Preview R22: Changes v Fremantle - Oscar McDonald to debut; Dawes, Prince, Brayshaw out

[RandB]

Let the deck chair shuffling commence...

 

[Topkent]

Im putting money on Freo by 100+

 

[Jiska]

Out: The entire team.

In: The Grand Old Flag

 

[Darksidepoints]

Its going be a bloodbath.

In all honesty, it doesnt really matter.

 

[JP2]

Got a good feeling about this one, boys. Hopefully we can get Bail back this week, and with Fyfe possibly suspended that might be enough to get us over the line.

 

[The Dr]

Before today I thought this game would be 12+ goals to Freo.

Now after we served up that turgid, soulless cr@p, and the Dockers going down to North, we are in huuuuuuge strife.

Freo by 120+ points.

 

[Benwah83]

 

[youngbear]

Mood slightly lifted.... Roos said in his presser that Lumumba is very unlike due to an ankle injury (or being a flog, which ever comes first)...

As for the rest

Out: excuses
In: Heart and leadership

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Out: Lumumba (injured, but should have been dropped anyway)
Gawn (big fella looks buggered - let him rest up and reload for 2016)
Harmes (not up to it right now)
Garland (disappointing this year)

In: Riley
Jamar
McKenzie
Terlich
All 4 should get a couple of farewell games.

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Blegch

 

[The Dr]

If Fitzy is over his concussion, he has to play. Gawn is stuffed, put him in cotton wool and bring in Jamar/Spence and Fitz to battle big Sandi.

I was at the VFL for the first three quarters and I hate to say it but Matt Jones was very good.

So, Fitz, Jamar and M Jones for Gawn, Lumumba and Howe.

 

[Go the Biff]

Rest Gawn. Rest Brayshaw, Rest Cross. Rest Jones if he has a niggle. Drop Howe. Lumumba is either injured or dropped

Bring in Jamar, Bail, Jones, Terlich. Spencil & McKenzie. Casey are safely in the 8 so next week matters little for them

Go west for the obligatory bollocking

Then load up & try to knock off GWS At Jihad stadium. Bust the hoodoo & maybe take some positives into the summer

 

[Toump Ass]

With Lumumba out unfortunately we'll need to find someone else to consistently handball to the worst person available or kick it into the sky, not sure exactly who can fill that role but I'm sure we'll find someone.

Toumpas needs a game if fit, but someone should say say to him: "Don't let it get to you if you **** up, because you're gone anyway... just have fun". With the pressure off maybe he'll give us some good memories before we ship him off to SA.

Dawes can be replaced by anyone, let's try Fitzgerald, he's tall (?)

Play Howe forward (or wherever he wants to play), we're going to get thrashed so we may as well let him off the hook to take a couple of hangers, might get us some extra steak knives when we trade him.

Anyone tired (Brayshaw, Harmes, Jones, Cross) can get a rest.

Hogan should probably go on holiday now too, seasons almost done and knowing Melbourne's luck he'll probably run out against GWS and do an ACL in the warmup.

Don't really care about the rest.

 

[deeco]

It's not even worth sending blokes back to Casey cause they've already locked up a finals spot.

Soo... out with Lumumba and perhaps Chris Dawes will be knee capped by some mysterious stranger on the way to training?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Ill be dropping a couple of tablets of ratsak just before the first bounce

drinking shots of bleach for the first half

finishing myself off with 5 big fat lines of draino just before three quarter time.

Really looking forward to this game.

 

[PerfectFooty]

We'll probably win this week

 

[AFL is Number One]

IN: The same spuds we dropped last week.

OUT: The same spuds we brought in last week

Does it really matter anymore??? We keep dropping & bringing in the same spuds week after week...I mean Bail, Riley, Matty Jones, etc etc who cares anymore? Why don't they drop Dawes for a change?.....or Howe ? By the way...what's happened to Howe??

 

[Spirit of 26]

Don't drop anyone. Make them all front up and make them go through it all again.

 

[Crusty Demon]

I wouldn't send anyone under the age of 21 over to Perth. I fear they will be mentally scarred by the result. Save the kids please. Anyone who we are looking to delist or trade at seasons end should play. Let them get belted and deal with the embarrassment. If that means Bail, Matt Jones, Terlich, McKenzie etc etc play, then so be it.

 

[Crusty Demon]

Does anyone know what the lowest crowd figure is at Etihad Stadium?? It will be broken in the last round. No one will bother showing up from our supporter base. I'd be surprised if there is anyone outside of the cheer squad there. And GWS have no one show up to their own home games. The AFL could be looking at a major embarrassment on their hands here. I've already said no to a corporate ticket. I tip my hat to anyone who makes the effort to that game.

 

[Klyntonius]

Does anyone know what the lowest crowd figure is at Etihad Stadium?? It will be broken in the last round. No one will bother showing up from our supporter base. I'd be surprised if there is anyone outside of the cheer squad there. And GWS have no one show up to their own home games. The AFL could be looking at a major embarrassment on their hands here. I've already said no to a corporate ticket. I tip my hat to anyone who makes the effort to that game.

I was thinking the same thing this morning. We could actually draw a smaller crowd than GWS do at home.

 

[deeco]

We'll probably win this week

This is exactly the type of game we'll win, or lose by 200.

Melbourne Demons: No middle ground.

 

[ponsdale]

Does anyone know what the lowest crowd figure is at Etihad Stadium?? It will be broken in the last round. No one will bother showing up from our supporter base. I'd be surprised if there is anyone outside of the cheer squad there. And GWS have no one show up to their own home games. The AFL could be looking at a major embarrassment on their hands here. I've already said no to a corporate ticket. I tip my hat to anyone who makes the effort to that game.

You couldn't even drink your way through the game? Ouch.

 

[ponsdale]

Out: Me - I'm taking a week off watching the footy
In: Pleasant weekend or food, wine and friends.

 

[Crusty Demon]

You couldn't even drink your way through the game? Ouch.

I like beer. A lot. Especially when it is free. But I fear for the safety of the players if I get drunk watching these muppets run around at that god awful stadium. I'll end up being one of those headlines in the paper about a fan being banned for 5 years due to indecent behaviour. I simply couldn't stomach watching us get flogged by the AFL's pet project at the worst ground in Australia.

I went to a couple of Renegades games over the summer for the Big Bash comp at Etihad. I honestly went to leave at half time as that is what I am so used to doing at that stadium!