Preview Changes v Pies

[tazaa]

I was joking dude, but I would swap Wagner out, he has had a taste and should go back and work on his game, time to bring another kid in.

Yeh I know.
Still if it came to a choice I'd rather Wagner.

 

[DrZaius]

Amid the doom and gloom, let's not forget that we could be only two wins away from scraping into the finals. Anything can happen after that. We need a finals type effort to clinch the game against Collingwood and our mojo could be turned around.

Imagine reading this post 6 weeks ago.

Depressing.

 

[Roo Beauty]

What was the gag?

roos_fanatic08 was making a joke about what the changes usually look like. Despite all our injuries, Nahas in, Wood out, you get me?

 

[Horizons_00]

Dear north,

We want to see minimum 80+ tackles or more. All players must be on notice to bring that level of pressure

Thanks

 

[arden station]

If Golds

In: Daw, dumont
Out: Goldy, Cunnington (rested)

We are going to get rinsed in the middle if we continue to play two injured statues

Apparently Brad couldn't see what everyone else did - that Goldy was at about 62% fitness/capability last week. Cunnington was at about 68% and Wells at about 74%. But Brad will play them all and expect a different result - what's that definition of insanity again?

When you have injured players at centre clearances, you will lose most of them and make it very hard to kick consecutive goals or respond quickly to an opposition goal. Surely you learn that in Coaching 101. If Daw is also injured, we'd be better off playing Petrie in the ruck all night or even Preuss. And Cunnington should be replaced by Dumont until he can actually sprint again - you do need to be able to sprint to play suburban footy let alone AFL. Rest assured all of Collingwood's mids will be able to sprint on Friday night. If Wells can't accelerate like normal and bring his pressure due to his calf, he shouldn't play but if he does, maybe he goes back to give us some much needed run.

 

[Event Horizon]

If it came down to watching Nahas do nothing at AFL level or Wagner, I'd rather Wagner

That's what I thought too, until now. Right now I'd rather Nahas.

 

[Roozee]

Deadly. I'm a treacherous turncoat coward.

You're in. We need everyone we can get

 

[Horizons_00]

If Golds


Apparently Brad couldn't see what everyone else did - that Goldy was at about 62% fitness/capability last week. Cunnington was at about 68% and Wells at about 74%. But Brad will play them all and expect a different result - what's that definition of insanity again?

When you have injured players at centre clearances, you will lose most of them and make it very hard to kick consecutive goals or respond quickly to an opposition goal. Surely you learn that in Coaching 101. If Daw is also injured, we'd be better off playing Petrie in the ruck all night or even Preuss. And Cunnington should be replaced by Dumont until he can actually sprint again - you do need to be able to sprint to play suburban footy let alone AFL. Rest assured all of Collingwood's mids will be able to sprint on Friday night. If Wells can't accelerate like normal and bring his pressure due to his calf, he shouldn't play but if he does, maybe he goes back to give us some much needed run.

Defenition of insanity:

"doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"

 

[The Nostradamus]

roos_fanatic08 was making a joke about what the changes usually look like. Despite all our injuries, Nahas in, Wood out, you get me?

yeah poor gag though. did not lol.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Apparently Brad couldn't see what everyone else did - that Goldy was at about 62% fitness/capability last week. Cunnington was at about 68% and Wells at about 74%. But Brad will play them all and expect a different result - what's that definition of insanity again?

Was it "coming back to Bigfooty after a loss expecting your fellow supporters will make you feel better"?

You'd expect Wells to play better, everyone would, after that flat, rusty effort. Cunnington can work much harder so I also expect better from him this week. Goldy is either well enough to play or he isn't - usually I'd say a percentage of him is still better than other options, but not at the moment.

What I can see is that the club's coaches and medical staff have a 98% clearer and closer view than I do on which players are most likely to contribute to a win.

 

[jess_1804]

The longer the week has gone on the more confident I am about this game. I think I'm subconsciously setting myself up for disappointment.

 

[tazaa]

That's what I thought too, until now. Right now I'd rather Nahas.

Match committee with the big decisions this week!

 

[arden station]

Was it "coming back to Bigfooty after a loss expecting your fellow supporters will make you feel better"?

You'd expect Wells to play better, everyone would, after that flat, rusty effort. Cunnington can work much harder so I also expect better from him this week. Goldy is either well enough to play or he isn't - usually I'd say a percentage of him is still better than other options, but not at the moment.

What I can see is that the club's coaches and medical staff have a 98% clearer and closer view than I do on which players are most likely to contribute to a win.

Yeah we've heard that argument before - the coaches and medical staff know better - and so they should, that's their job. But they can't see better than supporters and so when the group I was sitting with last Saturday all watched Cunnington closely and unanimously agreed that he couldn't sprint and all agreed that Goldstein was clearly hampered and then saw that Wells couldn't accelerate properly, we all agreed that the selection committee stuffed up.

 

[Sheezel2Wardlaw]

Unchanged to send a strong message to the players.

 

[ferball]

Yeah we've heard that argument before - the coaches and medical staff know better - and so they should, that's their job. But they can't see better than supporters and so when the group I was sitting with last Saturday all watched Cunnington closely and unanimously agreed that he couldn't sprint and all agreed that Goldstein was clearly hampered and then saw that Wells couldn't accelerate properly, we all agreed that the selection committee stuffed up.

Maybe they didn't stuff up.

Maybe the club has full and frank meetings between coaching staff and players and medical staff and every week the conclusion is "We're screwed this week." Then a bunch of players stick their hands up anyway because otherwise it's all of Werribee that would be playing in blue and white and even them at 50% is a better option. In full knowledge of the consequences LTIwise cos thats the sort of people they are. And they know its probably obvious anyway but there is no way they'd come out and say it publicly because the last thing they need as a team on game day is more blood in the water.

We don't know.

Maybe Cunnington and Goldy keep playing cos they genuinely believe they are the best options and so does the club.

We can't assume the coaching staff are morons who can't see what we can see.

 

[Roozee]

Unchanged to send a strong message to the players.

And at the same time send a strong message to the media....

 

[hilly]

That's what I thought too, until now. Right now I'd rather Nahas.

Might ask Rooboy96 what he thinks of Nahas, been a bit non-committal for mine.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Unchanged to send a strong message to the players.

yep let them know we accept losing and bad form and continue to carry players (drew, Thompson etc) instead of dropping them and trying something different

 

[Sheezel2Wardlaw]

yep let them know we accept losing and bad form and continue to carry players (drew, Thompson etc) instead of dropping them and trying something different

Exactly

 

[hiddink]

What's wrong with Tarrant, Waite and Hansen. Saw a tweet by Mark Stevens. Seem to all be injured.

I've seen this is day old news.


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[king rising]

evw its time..

 

[danj]

I would like to see Daw and Dumont in and maybe dbut Montford of EVW but I suspect we will see NO CHANGE!

 

[Viper2Jester]

That's what I thought too, until now. Right now I'd rather Nahas.

I wouldn't.

 

[ferball]

yep let them know we accept losing and bad form and continue to carry players (drew, Thompson etc) instead of dropping them and trying something different

OK so here's who we drop...

Goldy, Cunnington, Waite, Wells - all carrying something.

These guys can be omitted:

Thompson, Petrie, dal Santo, McKenzie, Mullet, Wagner, Atley, Firrito, Gibson.

And maybe Swallow and LT. At least according to some people here.

Who do we replace these poorly performing players with?

 

[brickstobricks]

I'm changing it up for the rest of the year.
B: Spud Taz Swallow
HB: McKenzie McKay Vickers-Willis
C: Wells Dumont Atley
HF: Mullett Daw Black
F: LT Brown Jed
Foll; Goldy, Ziebell Cunners
Bench; Harvey, Clarke, Preuss, Gibson