Preview R9: Changes v Gold Coast

[mattymac]

Worst thing is we will be stuck with VB against the quickest midfield in the land next week


No SANFL game for the Crouch boys to find touch before GWS

Thommo
Van Berlo
Douglas
Lyons
Sloane

It's 2013 again. Nobes and Campo must be having a celebratory reach around

Poor Sloaney

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Brad Crouch is going to be rusty! He's had a long stint out with the injury! Show some faith in him and watch him grow some confidence. But nah we have to bring a plodder in VB

 

[Crowstar]

Worst thing is we will be stuck with VB against the quickest midfield in the land next week


No SANFL game for the Crouch boys to find touch before GWS

Thommo
Van Berlo
Douglas
Lyons
Sloane

It's 2013 again. Nobes and Campo must be having a celebratory reach around

Poor Sloaney

Don't we play central a this week?

 

[Cap]

Good to see the tough calls on senior players are being made.

Pyke take a call from Craigy today?

 

[baldandbroke]

I'd like to think that Pyke missed the meeting, but he did say that you back in blokes who gave done good things for the club over a long period of time. I thought he was talking about Dougie and not effing VB.

This is truly shit and what's worse is that we pick up an easy win, so even if these guys continue to not perform they won't be getting dropped or rested for the GWS game. I hope both Crouch's walk at year's end, it's what the coaching group deserve.

Edit - unless there's been a discipline issue during the week.

I'm really not sure why we would ever bring in VB unless it was the very last option we had left in the cupboard? I mean we play GWS next. G - W - S !!

The speed that is needed to even keep close to those guys is frightening - they made Geelong look slow and dis-organised.

Why would we be bringing in another slow player in preparation for that?

 

[Scorpus]

Shaw still not back in the SANFL team, but Kelly and Otten will return

 

[Paladin]

Must be moving Smith to the middle.

At least reward CEY. This is awful. No doubt will demolish GC and pats on back all round.

Douglas? **** me.

 

[footy4ever]

trololololololololololol

 

[SloaneysDanger]

How average does our midfield look? Makes me want to throw up.

 

[spenze]

Oh well, it could have been worse.

Wait, no it actually couldn't, VB, Hendo and Cheney in the one side that is as bad as it gets

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

This club doesn't ****ing change no matter who's in charge. I'm ****ing over it. Watch us pummel the Suns, go in against the Giants unchanged with a bunch of plodders and get annihilated. I'm not even joking when I say that our biggest home loss will be under threat next week. CEY not even in the emergencies.

 

[billy fragos]

Our midfield looks deplorable.

 

[1970crow]

If that is true it's worse than any selections we got from Sando, that's truly horrible and not something I could have ever expected. What the ****

When BACCS is throwing the toys out the cot, we have a problem people.

 

[Scorpus]

Our midfield looks deplorable.

It's astonishing to think they would actually make the midfield worse after last week

 

[1990crow]

Must be moving Smith to the middle.

At least reward CEY. This is awful. No doubt will demolish GC and pats on back all round.

Douglas? **** me.

New 3 year contract for vb after this game. Well done! Theyre making it very hard to be a fan right now. Hawks would never behave like this.

 

[mattymac]

Don't we play central a this week?

Ah thank God. My bad

 

[Cap]

So matt injured.

Happy with Lyons in.

Otherwise, well I've written Pyke off as a coach.

 

[Anzacpaul]

How average does our midfield look? Makes me want to throw up.

Sloane should ask for a trade, too good for this midfield.

 

[xchadders]

Awful.

 

[George 13]

I can understand the thinking on Brouch (not what I would have done), And also understand Mrouch he is still only young and looked to be needing a rest.

I can also understand Lyons getting another well deserved AFL game, But VB???????????? That is so wrong, I was nearly sure he would not get another look unless we got massive injuries, But no he has done it again.

 

[FR0GGY]

Boo

 

[BACCS]

CEY must be doing something wrong in their eyes to not even be included in the emergencies. The outs aren't super mind boggling, although personally would have played Brad, but VB in just defies any sort of logic. Douglas still in makes little sense either.

 

[billy fragos]

How long is M.Crouch out for

 

[TrainRoo32]

wtf just happened

 

[Archie87]

Absolute bullshit from Pyke. He's panicked after a couple of losses and brought in an experienced plodder who offers nothing.

Douglas has been hopeless, arguably worse than the Crouch brothers given he's an experienced mid, yet keeps his spot.

Thommo can't chase/spread hard and is exposed the other way defensively far too easily which has been exactly our problem lately.

No doubt B.Crouch was brought in too early but they did so they had to back him in for longer.

I can't understand why we would replace two mids with a slow half-back with shocking disposal/decision-making and zero agility/awareness. He won't help our hardness at the contest in the midfield and he won't help us chase/tackle in the midfield either.

Terrible selection.