Curtin, Murphy, Smith
Out: Pedlar (inj), Hamill, McHenry, Sholl(sub)
Pedlar --> Murphy. Depth chart shuffling with McHenry being cast back out into the wilderness.
Hamill --> Curtin. 30 disposal game from our best prospect who isn't getting games? You'd almost think that forces a debut, especially with Hamill not shining.
Sholl --> Smith. Best 22 player coming back and without there being too many standout bad performances, the player who came in gets flicked.
