Preview Round 2 v Gold Coast MCG Saturday March 21st 1.15pm

[tiger_tough]

Maybe, leaves us pretty lean up front when rucking. Not a fan of dropping players after rd.1 especially when your CHF has a week off. In like for like and utilise Gray better.

2 key forwards (Lynch and Armstrong) lean? Pretty standard setup.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

HRS is currently costing us games. Retschko needs a chance at the top level. He has the elite athletic attributes required to apply pressure which we severely lacked in the first half v Carlton.

I don’t think Hugo has much more upside, I mean he’s been in the system a while now, had plenty of opportunities.
I know Kmac used to cop it, but he played the defensive wing role pretty well. Put that big frame in the hole across hb when he needed to, ran 14+ km a game, did lots of blocking etc.
HRS doesnt do any of that And he’s not clean enough below the knees or win enough ball to play the attacking wing.

I am giving kmacs old role to Retschco who looked good against Carlton’s 2s. He’s pretty good overhead and cracks in.
No harm in our stage of development in trialling him.

 

[Waca Jr]

Ill go with the following

Prestia for Mansell
Vlas for gray
Lefau for Faull

Lefau chops out in ruck with Lynch and Balta rucking at the bookends unless they swing Balta into the midfield, but the poor bloke is getting dizzy

 

[Grrr]

2 key forwards (Lynch and Armstrong) lean? Pretty standard setup.

Armstrong is not a key position target right now. Would be fine if we had marking smalls but we don't, besides Lalor but he will be needed a bit more in the middle you'd think this week. Campbell, Green and Rioli are not Green GWS, Elliot Collingwood etc. If Algar was there maybe.

We will be bombing it long to Lynch, which is not a game plan.

 

[_RT_]

It's ok when you have a few youngsters but when you have as many as ours and on a rebuild you need to play them and get as many games as possible. Thinking Lefau is the be all, when Gray is the future as the kid can ruck defend and play forward is nuts

Lefau spent the summer training to play the 2nd ruck/forward role while Gray spent the summer learning to play as a key defender.

What changes from the Carlton game would you make this week to field a side that would be able to compete against the Suns for a full game not just a quarter or a half?

 

[tiger_tough]

I don’t think Hugo has much more upside, I mean he’s been in the system a while now, had plenty of opportunities.
I know Kmac used to cop it, but he played the defensive wing role pretty well. Put that big frame in the hole across hb when he needed to, ran 14+ km a game, did lots of blocking etc.
HRS doesnt do any of that And he’s not clean enough below the knees or win enough ball to play the attacking wing.

I am giving kmacs old role to Retschco who looked good against Carlton’s 2s. He’s pretty good overhead and cracks in.
No harm in our stage of development in trialling him.

63 games for 0 coaches votes. Says enough really.

Armstrong is not a key position target right now. Would be fine if we had marking smalls but we don't, besides Lalor but he will be needed a bit more in the middle you'd think this week. Campbell, Green and Rioli are not Green GWS, Elliot Collingwood etc. If Algar was there maybe.

We will be bombing it long to Lynch, which is not a game plan.

He'll be fine. Lafau will be up there just as much a Faull was bar 5 minutes a quarter when he is chopping out in the ruck.

 

[captain cotch 9]

I'm taking my young fella to the game. He will be wearing a newly minted #4 jumper

 

[Hoos]

Dillon has no clue

Does anyone in that place?

 

[Rubber Hips]

We weren’t exaggerating his height…198 cm…impressive for a mid

please let him get on the park soon

 

[Groupie_]

leak team _RT_

 

[fargothegreat]

Disappointed no Peuker or Retschko debut

 

[sante]

Which leaves Armstrong at CHF. Not sure he is ready for that.

Lefau will play forward too

 

[chriso11]

We weren’t exaggerating his height…198 cm…impressive for a mid

please let him get on the park soon

2 more centimetres and we have a midfield ruckman…

 

[Rubber Hips]

dillon is just the mouthpiece

hes semi literate halfwit at best

has no real say as he gets cucked by all the geelong and colonwood supporters that are at afl house

for a supposed 'Richmond supporter ' you think thats normal?

He’s a a tigers supporter?

 

[Groupie_]

He’s a a tigers supporter?

in name only

 

[Rubber Hips]

in name only

Wanna see him with the grog squad

 

[The_Kraken]

I'm taking my young fella to the game. He will be wearing a newly minted #4 jumper

He must love Jed Walter.

 

[_RT_]

Must say I'm surprised that Gibcus went out I thought they'd give him a couple of weeks at least to find his feet. Brown would want to perform a lot better than he did in the preseason games.

 

[Truetiger]

Gibcus to get time in the VFL. Not a setback.

 

[cairo tiger]

prestia and hugo in? you must be kidding me.

 

[strauchy]

Gibcus!? What on earth are we doing! Give the man his confidence. He is building! Terrible decision.

 

[Groupie_]

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no issues for me

 

[prodigy]

Don't care what reasoning you have for me but dropping Gibcus is stiff.
We need AFL minutes into him.

 

[Groupie_]

Gibcus to get time in the VFL. Not a setback.

too
little too late after he lost us the game last week

 

[DustinsGuns]

Not sure about dropping Gibcus. He definitely should never have been selected last week on his preseason form, but if the direction is that we're trying to get games into him, no idea why you drop him after one game.