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So…
On the AFL website article “who’s pushing for R9 selection”..
There is no mention of that hack murphy pushing for selection.. shoey, dowling, berry and gollant..
Be interesting to see if Nicks and co can refrain from selecting murphy..
I always get the impression that the AFL writes these “who’s pushing” articles after consulting the clubs for a couple of hints.. could be wrong tho..
On the AFL website article “who’s pushing for R9 selection”..
There is no mention of that hack murphy pushing for selection.. shoey, dowling, berry and gollant..
Be interesting to see if Nicks and co can refrain from selecting murphy..
I always get the impression that the AFL writes these “who’s pushing” articles after consulting the clubs for a couple of hints.. could be wrong tho..
With Starcevich and Answerth both missing, they really lack any decent matchups for Rankine or Rachele. Definitely a week where one of those two could really get off the chain (20+ disposals and 5+ goals).
So true. This could get ugly if we are ‘on’.
It's quite remarkable how many best 22 players the Lions are missing now, especially those X factor types (Bailey, McCarthy), those that give them drive off half back (Coleman), medium/small lockdown defenders (Starcevich, Answerth), midfield depth (Ashcroft) and KPP depth (Gardiner). It's hurting them across every line.
A good chance for at least two of Worrell/Curtin/MM/Hinge to really free up again this week and provide us with a lot of drive out of D50.
God Jnr played his 17th game in R5 of his 2nd season. Cook has taken well into his 4th season. At R8 of his 4th season, God Jnr had played 63 AFL games. Ablett averaged 8.3 disposals per game in his first season, which jumped up to 14.9 in his second. Cook's 2024 season average (8.4 disposals per game) is the lowest of his career to date. One of these is not like the other...
I get the point, that players generally start their career slowly, and that people shouldn't write them off if they don't explode onto the scene in a blaze of glory.
... However, Cook's trajectory has been very slow, and there are few (if any) indications that things are likely to ramp up in the foreseeable future. If anything, his figures are trending downward.
Ablett made the jump from being a promising youngster to superstar in 2007, his 6th season. I guess that means there's still hope for Cook...
We will pick Smith, he will have 25 and be 'undroppable' for the rest of the season, no matter his form.
INJURY/RETIRED LIST
Thilthorpe
Sloane
Pedlar
Murray
Milera
IN Dowling Schoenberg
OUT McHenry Smith
SANFL V NORWOOD FRIDAY NIGHT
F McHenry Burgess Gallagher
HF Boyle Gollant Murphy
C Smith Edwards O'Leary
HB Hamill Madgen Ryan
B Bond Borlase Parnell
R Strachan Berry Taylor
I Smithsom Murray Welsh Tahana
AFL V BRISBANE SUNDAY ARVO
F Rachele Fogarty Himmelberg
HF Keays Walker Rankine
C Sholl Crouch Dowling
HB Hinge Keane Michalanney
B Worrell Butts Curtin
R O'Brien Dawson Soligo
I Jones Schoenberg Nankervis Laird
S Cook
Thilthorpe
Sloane
Pedlar
Murray
Milera
IN Dowling Schoenberg
OUT McHenry Smith
SANFL V NORWOOD FRIDAY NIGHT
F McHenry Burgess Gallagher
HF Boyle Gollant Murphy
C Smith Edwards O'Leary
HB Hamill Madgen Ryan
B Bond Borlase Parnell
R Strachan Berry Taylor
I Smithsom Murray Welsh Tahana
AFL V BRISBANE SUNDAY ARVO
F Rachele Fogarty Himmelberg
HF Keays Walker Rankine
C Sholl Crouch Dowling
HB Hinge Keane Michalanney
B Worrell Butts Curtin
R O'Brien Dawson Soligo
I Jones Schoenberg Nankervis Laird
S Cook
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Because some of us are hard at reading
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With news of a Brodie Smith contract trigger it's essential he is dropped and plays the rest of the year in the SANFL
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Why are we putting triggers on 30+ players re : games played? Just illogical..
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Should set the trigger at 30 games
Mate, if we get Dowling and Schoenberg in, and McHenry and Smith out, I'll be hard at reading that too.
Can’t hear you
All the blood rushed away from your ears?
Ok Ok. I get the hint. I will fix for you.
Well, it makes sense to.
"If you keep playing good, we'll talk about another year". Nothing wrong with that.
It's the gaming of the system though. If Smith puts forward "I played all but one game, so we're all sweet, right?" and that's accepted, then we're talking garbage.
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No, I just don’t believe in putting arbitrary triggers like so many games. A player of his age could start the season ok and then fall off a cliff as the season progresses but the trigger may have already occurred.
Don’t have triggers for any player 30 years+, discuss at the end of the season unless they are having a smashing season, like Tex did last year as he earnt it.
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A trigger for a bloke that is finished. This makes me want to vomit.
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Unfortunately Smith has been playing like rancid rat s**t and we just keep picking him.
Crows/Nicks: Ok then let's bring Murphy in ?????????????
Just like Ross the Boss did to Brad Crouch - he's 1 game off a trigger, got dropped, then injured in the VFL. Will need to make his way back through the VFL, should be about 4-5 weeks until they need to decided if they get him back for a game/ another season or not.
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Was it Hartigan or Henderson who was dropped for the same reason?
