2011 Grand Final Team

[larrikan]

2011 AFL GRAND FINAL
COLLINGWOOD v GEELONG
Saturday 1 October
MCG, 2:30pm

COLLINGWOOD
B: Alan Toovey, Ben Reid, Harry O’Brien
HB: Nick Maxwell, Chris Tarrant, Heath Shaw
C: Jarryd Blair, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas
HF: Ben Johnson, Leigh Brown, Alan Didak
F: Steele Sidebottom, Travis Cloke, Luke Ball
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Andrew Krakouer
Int: Leon Davis, Alex Fasolo, Chris Dawes, Sharrod Wellingham

Emg: Tyson Goldsack, Cameron Wood, Ben Sinclair

In: Alex Fasolo
Out: Dayne Beams (injured - groin)

GEELONG
B: Josh Hunt, Matthew Scarlett, Tom Lonergan
HB: Corey Enright, Harry Taylor, David Wojcinski
C: Joel Selwood, Jimmy Bartel, Andrew Mackie
HF: Steve Johnson, Tom Hawkins, Travis Varcoe
F: Trent West, James Podsiadly, Paul Chapman
Foll: Brad Ottens, Cameron Ling, Joel Corey
Int: James Kelly, Mathew Stokes, Mitch Duncan, Allen Christensen

 

[Magpie94]

Fas to be the super sub then?

 

[i_hate_scams]

bet u if one of our attacking mids were injuried beams will come in instead of sinclair

 

[Fasta_123]

bet u if one of our attacking mids were injuried beams will come in instead of sinclair

Unless hes injured which seeing as hes not on the emergencies i would say he was.

Would have preferred Goldy to fasolo. Goldy could have done the job on scarlett. We're gonna have to wait and see whether this is a masterstroke or a masterchoke.

 

[rose jam]

I'm guessing Beamsy is actually injured

 

[Magpie_Magic]

Unless hes injured which seeing as hes not on the emergencies i would think he was.

Would have preferred Goldy to fasolo. Goldy could have done the job on scarlett. We're gonna have to wait and see whether this is a masterstroke or a masterchoke.

I agree.

However, still prefer Fas to Beams right now, so can't complain too much.

 

[i_hate_scams]

Unless hes injured which seeing as hes not on the emergencies i would think he was.

Would have preferred Goldy to fasolo. Goldy could have done the job on scarlett. We're gonna have to wait and see whether this is a masterstroke or a masterchoke.

i really doubt he is injured, i just think if there are going to be late changes, beams will come in instead of sinclair. only my view

 

[Sloth]

So Reid & Jolly OK. FASOLO!!!! go Faz!

 

[Shellz]

we won't know about jolly and reid til 1pm game day... fingers crossed

 

[Jesus Baulks]

i really doubt he is injured, i just think if there are going to be late changes, beams will come in instead of sinclair. only my view

Beams can't come in now unless we have a legitimate reason to remove one of our emergencies.
There's no chance Beams will play or even come into contention from here. I don't know whether he is actually injured or whether the match panel thought he reacted too badly to the dropping that he wasn't worth keeping on the fringe. Whatever it was, it's over for him now.

 

[Sloth]

Chances are Beams was carrying his injuring in the Prelim, hence his form

 

[carnthewoods]

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[Shellz]

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Happy to pay extra if necessary
Cheers.

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[Pera]

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[johncitizen]

I know it for fact that Beams has been carrying a nasty groin injury. Not surprised Fasolo is playing.

Go Pies!

 

[colin_wood]

I know it for fact that Beams has been carrying a nasty groin injury. Not surprised Fasolo is playing.

Go Pies!

why was he left on the ground for so long against hawks ?

 

[johncitizen]

why was he left on the ground for so long against hawks ?

I can't answer that. He's been nursing the groin for the past few weeks and I guess it's gotten worse.

 

[Jair]

Feel bad for Beama. Not having been a finals performer, he will have to prove the detractors wrong next year. I was sure he could have made an impact in a wet game against Geelong. Hopefully Faz will take his chance though.

 

[TheFreshBanana]

I feel bad for Goldsack, you'd think if anyone went down it would be him to replace them.

And very very nervous on how Fasolo is going to play.

 

[Alexander323bc]

I am not! I think the kid has nerves of steel and puts his body on the line. I am more worried about Didak not being able to hold on to his tackles.

 

[sirene]

why was he left on the ground for so long against hawks ?

I think Mick answered this after the last game....there were so many underdone players, many with niggling injuries; he was afraid of using the sub too early and then someone else coming completely undone. I imagine it was touch and go when to activate the sub for those reasons.

 

[orion21]

I am not! I think the kid has nerves of steel and puts his body on the line. I am more worried about Didak not being able to hold on to his tackles.

I agree. Lets face it. Didak doesnt like putting his head over the ball that much. Great outside player. So he will get exposed in the wet. And against cats. They know he is one of our weak links in contested footy. They are going to target him again.Hope goldy comes in for him. Also worried about Fasolo. Some of our big games he wasnt that good. But..........blair was an uknown quantity in grandfinals and did ok. I got bagged last year when I said if Davis plays against saints we wouldnt win. He was dropped and we won...........If its wet didak sorry has to go out for goldy. Carnt carry him when its going to be wet and contested all day.......

 

[Fasta_123]

I agree. Lets face it. Didak doesnt like putting his head over the ball that much. Great outside player. So he will get exposed in the wet. And against cats. They know he is one of our weak links in contested footy. They are going to target him again.Hope goldy comes in for him. Also worried about Fasolo. Some of our big games he wasnt that good. But..........blair was an uknown quantity in grandfinals and did ok. I got bagged last year when I said if Davis plays against saints we wouldnt win. He was dropped and we won...........If its wet didak sorry has to go out for goldy. Carnt carry him when its going to be wet and contested all day.......

ive been saying that about didak for the last 6-7 weeks. Copped a nice mouthful from a few respected posters on here for it. I've stood by my opinion, if Didak isnt 100% confident in recovery from his injury, which it seems like isnt (laying a half hearted tackle which is easily shrugged off or electing to go a soft bump which knocks him around more then his opponent) the team CAN NOT carry him! Especially this week against the best opposition. You cant live off previous years and previous form because all that matters is current form. Just like last year everyone saying davis is the x factor and could possibly maybe turn it on. You dont play grand finals with maybes. You play with wills.
Even worse is people trying to defend Didaks form by saying he had 30 touches a few weeks in a row. They were useless touches with absolutely no damage.

I hope collingwood bring in Goldsack. He's capable of doing a negating job on scarlett. Good cover if any of the backs go down including tarrant and reid. Can shift into the midfield and provide run while shutting down an opponent. Brings much more to the table then Didak.

I love Didak, but you cant be getting named on reputation and on the off chance he might kick a few goals and have a blinder because realistically there is about a 1 in 10,000 chance of that happening based on current form.

 

[Number 10]

Feel bad for Beama. Not having been a finals performer, he will have to prove the detractors wrong next year. I was sure he could have made an impact in a wet game against Geelong. Hopefully Faz will take his chance though.

He's only 21, I'm sure he will have plenty of time to rectify it. We all know what he is capable of and I'm sure he does too, that's all that really matters.

 

[sirene]

He's only 21, I'm sure he will have plenty of time to rectify it. We all know what he is capable of and I'm sure he does too, that's all that really matters.

I believe Beams will be an awesome and consistant player in the next couple of years and will be in our best 22 even if he is a finals choker. If he stays with Collingwood he will have many more chances to play finals footy in the Collingwood Dynasty!