Preview Changes: R4 2019 vs North Melbourne - NO ACL for Seedsman (But Still Injured)

[Crowboto]

Rubbish it is. You drop one of your highest paid players who we paraded around last year.... it's a very big statement.

Particularly when you drop him for effort, he's basically calling him out.

60 touches and 6 goals in the SANFL isn't enough for you ?? You need untwistable knickers.

Ill need a pair of those if we lose on the weekend....

 

[SloaneysDanger]

60 touches and 6 goals in the SANFL isn't enough for you ?? You need untwistable knickers.

He's had chances in the past, how did he take them? Stayed in the team for a number of weeks? Nope. He's just not that good.

 

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

If we’re dropping Gibbs for being out of form (which I think is a great call) then why are we playing Tex, Eddie, Jenkins, Mackay who are all equally as putrid if not worse?

Poholke and CEY aren’t even AFL standard. Should he Greenwood and Gallucci in.

Poholke absolutely smashed it in the SANFL last week. I feel like you need to reward good performance, even though I don’t particularly rate him as a player.

 

[WetCrow1991]

I like the dropping of a senior player and going with Poholke and CEY. A wealth of outside players has not served as at all so far this year so I'm keen to see how this works.

I wanted Gibbs gone and I wanted CEY to be given a go. The only thing I haven't been given is a senior forward dropped. Walker, Betts, Jenkins...Stinking it up.

 

[hey shorty]

I don’t think anyone is arguing that Gibbs didn’t deserve a boot. And sure you’re right, he’s a big name.

But come on....we all know it’s a call that saves one of Campo’s heroes

Again I'm not really disputing that.

The thing is if you're dropping a guy due to effort you're not going to ping DMac as it's the one thing he does bring every week.

I am happy with what we've done, although I would have gone 1 further and dropped a forward.

 

[StonesThrow]

Gibbs had been average. So have a few others.

Not real enthusiastic about Poholke and CEY despite sanfl form

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Bailey Scott rested which is good. Looks a player.

Tom Campbell out is EXCELLENT. He is an absolute spud who of course has gunned it against us before.

 

[GetInMyVanBerlo]

He's not there to tackle

Sure he's an outside mid, but I refuse to believe that in 5 full games of football he's only been around contest enough to only have 2 tackles, he averaged 2.2 a game last year ffs.

 

[hey shorty]

He's had chances in the past, how did he take them? Stayed in the team for a number of weeks? Nope. He's just not that good.

He's not been in this form before has he ?? He's 20 years old and played 5 games.

I'm assuming you haven't seen him play this year, only someone who hasn't could make the comments you have.

 

[Bicks]

We have had a raft of disappointing players. He’s no exception. But not clear to me why he was particularly chosen as the scape goat. Last man in?

I agree with the posters that are saying at least we dropped a senior player. But the cynic in me says it’s more to do with his position in the clique.

JJ is the guy who is letting us down the most. Mackay fits the bill of a senior player that we would be improved if we brought in McHenry. I am not sure that dropping a 2 year crow makes as much of a statement as dropping a 200 gamer. Drop all three and it makes a statement. Drop Gibbs and Mackay and move JJ to ruck with the message that if he can’t be our best ruck he is now a SANFL player would have also made the point.

People are happy, but I don’t feel this selection addresses our issues in the slightest. CEY and Poholke don’t do a single thing to adjust our failing structures and if anything Gibbs to Seeds wing is better than Mackay or Poholke.

Thought I was slightly pleased when I saw Gibbs. But naa, shit selections.

EFFORT

I called it straight after the game last week, Bryce played like a player that didn't GAF, it was very plain to the eye.
His disposal by foot was almost cringeworthy....that woeful shot at goal from inside 50 that would have been struggling to cover 30m said it all.

 

[Alphonse_]

Pardon the intrusion, why can't Darcy Fogarty get a look in right now (is it a fitness or workrate issue ?) Cannot for the life of me work out why Pyke isn't trying to get as many senior games into that very talented lad as possible. North have a very shaky backline right now, would have been a decent hit out for Fog to work his way into some form/gain confidence.

Jenkins seems a bit lucky to stay in the team imo.

 

[Dc9798]

I have to admit, i jumped off the Poholke Bandwagon last year and still remain a bit worried about him.

Hopefully he plays a blinder.

He seemed like a nearly player last year in terms of decision making but can find the ball and kick a goal, is a good size for a mid.


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[Murray2503]

I don’t think anyone is arguing that Gibbs didn’t deserve a boot. And sure you’re right, he’s a big name.

But come on....we all know it’s a call that saves one of Campo’s heroes

I don't really care who gets dropped as long it fixes why we are losing. Our forward line. It has not been touched. Pure bloody minded stupidity. What's it gonna take before he does something about our forward mix and the fact no one can take a contested mark?

 

[Crowboto]

Selections aside at the end of the day if we go down to the Kangas, Pyke is officially a Pelican.

 

[Schulzycrow]

We dropped Gibbs!

IN: CEY, Poholke
OUT: Gibbs, Seedsman

Dropped Gibbs and kept Mackay, Atkins and Kelly??? Seriously GTFO!!!

 

[Murray2503]

Pardon the intrusion, why can't Darcy Fogarty get a look in right now (is it a fitness or workrate issue ?) Cannot for the life of me work out why Pyke isn't trying to get as many senior games into that very talented lad as possible. North have a very shaky backline right now, would have been a decent hit out for Fog to work his way into some form/gain confidence.

Jenkins seems a bit lucky to stay in the team imo.

A lot lucky. Runs from the ball.

 

[Scorpus]

Pardon the intrusion, why can't Darcy Fogarty get a look in right now (is it a fitness or workrate issue ?) Cannot for the life of me work out why Pyke isn't trying to get as many senior games into that very talented lad as possible. North have a very shaky backline right now, would have been a decent hit out for Fog to work his way into some form/gain confidence.

Jenkins seems a bit lucky to stay in the team imo.

We have absolutely no ****ing idea. And we're playing him in defense in the SANFL

 

[WetCrow1991]

My effing goodness. Some people are hard to please.

Hard to please? I'd argue that some on here are very easy to please. The club puts a toenail in the right direction and some are overjoyed. How sad is that.

 

[hey shorty]

Pardon the intrusion, why can't Darcy Fogarty get a look in right now (is it a fitness or workrate issue ?) Cannot for the life of me work out why Pyke isn't trying to get as many senior games into that very talented lad as possible. North have a very shaky backline right now, would have been a decent hit out for Fog to work his way into some form/gain confidence.

Jenkins seems a bit lucky to stay in the team imo.

We are playing him in defence in the 2s for some stupid reason, had a bag kicked on him last week.

Most people want him in

 

[hey shorty]

A lot lucky. Runs from the ball.

And then we have Tex who doesn't run..... we're in a world of pain.

 

[Pea Nut]

Selections aside at the end of the day if we go down to the Kangas, Pyke is officially a Pelican.

Send him an early Christmas present if we lose.....

 

[Murray2503]

Hard to please? I'd argue that some on here are very easy to please. The club puts a toenail in the right direction and some are overjoyed. How sad is that.

Gibbs has been bad and I never wanted him but we can't even drop the right and most deserving players when we finally drop someone.

 

[Shaz2012]

Justin Reid is much less conservative than our previous list manager. It has it's up sides and down sides but when it goes wrong.....ooof.

To be fair, we just made a grand final. Wasn’t unreasonable to expect us to be a good side last season. And Reid also passed on him the year before, which shows that he wasn’t actually willing to pay that much until the 2017 season played out. Including Gibbs having a very good first half of the season.

I say this as my own personal justification too because I agreed with Reid’s decision in 2016 (didn’t rate him that highly) and also agreed with the backflip in 2017 (Sloane still not really able to break a tag and us making a GF).

 

[WetCrow1991]

Pardon the intrusion, why can't Darcy Fogarty get a look in right now (is it a fitness or workrate issue ?) Cannot for the life of me work out why Pyke isn't trying to get as many senior games into that very talented lad as possible. North have a very shaky backline right now, would have been a decent hit out for Fog to work his way into some form/gain confidence.

Jenkins seems a bit lucky to stay in the team imo.

Selection committee are beyond cooked and prefer the two tallest small forwards in the game and the shortest tall forward in the game to getting games into an elite forward prospect.

 

[MRB37]

Poholke seems more confident this year, at least from the SANFL matches so far, hopefully he's turned a corner.

A lot of other players should be thanking their lucky stars they kept their spots though.