Preview P.F. vs. GWS (Sat 21/09 4:35pm MCG) In: Reid/Aish, Out: JDG/Levi. Teams #1523

[PorkyPie]

Does anyone else think we should be playing varcoe?

 

[Finnishpie]

Happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME....I was sitting next to the Collingwood cheer squad as Steve Johnson ran past us with his fist up.....bastard.

I was in the stands on the wing. It was terrible.

 

[whiskeytown]

Aish over Scharenberg.... bad move imo

Cameron, Finlayson, Himmelberg all 195cm

And we have brought in 184cm Aish as the 7th defender over 191cm Scharenberg

 

[Finnishpie]

Does anyone else think we should be playing varcoe?

Yes. Over Brown.

 

[melaniej]

Aish over Scharenberg.... bad move imo

Cameron, Finlayson, Himmelberg all 195cm

And we have brought in 184cm Aish as the 7th defender over 191cm Scharenberg

I know our injury record isn't awesome but we probably don't need 7 defenders to cover 3 of their players.

Good balance, he's replacing Greenwood.

 

[Soaring Magpie]

Personally thought it would be Scharenberg over Aish with the tall forward line of the giants!
Fair risk bringing in two blokeswho haven’t played for 2 months but I’ll trust the coaching staff know what they are doing.

 

[BoxMatrix]

Bizarre bringing in Aish. Will be like last time all over again. Better pray for rain.

 

[anshell]

Yes. Over Brown.

I do too.Varcoe is a hardened finals player,just the sort of player you need in games like this.

 

[Adz]

Geez Varcoe is stiff. Nobel should buy a lotto ticket.

 

[Adz]

Has Aish played VFL?

 

[nahnah]

Bizarre bringing in Aish. Will be like last time all over again. Better pray for rain.

Yup exactly the same apart from Moore in over Appleby...

 

[TradeDraft]

Aish is a great in.

Just wonder if I can get used to Phil Davis and Haynes rebounding off Reid as he is one of the slowest forwards in the comp. Sorry, but he's kind of cooked. Big gamble, but hope it pays off and I'm wrong.

As long as the midfield doesn't resort to kicking it long to Reid 99% of the time and instead use all available options, it should be fine. Hopefully a decoy for Elliot and Stepho to get off the chain and Reid can get one or two in his 150th.

That would Happen to any player IF they kicked to every time

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

I'll back Cal Brown to prove why he's in the side. Perfect opportunity to show he's capable of pressure and skill in the cauldron of a Prelim.

 

[Pie eyed]

I like this Pane guy

Though he did then go on to add a half hour of comment...

 

[TradeDraft]

GWS must not have any Fans

 

[jjsmitty8]

Look, I’m not thrilled about either player we’ve brought in, especially Reid, but I guess it’s better than swinging Roughy forward and bring in Madgen.

 

[jimmy35]

Yeah I’m getting excited now, bring it on. I’d bring Trav in any day of the week but I’m a huge fan but still liking the ins. Risky, nervy maybe even edgy but **** me let’s get in done.
They had a shitload of injuries last time we played them as well and the we were smashed in the middle by Zaccy and their other ‘makeshift’ mids. Lessons learnt hopefully.

 

[The Magnificent Seven]

I don't know also if we need to add too much weight to our smashing last time. Very different squad in terms of both personnel and mindset as well as roles.

 

[whiskeytown]

I know our injury record isn't awesome but we probably don't need 7 defenders to cover 3 of their players.

Good balance, he's replacing Greenwood.

The '7th defender' refers to the defender who starts bench.... others here will know what I mean.

The other week the Cats had several dangerous smalls in Ablett, Miers, Rohan, Dalhaus.. so a smaller defender in Greenwood over Scharenberg made sense.

However the Giants have no small forwards of note with 50% of their goals this year coming from the tall trio of Cameron, Finlayson and Himmelberg... so Scharenberg over Aish as the extra defender makes more sense this week

 

[Pie eyed]

Geez Varcoe is stiff. Nobel should buy a lotto ticket.

Noble has been very good.
Varcoe is stiff though, but Noble is not keeping him out.

 

[Yidaki]

Two underdone players, one of them with a long history of soft tissue issues. Let's see how this plays out .

 

[Adz]

Noble has been very good.
Varcoe is stiff though, but Noble is not keeping him out.

Serviceable I would not say he has been “very good”. He’s the first one that will he dropped if we make the GF for JDG.

 

[Adz]

GWS must not have any Fans

There is roughly around 4-5 k expected Saturday.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Besides Jordan De Goey our 22 seems pretty much selected now.

Should we progress and Jordan is ready then looks only one player will miss.

The classic four emergencies seem ready for another spell next week on the unlucky list of extras.
Ofcourse if Jordan comes in the unlucky dropped player will push onto the emergency list.

 

[Black_White]

Reid? Aish?
Half a chance we won’t have to suffer another GF loss at the hands of the Tigers after all.