Preview Changes: R2 vs Geelong

[MsTopG]

The umpires were fine. We were s**t/suns were better

From the small amount i watched they missed plenty of frees to us.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Laird has got to go, but he won't.

 

[Danger in Texas]

You have to keep one of Burgess or Borlase in. To me, there’s greater upside putting Keane in the team

Out: Borlase, Murphy (sub), Gollant
In: Soligo, Tex, Keane

Smith on incredibly thin ice

 

[Crow till I die]

If my Facebook feed is anything to go by, the most important changes you guys could hope for would be a change of umpires. Were they really that bad?

T'will be a good game. First time since 2018 watching the Cats vs. Crows at AO. I don't expect a win, but I'm expecting an amazing atmosphere.

They didn't help but GC would say they copped some bad ones too. Its the variance in interpretation from one umpire to the other that kills you..

 

[George Kramer]

We can bag Fog, Gollant and Burgess but their talls did * all too and Borlase was a key defender. Can’t drop him after that.

 

[cleanhands]

Yep forgot about Nank, we need to start investing games into him, he’s shown he can play at the level.

Who would we have preferred deep in defence that last qtr, Murphy or Nank?

Happy to make Smith sub as penance for his stupidity.

Nank was dismissed to early last season bring him in early

 

[Trigger13]

OUT: JONES. Forever.

 

[MsTopG]

Out Murphy, Burgess
In Soligo Tex

Gollant and Borlase second ruck.

Burgess is garbage

I knew he was garbage when i had no clue who he was during the trade period. If he was any good he would have been in their first team.

 

[Scorpus]

You have to keep one of Burgess or Borlase in. To me, there’s greater upside putting Keane in the team

Out: Borlase, Murphy (sub), Gollant
In: Soligo, Tex, Keane

Smith on incredibly thin ice

Smith has played terribly lazy unaccountable football for years now

He's run out of ice, he's in the water and sinking

 

[Shaunbkk]

Rankine > Soligo > Rachelle > Crouch > Worrell > a bunch of others >> Laird > easy to tackle Scholl > Murphy & Smith > Nicks > large piles of smelly poop

 

[1990crow]

We can bag Fog, Gollant and Burgess but their talks did * all too and Borlase was a key defender. Can’t drop him after that.

You can. Keane is better.

 

[1990crow]

Smith has played terribly lazy unaccountable football for years now

He's run out of ice, he's in the water and sinking

Yep. Stuff the thin ice. He's submerged.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Smith has played terribly lazy unaccountable football for years now

He's run out of ice, he's in the water and sinking

One more bad game and I’d drop him, especially if Nank backs it up next week

 

[George Kramer]

You can. Keane is better.

Did Borlase play a bad game and was he beaten?

 

[1990crow]

Did Borlase play a bad game and was he beaten?

He was bad early. Keane is the better player.
He could have been not bad early and I'd still prefer Keane.

 

[radzyb]

From the small amount i watched they missed plenty of frees to us.

It's the easiest thing to fix, the umpires. if we all chip in $5 a week we can bribe our way to the flag. Or we could play better

 

[ABAB]

Fumbled a lot early but cleaned that up as the game went on, ironically after it started raining???????

Ironically it took the team that didn't play rd0 against a team that did to get used to the speed of the game until the 2nd half.

 

[Houston]

Yep. Stuff the thin ice. He's submerged.

I have it on good authority that he was the last person to see those billionaires on the submarine.

 

[Danger in Texas]

He was bad early. Keane is the better player.

‘Bad early’ is putting it nicely, he was genuinely detrimental

Need the defensive/offensive balance that Keane would provide in a pairing with Butts

 

[MsTopG]

Yep. Stuff the thin ice. He's submerged.

Smith has been very poor since his last major concussion. Should have retired end of last year.

 

[ABAB]

Did Borlase play a bad game and was he beaten?

It wasn't the condition for tall forwards so it favoured his slowness, Witts beat him to the ball at one stage.

 

[Afcprophet]

Sholl, Berry, Borlase, Murphy, Smith, Burgess, Gollant ---- none of these are up to standard. Not sure we have anyone in the 2nds any better

 

[Magma]

well one of gollant or burgess goes out if tex gets up. probably gollant. zero goals between gollant, burgess, fogarty, king, lukosius and casboult shows it was hard. i think borlase was alright but ******* hell he's slow and i just think keane is a better player. dont really want sholl or smith in the side but i doubt nicks will drop them, especially smith.

out: gollant, borlase
in: tex, keane

 

[MsTopG]

Did Borlase play a bad game and was he beaten?

He isnt afl standard. If he was he would be at powaa.

 

[1990crow]

It wasn't the condition for tall forwards so it favoured his slowness, Witts beat him to the ball at one stage.

I just want to see our most talented players playing. That gives us our best chances of success in the near term and long term.

That means no Murphy, Borlase, Gollant or Sholl.