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[fingerbone]

if Dogs beat gws, is there even a point to us winning this game?

 

[Coobk001]

if Dogs beat gws, is there even a point to us winning this game?

Priority is staying fit

Could be a huge game or an absolute dead rubber this one.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

if Dogs beat gws, is there even a point to us winning this game?

Geelong can still jump us if they have a big enough win, and we lose big enough.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Geelong can still jump us if they have a big enough win, and we lose big enough.

And they're playing West Coast at the Cattery. I think I read somewhere they need to win by 22 goals to jump us. But that's genuinely not out of the question.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Can Marshall play back, he is a good field kick.

If Marshall is fit, I'd think we'd just play him forward and Ratugolea back into defence.

 

[True__Believer]

Can Marshall play back, he is a good field kick.

The ship for experiments such as this has sailed. This is why we needed to give a few more players a run earlier in the year

 

[Us against the rest]

If Marshall is fit, I'd think we'd just play him forward and Ratugolea back into defence.

Yeah that's the other option I suppose.

 

[Us against the rest]

And they're playing West Coast at the Cattery. I think I read somewhere they need to win by 22 goals to jump us. But that's genuinely not out of the question.

Especially if we lose heavily to Fremantle.

 

[Us against the rest]

if Dogs beat gws, is there even a point to us winning this game?

At least we'll know that by the start of our game.

 

[TeeKray]

Can Marshall play back, he is a good field kick.

 

[JimmyBC]

Imagine the melts if Ken drops Esava for Todd

 

[TeeKray]

And they're playing West Coast at the Cattery. I think I read somewhere they need to win by 22 goals to jump us. But that's genuinely not out of the question.

Would playing Geelong on the wide open spaces of the MCG even be a bad outcome for us? They could also do enough to jump GWS on percentage but still be behind us meaning we get them at home just like 2020 and 2021. Not a terrible outcome either way.

 

[TeeKray]

If Marshall is fit, I'd think we'd just play him forward and Ratugolea back into defence.

Parking all the discussion about whether Marshall is actually any good, I don't think you can carry a player who gets concussed so regularly from minimal contact at this part of the season. There's too big a risk that he leaves us a man down early in a final and you just can't go there.

 

[Rash]

If Marshall is fit, I'd think we'd just play him forward and Ratugolea back into defence.

the tricky delema to this is that over the past 6 weeks our defense is the best in the comp, happend when we had one less tall, briging rata back in to the back line may mess with it.

 

[JimmyBC]

Marshall will get back in I have no doubt it's just whether it's this week or a final, history just says Ken will pick him.

 

[Gold Rozee]

Hopefully;
Out: Houston, Jones and Burton
In: Sinn, Lorenz and Lord

It will be;
Out: Houston and Jones
In: Lord and Sinn

I don't think Lord is up to AFL standard. Looks lost with his positioning and doesn’t do enough for mine.

 

[SureBuddy]

And they're playing West Coast at the Cattery. I think I read somewhere they need to win by 22 goals to jump us. But that's genuinely not out of the question.

Nah its not that bad. a 2-3 goals loss by us over there and they need to win by about 80 odd. Definitely doable.

 

[Us against the rest]

Parking all the discussion about whether Marshall is actually any good, I don't think you can carry a player who gets concussed so regularly from minimal contact at this part of the season. There's too big a risk that he leaves us a man down early in a final and you just can't go there.

Time to trade him out then.

 

[TazD]

Sinn for Houston. Mitch for Burton. Marshall for Burton if Mitch doesn't get up.

Don't play Mitch if the game is a dead rubber. Cop the fine if we have to pull him out late.

 

[Minotaur2]

Parking all the discussion about whether Marshall is actually any good, I don't think you can carry a player who gets concussed so regularly from minimal contact at this part of the season. There's too big a risk that he leaves us a man down early in a final and you just can't go there.

I reckon people over-state this. Isn't that what the sub is for? How often do we activate the sub early?

 

[Powerade 08]

Marshall is not coming in for Ratugolea. Please stop

What do the Marshall lovers see when they watch the foot ball? Its just absurd

If these people had their way Dixon wouldnt be in the team either

 

[Adz2332]

I'm torn between wanting MG to come back to have a run before finals to find touch or to rest him. But then it's a long time out with the pre finals bye as well

In
Sinn MG Marshall (playing a high hf role)
Out
Houston burton Jones if inj

 

[Drunk_off_R0zee]

I've been stuffing around with the squiggle ladder predictor if Geelong win by 80 and we lose by 30 points they jump us. We still need to win this, can genuinely see them pumping west coast by 100

 

[melanChronic]

Could Rozee fill the Houston hole? He was drafted after winning a flag at HBF with North Adelaide. he already gets back to help with rebound and his impact at stoppages has been minimal this year- this means he can take on a more outside role in attack. Could be the making of his captaincy as a quarterback style general a la Hodge.

The half back distributor is such a crucial role and don't really want to go into a finals series relying on an untried kid (Sinn) or washed senior player (Burton) to find their feet. Also takes from an area we are flush in and have decent options to cover i.e. Boak and JHF up their mid minutes.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I'm torn between wanting MG to come back to have a run before finals to find touch or to rest him. But then it's a long time out with the pre finals bye as well

In
Sinn MG Marshall (playing a high hf role)
Out
Houston burton Jones if inj

Id take him and Lachy over plus 2 extra emergencies.

If 2nd is locked then rest them.

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