Preview Changes: R4 2019 vs North Melbourne - NO ACL for Seedsman (But Still Injured)

[Sleight of Hand]

A precedent has now been set......Tex, Eddie and Jenkins beware......find some form or youre dropped....

 

[King Elvis]

Rubbish it is. You drop one of your highest paid players who we paraded around last year.... it's a very big statement.

Particularly when you drop him for effort, he's basically calling him out.

Not when you let perennial underperformers slide on through - yet again.

Dropping one player isn't making a statement, especially when it's a relatively new player who doesn't have years of weak performances for us on their resume.

 

[hey shorty]

Incredible how a spud like Poholke gets a game over Gibbs.

Lol Crows.

60 touches and 6 goals in the SANFL isn't enough for you ?? You need untwistable knickers.

 

[Bicks]

Fogarty in the backline again - FMD

League


F: Stengle, Strachan, Wright


HF: McHenry, Himmelberg, Gallucci


C: Davis, Wilson, Boyle


HB: Butts, Fogarty, Sholl


B: Hamill, Otten, Latchford





R: Hunter, Greenwood, Gibbs


INT: Brown, Davey, Johnson, Matt Merrett, Ryan


IN: Gibbs, Brown, Davey, Johnson, Merrett, Ryan


OUT: Ellis-Yolmen (AFL), Poholke (AFL), McPherson (hamstring), Hutchesson (unavailable)

 

[GetInMyVanBerlo]

How did Atkins survive? He was disgusting last week.

He's only had 2 tackles throughout the JLT matches and our 3 games so far, how does that go unpunished?

 

[thebirdman 24]

needed to drop jenkins to really make a statement.

gibbs has been pretty awful despite some high disposal games. plus he plays a pretty bruise free game.

 

[Scorpus]

Interested to see if Poholke's decision making has increased in speed at AFL level.

He looked well off the pace last year

 

[hey shorty]

Not when you let perennial underperformers slide on through - yet again.

Dropping one player isn't making a statement, especially when it's a relatively new player who doesn't have years of weak performances for us on their resume.

Dropping your biggest recruit in 5 years, after the club and media proclaimed him as the savior, is a big call. They're dropping him on effort and peaheartedness.

Some of you are just way too hard to please.

 

[Captain Morgan]

Surely Bryce Gibbs doesn't get dropped. He's playing solid football. Granted, he's not winning games off his own boot but he's still a valuable player.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-08/in-the-mix-whos-pushing-for-selection-for-round-four

ruh roh

 

[hey shorty]

He's only had 2 tackles throughout the JLT matches and our 3 games so far, how does that go unpunished?

He's not there to tackle

 

[Cap]

I think poholke will never make it and we should’ve brought greenwood or gallucci in. However going on form Poholke has been playing the best in the sanfl. So I can’t blame the reasoning

I have to admit, i jumped off the Poholke Bandwagon last year and still remain a bit worried about him.

Hopefully he plays a blinder.

 

[Shaz2012]

Has Gibbs really been that disappointing though?

I said it before but he's playing decent football. Not winning matches off his own boot but surely his form warrants selection.

And I have been watching Adelaide games and following Gibbs. My thoughts aren't based on just looking at stats.

We have had a raft of disappointing players. He’s no exception. But not clear to me why he was particularly chosen as the scape goat. Last man in?

I agree with the posters that are saying at least we dropped a senior player. But the cynic in me says it’s more to do with his position in the clique.

JJ is the guy who is letting us down the most. Mackay fits the bill of a senior player that we would be improved if we brought in McHenry. I am not sure that dropping a 2 year crow makes as much of a statement as dropping a 200 gamer. Drop all three and it makes a statement. Drop Gibbs and Mackay and move JJ to ruck with the message that if he can’t be our best ruck he is now a SANFL player would have also made the point.

People are happy, but I don’t feel this selection addresses our issues in the slightest. CEY and Poholke don’t do a single thing to adjust our failing structures and if anything Gibbs to Seeds wing is better than Mackay or Poholke.

Thought I was slightly pleased when I saw Gibbs. But naa, shit selections.

 

[Scorpus]

He's not there to tackle

What a load of shit, every player should be prepared to tackle and every player has an opportunity to do so in every game

 

[Mr_Moogle]

60 touches and 6 goals in the SANFL isn't enough for you ?? You need untwistable knickers.

Poholke is too damn slow for the AFL and not just his running but his speed of disposal. I hope he proves me wrong though.

 

[Murray2503]

Just one last comment on Gibbs before I go back to the CFC board.

He played his best football forward of centre for us, either hitting up the lead inside forward 50 or taking the game on and slotting them himself.

I reckon a better option would have been to drop a tall forward in Walker, Lynch or Jenkins and play Gibbs as a 3rd tall forward. He's exceptional above his head for his size and he'll apply more forward pressure than the other three.

I just hope Gibbs can offer Adelaide something. He was a good servant for CFC for a decade and I don't want to see him finish his career on a whimper.

Agree one of Walker, Jenkins, Lynch needed to be dropped. Our forward structure is completely wrong. Wont hapen under our current coach though. Would have also dropped Betts who is done imo. I will admit i never wanted our club to trade in gibbs. Was worth a 2nd rounder and said it at the time. You guys got a great deal from the idiots running our club.

 

[King Elvis]

Dropping your biggest recruit in 5 years, after the club and media proclaimed him as the savior, is a big call. They're dropping him on effort and peaheartedness.

Some of you are just way too hard to please.

Yes, it is a big call, but it looks like scapegoating.

A real statement would be to drop multiple poor performing, under-achieving players; and we have plenty of them at the moment who deserved to be dropped due to a lack of effort (as you say).

Dropping one of them is scapegoating.

Dropping 2 would mean something; dropping 3 would be an actual statement.

 

[hey shorty]

What a load of shit, every player should be prepared to tackle and every player has an opportunity to do so in every game

It was a joke.......

I agree with you totally. We can carry his lack of defence when he's up and about, sort of like he did in R1.

Not now though.

 

[Mattrox]

So “we” say.
Does anyone else think we’re that good.?

They all keep pinching players we develop......

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[Bearded Clam]

Good to see an out of form gibbs dropped..

But what about the others that struggling?.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Yes, it is a big call, but it looks like scapegoating.

A real statement would be to drop multiple poor performing, under-achieving players; and we have plenty of them at the moment who deserved to be dropped due to a lack of effort (as you say).

Dropping one of them is scapegoating.

Dropping 2 would mean something; dropping 3 would be an actual statement.

I agree with the sentiment but it's round 4. You usually won't see many clubs go postal with the axe until about round 6 onwards.

 

[SugarShane]

That's what you get for being a known good player. Have a few really below average weeks and it sticks out. It's nowhere near your best and it's obvious. That's where being an extremely average player comes in handy. Then you have a few substandard weeks and you're just slightly off because your best isn't that much better.

 

[Scorpus]

Was Gibbs the only player Campo/the admin permitted us to drop?

 

[Rory Walkerfield]

Lol. Gibbs hasn’t made boys club status yet.

 

[Tex200]

Dropping your biggest recruit in 5 years, after the club and media proclaimed him as the savior, is a big call. They're dropping him on effort and peaheartedness.

Some of you are just way too hard to please.

I don’t think anyone is arguing that Gibbs didn’t deserve a boot. And sure you’re right, he’s a big name.

But come on....we all know it’s a call that saves one of Campo’s heroes

 

[hey shorty]

Yes, it is a big call, but it looks like scapegoating.

A real statement would be to drop multiple poor performing, under-achieving players; and we have plenty of them at the moment who deserved to be dropped due to a lack of effort (as you say).

Dropping one of them is scapegoating.

Dropping 2 would mean something; dropping 3 would be an actual statement.

Do we though ?? Atkins you can probably drop on effort and the 2 big guys up forward on effort.

Atkins won't be far away and they'll drop Jenkins if we don't fire this week.