Unofficial Preview Richmond v Melbourne Casey Fields Saturday 4th March 4.10pm

[Drunken Wookie]

fritsch out for massive smug head dork surgery

 

[Groupie_]

the fake covid flag that their fans couldnt see

 

[Drunken Wookie]

the fake covid flag that their fans couldnt see

Had a bayley fritsch poster on his wall growing up.

 

[Bojangles17]

Interesting greeny gets a shot must be impressing

 

[Bojangles17]

B: D.Grimes - C 2 N.Balta 21 T.Young 45
HB: L.Baker 7 N.Vlastuin 1 D.Rioli 17
C: K.McIntosh 33 D.Prestia 3 J.Clarke 42
HF: T.Cotchin 9 S.Bolton 29 D.Martin 4
F: J.Riewoldt 8 N.Cumberland 38 T.Lynch 19
Foll: T.Nankervis - C 25 T.Taranto 14 J.Hopper 22
I/C: I.Soldo 20 N.Broad 35 J.Short 15 T.Dow 27 M.Rioli 10 S.Green 48 R.Mansell 31 S.Ryan 32

Emerg: S.Banks 41 T.Sonsie 40 H.Ralphsmith 13 B.Miller 46

Notable absentees: Jack Ross, Robbie Tarrant, Josh Gibcus, Jack Graham, Kaelan Bradtke, Marlion Pickett


MELBOURNE

B: S.May 1 H.Petty 35 T.Rivers 24
HB: C.Spargo 9 J.Lever 8 J.McVee 41
C: L.Hunter 12 C.Oliver 13 E.Langdon 15
HF: K.Chandler 37 B.Brown 50 K.Pickett 36
F: A.Neal-Bullen 30 T.McDonald 25 J.Harmes 4
Foll: M.Gawn - C 11 C.Petracca 5 A.Brayshaw 10
I/C: J.van Rooyen 2 B.Grundy 6 M.Hibberd 14 B.Laurie 16 J.Bowey 17 B.Howes 22 T.Sparrow 32 T.Woewodin 40

Emerg: J.Schache 19 J.Jordon 23 D.Turner 42 A.Moniz-Wakefield 45

Notable absentees: Christian Salem, Bayley Fritsch, Jack Viney

KB notable absentee , hasnt played a ruddy game yet , steady on

 

[SplintWhisky]

Thank god Cumbo is in the team. There would of been a fire at the Jack Dyer stand at about 4 o'clock on a Saturday morning if he wasn't in. Need to make sure he gets through and also fires round 1

 

[Karp3_dm]

Thank god Cumbo is in the team. There would of been a fire at the Jack Dyer stand at about 4 o'clock on a Saturday morning if he wasn't in. Need to make sure he gets through and also fires round 1

Dont worry, Cumbo going under the radar
Will shit all over blooze 4th best defender

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Thank god Cumbo is in the team. There would of been a fire at the Jack Dyer stand at about 4 o'clock on a Saturday morning if he wasn't in. Need to make sure he gets through and also fires round 1

cumdog millionaire

 

[fargothegreat]

Soldo has no impact around the ground or up forward.

Soldo ahead of Miller as 2nd ruck is a bad decision. We saw that end of last season when Miller was very valuable in that role.

I prefer Miller too, but in saying that Soldo looked very good last week and more mobile than last season.

 

[Rayzorwire]

is it possible we are going to see Ryan or less likely maybe Soldo as the no.2 ruck come round 1?

Not sure why you and others are surprised at Soldo's inclusion? He played 13 games last year and we persisted with him when he was clearly struggling with his body still, even started him in the middle several times when he suited the opposition no.1 ruck better. We may still have persisted with the two-ruck setup if we hadn't lost so much senior run over the latter part of the year and couldn't cover two rucks anymore with the kids we were using.

A lot of our best finals footy was with the two-ruck setup , we've only lost 13 out of 49 games with Soldo in the side and most of those losses were to quality finals opponents.

We were able to play the two-ruck setup years back because we had enough mature run around the ball and on the bench, we're finally back to that same situation now - why wouldn't we use Soldo to help shape our clearance patterns as we have so effectively in the past?

Soldo has no impact around the ground or up forward.

He kicked a couple twice last year in important games and had a couple more than Nank for the year in half the matches at far better accuracy. Nearly as many goals in last year's half a season of games as in his other four seasons - it's a good trendline.

He knows Tom and Jack's leading patterns and how to draw a KPD away from them, crashes packs and hurts defenders, and is a far more effective FWD half ruck than any of our KPF's.

He's no gun FWD, but his impact is quite respectable from limited opportunities and clearly on the improve.

 

[Dunger]

I prefer Miller too, but in saying that Soldo looked very good last week and more mobile than last season.

If soldo is anywhere near the form he had pre porkins smashing his acl then he should be in

 

[Tiger1974]

The games not the same as years ago with rule changes. Ball transitioning quicker. Harder to lock ball in the forward line. I wouldn’t be playing soldo and Nank against teams like Collingwood with their attacking style and quick transition from back half. Good luck keeping the ball in the forward 50 with Soldo standing there.

 

[sante]

Soldo in because of the Gawn/Grundy factor I think.

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

I dont want Soldo in the team if Nank is playing

Miller must play and Ryan also if possible

 

[domin8]

Selection melts. Oh how I’ve missed them

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Selection melts. Oh how I’ve missed them

u on a new account or just used to lurk the melts

 

[domin8]

u on a new account or just used to lurk the melts

Old poster who deleted a while ago but read away. Missed the joint because I had to pay attention to the wife

 

[Bird Man]

Interesting greeny gets a shot must be impressing

Yeah over Sonsie as well... maybe he is carrying something or came back unfit from holidays

 

[DoItForCaptBlood]

Yeah over Sonsie as well... maybe he is carrying something or came back unfit from holidays

Or maybe they want him to play in the guts for the whole game in the vfl.

 

[Bojangles17]

Yeah over Sonsie as well... maybe he is carrying something or came back unfit from holidays

Swiz has only trained twice in a month so that’s understandable

 

[Bojangles17]

Old poster who deleted a while ago but read away. Missed the joint because I had to pay attention to the wife

welcome back , this should help save your marriage, as they say in the classics , happy husband happy life

 

[The Mighty]

It's a practice game, probably wanna have a look.

Give him a trial against Free Kicks Benny Brown, who is same size roughly as Harry just in case.

 

[RobsJourney]

Campbell did some injury I believe, hence being out of all levels

 

[RogerDean]

Where's Bauer...is he injured? Not in either team!

 

[Rayzorwire]

u on a new account or just used to lurk the melts

Best user name ever! - you should register it Groupie_ - y'know...for when the inevitable happens...