Please no.. His just gettin his confidence and match fitness up let's not flirt with his form
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Please no.. His just gettin his confidence and match fitness up let's not flirt with his form
No, I agree. I was asking more along the lines of would he ever make a good sub, hypothetically.(his current form not being taken into consideration). We saw last week he can have a massive impact over a short amount of time. Would he ever be considered as an impact player when defenders are getting tired, or is he too valuable to waste for 3 qtrs?
Apparently Harper said on 5AA the Lynch and Symes are travelling emergencies. Doughty, VB and Sloaney have the flu.
Well that's annoying. But why Lynch? I woulda thought Knights as, if VB or Sloane don't pull up it's a mid for a mid. If Lynch has to come in would we be too tall?
hopefully because it's unlikely any will miss, and we want to give Knights a full game in the SANFL rather than resting him to only miss out alltogether.
Tbh I love porps, see my avatar, but realistically you never know when he is going to turn it on. It sometimes takes him a quarter to get into the game. This means id rather him play 4 quarters and do his part for 3 and possibly play a great quarter. I know where you're coming from but wouldn't expect him to come straight on in the 4th and have a huge impact straight away.
Unlucky yes, but so is Johnston and pretty much everyone playing SANFL atm, happens when you have no injuries for christ sakes!Dunno about all u guys but I'm fired up as for this game. Could be that I'm pisd n fired up for Sydney's win (that 50 on reid was shockin - worse than the one against reilly last week). Really love the team we've got in for this week. Although I tipped knights to stay in and shaw to go out, prolly happier with it the other way around. Really really happy with Mckernan in, he was like another midfielder with the clearances he was getting last time he played. Also, not as speccy as Jenkins was in his first couple of games but his worst should be better than Jenkins was in the last couple, will hold a few of those grabs that Jenkins almost gets. Really good running side, happy martin stays in, played a cracker last week, happy shaw stays in, also very good, happy we are trying to change it up ie brent reilly playing normal half back and shaw learning role of third man up / chop out defender. Happy bernie in. Sloane and Danger quiet last week, one or both to come good this week to help thommo and prolly bernie will stretch the opposition as well. Loved Mackay's game last week, more of that.
Just we really need to WANT to have the ball in contest after contest, forget trying to get it away, keep it in, we might score slowly at first but after we grind them down the scoring will be free as. We need to go in with the attitude of "Hey Kangaroos, we'll show you how to play contested footy, just watch and learn"......
Just we really need to WANT to have the ball in contest after contest, forget trying to get it away, keep it in, we might score slowly at first but after we grind them down the scoring will be free as. We need to go in with the attitude of "Hey Kangaroos, we'll show you how to play contested footy, just watch and learn"......
Lynch is a useful utility if a player of any type pulls out, and would slot straight in as sub given his success in this role. Otherwise I hope Douglas is sub and if he doesn't perform, gets dropped for Smith.
Completely agree with this however as said before in this post we need to be smarter about our contested work. Instead of all of our players going in I would like perhaps 2 going in and the others wait for them to get it out, knowing we usually win these contests instead of the opposition getting cheap easy clearances. This is probably why our goals seem so difficult n the other teams looks quite easy. Perhaps Mackay should start focusing on the outside work again a bit more?
This is exactly right. Symes & Lynch are both 100% match fit and would be ready to play 100% game time if required, which is a distinct possibility given the way the flu is going through our team at present. Knights is still working his way back to full fitness, which is why he was named as sub last week. They can't risk having to play him for the whole game, so he gets to work on his fitness back in the SANFL instead.
As per a previous post, would like us to have one more look at symes. If not this week then sometime before any decision to delist. There are too many players having career best years since either leaving or staying for the new regime. Symes consistent sanfl form suggests he deserves one last shot at it.
Symes spreads better than most in our lineup and im sure he would do a good job given the chance. Deserves a shot considering the season he is having. The word is he is very likely to play so all the best Brad have a ripper 
I agree.Symes spreads better than most in our lineup and im sure he would do a good job given the chance. Deserves a shot considering the season he is having. The word is he is very likely to play so all the best Brad have a ripper
He looked good last week, really fit and was hunting the ball well. We need to at least see him play one or two Crows games before sealing his fate. He could possibly be the long term replacement for Dogga?
As for the sub. I really don't know who could be the sub tomorrow. Maybe Vince?? There is only one player on our list I feel makes the ideal sub. That is Johncock. Plays back or forward and can read the play and adjust to the tempo of the game. I don't think playing as sub is a young mans game. Because it is different and could turn into a specialist position if the rule stays in its current form.
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lets hope he does prove himself in the sanfl even then i reckon sando wont recall him. sandos a muppet, he doesnt know how to use the sub effectively. did you see how geelong used christenson as the sub last night? he came on and single handedly got geelong back into the game even though they ended up losing. bundy was fresh back as well, important to remember. these little things are going to mean the difference between adelaide winning and afl premiership this year and until sando sorts this out adelaide won't win. sad but true.
people have short memories regarding symes. he's a good sanfl player but cant cut it at AFL level.
Not after his last weeks effort,Porps of old.
Look I don't necessarily disagree with that. It's been a strange old year though when you consider maric, Reilly , Armstrong etc....were prob in same basket as symes....cards marked.
Who can say for sure he won't step up as well
Thats how i saw it to.
Not a chance.
Not so sure on this,clearly our routine has changed big time,no more floggings on the track when not needed.
Yer tell me about it, most of our clearances get stifled - by us! - being blocked, bumped or confined by our own players! Getting sick of watching it, well not really, still infinitely better than last year, but yer, with a bit of a polish we could get a lot better at the clearance area.
Just as long as thge roof is SHUT.
Wow...
Christensen was so good that he was all out of puff when crunch time arrived with two minutes to go. Everitt for Goodes would have been considered a dismal failure had he not marked and goaled - it was clear Longmire thought he could 'rest' Goodes while five goals ahead and not feel any ill effects.
More often than not, the success of a sub on any given day comes down to luck rather than smart selection, given how difficult it is too get into a game when you've only got 20mins left.
I don't think Sando can be blamed for not picking the absolute perfect sub every week given our strong and healthy list, and a need to squeeze one player out to 22nd man.
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Agree with most except, Goodes was having an absolute shocker and was right to be subbed off in his own right
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