Prediction No changes against Richmond

[Lagooner]

Sam Gray player a cracking game of SANFL and deserved to be in the frame for selection.

Howard was out of form and did not deserve to be selected.

The side mostly should get another run to prove themselves. That being said Sammy Gray and Howard should both make way.

I felt our pace was off through the centre, we need more direction down back and we need a forward 50 target.

Pace: Atley is probably our quickest mid and he was ok and not deserving of a spot yet. Trengove isn’t quick. We are really waiting on Amon and Atley here.

Forward target: Dixon may be done for the year. I don’t hold out hope for Frampton and Ladhams doesn’t really play that role. It’s Marshall or McKenzie and you can’t pick Marshall after that performance. (I wouldn’t have dropped him in the first place!). Howard could roll forward but I don’t think he has trained or played as a forward for a long time.

Backline leadership: Hartlett and Broadbent are your men, but both need another run or three in the SANFL first. Lienert and/or McKenzie could come in for Howard.

Changes:
Out: Howard, Gray
In: Lienert, Farrell

What I think may happen:
Out: Drew, Bonner
In: Mayes, McKenzie

Dixon out for the year now?! I have not been paying attention.

 

[Waspy79]

Dixon out for the year now?! I have not been paying attention.

Had a second lot of surgery recently. ETA mid season at best.

 

[Lagooner]

Had a second lot of surgery recently. ETA mid season at best.

Damn. Imagine how much extra spunk we’d have with Big Dix on the park.

 

[StuMan]

Damn. Imagine how much extra spunk we’d have with Big Dix on the park.

We will get extra spunk if we start doing edging drills during the week.

 

[TeeKray]

We don't need Dixon, we just need a tall forward. Dixon isn't even that good. Truth be told, Frampton wouldn't do a lot worse, let alone Marshall. The key is to have some height to take a few marks inside 50, give the opposition defenders something to worry about, bring the ball to ground so that spuds like Darcy Freaking Gardiner don't have a field day racking up intercept marks. It's frighteningly simple shit really.

 

[El_Scorcho]

We don't need Dixon, we just need a tall forward. Dixon isn't even that good. Truth be told, Frampton wouldn't do a lot worse, let alone Marshall. The key is to have some height to take a few marks inside 50, give the opposition defenders something to worry about, bring the ball to ground so that spuds like Darcy Freaking Gardiner don't have a field day racking up intercept marks. It's frighteningly simple shit really.

Josh Walker had 11(!!!) intercepts. We took 9 marks inside 50.

 

[tribey]

We don't need Dixon, we just need a tall forward. Dixon isn't even that good. Truth be told, Frampton wouldn't do a lot worse, let alone Marshall. The key is to have some height to take a few marks inside 50, give the opposition defenders something to worry about, bring the ball to ground so that spuds like Darcy Freaking Gardiner don't have a field day racking up intercept marks. It's frighteningly simple shit really.

We all know Ken cut his teeth as an assistant with that wonderful Geelong era, where in any given week they’d ride or die with at least two of Mooney, N. Ablett & Hawkins, with the likes of Ottens resting through. Then he goes up to the Gold Coast where they had at least two of Lynch, Dixon & Day, with Fraser and Zac Smith resting through.

But he gets to Alberton and can’t wait to dispense with the second banana, let alone the third.

What if Schulz hadn’t cooked his back, robbing us of his tandem with Dixon after one week in 2016? Does Ken follow him around Adelaide trying to do him in, Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner style?

Probably.

 

[wayb2912]

We always seem to play better with Marshall in the side, even if he doesn't have a massive impact

Chortled.....

I want Marshall back to, But not until he earns his spot back. That is critical.

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[Kiss from a Rozee]

Dixon out for the year now?! I have not been paying attention.

He isn’t out for the year

 

[OneGreatClub]

Not sure if the TV coverage showed it- but Rocky left the three quarter huddle dry reaching in his mouth like 15 times as he ran off

****ing Cameron

 

[OneGreatClub]

I’d also be happy if Trengove got a run, but I doubt it very much.

Could also see Drew going out to make way for Farrell.

It is a crying shame if Drew has to go out and Ollie had better darn well start to play and act like a leader if he is the reason Drew is dropped.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Damn. Imagine how much extra spunk we’d have with Big Dix on the park.

Forget the spunk, let’s start working a chunk.

 

[Port85]

I’m only going of the stats but surely McKenzie up forward is an option.

We don’t even need a functioning forward line just get him the ball 55 out.

 

[Fade to Gray]

He isn’t out for the year

Maybe, his recovery isn’t going too well, he will miss a lot of games. Another setback and he may miss the season.


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[Wargreymon90]

Out: S.Gray, Howard, Rockliff (concussion, take no risks), Lycett (will get a week)

In: Mayes, McKenzie, Trengove, Marshall

 

[Forzaport]

Sam Gray stays in. We obviously weren’t short enough last night.

 

[MALTSY]

It is a crying shame if Drew has to go out and Ollie had better darn well start to play and act like a leader if he is the reason Drew is dropped.

Drew is ok but very light and lacks presence on both inside and outside. Certainly a contributor but not a game changer like a fit and firing Wines. I reckon people are being way too critical of him on his first game back.

 

[Premiers04]

Out:
S Gray
Howard

In:
Leinert
Farrell

Broady and Hammer need another week, Bonner is on notice though.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

I haven't read the whole thread, but everyone is assuming Rocky is playing next week?

 

[NoddyHolder]

I blame Burley footballs. They should be outlawed from all leagues. It's like kicking a slab of hard plastic.

Noddy jnr who plays under 12s 100% agrees.

 

[PowerBaz]

Sam Gray stays in. We obviously weren’t short enough last night.

He can cover for Lycett

 

[JUSTWORK]

Yep and that's great, but what do we do in the interim? The only silver lining about this loss is that hopefully that tactical change will come under some scrutiny and we might see another tall introduced.

Pick Lienert and swing Howard forward?

Marshall won't have a 2-3 goal, 18 disposal and 6-8 mark game at SANFL level this year. It's not a realistic expectation. He's a really good chance of having one or two at AFL level if he's backed in.

We should of tried swapping foward yeaterday. We could try giving McKenzie a shot as a slightly undersized CHF, still 190cm.

See, Marshall could of yesterday, the problem was for most of the game he looked lazy and like someone who didn’t want to be a footballer.

It doesn’t matter how good you are, you need to want it. That was Marshall problem yesterday, he didn’t want it. If he had the right attitude he easily gets those stats, regardless of how the game played out. Had he done that he is straigh back in for Richmond.

 

[Janus]

Wasn’t it around this time last year that Todd’s father died? You might find that has something to do with it.

 

[philreich]

I'd settle for Cam Hitchcock in for Sam Gray at this point......

 

[Greasyrhys]

Out: S.Gray, Howard, Rockliff (concussion, take no risks), Lycett (will get a week)

In: Mayes, McKenzie, Trengove, Marshall

If Lycett gets a game then surely lynch will as well for the tiggers for what he did?