Review Round 19 - GWS Giants vs Essendon Bombers, Sunday August 9th, 3.20pm, Spotless Stadium

[Colonial]

Has Jed Lamb played his last game for us?

That selfish play last week is still "grinding my gears" 4 days later...

I would say so. Just dont think he deserves a spot in our best side.


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[inamedthegiants]

I would say so. Just dont think he deserves a spot in our best side.


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Turns out I was wrong about him.

I thought he was best 22 material.

Who do we trade him to and would a second rounder be greedy? $330k salary next year, few clubs would balk at that.

Unless he goes back to Swans?

 

[Colonial]

2nd rounder possible but i doubt it.
Cant see him going to the swans. Maybe one of the vic clubs

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[_GT_]

Welcome back General! Your troops are ready. Looking forward to cheering your return to AFL Sunday afternoon.

 

[Simmofreo]

GWS GIANTS

FB: Tom Scully, Phil Davis, Nick Haynes
HB: Joel Patfull, Aidan Corr, Heath Shaw
C: Will Hoskin-Elliott, Stephen Coniglio, Josh Kelly
HF: Lachie Whitfield, Jeremy Cameron, Toby Greene
FF: Rhys Palmer, Andrew Phillips, Devon Smith
R: Rory Lobb, Adam Treloar, Ryan Griffen

Interchange (from): Adam Tomlinson, Jack Steele, Jon Patton, Nathan Wilson, Tommy Bugg, Callan Ward, Cam McCarthy

In: Nick Haynes, Devon Smith, Rhys Palmer, Andrew Phillips, Jon Patton, Tommy Bugg, Cam McCarthy
Out: Matt Buntine (concussion), Tom Downie, Jed Lamb, James Stewart (omitted)

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Man that's a pretty strong team !!!

Hope jezzas nose is ok. Hopefully not a late out

Love seeing Davis and Patfull back in there

 

[inamedthegiants]

Scully in the back pocket?

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

Scully in the back pocket?

Callan Ward on the bench?

The teams in position on paper on Thursday never line up that way.

 

[inamedthegiants]

Callan Ward on the bench?

The teams in position on paper on Thursday never line up that way.

Didn't even see that.

I never check for his name, you just know he's going to be there.

God I love him.

 

[DapperJong]

How does Lobb go in the ruck?

 

[Ellie Aquitaine]

How does Lobb go in the ruck?

jumps and taps, like most ruckmen.

Seriously, he's ok. Despite the team list, Phillips will be lead ruck. He's bigger and more experienced. Giles has rucked with both.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

jumps and taps, like most ruckmen.

Seriously, he's ok. Despite the team list, Phillips will be lead ruck. He's bigger and more experienced. Giles has rucked with both.

Which also means that they have rucked with Giles. Both will know each other's game extremely well. Will be one of the more interesting match ups on the weekend.

 

[Andre the Giant]

Callan Ward on the bench?

The teams in position on paper on Thursday never line up that way.

Somebody needs to explain the strategy of putting guns on the bench to start games. That and goal kickers going off after kicking one.

The commentators say it's for team structure but I think it's the greatest wank in history.

Hopefully bringing the interchange number back will end this myth.

 

[InSpectre]

Somebody needs to explain the strategy of putting guns on the bench to start games. That and goal kickers going off after kicking one.

The commentators say it's for team structure but I think it's the greatest wank in history.

Hopefully bringing the interchange number back will end this myth.

Earlier in the year it seemed that Leon was rewarding a goal by a resting mid by putting him in the center square for the immediate following bounce (as opposed to giving him a spell). Given the competition for spots in the middle it seems to me to be a great carrot for a bunch of hungry young players. Obviously this strategy becomes a little more difficult to execute now given the pretty clear top 3 on-ballers (in Treloar, Cogs and Ward) but rewarding aspiring full time mids (like Dev Smith or Toby Greene) with a stint on the ball as opposed to a stint on the bench is, absent fatigue, a far better idea for mine.

Re team announcement, having jack-of-all-trades guys like Tomo on the bench doesn't tip the hat to the opponent on how he is likely to be used. Also, there is simply no way that Ward starts the game on the bench. He will be the starting ruck rover for as long as he's healthy enough to do it. Shiel and Cogs have started on the bench at times this year but that would simply be a matter of wanting to have 90%+ game time from all of the on-ballers, and in order to do that someone needs to start off. Usually there would be one inside mid, one spread mid/ HBF and a big guy starting on the sideline, and that mix is probably about the same for the duration of the game - I don't think you wanna start the game with three guys who all ostensibly are in the team to do the same thing on the bench.

 

[Andre the Giant]

One area where I think Leon hasn't been great is his sub selections.

Too often he has put blokes such as Stewart and Steele who offer zero impact.

Thankfully this silly rule is getting turfed but for the rest of the year we need to focus on lads that offer genuine impact and a point of difference.

Other than that Leon has been gun.

 

[Ellie Aquitaine]

Somebody needs to explain the strategy of putting guns on the bench to start games. That and goal kickers going off after kicking one.

I don't care what the strategy behind it is; bringing off a forward that's kicked a goal is a great way of explaining interchange doesn't mean you're not playing to my Under 9s team

 

[DapperJong]

Hurley out

 

[Colonial]

Hmmmmm

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[Big Stinky Monk]

For those travelling in on Sunday, note that the netball World Cup is on at Allphones all day, including a likely packed house for Aus v NZ at 2.20. This will likely mean slim pickings in the car park, so allow some extra travel time.

 

[Colonial]

For those travelling in on Sunday, note that the netball World Cup is on at Allphones all day, including a likely packed house for Aus v NZ at 2.20. This will likely mean slim pickings in the car park, so allow some extra travel time.

Thankfully no trackwork this weekend

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[captainMyCaptain]

Thankfully no trackwork this weekend

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Thats surely a first

 

[Colonial]

Thats surely a first

Seems that way.
Did a double take when it came through at work.

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[Ichabod Noodle]

For those travelling in on Sunday, note that the netball World Cup is on at Allphones all day, including a likely packed house for Aus v NZ at 2.20. This will likely mean slim pickings in the car park, so allow some extra travel time.

Thanks for the heads up. Definitely be taking the train now.

 

[Colonial]

GWS Giants r19 changes v Essendon;
Palmer, Smith, Patton, Phillips, Haynes, McCarthy for Lamb, Buntine, Tomlinson, Stewart, Steele, Downie.

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[Colonial]

GWS Giants v Essendon
Interchange; Patton, Wilson, Ward, McCarthy.
Emergencies; Tomlinson, Bugg, Steele.

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[captainMyCaptain]

Tomo the unlucky one for mine and clearly our strongest forward set up all year and could be what gets us over the line to make the 8