Preview Changes & Pre-match Discussion - EF vs. West Coast Eagles - OS (Perth), Sat 03/10 @ 8:10pm AEST

[stormskye]

The melts on here are epic! Who did you think they were going to bring in.
Varcoe is spent, young brown is not ready.
Mayne was always coming back and there is not much else left in the cupboard for 2020.

To be fair that’s why most are melting. Our lack of talent both mid and forward

 

[Soaring Magpie]

but Cameron? Really?

Yep! Need to make the tall west coast defense accountable

 

[nahnah]

please help me understand what your solution is given our inability to beat WC with largely an unchanged structure. Surely we needed to change something to nullify NN and their aerial dominance in the back half.

Not playing 3 ruckman none of whom can play forward well would be a start

 

[Soaring Magpie]

To be fair that’s why most are melting. Our lack of talent both mid and forward

But why melt the day before an elimination final, it’s been like this all year and can’t change itnow.
No point carrying on about it, but should be addressed in the off season.

 

[Ingy]

Imagine an AFL team going into a final with a three-prong talls set-up comprising a rookie-listed player, a recycled NEAFL player and an international experimental player! And the Emergency named to cover them is another international experimental player! What a joke!

Seriously Collingwood recruitment team, how the hell did it ever come to this? We have enough half back flankers and depth mids for three or four teams but not one genuine A-grade tall forward.

It’s more than a decade since Ben Reid and Travis Cloke were at their peaks. Since then it has been a series of gap-fillers, experiments and bargain-bin recycled hacks. Our failure to recruit or draft a top-tier talk forward is an absolute disgrace.


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I bet you were unwaveringly positive about Trav Cloke when he was playing.

You would have been just constantly counting our blessings that we had him and not lamenting his shortcomings at any stage.

I am just sure of it

 

[stormskye]

Does any other club play 3 ruckmen?...

 

[stormskye]

But why melt the day before an elimination final, it’s been like this all year and can’t change itnow.
No point carrying on about it, but should be addressed in the off season.

What else is BF If not to melt! Our wives/gf’s won’t listen

 

[No SPIN]

Not playing 3 ruckman none of whom can play forward well would be a start

yes I thought a smart arse comment would be the best you could do.
If you wanted me to concluded you have NFI you’ve succeeded.

 

[Harry O]

If Buckley is still coach mid next week I will dead set spew up

 

[Soaring Magpie]

please help me understand what your solution is given our inability to beat WC with largely an unchanged structure. Surely we needed to change something to nullify NN and their aerial dominance in the back half.

Nah mate, most on here would just prefer to slam the club without a counter argument, it’s suits their narrative

 

[Soaring Magpie]

What else is BF If not to melt! Our wives/gf’s won’t listen

Save it for the post game, the carry on pregame is a joke!

 

[Rorzza]

IMO the Mayne selection is wrong. Should have bolstered midfield. That's where CFC have struggled in recent times. Mayne will do nothing to bolster CFC's midfield.

Don't mind the Cameron selection at least Bucks is trying to be proactive, change things up, bolstering the forward marking power.

I don't see CFC holding the ball in the forward fifty for long though which will put pressure on CFC mids again to get on top. Should have bolstered mids.

In true Bucks fashion he has bolstered defensive stocks with another defender. That incidentally moves the ball any where but forward and at glacial speed.

Time will tell if it works, I fear not!

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Not sure of the logic but hopefully there’s a plan. Maybe put him in the ruck where he belongs and free Grundy up to be a free agent.

But I won’t be one of “those people” who bags the s**t out of a club decision and then takes delight in being right.

 

[AmericanMustard]

If Buckley is still coach mid next week I will dead set spew up

He’ll be preparing a dub against Geelong

 

[Ingy]

I have no issue with Buckley and no issue with the changes.

Seriously, The In Bucks I Trust sh*t is embarrassing you sound like Essendon supporters.

Nah, Essendon haven't won a final in fifteen years.

Bucks has won five in the past two years.

It's the flogs who go into the foetal position as soon as things get tough that are embarrassing

 

[pablo disco bar]

Darcy Cameron.

Those words hurt me.

Why you talking about potatoes on a footy forum...

 

[BringouttheGimp]

In Bucks we trust.. in him we must.. Beliiiiiiiievvveeeeeeee!

 

[Chrispiesssss]

De Goey genuinely needs to be at every Center bounce. No need for Elliot to play in the midfield.

 

[TradeDraft]

In Bucks I trust

 

[TradeDraft]

I just think our coaching staff has completely lost their way

We don't have any good coaches

 

[Civilest]

I don’t hate the changes. Toss up for Varcs or JT to come out for mine. Thought Sier And Mayne would come in But I’m glad they weren’t that predictable. I’m not A Big Cameron fan yet but at least they are trying something a bit unexpected with the selection. Give the oppo something to ponder.

 

[TradeDraft]

It’s as if the 2017 review never happened tbh. Everyone has just slid back in to their old ways and are wondering why things are going wrong again....

The Review was only really good for 1 Seaon

 

[ClaytonM]

Buckley and it has ruined the careers of Cloke and Moore (demoted to a defensive position).

Twp problems with this comment.

Firstly, defence isn’t a demotion. What are they eight year old kids.

‘Secondly, Moore is All Australian. Gee he really has had his career f**Ked over.

 

[Mkcaptain]

The nerves have well and truly set in for me now. Team selection has made the game all of sudden feel like its well and truly here. Tomorrow is going to be a long day waiting for the game.

 

[BringouttheGimp]

De Goey genuinely needs to be at every Center bounce. No need for Elliot to play in the midfield.

If De Goey plays in the guts.. expect a Buckley coached side to win it trying to play ugly stiffled by dry rot football.