Opinion Changes v Swans

[adogsfan5]

Who the F... is going to play on Heeney. Looks like either Duryea who is to small or Cordy who is to slow.

Gardner for me.

Keath to McLean and Cordy to Amartey.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Gardner for me.

Keath to McLean and Cordy to Amartey.

Then who plays on Buddy I would have thought Keath.

 

[Cookie]

What's going on with O'Brien? We've never been 0-3 under Bevo, so I reckon he'll pull a rabbit out of his hat!

Yeah and I'll pull hares out of my arse.

 

[adogsfan5]

Then who plays on Buddy I would have thought Keath.

Hmm probably where Williams would have been handy.
Buddy isn’t an aerial threat.
May have to be Gardner with Duryea to Heeney.

 

[Werewolf]

Yeah and I'll pull hares out of my arse.

 

[footscray1973]

Franklin is mobile enough to play on the wing. If he does, we've got no Schache to match him. Schache was a #2 pick, Franklin only #4. By the time Schache retires, he'll have 2,000 goals. Let's see Buddy's face then.

 

[Proffessor]

Hoping Williams is a late inclusion or the medi-sub at the very least. We looked a better balanced side when he came on last week.

 

[TiAn_]

Who the F... is going to play on Heeney. Looks like either Duryea who is to small or Cordy who is to slow.

He’ll have a few play on him throughout the game. Richards is exactly the same size as Heeeney. Duryea is pretty athletic and that shouldn’t be a mismatch.

Hoping Williams is a late inclusion or the medi-sub at the very least. We looked a better balanced side when he came on last week.

12 clangers in 1.5 games, he needs a VFL game to get his composure back.

Then who plays on Buddy I would have thought Keath.

Keath just takes whoever is closest to goal. Gardner and Cordy have more than enough aerobic capacity to go with him up the ground. He does most of his damage via clever leads, so it’s more about the whole structure holding up and preventing lead up marks inside 50 than which KPD gets assigned to him.

 

[The Inbetweener]

He’ll have a few play on him throughout the game. Richards is exactly the same size as Heeeney. Duryea is pretty athletic and that shouldn’t be a mismatch.



12 clangers in 1.5 games, he needs a VFL game to get his composure back.



Keath just takes whoever is closest to goal. Gardner and Cordy have more than enough aerobic capacity to go with him up the ground. He does most of his damage via clever leads, so it’s more about the whole structure holding up and preventing lead up marks inside 50 than which KPD gets assigned to him.

Don’t see how Richards could go with Heeney in the air or even when the ball hits the deck. He’s an offensive minded HBF. Hasn’t ever shown an ability to man someone of Henry’s ability.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Don’t see how Richards could go with Heeney in the air or even when the ball hits the deck. He’s an offensive minded HBF. Hasn’t ever shown an ability to man someone of Henry’s ability.

If Gardner and Cordy have more than enough aerobic capacity how come they are always about 5 metres behind every forwards lead? Are they just not very good at reading the game?

 

[The Inbetweener]

If Gardner and Cordy have more than enough aerobic capacity how come they are always about 5 metres behind every forwards lead? Are they just not very good at reading the game?

Was that response meant for the other poster? I didn’t mention Cordy or Gardner.
I agree with you though, Cordy has next to zero aerobic capacity.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Was that response meant for the other poster? I didn’t mention Cordy or Gardner.
I agree with you though, Cordy has next to zero aerobic capacity.

Ah yes sure I replied to Tian. Too early.

 

[ScottyDogg]

 

[Libba39]

Didn't see too many "experts" calling for Hannan to be dropped this week. Funny that...

 

[ScottyDogg]

Didn't see too many "experts" calling for Hannan to be dropped this week. Funny that...

Why is it funny? He actually did something in the 2nd half.

If he hadn’t he would absolutely be in the cross hairs. Hadn’t been sighted for the prior 3 halves of footy played.

He’s just lucky that we don’t have a single other medium forward on the list besides untried Bedendo.

 

[Doggy]

Why is it funny? He actually did something in the 2nd half.

If he hadn’t he would absolutely be in the cross hairs. Hadn’t been sighted for the prior 3 halves of footy played.

He’s just lucky that we don’t have a single other medium forward on the list besides untried Bedendo.

Wallis?

 

[ScottyDogg]

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So Bevo thinks it gives us an advantage. I wonder how many losses it would take to disprove the theory?

The obvious defense of his theory is that our plethora of small and medium types aren’t playing well enough to take advantage of this strategy.

Most on here agree that our small and medium types don’t often play well enough collectively to make this an advantage for our team.

He is probably right though. If a combo of Smith, Treloar, Dunks, Scott, VDM, Hunter, Libba, Daniel, Dale, Richards, all went bang we would win. How often have we seen that sort of consistent performance though?

Richmond is the only team potentially in history (apart from our fairytale month in 2016) to pull it off consistently.

 

[ScottyDogg]

Wallis?

YES! I like our coach have made the grave mistake of forgetting he existed.

 

[Libba39]

Why is it funny? He actually did something in the 2nd half.

If he hadn’t he would absolutely be in the cross hairs. Hadn’t been sighted for the prior 3 halves of footy played.

He’s just lucky that we don’t have a single other medium forward on the list besides untried Bedendo.

In the cross-hairs....with 80% of the team

 

[TiAn_]

If Gardner and Cordy have more than enough aerobic capacity how come they are always about 5 metres behind every forwards lead? Are they just not very good at reading the game?

Probably more to do with agility and speed than aerobic capacity. Two different things.

 

[TiAn_]

Don’t see how Richards could go with Heeney in the air or even when the ball hits the deck. He’s an offensive minded HBF. Hasn’t ever shown an ability to man someone of Henry’s ability.

I’m pretty comfortable that Richards is a capable defender.

Was that response meant for the other poster? I didn’t mention Cordy or Gardner.
I agree with you though, Cordy has next to zero aerobic capacity.

There’s lots of stuff Cordy can be validly criticised for, but having zero endurance isn’t one of them. He’s fine at covering the ground.

 

[dergert]

Don’t see how Richards could go with Heeney in the air or even when the ball hits the deck. He’s an offensive minded HBF. Hasn’t ever shown an ability to man someone of Henry’s ability.

Roarke.

Takes away from the wing, but Bailey Smith is back in and can fill the position.

 

[The Inbetweener]

I’m pretty comfortable that Richards is a capable defender.



There’s lots of stuff Cordy can be validly criticised for, but having zero endurance isn’t one of them. He’s fine at covering the ground.

Fine covering the ground, but to suggest he has pace/ speed is a massive stretch.

 

[TiAn_]

Fine covering the ground, but to suggest he has pace/ speed is a massive stretch.

I didn't, actually said the opposite in my response to northernsoul.

 

[ScottyDogg]

In the cross-hairs....with 80% of the team

Absolutely spot on!