Preview Changes vs Giants RD 24 - Huge game @ Mars Stadium - Sun 25 Aug 12:30

[PocketRocket08]

Part of me wants Harmes to come in specifically to get into Toady.

Worked last time.

Apart from Greene, yeah to him going to Whitfield.

Bedford jones Thomas Daniels and Greene. Those small/medium quick/marking fwds are going to be our biggest concern.
Who matches up on who ?

 

[Chicago1]

We're going to miss Westy's grit, true grit.

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[BulldogMuscle]

Harms for West, about the only change I'd make.. Buku on super thin ice.

 

[Golden_6]

Bedford jones Thomas Daniels and Greene. Those small/medium quick/marking fwds are going to be our biggest concern.
Who matches up on who ?

Bedford has been playing as a tagger but I agree that will be where we lose the game.

We have Duryea, Bramble & Dale to matchup on Jones, Thomas & Daniels. Greene is always a worry. I’d like Jones on him but without Lobb in defence then he’ll have to go to Hogan. I suspect we might see JOD have a crack at him? Buku can go to Cadman, I don’t want to see him anywhere near Hogan or Greene.

EDIT: Thomas didn’t play last week and they had a taller interchange of Himmelberg & Keefe.

 

[Golden_6]

Not that the Giants would ever throw the game but it’s interesting looking at the ladder.

Win and there’s a big chance they have to play a qualifying final in Adelaide. Lose and there’s a decent chance they gain a qualifying final in Sydney if Geelong win by enough.

 

[Libba39]

Bedford jones Thomas Daniels and Greene. Those small/medium quick/marking fwds are going to be our biggest concern.
Who matches up on who ?

I reckon out biggest concerns are:

Daniels - in great form. Likely match-ups for us is Bramble when he's fwd, but this guy has been going into the middle as well, so maybe our Daniel tracks him.

Hogan - Jones played his best game since the first half of the season. Great timing and should match up well.

Whitfield - sets them up and in AA form. We have two likely options in McNeill and VDM. Both are players we can afford to sacrifice as we aren't relying on them to hit the scoreboard. VDM probably has the legs to go with him.

Greene - will be his usual threat. Sticking with Dureya on him



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[Libbaaaa]

Who will Bedford tag? Too short for the Bont, most likely Treloar.

 

[Mojorisin]

Who will Bedford tag? Too short for the Bont, most likely Treloar.

Teams have been going to Richards lately.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Teams have been going to Richards lately.

I think we'll start in the centre with Bont/Adz/Libba, so he'll go to Adz in that scenario but if Richards is getting off the chain I could definitely see him being moved to Ed.

 

[Libbaaaa]

I reckon out biggest concerns are:

Daniels - in great form. Likely match-ups for us is Bramble when he's fwd, but this guy has been going into the middle as well, so maybe our Daniel tracks him.

Hogan - Jones played his best game since the first half of the season. Great timing and should match up well.

Whitfield - sets them up and in AA form. We have two likely options in McNeill and VDM. Both are players we can afford to sacrifice as we aren't relying on them to hit the scoreboard. VDM probably has the legs to go with him.

Greene - will be his usual threat. Sticking with Dureya on him



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I am confident in Jones being able to match or best Hogan in the forward 50, its the work Hogan does up the ground and his massive tank that has me worried. He is basically doing a Jeremy Cameron but better.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

While he fluffed a couple of kicks his attack in the contest was good and for a brilliant tackle from Day he would have kicked a nice goal.
I have stated on here many times of plenty of not only good players but great players have had poor first games. I think I even read Kade Simpson had no possession in his first 3 games.

I'd say there are many other things the coaches want Charlie to work on. He will make it, but only when they feel he is ready to do the things they want to see. It was the same with Rhylee West. It's great that Adz is also working with Charlie and Artie to help get them up to speed.

Agree Harmes should come in for West.

 

[Roogal]

Pretty sickening we find ourselves reliant on the final round of the year for the 3rd year in a row.

I think that is the nature of the game these days. For most if not all of the season there is usually only one game separating the 5th and the 12th team on the ladder. So, it's not that sickening, it's just the modern-day reality of how the AFL is successfully equalising the competition overall.

Except for North Melbourne and Richmond, anybody can still beat them ... Thrashing them mercilessly is the AFL equivalent of kicking a puppy.

 

[X_box_X]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere, but Bevo breaks Ted Whitten's coaching record this week as he coaches the WB for the 229th time.

 

[Golden_6]

No English this week it seems.

 

[Scott Tracy]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere, but Bevo breaks Ted Whitten's coaching record this week as he coaches the WB for the 229th time.

That also shows us how lucky we have been with Bont.
Bont has only been at the club one more year than Bevo, along with the key difference that players can miss due to injury/form/suspension but the coach coaches every game. Yet theres just 10 games the difference between the two.

Bont: 238 games
Bevo: 228 games.

Amazing

 

[Sentinel]

That also shows us how lucky we have been with Bont.
Bont has only been at the club one more year than Bevo, along with the key difference that players can miss due to injury/form/suspension but the coach coaches every game. Yet theres just 10 games the difference between the two.

Bont: 238 games
Bevo: 228 games.

Amazing

Bont Games missed:

• 2014: 6 (all before round 10 when he played 2/8, afterwhich he didn't miss a game)
• 2015: 2
• 2018: 3
• 2022: 1
• 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024: 0

That's remarkable. He's effectively missed 6 games since cementing his spot from round 10 2014 until today, playing 238 of a possible 244. Since late 2018 he's played 139 of a possible 140, despite regularly carrying plenty of niggles as well as an entire football club on his back.

 

[Doggy]

Bont Games missed:

• 2014: 6
• 2015: 2
• 2018: 3
• 2022: 1
• 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024: 0

That's remarkable.

Especially given how sore his shoulders and back must be

 

[VitalDread]

Shame we aren't locked into the finals

Would love to give Smith a game so Lobb can rest

 

[Libbaaaa]

Teams last time we played, I thought Sam Taylor

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Sam Taylor

Age

25

Ht

198cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.1

4star

MG

130.5

2star

D

8.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.5

3star

MG

60.8

1star

D

8.6

3star

K

3.0

1star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.8

5star

MG

110.8

2star

missed for some reason.

 

[Doggy]

Teams last time we played, I thought Sam Taylor missed for some reason.

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No Riccardi for them this time, but they will have Coniglio and Kelly.

We didn't have Weightman or Lobb but had English

 

[ExRoyboy]

Pretty sickening we find ourselves reliant on the final round of the year for the 3rd year in a row.

Very true statement and if we kicked more accurately for goal I don’t think we would be in this position but compared to last year at least our destiny is still in our own hands. We don’t need to rely on Carlton or anyone else doing us a favour. That’s Freo’s lot this year.

It’s all on the line, if we show up mentally prepared then I think we will win. Have to take the game on and play to our ability and please for once, can we kick straight for goal!

 

[ExRoyboy]

Gallaghers disposal scares me in a final especially, with added heat.

Think he can become a good player but he is way too scrappy at the moment.

Rather get Harmes back into the side.


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Totally agree, he plays really hard and you can never question his commitment but every game he has at least 2-3 absolute clangers and we can’t afford that in a final.

Sub at best for mine.

Coffield is looking the same actually. Don’t think he gets back in. Would rather have Harmes or Poulter.

 

[Charlie Bucket]

Lachie Ash out for them.

Will that hurt them or won’t be missed?

 

[Doggy]

Lachie Ash out for them.

Will that hurt them or won’t be missed?

He wasn't there last time either.

I don't think it hurts them that much

 

[Cudi]

No Riccardi for them this time, but they will have Coniglio and Kelly.

We didn't have Weightman or Lobb but had English

Libba missed as well.