Game Day Round 7 vs. Essendon, MCG, 3:20pm ANZAC Day 25/04

[IlovethePies]

HH to play and do a Mark McGough in the rain.

HH to play and do a Mark McGough in the rain.

...only Mark McGough was on the bench and only came on at the end of the first quarter!! So maybe HH does start as sub!.

 

[JuniorB]

Conditions may have played a part. And thinking a running type will be more useful sub.

Reef gets a full game on Saturday. But geez a tad stiff as he hasn’t done anything wrong


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When they only played Reef for a part of the last quarter, I thought they were holding him over for Anzac Day.
Seems a bit strange to me.
They could have rested Pendles for longer, but I suppose they wanted to make sure he could hit the 10K tomorrow.
He'd better not get injured in the first few minutes!
Good luck to HH anyway - I hope he kills it!

 

[Doc1763]

I've primed myself by watching highlights of the last quarter of last year's game. I might not be able to sleep!

God, that was good.

 

[nahnah]

I've primed myself by watching highlights of the last quarter of last year's game. I might not be able to sleep!

God, that was good.

just one of the many, many good last quarters we've had the last few years

 

[Doc1763]

When they only played Reef for a part of the last quarter, I thought they were holding him over for Anzac Day.
Seems a bit strange to me.
They could have rested Pendles for longer, but I suppose they wanted to make sure he could hit the 10K tomorrow.
He'd better not get injured in the first few minutes!
Good luck to HH anyway - I hope he kills it!

Maybe they think Reef might be a bit under done after only playing about 10 minutes last week after a bye the week before. I cant think of any other reason.

 

[Jen2310]

My only concern is that reef. Sullivan and Markov would go 4 days between training and that vfl game.
Maybe they will train with the vfl captains run?

The others - Richards. Fin. Harry. Ryan. Allan. TJ. Bytel. Begg. Johnson. Dean. Carmichael all trained with the vfl tonight


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[unplugged]

Obviously we liked the look of our forward line with last week's starting 22 and HH is a better fit for sub than McInnes due to his versatility.

That's assuming Harvey is the sub if course.

 

[manicpie]

Maybe they think Reef might be a bit under done after only playing about 10 minutes last week after a bye the week before. I cant think of any other reason.

We're obviously going with WHE forward again and I like the inclusion of an extra runner as sub. Those idiots have gone ultra tall , we'll just run around the campaigners

 

[unplugged]

My only concern is that reef. Sullivan and Markov would go 4 days between training and that vfl game.
Maybe they will train with the vfl captains run?

The others - Richards. Fin. Harry. Ryan. Allan. TJ. Bytel. Begg. Johnson. Dean. Carmichael all trained with the vfl tonight


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I'm confused. Markov played VFL on Sunday but the other two didn't...? Or am I misunderstanding what you're trying to say?

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Surprised most of this board aren't up in arms about Finlay not getting a fair go and declaring him as our saviour.

Two weeks is a long time in Football indeed.

Fin played on Sunday. No one thought he'd be picked this week. It was always going to be either Harvey or Sullivan if there was any change this week.

 

[CPH12]

Disappointed to see McInnes go out, but reality is we are unnaturally healthy right now with only McStay missing from best 22.
This won't remain the case so they are clearly trying to build squad depth with mcrae, McInnes, Harrison, Markov ready to go when necessary. Would prefer they'd been given a proper crack, rather than partial games, but they will get their opportunity as the season progresses.

 

[Jen2310]

I'm confused. Markov played VFL on Sunday but the other two didn't...? Or am I misunderstanding what you're trying to say?

Just that it seems to be a long gap between Tues and Saturday


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[CheckerTrade666]

I've primed myself by watching highlights of the last quarter of last year's game. I might not be able to sleep!

God, that was good.

Probably my favourite last quarter. Just absolute domination. Even Will Kelly was tearing it apart on the wing

 

[swoop42]

Anything to be read into Sullivan as emergency over Macrae?

The writing was already on the wall once we decided to rotate both him and Harrison out of our VFL team last week.

I have nothing personally against Fin and was buoyed by the positive reports across the preseason.

He did however shock me by how far off the pace he looked when starting against the Lions.

I (and I'm sure plenty of others) expected him to be omitted on the back of it, he was and for mine he fell down a few spots in the pecking order.

The hard work starts again for him.

 

[manicpie]

The Bumbers would want to kick a goal with every forward entry with that giant forward line, otherwise we are just going to go end to end all game

 

[gouki88]

The Bumbers would want to kick a goal with every forward entry with that giant forward line, otherwise we are just going to go end to end all game

Reckon JFN will have a feast rebounding the footy

 

[Scodog10]

We're obviously going with WHE forward again and I like the inclusion of an extra runner as sub. Those idiots have gone ultra tall , we'll just run around the campaigners

You had the like until the last sentence. There’s a lot of confidence in our ability to beat them at ground level which is where they’ve been so strong the past fortnight. If our pressure is off and we don’t play with dare it’ll be a bloody tough one to win.

 

[cfc19902010]

Excellent job by matc

Reef has been perfectly fine and growing in to the role he’s been given. You’re making changes just for the sake of it. The only way HH or Sullivan come in is if one of our older players don’t get up for the 5 day break.

Harrison for reef !!!
Well done match committee

 

[whiskeytown]

hmm I view it differently to a lot it seems. To me the 5mins of gametime was probably an indication he was on the way out of the team, a joe the goose goal gifted by Bobby wasn't gonna change that. WHE took his place in the forward line I think

They’ve come to the conclusion that they can have WHE up front… playing that 3rd forward role. And still have his ability to play somewhere else on the field if he stinks it up… whereas reef is less versatile

So until WHE consistently stinks it up and is moved elsewhere on the field… then reef is likely to be on the outer as a forward

1. Some weeks in the VFL won’t hurt reef. He’ll have learned from his time in the seniors, gained some self belief and be hungry for a recall

2. WHE best work in the Buckley years was in 2018 as a marking forward. He needs quick ball movement to succeed in this role and as long as they can do that then WHE will do okay like he did last week

 

[cfc19902010]

Dropping Reef of of 10 minutes AFL game time for Harrison of of 0 minutes VFL game time is one of the stranger selection suggestions I’ve seen in a long time.

Hows the strangest selection decision going for reef for Harrison ???
Lol

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Hows the strangest selection decision going for reef for Harrison ???
Lol

I think Harvey makes sense if we're after pace & he'd be more suitable on a rainy day.

Reef probably needs a full game in the VFL more than being sub again.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Unlucky for Reef but he couldn't be sub again. Had to come into the 22 or drop back to VFL because you can’t build a resume with seven minutes per game.

Have to assume Harrison will be sub otherwise Reef has been seriously ripped off.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Hows the strangest selection decision going for reef for Harrison ???
Lol

Not strange at all.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Did you challenge Apex on that at the time or just sat back and waited for this?

Option C. I remembered his post and giggled that it played out.

 

[MoreMoore]

Probably get laughed down but thinking if at times we need a shut down player/tagger, could someone like Shoota be that player?

Has the tank, defensive and can slide forward to score.

Has to be Beau