Unofficial Preview Changes & Pre-match Discussion - Preliminary Final vs. Sydney Swans, Saturday 17/09, 4:45pm, SCG

[LuckyLee]

I think the likes of Luke Parker and co will relish the opportunity to play against Bianco. Cal Brown had a great cameo against the Swans and I have him in ahead of Carmichael for Bianco. I would also bring Kreuger in for Johnson, unless they are confident Johnson will bring a bit more heat and aggression at the ball.

Johnson has been outstanding since his debut, including kicking a couple of goal-of-the-year contenders, and you want to drop him after one less-than-stellar performance, in which he still managed three marks and three shots at goal? And the replacement you want to bring in has only just recovered from a serious long-term injury, played fewer games and had far less impact? Really?

 

[magpie_marty]

Unchanged for mine. I however have complete faith in the coaches selections regardless. Go pies.

I agree.

 

[GoDaics]

Hate watching SCG games on TV. Terrible viewing experience.

Its like watching sitting in the car around the boundary. Ya reckon they could afford a work platform and jack it up a bit.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Jen mentioned in her training reports that AJ was practicing in the rucks.

I wouldn’t be opposed to AJ in the ruck in the F50 and a ruckman behind the ball to stop Sydney using their tall KPFs as a bail out target.

 

[pablo disco bar]

Despite an overall dominant team performance I still felt Lobb had quite a number of good marking opportunities that a player of greater talent could possibly have held on to.

Think Cameron and Hawkins for Geelong while Sam Reid has some of the stickiest hands in the game when he's in form.

Franklin, Reid and young McDonald will be a more dangerous tall forward combination than the Fremantle group.

We have never won a twilight match

 

[magpies42]

Johnson has been outstanding since his debut, including kicking a couple of goal-of-the-year contenders, and you want to drop him after one less-than-stellar performance, in which he still managed three marks and three shots at goal? And the replacement you want to bring in has only just recovered from a serious long-term injury, played fewer games and had far less impact? Really?

Yes for structure, should result in fewer intercepts and greater pressure. Johnson was too timid last game. We need a key forward I don’t get why that is so difficult to fathom

 

[domus]

We have never won a twilight match

Do you really think that is relevant to our chances on Saturday?

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

I think you're creating something from nothing. He was sick for a couple of days - you test for covid and unless the disease sticks around for a fair while, you don't test for anything else. Chances are that neither Fly or Moore have any idea what illness he had.

There is probably nothing in it as you say, but I am with Apples on this one. Fly didn't give the impression they had no idea of the nature of the illness. He just didn't seem to want to talk about it.

 

[legendstatus]

We have never won a twilight match

Then we are closer to winning one


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[Pie eyed]

Hate that its a bullshit Twilight match again.

 

[Pie eyed]

Unchanged for mine. I however have complete faith in the coaches selections regardless. Go pies.

Unless a miracle occurs and Adams is fit, no change.

 

[YouBeauty]

Just sullied my eyes by re-watching the mini match of Rd 22.

Still not sure if that was Swans' best, one of our worse games or just a weird energy day for both clubs. They had a lot of things go their way in terms of hacked kicks that became goals, lucky positioning and so forth. But we also had some incredible luck (like the deliberate paid to McCartin which Ash Johnson gobbled up).

I'd like to see that Swans side play the Pies that turned up to the Geelong match. Will make for a much better spectacle. Even across the last 9-10 years we've had some very very close encounters despite our ladder positions.

I'm not alone here in thinking we can win it, but just feel we're at the mercy of the Footy Gods this Saturday afternoon.

Interesting that our last PF was also at 4:35pm and we lost. In 2018 the Dees went the same route we did and played a Saturday afternoon away game and lost. GWS did the same thing in 2017 and lost Saturday afternoon. It's only 2016 where the Doggies went the long road, played a Saturday afternoon/twilight in Sydney and then won. Hopefully it's our turn again.

You lost me at the last paragraph. Comparing time slots and other teams from others years as if it's some sort of indicator.

 

[YouBeauty]

Funnily enough the last time we played Sydney I was thinking how much harder it was to follow the action on screen and then like stated previously it suddenly dawned on me it was all about the lower camera angle.

Personally I don't like sitting at ground level at a venue because you lose sense of space and distance across the entire playing field, can't see what is or could be unfolding in terms of transition and forget about it when the ball is over the other side or up the other end.

The telecast that comes from Sydney gives me a sense of that, sometimes the action on the opposing wing in particular can get lost within the crowd background due to that lower angle while it only aids in making the SCG appear smaller than it already is.

I hate it and it's a pity they're unable or aren't prepared to elevate the camera position.

There's some highlights of the vfl last time we played Sydney and the camera seemed elevated and less zoomed in, it was way better.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

We should run the game out strong since it’s a smaller ground.

 

[JB1975]

I think that we should be concerned about the Twilight Zone.

Not quite day, not yet night. A liminal zone between two states.

It is by definition uncertain, and we're not a team which deals well with doubt.

Anyone's game.

 

[Didak_attack]

We have also never played a preliminary final at the SCG, let alone at twilight.

So guess that makes it a coinflip

 

[Pistol Night]

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We should run the game out strong since it’s a smaller ground.

God that illustrates what a narrow, long shithole Kardinia Park is

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[Gabbo64]

I reckon we'll go in unchanged unless we make changes.

 

[Pistol Night]

I reckon we'll go in unchanged unless we make changes.

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[No SPIN]

It’s going to a revealing week.
Does Fly go for grunt with Carmichael or smarts and DE with Bianco.
Given Swans are clearly a contest team, JC is the the front runner and hopefully he’s cleaner and more composed around stoppage.

 

[Pie eyed]

I reckon we'll go in unchanged unless we make changes.

Wherever you go, there you are.

 

[Pie eyed]

We have also never played a preliminary final at the SCG, let alone at twilight.

So guess that makes it a coinflip

In over 100 years the Pies are undefeated in Twilight prelims at the SCG!

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[Go Woods]

Out Bianco
In Carmichael or Ollie Henry/Kreuger for extra firepower up forward.

I’m so pumped, can’t believe we could be in a Grand Final come Saturday night.....CMON PIES!!!!!!!!

 

[pablo disco bar]

Do you really think that is relevant to our chances on Saturday?

It's just a fact