Preview Round 8 - Richmond vs Fremantle (MCG, 1.10pm, Sun 14 May)

[Concatenate]

Sandi will dominate whoever we put in but we know at least that nank will compete after the hitout and offer more round the ground . Let Ivan jr go back to vfl and work on his game

Elton is better / more experienced as the tall forward . We cannot carry all 3 e

 

[Cevap_Roll]

Could Soldo play as a key forward? And have nank in the side?

Not sure but theres only one way to find out.

 

[Cevap_Roll]

Big smile on Dusty

Ralph just told him Saints have upped their offer to 1.5mill over 7 years

 

[Cevap_Roll]

Looking forward to this game. It's Richmond's game to lose but the MCG holds no fear for Freo. Mundy and that famous win over the Tigers in 2015 is still a favourite. Hopefully Houli still likes to bomb it.

Racist

 

[docko911]

Ralph just told him Saints have upped their offer to 1.5mill over 7 years

I guess they've realised they don't need any salary cap to the side for McCartin because he is shit!

 

[Helen Wheels]

For every event at the MCG, the MCC library volunteers create a fact sheet with historical facts and articles specific to the teams playing that day.
These are normally available for pickup at the MCC library.

I've just noticed they're now made available as a PDF!
Link at the bottom of this page: http://www.mcc.org.au/whats-on/calendar-of-events/events/2017/may/richmond-v-fremantle-may-14

Thanks for this. Good read.

 

[turtle27]

Don't agree. We'll have a state of the art facility next year, and the tourism dollars that would come from that would be greatly needed by the West.
We've put a lot of money in to the AFL coffers, and i think a GF in Perth or Radelaide is way overdue.

Neither ground hold enough people though. Can't be playing the GF at a 60k or 50k seat stadium.

 

[HTT]

Don't agree. We'll have a state of the art facility next year, and the tourism dollars that would come from that would be greatly needed by the West.
We've put a lot of money in to the AFL coffers, and i think a GF in Perth or Radelaide is way overdue.

Perth will never happen until its logistically possible to get 40,000 people over there in a week. Neither will happen until they've got an 80k plus stadium, and given both have now got brand new 50k stadiums, it's not gonna happen for a long, long time.

 

[Helen Wheels]

Perth will never happen until its logistically possible to get 40,000 people over there in a week. Neither will happen until they've got an 80k plus stadium, and given both have now got brand new 50k stadiums, it's not gonna happen for a long, long time.

Would also be interested to know travel times and fares, accommodation costs and availability, how long the visitors would need to stay etc.
What a bloody nightmare.

 

[TigermanM2]

Don't agree. We'll have a state of the art facility next year, and the tourism dollars that would come from that would be greatly needed by the West.
We've put a lot of money in to the AFL coffers, and i think a GF in Perth or Radelaide is way overdue.

Will it have 100,000 seats?

No? How about 50,000?

 

[CHBenchwarmer]

Not sure but theres only one way to find out.

I think it is a risk we can take against freo - would be handy id say

 

[Nostradumbass]

Ralph just told him Saints have upped their offer to 1.5mill over 7 years

Load of shit.

 

[Lsta062]

I think it is a risk we can take against freo - would be handy id say

I like this idea.

There was a glimpse of what he can do in the first quarter against the Bulldogs. Nearly took a pack mark in our forward 50, something we haven't been seeing very often in our games. We could use him as a tall target inside 50, and if he shows that he can out-mark some opposition KPDs (considering he is like 204 cm), then we have a solution at hand for our current tall woes in the forward line. At the very least if he doesn't mark he can bring the ball to the ground for our small forwards to mop up. I don't know if he is agile enough to be a forward though, but I guess we find out through trying.

I just don't think we can continue with this overly small forward line. We simply need to find a couple of talls, so I am not against trying Soldo in there while Nankervis rucks.

 

[Grrr]

Fighting Sandilands on his own turf, hitouts, by playing Soldo I don't think it the way to go. Ivan couldn't touch, budge or get close to a hitout against Sandilands, so asking Soldo is not realistic. Likewise Nankervis won't win many hitouts but has the potential at ground level to throw his weight around against a big bodies midfield, but also to work old Sandi over my playing mobile and pushing wide and forward.

 

[Goldust]

I think it is a risk we can take against freo - would be handy id say

We are 5-2, why take risks and flirt with form?
We took risks against Adeliade ... no second tall forward, bringing back Morris for (heck knows what), it was an abject failure.

 

[mopsy]

Soldo played because we had no one else to ruck last week. THat is the only reason

Thats not true we had Maric who even at this stage of his career (some will say cooked) is a better option than Soldo.

We clearly gave Soldo a game for the experience with an eye on the longer term.We picked our target well, against a team who only had a bloke who is more kpp than ruck in Boyd.

What i complain about is the refusal to do a similar thing with say Moore or Chol we are screaming out for a third tall option up fwd.

 

[Tygrys]

Racist

Why was that 'Racist'?

 

[CHBenchwarmer]

We are 5-2, why take risks and flirt with form?
We took risks against Adeliade ... no second tall forward, bringing back Morris for (heck knows what), it was an abject failure.

tell me how are we going to beat freo?

 

[docko911]

I'd bring in Lloyd and Lennon this week.

They are both better footballers than Butler and Castagna. Butler can stay in the team because he is in better form than Castagna but needs to get involved a little bit more.

Elton/Soldo I don't really care but we need one.

If Edwards is fit I'd drop C.Ellis, just didn't do enough in a close game and we can't be playing the development card when we are % out of top 4.

Team for this week should line-up like this

B: Grimes, Astbury, Short
HB: Markov, Rance, Houli
C: McIntosh, Cotchin, B.Ellis
HF: Lennon, Elton/Soldo, Butler
F: Lloyd, Riewoldt, Rioli
R: Nankervis, Martin, Grigg
Int: Caddy, S.Edwards/C.Ellis, Lambert, Miles

 

[rammbo]

why do so many want Lennon in the side for such an IMportant match the guy hasn't even played 1 decent afl game as yet and is painfully slow as well

 

[DontArgue4]

guys calling for lloyd AND lennon to come in are way off imo

our gameplan is based on forward pressure and both of these guys struggle with this aspect big time

only 1 can come in imo

 

[guruisatiger]

K

K.cool

 

[prodigy]

Thats not true we had Maric who even at this stage of his career (some will say cooked) is a better option than Soldo.

We clearly gave Soldo a game for the experience with an eye on the longer term.We picked our target well, against a team who only had a bloke who is more kpp than ruck in Boyd.

What i complain about is the refusal to do a similar thing with say Moore or Chol we are screaming out for a third tall option up fwd.

Maric couldn't play due to back issues. Didn't play VFL either.


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[guruisatiger]

tell me how are we going to beat freo?

By being in front on the scoreboard
When the final siren sounds

 

[CHBenchwarmer]

By being in front on the scoreboard
When the final siren sounds

and how do you plan on being in front without of any play involved?