Preview Changes vs Gold Coast, Sat 12 April, Barossa (Gather Round) - SWING THE AXE

[The Nostradamus]

We are winning this game

That’s the strongest team we’ve named this year

 

[chubbspeterson]

Congratulations to Daniel and Logue for sharing this week's shit performing senior player omission immunity prize.

I thought Logue was okay last week. We'll need him for Good Friday on one of Curnow or McKay.

 

[Colby2Sheez]

Surprised to see Duursma off his game but happy with the changes.

Scott gets a deserved reality check.

 

[Disco Dew]

don’t mind the changes. Hope duurs can turn it on

 

[chubbspeterson]

Give Hardemann a full game hopefully. Duursma or Fisher the sub.

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

how is phillips not playing

 

[Merlin007]

Duursma has been playing as a centreman in the 2s, and I doubt he lines up there in the 1s, so it will be interesting to see how they use him.

 

[Disco Dew]

Consider me absolutely confused by Duursma's inclusion. Didn't think he worked hard enough at VFL level last week to earn it.

I agree, but I hope he grabs the opportunity. Must be meeting some criteria that we aren’t aware of, hair ruffles and bum taps etc…

 

[zoomba23]

Umpire #19 with a good chance to show whether he's still the worst in the business. Brilliant

 

[Moti]

how is phillips not playing

We are getting smashed on the outside, that isn't his strength. I think we are trying a few players to see what we have before George comes back next week.

 

[chubbspeterson]

I agree, but I hope he grabs the opportunity. Must be meeting some criteria that we aren’t aware of, hair ruffles and bum taps etc…

Can kick the ball through the goals and is pretty clean with his touches.
I get the defensive pressure and intensity comments, but it ain't like RHJ was a pressure machine.

 

[Chadwiko]

I agree, but I hope he grabs the opportunity. Must be meeting some criteria that we aren’t aware of, hair ruffles and bum taps etc…

Yup. More than willing to concede that there's obviously internal metrics that he was being measured against and he must have met them.

But as you and multiple others in the VFL thread noted Disco Dew it really looked like he wasn't working hard enough and was jogging around. So... yeah.

Hope he has a blinder and cements himself. Want him to succeed so badly. Just a little surprised that this is the week he gets his spot back.

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

Logue should be better for the run. Whitlock and RHJ need to go and build some confidence in the VFL. Scott omitted is a statement.

We are kind of stuffed if Jy doesn’t get up, looking at those emergencies. Or even more stuffed.

Very surprised by the emergencies considering Jy and LDU aren’t 100%

 

[Colby2Sheez]

Fisher gets the call up after starting the season in the VFL, and despite not playing VFL at all last week? Okay, sure. But what message is that sending to guys like Phillips who was close to BOG in the VFL last week?

Phillips has already been tried this year and blew his chance.

Clarko is still clearly shuffling the deck to see what/who works best imo.

 

[Chadwiko]

Give Hardemann a full game hopefully. Duursma or Fisher the sub.

Oh that's a good point I didn't think of; Duursma has the potential to be a very dynamic sub.

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

We are getting smashed on the outside, that isn't his strength. I think we are trying a few players to see what we have before George comes back next week.

but he could easily come in for a player like tucker, tucker provides absolutely nothing

 

[Hatchy1992]

Nostra right now

 

[chubbspeterson]

Umpire #19 with a good chance to show whether he's still the worst in the business. Brilliant

 

[Disco Dew]

But what message is that sending to guys like Phillips who was close to BOG in the VFL last week?

Close to? Nah he was BOG. Should be back in.

 

[Moti]

but he could easily come in for a player like tucker, tucker provides absolutely nothing

And play where? I agree on Tucker but Will isn't a good swap. As Chad said, if Jy or LDU doesn't get up, Will should get the call. If someone like Powell tanks then that might be his in but George is the next one to come in.

 

[zoomba23]

Whetton. Been the perpetrator of countless garbage decisions at Docklands over the last two and a bit years

 

[muttley45]

Umpire #19 with a good chance to show whether he's still the worst in the business. Brilliant

Ha ha, imo, #19 not even in the top 5 worst, heres a few more worthy off the top of my head :

# 13 Nicholas Brown

# 25 Nathan Toner

# 3 Leigh Fisher

# 15 Matthew Nicholls

and even # 34 Eleni Tee

 

[zoomba23]

Ha ha, imo, #19 not even in the top 5 worst, heres a few more worthy off the top of my head :

# 13 Nicholas Brown

# 25 Nathan Toner

# 3 Leigh Fisher

# 15 Matthew Nicholls

and even # 34 Eleni Tee

Nah. They're close, #25 dangerously so, but not at his level

 

[Karanicolas]

I agree, but I hope he grabs the opportunity. Must be meeting some criteria that we aren’t aware of, hair ruffles and bum taps etc…

He is just quality when he gets the ball. Don’t have many others in the team that you would trust to do something constructive with it 8/10 times.

 

[marklovesbeer]

“Sorry Horse, can I get a quick photo? I’m a Roos supporter.”

“Oh yeah?! Great.”