True, but I reckon Danger will play midfield
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Preview Changes: Preliminary Final - IN: Sloane, Otten, Melts OUT: Smith, McGovern
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Gees that's a relevant stat then
How many did we lose with him playing.... 3/106 isn't a great sample size.
If he'd missed 30 and we'd lost 28 of them maybe a different story.
Disgusting. Tex, JJ, Lynch and Otto hunting in our 50 when we don't get clean possession, welcome again to our fabled 'red carpet' system for defending between the arcs. Here's a tip, Otto with 12 touches, 1.1 will get a pass whilst a defender or 2 will wear the vitriol as to why we conceded easy scores. As I pistes yesterday, it was a formality. They can't go past years in the system and good guy status ahead of anything that will actually throw off our opponents. Good news is that the ciaching group will gave seriously considered whether the rest if the group can cover for Ittem the immobile. And the answer is, "yes, we can carry him through this week". No need to look at speed and extra midfield running power, Otto will be huge next week as a glacier on the warm MCG. Disgusting.
Yep, has been emergency in well over half the games this year.
Yeh, but you've already proven that you look no further than inches above ground level. So, of course, this change is obviously near perfect.
I agree with all this but he's playing...we need to hope beyond hope it doesn't cost us.
When judging Otten's game in the wash up you are absolutely right that the defensive aspect of his game must be taken into account.
Hopefully Tex and Jenkins can at least pretend to put some defensive pressure on as well....or at least hold their marks and provide an attacking contribution that offsets the defensive deficiencies.
Lyons was elite in a half forward Rome last year and we all but delisted him. Point?
The game will be won or lost in the midfield
Otten' selection will not be the deciding factor
Otten' selection will not be the deciding factor
If the game is decided by under a couple goals, there will be multiple factors assessed and his selection will be one of them.
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A bigger deal out west.
I don't mind the Otten selection, the football gods are smiling at him currently.
Sometimes that's all you need really.
Sometimes that's all you need really.
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It is our worst team all year but circumstances have unfortunately led to that. Not saying we won't win but i'm not feeling as confident as i did 1 month ago. If you dont think smith and gov are in our best team your a poor judge. We've lost pace at both ends and what do we do? We bring in one of the slowest players on our list in otten. What do geelong do? Bring in more speed in nakia cockatoo to exploit this fact.
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That's simplistic bullshit. Same was said before VB's selection cost us round 1 last year. If you don't get your defensive pressure right out of your forward 50 then you concede pressureless disposal into the opponents attacking 50. We've been doing this wrong for years. Our structure up forward is shit and we'll need to rob from our midfield power to cover for the lack of pace. You'll still be sprouting that garbage when we match them for contested ball and inside 50's but get done for scoreboard impact. What will happen is that if we don't gain possession with our inside 50, we will concede the exit and ultimately pressure free ball to Geelong into their 50. We've been seeing this shit fir years. Otto's selection is typical of our club over the past few years where it's so easy to take a known failing option because you can back up the decision on structure, experience and any other bullshit metric that the vast proportion of supporters can't swallow quick enough.
We were missing Tex and Talia against West Coast
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Geelong went in taller than I thought, Stanley the ****ing spud didn't get dropped so if you think Otten is the biggest liability on the field think again. You'll be alright lads
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Lmfao thought exactly the same thing, has a history of not delivering when pressure is on. Guarantee he will get caught holding the ball 3 times minimum and spray 70% of kicks. Will be gun player but if he's their go to star and rush him in type player they're in big strife
Good changes. Otten is a sensible in for McGovern and Sloane for Smith is a no-brainer.
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I reckon Geelong have missed a trick here personally, we've spooked them with height.
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Geelong have gone pretty tall too which is a surprise.
Don't think Otten's selection dictates the game personally but what would a week be without a good old selection melt.
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I'm just here for the predictable Otten melts.
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