Let’s start again - Changes R18 vs Carltank

[olimauldon]

Last chance for 2 x tiks I'm selling before I offload them to the general public

How much are the tickets mate ?

 

[Johnny_Dogg4]

Last chance for 2 x tiks I'm selling before I offload them to the general public

 

[Testekill]

flipping Poulter welcome to another one of what we should call Billy Gowers selection. I love you Bevo and I want to believe in you but when you select players like Poulter over Carcia ,Daniel etc I just start wonder if I can keep my faith in you

Caleb was ineffective at best vs Werribee and rubbish at worst.

 

[CarnTheScray]

how many goals will we lose by? Closest answer gets to coach next week.

 

[mattwa]

By the way those changes are so bad. Buku and Lobb as the key pillars hahaha

 

[ArNcHiSe]

That backline contains two best 22 defenders. One of whom is on the rookie list.

Then theres the interchange bench. Which tells us everything we need to know about our midfield depth.

And no Garcia wouldn't have significantly changed that dynamic if he was one of them.

I look forward to Kane explaining to us how in reality this is an underachieving top 4 list after we get flogged.

Getting the excuses in early I see.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Getting the excuses in early I see.

One persons excuses is an another's predictions.

 

[dergert]

Well Curnow will be in form after this one.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

How well are we going arguable our worst performance of the season and nobody gets dropped. To many injuries or no selection integrity.

 

[fred cook]

Caleb was ineffective at best vs Werribee and rubbish at worst.

Daniels low can be low but Poulter will give you just a good average game. I am so angry at the selection of Poulter let's spend hundreds of thousands of dollars reviewing our football department and 12 months later same crap

 

[TMoney22]

An ineffective Daniel might just be better than Poulter who will get his 12 disposals and run around everywhere for no impact on the game.
Surely Keith has to play if he is an emergency.
But then again we wouldn't have a chance either way so play the youth and hope someone shows something.

Going to be a tough walk back to the car after this one

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Poulter is our next best wing option, which suggests to me that Williams will play back and potentially on Curnow. Not the worst plan considering our injuries

 

[JohnnySteel]

We are really protecting Buss. I don’t mind it and do understand it even though I’d love to see him play.

 

[lateniter]

It looks like Khamis has a copy of the Beveridge photos.

 

[AFDogs]

Watching this game with no expectations will be better, I guess.

It is like a funeral in here though

 

[fred cook]

Poulter is our next best wing option, which suggests to me that Williams will play back and potentially on Curnow. Not the worst plan considering our injuries

If Poulter is our next best wing option I am off to Peru with the American Indians nude dancing festival to join them

 

[VogonProsthetnic]

Khamis, McNeil, Poulter 3 guys who aren’t going to be our list much longer and he’s playing them in the biggest game of the year!

What’s the point of playing them?

 

[fred cook]

Khamis, McNeil, Poulter 3 guys who aren’t going to be our list much longer and he’s playing them in the biggest game of the year!

What’s the point of playing them?

Because Bevo still lacks people around him to take control

 

[mattwa]

I'd rather arty play than McNeil. I'm still scarred by Clarke's first game but would rather him too

 

[House_of_Dahl]

If Poulter is our next best wing option I am off to Peru with the American Indians nude dancing festival to join them

Sounds fun. Hopefully includes an ayahuasca retreat too

 

[Jack Richards]

We are really protecting Buss. I don’t mind it and do understand it even though I’d love to see him play.

Yep. I think I remember reading and hearing that Bevo likes to hold back kids until he is 100% confident.

Think Scott is doing that too with our Lewis Hayes.

I cannot wait to see him debut for you guys and reckon he will be a very solid player.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Yep. I think I remember reading and hearing that Bevo likes to hold back kids until he is 100% confident.

Think Scott is doing that too with our Lewis Hayes.

I cannot wait to see him debut for you guys and reckon he will be a very solid player.

He’s erratic. Sometimes he throws them to the wolves, sometimes he holds them back. Gave O’Donnell a debut just after he took off his pads.

 

[Munnez]

If Joel Freijah is sub again I will spew up

Poulter got to be sub would be my best guess!

 

[geoffjennings79]

I'm making the trek this week, which will be closer to a 5+ hour round trip via VLine than my regular drive down the highway.

I think back to Alan Joyce in 1995(?) choosing to start Leon Cameron

Leon Cameron

Age

52

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.7

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

20.8

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.8

3star

at chb on Wayne Carey at VUWO. As they lined up for the opening bounce, we saw the '8' on his jumper, and assumed it was Sedat Sir, which was concerning enough (no offence to Sedat, but he wasn't in Carey's league, but from memory we had limited options at the time). Then we realised it WAS Leon!

It actually wasn't as bad as it seemed, as an individual contest for a while. Cameron played out in front of Carey, had some early wins intercepting marks and rebounding. Eventually though, after finding other avenues to score, a 6-goal-ish 1/4 time lead to North was beyond us, even though we hung in there. From memory Joyce eventually conceded and moved Cameron away. I think Carey actually got BOG and/or 3 Brownlow votes for the latter part of his game (opposed by Sir or Standfield).

It was an interesting tactic though, and not something Carey or Pagan expected, but also relied on our mids creating pressure on North CB clearances so Cameron didn't have to compete with Carey in the air. Joyce's 2 finals series with us were notorious for most of our talls being unavailable both years (not his fault, even if he was ultimately the wrong choice as coach for the list we had), and forced to rely on mids and smalls, and apart from the Brownless last-gasp goal final, we were smashed in the other finals due to limited tall timber.

Anyway, coming back to the point I think I was making, if a Bailey Williams can break even with an (allegedly) out-of-form/injured/ill Curnow, we MIGHT be able to pull off some sort of miracle. And that's because our coach is Luke Beveridge, and not Alan Joyce.

And, um, yeah, that's all I've got...

But I want to believe. I so, so want to believe.

Come on Saltwater lads, show us a backs-to-the-wall spirited fight, like the Prince Imperials of old, the 'Scray, the Scraggers, the 54 shop-early Bulldogs, the 2016 handball-happy never-say-die Bevo's (and Murph's and Easton's) Bullgods.

Woof, woof, ****ing WOOF!!!

 

[Munnez]

How well are we going arguable our worst performance of the season and nobody gets dropped. To many injuries or no selection integrity.

No one of note to bring in that hasn't just made it back from injury or were awful in the VFL. We were always up against it this week