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So from the 2021 GF the dees will be without Gawn, Petracca, Brayshaw and Jackson. Oliver is a shadow of his former self. We should win, but who the **** knows ![Woman shrugging :woman_shrugging: š¤·āāļø](https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twemoji/14.0.2/72x72/1f937-200d-2640-fe0f.png)
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Im not a superstitious person, but I think I speak for everyone on this board when I say stfuThe fitness team don't get many pats on the back but could the abundance of caution used all year while keeping injured players out for extra time be starting to bear fruit now? I've never seen us with such a small inj list this late in a season. Usually we are threadbare.
hard disagree, he was arguably best afield in the final quarter. despite having the lowest amount of time on ground out of anyone except for subs & collingwoodās substituted player (64%) as well as providing a lot of defensive space pro in the midfield when required
I didn't know who posted it.Holy indirect. At least tag me, Bonce![]()
smells like 2016You guys should win easy we have a reserves team in.
idk what this has to do with dylan shiel playing well but i agreeAverage age/games played of selected 23 in Round 17:
Essendon: 25.4
West Coast: 25.3
Essendon: 108.3
West Coast: 105.3
We were near-on the same with West Coast, the team Melbourne thumped. Some self-awareness needs to be exercised here.
The fitness team don't get many pats on the back but could the abundance of caution used all year while keeping injured players out for extra time be starting to bear fruit now? I've never seen us with such a small inj list this late in a season. Usually we are threadbare.
Howie is it an abundance of caution or how they should've been treating injured players all along?The fitness team don't get many pats on the back but could the abundance of caution used all year while keeping injured players out for extra time be starting to bear fruit now? I've never seen us with such a small inj list this late in a season. Usually we are threadbare.
Obviously the fitness and medical teams are important for injuries, but so is a deep and flexible list. That allows you play someone in a less demanding position if they get sore in a game. It also allows you to rest players through the season.
Teams with less depth drive people into the ground and are often playing young players too much when they should be playing less minutes to allow for more time spent on long term body development in the gym.
Parish out has effected the level of offence created from stoppage and we are lacking genuine small forwards, but we've fudged around the edges to cover those. This means, in my opinion, we only have two unreplaceable players in our team now, Merrett and McKay.
To make our list better we need some tall back depth over this off season, that would be one from draft/trade but also development and injury luck for Hayes and Reid.
Already started with the excuses.Incursion detected!
could it be the fact that we are nearly always having to play kids (under 21's as an example) for long stretches? Now 21+ they can handle the longer periods of AFL football well?The fitness team don't get many pats on the back but could the abundance of caution used all year while keeping injured players out for extra time be starting to bear fruit now? I've never seen us with such a small inj list this late in a season. Usually we are threadbare.
Also helps having extra depth with the 4 FAs to allow for greater cautionThe fitness team don't get many pats on the back but could the abundance of caution used all year while keeping injured players out for extra time be starting to bear fruit now? I've never seen us with such a small inj list this late in a season. Usually we are threadbare.
I disagree regarding speed. We donāt have a lot of leg speed on our list. If youāre going to beat us I reckon itās your smalls like Pickett, Rivers, Salem, N-Bullen, Chandler, Sparrow, Thulstrup.You are all over us for speed, sleekness and skill.
Only way we win is if we bring almighty heat at the contest all night long
It shouldnāt be slippery. <1mm forecast and no rain during the game.I hope we donāt fall in the trap of two rucks, as per my post above I reckon itās Melbournes smalls that could cause us headaches rather then their contested stuff in slippery conditions at the G.
I disagree regarding speed. We donāt have a lot of leg speed on our list. If youāre going to beat us I reckon itās your smalls like Pickett, Rivers, Salem, N-Bullen, Chandler, Sparrow, Thulstrup.
Omitted it seems.Whatās happ to laverde?