Preview Brisbane Lions vs Sydney Swans Sunday 21st June 1:10pm @ GABBA

[The King!]

If you're going to start resting players it's now. I'm guessing the players are being put through a hard training block in preparation for finals, so better off having game day rests between now and a few weeks to reduce chance of gameday injury rather than waiting till the last round. Suspecting McInerney and Cunningham may be a symptoms of that. And there's a couple of guys running ragged like Gulden, rowbum and Blakey who I wouldn't mind seeing rested. Would be devastating for one of them to go down - we can afford it with Mills and Parker back in.

Also I'm not convinced that a bye right before finals especially is a good thing. Better off mixing it up now before playing the full team in round 24 heading into finals.

It will be interesting. I think we should go with our best against Brisbane though .


Will be a hard balancing act, I suspect the players don't want to rest

 

[JZ_Skitzo]

I can see some logic to it, but also I think you are right we know what Reid will give us and in an emergency he will come in and give us that.


Let's say we roll through from here and top is locked.

Last game v the Crows it would be tempting imo to rest Grundy, Amartey etc and play Ladhams and Reid Etc

But wonder if we would?

Then they'd have a 3 week break between their last h&a game and week 1 finals. Probably a bit long.

 

[zyzzbruh]

It will be interesting. I think we should go with our best against Brisbane though .


Will be a hard balancing act, I suspect the players don't want to rest

Have to save them from themselves sometimes otherwise they'll all want 100% game time before something goes pop.

Not suggesting a whole host of changes - just 1 or 2 specific positions rotating for the next few weeks resulting in 6 or so senior players having a break, and the latter getting senior game time.

Geelongs approach in 2022 was on the money. And with Holmes going down they had Parfitt coming in who wasn't short on senior game time.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

Mutley is the best cartoon dog.

The judge’s decision is final. Thankyou linesmen, thankyou ballboys.

Thus ends this topic.

 

[SM]

Biggest game remaining. Bring it on.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Mutley is the best cartoon dog.

The judge’s decision is final. Thankyou linesmen, thankyou ballboys.

Thus ends this topic.

Mutley was funny

 

[SydneyBlood]

Heeney in for McInerney.

If fit, Cunningham in for Roberts.

Possibly Adams as sub.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Daniher doing the Hawkins ruck roving just something for Grundy to be aware of

 

[Ballarat Bob]

Why are we talking about resting players when we haven't guaranteed a top two spot ?
Beat Brisbane then maybe we can talk about resting players if other games go our way.

 

[BloodySwan]

Neale is the one Brisbane player who worries me. Seen him tear it up too many times and his best will top our midfield unit.

Heeney for McInerney is the only change I see happening. Campbell the sub.

 

[SydneyBlood]

What about leave Amartey in. Take Roberts out and put Ried exclusively down back as a second tall?

Second tall? Melican and McCartin don't both play as talls already down back?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

I think we wont need to worry about Cameron not that he is in any good form.

 

[Punts]

Neale is the player that will take the game away from us if we do drop it

 

[Ticky009]

Neale is the player that will take the game away from us if we do drop it

Horse is 100% going the tag next week.

 

[BloodySwan]

Horse is 100% going the tag next week.

You cannot just "tag Neale"

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

I think we wont need to worry about Cameron not that he is in any good form.

He will be suspended surely for that incident on Duggan. Right…RIGHT

Maybe won’t get cited cos he’s a good bloke

 

[wills2g]

You cannot just "tag Neale"

Tags are definitely effective on Neale, wouldn't consider him untaggable

Although whoever we've put on him in the past, Rowy or Clarke, hasn't seemed to work

Rowy is much stronger now than he was years ago so I'm assuming he'll get the job

 

[Ticky009]

Tags are definitely effective on Neale, wouldn't consider him untaggable

Although whoever we've put on him in the past, Rowy or Clarke, hasn't seemed to work

Rowy is much stronger now than he was years ago so I'm assuming he'll get the job

In my head I'm imagining what an angry keen to impress Parker could do tagging Neale....probs get another 6 weeks

 

[The King!]

Horse is 100% going the tag next week.

Horse looks reasonably fit this year, should test him

 

[The King!]

Just tell Neale its the grand final

 

[The King!]

Why are we talking about resting players when we haven't guaranteed a top two spot ?
Beat Brisbane then maybe we can talk about resting players if other games go our way.

7 Days to kill, cant all be lasanga toasted sandwiches

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

He will be suspended surely for that incident on Duggan. Right…RIGHT

Maybe won’t get cited cos he’s a good bloke

Its a different action but he drove his head into the ground will be interesting how the MRP views it.

 

[KingV23]

7 Days to kill, cant all be lasanga toasted sandwiches

We can always talk about The Simpsons

 

[The King!]

We can always talk about The Simpsons

True, do we all agree it jumped the shark with the Skinner imposter episode?

 

[Dubai Quacker]

7 Days to kill, cant all be lasanga toasted sandwiches

As it happens, I’ve just made a (left over) roast beef toastie with a spot of mint jelly.

Now that IS a tasty toastie.