Preview R22: Changes vs. Footscray

[Dogs_r_barking]

Footscray should've merged with Fitzroy back in the day IMHO. Could've been Fitzcray or Footsroy.

The supporters who raised the money to keep the club would disagree…

 

[Doctor B]

If you look at the games played from the previous draft. Everyone picked before Curtin is getting regular/semi-regular AFL football. But almost every pick later than him rarely gets an AFL game.

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Why are some players below Curtin not getting as many games as those above him?

1 Harley Reid 17 games
2 Colby McKercher 13 games
3 Jed Walter 12 games
4 Zane Duursma 12 games
5 Nick Watson 13 games
6 Ryley Sanders 14 games
7 Caleb Windsor 19 games
8 Dan Curtin 4 sub games
9 Ethan Reid 4 games, 202cm ruck
10 Nate Caddy 7 games
11 Connor O'Sullivan 1 game, KPD breaking into Geelong defence, missed a month with a thumb injury
12 Phoenix Gothard 0 games, glandular fever. GWS midfield
13 Koltyn Tholstrup 7 games
14 Jake Rogers 6 games, missed half pre-season with a back injury
15 Jordan Croft 0 games, 202cm
16 Will Green 0 games, 204cm
17 James Leake 0 games, constant quad strains, played first game in seconds end of June
18 Darcy Wilson 20 games
19 William McCabe 0 games, lower back stress fracture
20 Taylor Goad 0 games 207cm

 

[Scorpus]

In: Rankine, Burgess, Borlase, Cook
Out: Dowling

 

[Scorpus]

Bond and Curtin named on the field

 

[walterhobbs]

Dowling dropped whilst a spud like Murphy gets another free pass

 

[El Doederino]

Bond and Curtin named on the field

Murphy also

 

[Scorpus]

Bench of Berry, Cook, Rachele, Taylor, Nankervis, Crouch, Burgess, Borlase

Three drop out and one the sub

Personally I'd drop Burgess, Borlase and one of Crouch or Berry, with Cook the sub

 

[Scorpus]

Murphy also

Yes but that's bad

 

[Owen_AFC97]

Murphy named on the field and Dowling dropped. Fuçk Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

49

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Short leash on Dowling

Curtin full game will be good though

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Absolutely shocked Curtin isn’t sub

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

No problem with Dowling getting a breather. Second year player, will need the odd break. A sub game instead of Curtin last week would have been shrewd but at our core we are exceptionally stupid and never use any thought or foresight, so it wasn't an option

 

[Danger in Texas]

Absolutely shocked Curtin isn’t sub

Now let’s just hope he isn’t subbed

 

[Scorpus]

Absolutely shocked Curtin isn’t sub

Just wait until three quarter time

 

[Ham]

Smith not even on extended bench


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[Geoffa32]

With Footscray playing a high pressure game, could see Murphy get less than 5 disposals over the game.

And still play the next week.




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[Bearded Clam]

So dowling out but that fxxkn useless dogshit murphy stays in?.. and is named on the field to boot..

Wtaf?..

Its bewildering how fxxkn weird the morons in charge are at this club.

What do they see in this unflushable turd that the rest of the world doesnt?.. surely they are tanking..

 

[Owen_AFC97]

So looks like the correct thread poll answer for Curtin is “Start but get subbed off”.

 

[CromradeCromulent]

Dowling may have needed a rest but why just list him as omitted with no explanation? And yeah Murphy starting 18 just sums up this club.

 

[cleanhands]

Murphy also

To produce more magic

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

To produce more magic

When you're hot, you're hot

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Can someone seriously drill Nicks as to how Murphy still gets a ****ing game? With Rankine back, there's even less reason to keep him in.

 

[cleanhands]

When you're hot, you're hot

Just wish his main magic trick was to disappear ………… oh wait he does that in the last quarter

 

[crows dude]

Dowling named in centre in sanfl. Arghhh. Well let’s get there early everybody and support the boys in the curtain raiser

 

[PeterSalt]