Preview Round 23 - Collingwood v Brisbane @ The MCG (Saturday 4:35pm AEST)

[Grasshopper17]

It's come a week late, but Harry Sharp is IN!

oh, and Eric Hipwood

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Eric Hipwood

Age

27

Ht

204cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

. For now...

 

[Section 5]

COLLINGWOOD v BRISBANE LIONS

Saturday August 17, 4:35pm at the MCG

MAGPIES

B: B.Frampton, D.Moore - C, B.Maynard

HB: J.Noble, W.Hoskin-Elliott, I.Quaynor

C: S.Sidebottom, J.Crisp, J.Daicos

HF: B.Hill, L.Schultz, J.Elliott

F: B.McCreery, D.McStay, J.Howe

FOLL: D.Cameron, N.Daicos, S.Pendlebury

I/C: P.Lipinski, J.Bytel, N.Long, W.Parker, M.Cox

EMG: H.DeMattia, E.Allan, J.Richards

IN: W.Parker

OUT: J.Richards (Omitted)

LIONS

B: D.Zorko, H.Andrews - C, B.Starcevich

HB: D.Wilmot, R.Lester, D.Joyce

C: J.Fletcher, W.Ashcroft, H.McCluggage

HF: C.Rayner, J.Daniher, J.Berry

F: C.Cameron, L.Morris, C.Ah Chee

FOLL: O.McInerney, J.Dunkley, L.Neale

I/C: K.Lohmann, H.Sharp, E.Hipwood, Z.Bailey, S.Brain

EMG: D.Robertson, J.Madden, H.Smith

IN: H.Sharp, E.Hipwood

OUT: J.Prior (Omitted), H.Smith (Omitted)

 

[Section 5]

Smith emergency so i still have some doubt on Hippy

 

[M Malice]

Love the ins, fantastic to see Harry Sharp get a crack.

5 on the bench > [1] Kai Lohmann,[22] Harry Sharp,[30] Eric Hipwood

30

Eric Hipwood

Age

27

Ht

204cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

,[33] Zac Bailey

33

Zac Bailey

Age

25

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

,[34] Shadeau Brain.

Would like to see Harry start and Zac or Shadeau as the sub.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Key position players getting injured in finals has cost us several seasons recently. Was it McStay and Payne getting knocked out 2 weeks in a row, Payne last year, and I think there was another. Its part of the reason I push rotation and things so often during the year as we keep running out of senior players at the pointy end.

Dizzy was a late out for the 2020 Prelim. We also had dramas in 2022 with Oscar being concussed in the opening minutes of the Elimination Final and then Joe pulling out of the Semi Final. Both of the latter we overcame funnily enough.

I know Prior has been criticised a lot for not doing a lot after he came on last week, but honestly I wasnt sure we used him well. Again it looked like he was parked away and not put in a position to make any impact. We seem to be going back to not putting the sub in the action and using the fresh legs

Prior is fine as an undersized key back. It's expecting him to play as a running half back I have an issue with. Poor choice as sub given his relative lack of versatility.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Sharp in! Hooray! Well done coaching staff.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Lot of pessimism in here. We'll win by 7 goals and won't lose again until next June. Bookmark it.

Written with all the confidence of someone who knows the preview thread is locked before bounce down.

 

[notliondown]

I was a bit on my own here but I thought Smith showed a few smarts in the ruck and once he strengthens up a bit the signs are he could be a very good ruckman. Better than Oscar.

I also didn't mind his positioning and the role he played when not on the ball.

I didn't understand why people seemed to think it was anything todo with him that we got outplayed particularly in the last quarter.

Prior came on and did zilch.

100%. Oscar failed to adjust to the one simple change GWS made with positioning and lost virtually every contest thereafter.

Smith on the the other hand at least neutralised the ruck and to be honest I think he was the wrong sub in hindsight.

 

[Helicon1]

Love the ins, fantastic to see Harry Sharp get a crack.

5 on the bench > [1] Kai Lohmann,[22] Harry Sharp,[30] Eric Hipwood,[33] Zac Bailey,[34] Shadeau Brain.

Would like to see Harry start and Zac or Shadeau as the sub.

About to say the same. Harry isn’t great as sub. Needs the full game to find the speed of the game.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Time for Harry to step up. Make our day!

 

[Perrip]

Love the ins, fantastic to see Harry Sharp get a crack.

5 on the bench > [1] Kai Lohmann,[22] Harry Sharp,[30] Eric Hipwood,[33] Zac Bailey,[34] Shadeau Brain.

Would like to see Harry start and Zac or Shadeau as the sub.

Bailey will start. They named him on the I/C last week in the team announcement and then named him to start on-field in the final lineup.

 

[KissKiss]

I suspect Sharp will be sub as we have extra wings and tend to prefer a defender to rotate on the sub. But personally would love him to get a full game woth Brain as sub

 

[Section 5]

Hippy plays but if not Smith plays.

I think Brain will be the 7th defender. I don't see anyone else that plays that role other than Ah-Chee.
Lohmann plays
Bailey plays
That leaves Sharp the sub i recon. I don't see anyone named on the field that could be sub.

 

[Dalions]

Other than Payne and Reville to be back into the fold, it’s probably about the best 23 we can put up right now.

 

[Section 5]

Pretty good team if Hippy actually plays.
We really should account for the Pies even if Hippy is a late out.
Just need to see what sort of weather eventuates Saturday afternoon and during the game.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Hippy plays but if not Smith plays.

I think Brain will be the 7th defender. I don't see anyone else that plays that role other than Ah-Chee.
Lohmann plays
Bailey plays
That leaves Sharp the sub i recon. I don't see anyone named on the field that could be sub.

I liked Fletcher's game when he was the sub a few weeks ago.

 

[Gadzorks]

Last week was a glitch - the take a moment before the pressure hits. Opps, moment was too long.

We have shown we can hyperfocus and I expect that back in full this week when they return to their worst loss of the last 12 months. Professional, calm demolition. Lions by 22.

 

[davemc_lions]

Wonder if Sharp play a run with role with Diacos.. He has the pace to run with him all day.
Just have to watch Nick playing for frees all day.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Wonder if Sharp play a run with role with Diacos.. He has the pace to run with him all day.
Just have to watch Nick playing for frees all day.

I'd be running Berry for sure, bigger body and can be pesty. Daicos can't play up against those types.

 

[martinson]

I dunno where people see that Sharp could go with Daicos.

One is a generational champ and the other struggles to get a game in a side that is crying out for someone pacey if they had some of the other attributes to play AFL.

Beats me.

 

[Section 5]

I liked Fletcher's game when he was the sub a few weeks ago.

Fletcher has only copped the sub role once this year v Demons R16.
That tells me he is one of the preferred wingers in Fagans's mind.
However, Fletcher has been a bit up and down in his 2nd year.
Fagan may want to freshen him up a bit going into finals, so i suppose being sub is a chance for him.
He was one of the players that could have performed much better last week

 

[Perrip]

Fletcher has only copped the sub role once this year v Demons R16.
That tells me he is one of the preferred wingers in Fagans's mind.

Yep. The only real competition he has is Reville [who started ahead of Fletcher against the Dees]. Fagan must prefer having Bruce as sub + depth over starting squad member like Fletcher is.

 

[briztoon]

I dunno where people see that Sharp could go with Daicos.

One is a generational champ and the other struggles to get a game in a side that is crying out for someone pacey if they had some of the other attributes to play AFL.

Beats me.

Seriously?

A run with role is a negating role. Sharp is by far and away the best runner in the whole competition. And it's actually not even close.

Daicos is bloody smart, but he is not actually fast. Sharp can stay with Daicos the whole game. He just has to maintain concentration and not lose Daicos in traffic.

 

[Nunez]

I really hope Harry gets a full game. Such a waste of his strengths as a sub.

 

[Nathan Barley]

I really hope Harry gets a full game. Such a waste of his strengths as a sub.

Not this again