Round 21 Changes vs Sydney

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We have to be resting Lycett.
 

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Yeah I got a feeling the club is aiming for finals and are resting Lycett.

Perhaps Ryder won't feature if we do make it, and is just filling in temp.
 

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I know it's not kosher but I actually hope Sutcliffe does a light hammy and has to come out.

We're gifting games to a bloke that is not in our future.

They were never going to drop him but its still disappointing.
 
I like it.

Ollie can't play in the same team as SPP so stays out until either performance warrants. No gold passes.

Sutcliffe can't be dropped after last week.

Howard/Lycett stay out to keep the balance of the team in the wake of good performance from our defence and Ladhams.
 
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Yeah I got a feeling the club is aiming for finals and are resting Lycett.

Perhaps Ryder won't feature if we do make it, and is just filling in temp.
It could be as simple as Ryder is better at taking advantage of lesser ruckmen because of his taps to advantage whilst Lycett is better at nullifying quality ruckmen.

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Yeah I got a feeling the club is aiming for finals and are resting Lycett.

Perhaps Ryder won't feature if we do make it, and is just filling in temp.

No. I believe the midfield have demanded Paddy rucks. The mids want Paddys tap work.
Pure and simple. Paddy is currently our best tap ruckman and that outweighs the plus points for Slyce at present.
 

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No. I believe the midfield have demanded Paddy rucks. The mids want Paddys tap work.
Pure and simple. Paddy is currently our best tap ruckman and that outweighs the plus points for Slyce at present.

I have a hard time believing this sorry.

It'd be woeful stuff if the coaches give in to players demands such as this.
 

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If you're looking for positives, Essendon have 5 out with injuries 😀

Ports!
 
Hinkley going in unchanged after a big win, utensil blocking our Thursday night melts. Sack him.

I don't think Hinkley has ever made an unforced change after a big win and its this exact kind of comfort that has stopped us from registering regular consecutive wins
 

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Broke his thumb and still is carrying shoulder problems.
thumbs/fingers are not really injuries you normally go back through the two’s with. And it was only 3 weeks. And the shoulder was in January, and he has played several games since then.

Seems really odd, and almost as if the guy that has polled 33 Brownlow votes the last 2 seasons has fallen so far he can’t make the team.



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A little surprised Wines isn’t an automatic in like tex is for the clowns, but I think the former does need to get form & confidence back. If it were a dry day then going in unchanged is pretty good, but with the slippery weather it’ll be tricky.
 

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I don't think Hinkley has ever made an unforced change after a big win and its this exact kind of comfort that has stopped us from registering regular consecutive wins
Obviously no matter what he did you would be negative about it.
 

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Howard and Wines are in our best 22, but i'm ok with them playing sanfl.
I also wanna see another good week of Farrell on the wing and Motlop of playing forward pocket
 

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Was wines form really that bad though? It’s been well below par but still worthy of selection. Sutcliffe is still in the side. Butters hasn’t been setting the world on fire. It’s like when people on this board wanted to drop Robbie gray at the start of the year, because he was off his best.


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It could be as simple as Ryder is better at taking advantage of lesser ruckmen because of his taps to advantage whilst Lycett is better at nullifying quality ruckmen.

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I suspect we view Ryder as a better forward/ruck option compared to Lycett, whereas Lycett's been better in the main role.
I like that we're backing in Ladham's, and happy we've kept the same forward structure.
 

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