Preview Changes - round 4 v Geelong

[MIKE85]

I'm not optimistic. The Swans midfield that night were very young, and very shit.

I'm not so sure, I have a feeling we might put in a good effort, but then last year I had a feeling we were going to win all our games in the second half of the year and storm into the GF, I was dissapoint.

 

[joeyavalanche]

So it's gunna be raining on Saturday night down there?? If so, are we more of a chance, or less? I would have thought more, only cause it will be scrappy and hard for either side to really break clear. Haven't seen much of the cats this year, will there game style be helped or hindered by wet weather?

geelong are happy as a pigs in s*** playing in the mud at kardinia park.
plus our very weakened midfield against selwood, SJ, bartel. too strong inside.
and our goal sneak in lecras means we lose 2-3 goals which he'd be good for.

good thing is that even with our whole side in we'd still have to play out of our skin to beat geelong at home, so maybe a good round to experiment.

my concerns are more the injuries and niggles over the next 3 weeks and who steps up

 

[MIKE85]

Id agree 100 percent with you - except we are lacking the cattle this week - someone has to go in the midfield

Can we just employ Buddha Hockings tactics from that WAFL game and start everyone in back half?

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

If its raining we need to drop a ruck and maybe even one of our 4 tall Defenders for runners because the heavy ground will kill us with such a tall team

I can see hill , wellers , hutch , sheed and butler all in maybe even The honey badger in for a tagging role if selwood doesn't play.

McGinnity in sloppy wet contested game is right up his ally . His slap it on the boot just getting it forward kicking not such a big liability and if he got a couple of weeks for taking out Stevie J I'm all for it

 

[ChampRevesby]

McGinnity in sloppy wet contested game is right up his ally . His slap it on the boot just getting it forward kicking not such a big liability and if he got a couple of weeks for taking out Stevie J I'm all for it

His kicking is worse than Priddis', has been really terrible at EP of late.

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

His kicking is worse than Priddis', has been really terrible at EP of late.

If WCE can set up with a player or 2 30-40m away from the contest may work in our favour .

 

[MIKE85]

If WCE can set up with a player or 2 30-40m away from the contest may work in our favour .

That's what the saints did to us, worked for them, until they tired and fell away.

 

[ChampRevesby]

If WCE can set up with a player or 2 30-40m away from the contest may work in our favour .

If only we had a player set 20m in front of every contest for the Priddis dinky snap round the corner we would be murdering the effective clearances.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Agreed. Except for tunners. He hasn't been playing apart from one game where he had his nose broken in the first half and didnt return to the field

Except Tunners could play as the Sub. He's broken a nose so he wouldn't have lost much fitness.

 

[Suma Magic]

I'm pretty sure Simpson would have taken McGinnity aside at training and said:

"Scooter's not going to get up mate. You'll need to start practicing your mum jokes Ginners, you'll be putting a hard tag on Joel."

If enough mids are out, and it will be a muddy slog, could McGinnity play a role?

 

[ChampRevesby]

Except Tunners could play as the Sub. He's broken a nose so he wouldn't have lost much fitness.

Interesting idea. Lecca replacement and just play him in front of JK at each contest.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

B: Bennell - Mackenzie - Glass
HB: Sheppard - Brown - Yeo
C: Gaff - Priddis - Rosa
HF: Sheed - Darling - Ellis
F: Cripps - Kennedy - Cox

C: Naitanui - S.Selwood* - Wellingham

Int: Butler - Hutchings - Colledge
Sub: Tunbridge

Out: Masten, Sinclair, Shuey, Schofield, LeCras

In: Sheed, Hutchings, Wellingham, Butler, Tunbridge

Butler/ Colledge/ Schofield is the iffy one.

 

[Doughboy]

Why do I get the distinct feeling that we are going to get spanked...

 

[ep2018]

Why do I get the distinct feeling that we are going to get spanked...

We should try not to so we can preserve percentage. I have a feeling we'll need it to make the finals come the end of the year.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

We should try not to so we can preserve percentage. I have a feeling we'll need it to make the finals come the end of the year.

So go for the win. Best way to preserve percentage.

 

[ChampRevesby]

Why do I get the distinct feeling that we are going to get spanked...

Everything is set up perfectly for this to happen unfortunately. The best we can ask for is no more ****ing injuries.

 

[Adzam]

Yep just want to get this game over and done with. You never know we could be pleasantly surprised.

 

[kranky al]

If only we had a player set 20m in front of every contest for the Priddis dinky snap round the corner we would be murdering the effective clearances.

If the snap actually went to him

 

[ChampRevesby]

If the snap actually went to him

Oh..snap?

 

[kaiserchief13]

Out - Masten, LeCras, Shuey, Sinclair
In - Hutchings, Sheed, Wellingham, Hill/other medium or small forward

 

[larrikin]

Hill hasn't earned the in, and with the wet weather you'll want as many in & under hard nuts everywhere.

The way Simpson was talking in the press conference I reckon you can pretty much lock Hill in

 

[Doughboy]

Out - Masten, LeCras, Shuey, Sinclair
In - Hutchings, Sheed, Wellingham, Hill/other medium or small forward

I don't think we have one do we?

 

[ep2018]

it will be close, both teams have multiple key players missing and there is a lot of 50 gamers at the moment. Geelong hasn't been playing high quality footy but they are managing to overcome the opposition in 4 tough and sluggish quarters of footy. If it does remain greasy and wet, I think it suits Geelong because they basically played in similar conditions 2 of the last 3 matches and Johnson, Bartel Stokes and Caddy really enjoy playing that kind of footy.

Should be closer than the 4 goal line expected, reckon it comes down to the final 10-15 minutes of the game.

We'll need to kick the first few goals at the start of the game for this to happen

 

[Patron]

Surely Simpson won't be looking at butler to come in?? I know he played mid in the WAFL but he can't be considered as a midfield replacement for us, back flank at best, and I don't think we have a huge issue there at the moment.

Could bring it butler and try yeo in the midfield.

 

[ziad]

Could bring it butler and try yeo in the midfield.

Not sure about Butler but the Yeo bit I like. How is Butler - not heard of for months