Game Day Round 11 vs. Fremantle, OS, 8:10pm Friday 24/05

[Doc1763]

Is it good for players recovering from hamstring injuries to be spending 4 hours in pressurised tube?
DVT after all.

we'll send him over by train

 

[IlovethePies]

My testicles are on the line.

 

[IlovethePies]

I think Allan is a certainty to replace Reef - Kreuger is still finding form and match fitness..

So then this goes back to the initial point raised: why was Kreuger then withdrawn from the VFL team as an emergency if he is deemed to still need to find form and match fitness?
I think there is no rational reason why Kreuger should not be selected to play a forward role in place of Reef.

 

[BuildEmUp]

Why would an inside mid / wingman in Allan replace a 3rd forward i McInnes?

Resting forward pocket?

 

[BuildEmUp]

So then this goes back to the initial point raised: why was Kreuger then withdrawn from the VFL team as an emergency if he is deemed to still need to find form and match fitness?
I think there is no rational reason why Kreuger should not be selected to play a forward role in place of Reef.

it is a possibility, but they have been using Allan as emergency for a couple of weeks now, so they may pick him, especially against his Dads club in front of family, we shall see...

 

[Kirby]

Is it good for players recovering from hamstring injuries to be spending 4 hours in pressurised tube?
DVT after all.

What does DVT have to do with a hamstring strain?

 

[The Royal Sampler]

What does DVT have to do with a hamstring strain?

Probably nothing, but a bleeding muscle strain isn’t going to be helped by hypobaric environment… if in fact that’s actually what we’re talking about?

 

[Kes1984]

You are confusing being tall with playing tall. Take Hawk premiership player Grant Birchall, 194 cm tall as well. Played as a running half back flank. So why are Birchall and McInnes not considered talls where Checkers is? It’s how they play. Birchall and McInnes aren’t strong overhead, they don’t take contested marks or pack marks. Their strengths lie elsewhere. Reef is a good leading forward, leads fast, at the ball carrier, knows when to lead. Reef has xlnt recovery, is a very good snap. But taking big strong pack marks like Travis Cloke or Checkers just isn’t his thing…

Hopefully this is something he can still develop.
He took a strong mark when concussed yesterday.

Bit of extra muscle and some increased fitness, he can be a really decent target. I see potential.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Not a chance Johnson gets picked, Kreuger maybe but unlikely, Allan will be the one

I didn’t mention aj

 

[sideswipe]

Probably nothing, but a bleeding muscle strain isn’t going to be helped by hypobaric environment… if in fact that’s actually what we’re talking about?

The clown was talking about a plane.


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[Dead Eye Didak]

Apparently DeGoey will miss with concussion

You just get concussion for anything now

Only if he suffers from delayed concussion symptoms. I don't think he's been ruled out as yet.

 

[Doc1763]

Only if he suffers from delayed concussion symptoms. I don't think he's been ruled out as yet.

I thought he'd now been cleared

 

[jmac70]

I thought he'd now been cleared

He has.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

The clown was talking about a plane.


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Yes that’s what I meant by a hypobaric environment. Wasn’t sure who was meant to be flying with a hamstring strain, however.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I thought he'd now been cleared

Cleared of symptoms he didn’t have, for a condition he wasn’t suffering from. What a time to be alive.

 

[sideswipe]

Yes that’s what I meant by a hypobaric environment. Wasn’t sure who was meant to be flying with a hamstring strain, however.

Brody. What’s the pressure diff between a domestic plane and ground level?


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[BuildEmUp]

I didn’t mention aj

I did

 

[BuildEmUp]

The knowns: Reef and WHE out, and McCreery and ? In. On Saturday already Felt we were short. Apparently, Freemantle have a tall forward line. WHE and Reef were both playing tall, so we need to be looking at adding two talls - probably one as sub. I don’t think that McReery can play either of Reef or WHE tallish forward role - but happy to be corrected. Based on this hyothesis, then two of Mihocek (of course will be picked if fit), Krueger (probably my choice, as sub if Mihocec plays), Dean (so one of the backs can go forward - not my choice, as the backs starting to get some chemistry) and Johnson (unless he has had a mind shift I don’t think this helps either him or us).

The next question is who to leave out. All the rookies/young ones/not so young ones (the new 5 including reef)- I thought were okay. That is Harvey (my first choice), Richards (close second), Sullivan and McCrae (can’t split). Sullivan was in the middle and while looked pretty clean as a mid (is this the role he played, anyway thought it was?) I thought needs to get more of the pill - however, maybe not that simple. Simply, thought Macrae was okay thougt some on here seem to disagree - just needs a bit more strength in the contest - but did some nice handballs and assists.

My ins and outs:
In: Mihocek, Krueger, McCreery
Out: Reef, WHE and Sullivan - Macrae (sub)

Must be close ...

 

[Daicos Torpedo]

I watched the wet toast game in Tokyo, the 2nd half of Snowtown barrel mob in Budapest from 7.30am. next week I'll be on a train from Vienna to Prague. Hopefully they have free wi fi...
My oldest daughter BF gifted me free VPN!
Pies on the road in Europe..

 

[Granit1962]

Must be close ... View attachment 1993875

Looks a bit more built than what I recall.

While I like the inclusion of Allan, I think he would need to replace a mid (not a tall). So while it would be exciting to see how he goes, I would like to give the current mob a few more games to see what they can do.

Would love to be proven wrong, he goes, plays and is a stand out - however, I don't think he will at this stage be any better than the New 4 or 5. So for me it is a no, but wt.. do I know

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Brody. What’s the pressure diff between a domestic plane and ground level?


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”The cabin pressure on the Airbus A319, A350, and A380 is typically maintained at a level equivalent to that experienced at around 6,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level.”

Calculators seem to say air pressure is therefore maintained about 25% lower than at sea level depending on temperature.

 

[JuniorB]

It looks like Ed will debut next week.

 

[sam_e]

Cleared of symptoms he didn’t have, for a condition he wasn’t suffering from. What a time to be alive.

reckon groin soreness might see him miss this week

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I did

That’s nice dear

 

[jmac70]

reckon groin soreness might see him this week

You keep pushing this barrow.