Preview Geelong v Melbourne Sun Apr 11 @ MCG 3:20 pm - Rd 4, 2021

[Grimoz]

If Cameron doesn't get up for this I'm tipping Melbourne. Hawkins will have no aerial support so it will be Tomahawk vs May, Lever and Gawn (when he rolls back). I can't see any way that ends well for us.

They will play Jenkins i reckon as the 2nd tall, we cant go in with just Hawk without Rohan there, as you say they will just rebound 50 time and time again

 

[moond0g]

Was about to mention this. Melbourne's victims this season currently sit 15th, 16th and 17th on the ladder.

We only have two victims, and they sit 13th and 14th on the ladder.

Hard to really know where teams sit after three rounds when a single win/loss can change your position so much. But they've certainly been playing better than our previous opponents, so we need to be serious.

 

[cats_09]

Probably needs a run in the VFL first.

The club is probably also wanting some consistency

Holmes had back-to-back BOGs in the VFL practice matches, and while Narkle was named BOG in our first practice match he hasn't featured in the bests the past 2 weeks

Maybe a case of rewarding the form at the lower level as we saw with Holmes - so there's opportunities for others but they need to show something to earn that call up to the seniors

 

[Baudolino]

They will play Jenkins i reckon as the 2nd tall, we cant go in with just Hawk without Rohan there, as you say they will just rebound 50 time and time again

I'd also keep Henry forward for this week as well.

 

[Drunkcat]

Jenkins is cooked to old to slow just like Higgins his done and we give him 2 years.

 

[Grimoz]

Jenkins is cooked to old to slow just like Higgins his done and we give him 2 years.

Maybe so but as a marking forward he is still quite good, kicked 5 a couple weeks back in the 2s

 

[Drunkcat]

Maybe so but as a marking forward he is still quite good, kicked 5 a couple weeks back in the 2s

Yeah he still a good 2nds footballer but to slow for AFL

 

[Grimoz]

Yeah he still a good 2nds footballer but to slow for AFL

He's quicker than Hawkins...but yeah does have the turning circle of a truck

 

[fpm84]

If Cameron doesn't get up for this I'm tipping Melbourne. Hawkins will have no aerial support so it will be Tomahawk vs May, Lever and Gawn (when he rolls back). I can't see any way that ends well for us.

Maybe we could play Henry forward again? He was good yesterday - it was a clever move by Scott.

Agree though that Melbourne have some of the better interceptors in the game so playing Hawkins as our sole KPF is asking for trouble.

The optimist in me says that we went into the season thinking our structure would be Hawkins and Cameron as KPF, Rohan as third tall, Dangerfield spending time down there and then take your pick of smalls (Miers, Dahlhaus, Evans etc). No doubt Ratugolea would have been in our plans too. We haven’t seen anything near that structure yet, and Hawkins has had to do way too much heavy lifting. Yesterday he was essentially covering the roles of Cameron and Rohan as well as his own.

 

[Kitcat]

Yeah he still a good 2nds footballer but to slow for AFL

I think he would do ok, as a stopgap, if he plays just as a key forward. A tall defender would have to watch him. He is not a second ruck. Kicking long to Miers, Dahl, Evans and Higgins didn't work as they are too small.

 

[year of the cat]

Miers just needs to play deep forward at Hawkins toes. He showed his value with his goal. But his kicking issues are often exposed when playing further up the ground.

 

[BotsMaster]

Jenkins is cooked to old to slow just like Higgins his done and we give him 2 years.

He'll be fine if we leave him in the goal square.

 

[Drunkcat]

He'll be fine if we leave him in the goal square.

Oh yeah for the handballs over the top for joe the goose. lol

 

[Chinacats]

We beat the Dees last year with a similar style of play that we witnessed against the Hawks. Not much will shift in terms of game plan this week. Can we make the excuses of a shorter pre-season BEFORE the game rather than AFTER the game this week. Personally 3 weeks in we should be cherry ripe so i'm not buying into that discussion !

 

[Drunkcat]

He'll be fine if we leave him in the goal square.

I would rather give SDK a game as a forward

 

[DanA]

The team for me:

FB: Bews Henderson Blicavs
HB: Atkins Kolo Stewart
C: Duncan O'Connor Smith
HF: Menegola Henry Clarke
FF: Miers Hawkins Dahlhaus
R: Stanley Selwood Guthrie
I/C: Parfitt Touhy Holmes Narkle
Sub: Constable

Out Higgins and Francis
In: Menegola and Narkle


Cameron, Danger, and Rohan to come back soon and will change things a lot.

 

[schmuttt]

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Should be a close game. Will MOC have a run with role on Petracca?

Lets just hope it isn't anywhere nearly as bad as this game. I'd expect MOC to run with Oliver, Petracca can take him forward whereas Oliver is a bit more one-dimensional.

 

[you pick one]

Holmes is one I'm thinking may be a 75/25 to play against Melbourne, and it's not so much that he'd be omitted & sent straight back to the VFL but more about how he pulls up after the match, and if he & the coaches/medical/fitness staff feel he can back it up in 6 days time or needs to be managed after yesterday's effort

He's admitted to cramping up early in the last quarter yesterday and I feel like he spent a good portion of time on the bench in the last

Hoping he pulls up & recovers ok as I'd like to see him given more games, there was promising signs there yesterday but also don't want to run the kid into the ground too early

Medical sub?

 

[DanA]

Lets just hope it isn't anywhere nearly as bad as this game. I'd expect MOC to run with Oliver, Petracca can take him forward whereas Oliver is a bit more one-dimensional.

Why are we worried about O'Connor having to play back? I'd have him tag Pertracca for sure. I'm happy for Oliver to do all the jumping handballs he likes, it's the burst of Petracca that worries me.

 

[schmuttt]

Why are we worried about O'Connor having to play back? I'd have him tag Pertracca for sure. I'm happy for Oliver to do all the jumping handballs he likes, it's the burst of Petracca that worries me.

Petracca will eat O'Connor 1on1, I'd be extremely confident in that matchup. Oliver is more susceptible to a tag as well IMO, can lose his head a bit.

 

[frggr]

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Should be a close game. Will MOC have a run with role on Petracca?

Clayton Oliver didn't enjoy being tagged and gave away a few frees because of it

 

[Drunkcat]

Petracca will eat O'Connor 1on1, I'd be extremely confident in that matchup. Oliver is more susceptible to a tag as well IMO, can lose his head a bit.

The Irish don't give up buddy

 

[Hamingja]

I do wonder how much MOC moving into a tagging role has to do with future planning for Martin. Petracca being more dynamic than Neale or Mitchell would be a good sighter.

 

[catempire]

Petracca will eat O'Connor 1on1, I'd be extremely confident in that matchup. Oliver is more susceptible to a tag as well IMO, can lose his head a bit.

Given that our end game here is Martin I don’t think they will look at Petracca and chicken out.

 

[DanA]

Petracca will eat O'Connor 1on1, I'd be extremely confident in that matchup. Oliver is more susceptible to a tag as well IMO, can lose his head a bit.

That’s not my opinion.

He’s 6’3, 90kgs and IMO noticeably stronger this year. He was already a very good lock down defender.

Petracca is one of the competitions best players so he’s going to have an edge wherever he plays. But taking him away from the play to exploit O’Connor as a defender...I’m good with that.