#6 Thorp #7 Selwood LOL
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No chance.Maybe this is the wrong thread, but I wonder if there will be a single week this season where every single player is available. That is asking too much.
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No chance.Maybe this is the wrong thread, but I wonder if there will be a single week this season where every single player is available. That is asking too much.
No Tuohy?B: Bews, De Koning, Z.Guthrie
HB: Stewart, Henry, Duncan
C: Smith, Parfitt, Holmes
HF: Close, Cameron, Menegola
F: Stengle, Hawkins, Rohan
Foll: Stanley, C.Guthrie, Dangerfield
Int: Blicavs, Selwood, Atkins, Stephens
Edit - dropped Miers for Menegola
I've been struggling with this one mentally over the last few weeks. Parfitt out.
Potential ins between now and R16: Kolo, Danger, Henry, Holmes, Sav, Menegola.
All best 22? Possibly. But who goes out? Dahl, Coop...
No, me neither, but the coaches do. They like what he brings aerially and provides a second ruck option.I wouldn't have Sav anywhere near the Best 22 atm.
No, me neither, but the coaches do. They like what he brings aerially and provides a second ruck option.
All of those except Sav make it back if they are all available.I've been struggling with this one mentally over the last few weeks. Parfitt out.
Potential ins between now and R16: Kolo, Danger, Henry, Holmes, Sav, Menegola.
All best 22? Possibly. But who goes out? Dahl, Coop...
No Tuohy?
No, me neither, but the coaches do. They like what he brings aerially and provides a second ruck option.
No Tuohy. No Menegola. No Kolo.
Selwood has arguably been our best midfielder this year. So yes he is best 22.I'm going to throw up a big question. Is Selwood in our best 22?
Our best 3 mids playing right now are Guthrie, Atkins and Parfitt. Selwood is getting caught with the ball more regularly and his disposal is struggling more than I've seen it, perhaps in the rush to try and keep up with the game. He's never been great defensively.
There's still Danger and Holmes to come back. Blicavs is best used as that defensive mid/wing and 2nd ruck rather than a lock down defender.
He's still gutsy as ever and at worst he's in our best 22 now given injuries. I just hope if he slows down more in the second half of the season we're willing to make a tough decision for the good of the team.
No Tuohy. No Menegola. No Kolo.
Stephens in.
Too radical for me.
3 locks left out and one fringe youth left in.
Selwood has arguably been our best midfielder this year. So yes he is best 22.
Geelong rank among midfielders. (per game average)
Disposals: 2nd (2nd)
Tackles: 4th (2nd)
Clearances: Equal 1st (2nd)
Contested Possessions: 3rd (2nd)
I'm going to throw up a big question. Is Selwood in our best 22?
Our best 3 mids playing right now are Guthrie, Atkins and Parfitt. Selwood is getting caught with the ball more regularly and his disposal is struggling more than I've seen it, perhaps in the rush to try and keep up with the game. He's never been great defensively.
There's still Danger and Holmes to come back. Blicavs is best used as that defensive mid/wing and 2nd ruck rather than a lock down defender.
He's still gutsy as ever and at worst he's in our best 22 now given injuries. I just hope if he slows down more in the second half of the season we're willing to make a tough decision for the good of the team.
How does one play in one of those 'high pressure' games if you're borderline willing to include him?? Seems to me to be a conflation between 'Best 22 in 3-4 weeks' and 'Best 22 for Finals'.You had similar concerns re De Koning before the season started and look what has now eminated. I still maintain we need a sprinkling of youth and experience. If we do the "same old" then nothing will change. I'd be prioritising games to Stephens to see if he can continue to develop to be a consideration for selection come finals.
Kolo has had a terrific year but the ghosts of old are too strong for me to have him (in my team) as a lock. I want to see him play well in a high pressure game before he's in my 22. Menegola is back in the 22 at the expense of Miers. But both are on the fringe. Clearly Menegola has missed a lot of footy but not withstanding that, his finals record is poor. Another that I think is borderline.
How does one play in one of those 'high pressure' games if you're borderline willing to include him?? Seems to me to be a conflation between 'Best 22 in 3-4 weeks' and 'Best 22 for Finals'.
I think everyone had concerns over Sam De Koning before the season. From Taylor-Henderson-Lonergan triumvirate to what we thought was Blicavs and SDK.
I'd be asking Stephens to step back for a couple of games and do well. 9 touches cannot see continued selection. Quiet nights saw Dempsey and Evans dropped. Largely moot now as I suspect Parfitt's hand will see him get games alongside Dangerfield and Menegola's returns next week or the one after. Won't see too many centre bounces I'd have thought though.
Change username.I'm going to throw up a big question. Is Selwood in our best 22?
Our best 3 mids playing right now are Guthrie, Atkins and Parfitt. Selwood is getting caught with the ball more regularly and his disposal is struggling more than I've seen it, perhaps in the rush to try and keep up with the game. He's never been great defensively.
There's still Danger and Holmes to come back. Blicavs is best used as that defensive mid/wing and 2nd ruck rather than a lock down defender.
He's still gutsy as ever and at worst he's in our best 22 now given injuries. I just hope if he slows down more in the second half of the season we're willing to make a tough decision for the good of the team.
Yes, and comfortably soI'm going to throw up a big question. Is Selwood in our best 22?
Our best 3 mids playing right now are Guthrie, Atkins and Parfitt. Selwood is getting caught with the ball more regularly and his disposal is struggling more than I've seen it, perhaps in the rush to try and keep up with the game. He's never been great defensively.
There's still Danger and Holmes to come back. Blicavs is best used as that defensive mid/wing and 2nd ruck rather than a lock down defender.
He's still gutsy as ever and at worst he's in our best 22 now given injuries. I just hope if he slows down more in the second half of the season we're willing to make a tough decision for the good of the team.
I agree that lots of us have been mixing up (I assume that is what conflating means!! ) "best 22" for 3-4 weeks with best 22 if everyone available for finals. I think the best 22 for next month is not really a "thing" given people coming back from injury and also the types of teams we play (including WC and North) - it will really about the club getting people back in and (hopefully) giving some younger players some more experience...How does one play in one of those 'high pressure' games if you're borderline willing to include him?? Seems to me to be a conflation between 'Best 22 in 3-4 weeks' and 'Best 22 for Finals'.
I think everyone had concerns over Sam De Koning before the season. From Taylor-Henderson-Lonergan triumvirate to what we thought was Blicavs and SDK.
I'd be asking Stephens to step back for a couple of games and do well. 9 touches cannot see continued selection. Quiet nights saw Dempsey and Evans dropped. Largely moot now as I suspect Parfitt's hand will see him get games alongside Dangerfield and Menegola's returns next week or the one after. Won't see too many centre bounces I'd have thought though.
Probably not the right thread, but given preview not open yet…the game against WC is very interesting.
Reading into prior socials….getting one for menagola and one for Neale todays suggests strongly to be that both will be going to Perth. From my view watching the VFL game I frankly throught menagola was pretty average and needed another run or two at vfl level - but maybe they think WC is VFL equivalent so lets get him in?
Neale also was non existent after qtr time but I have no issue him going back to his home town and giving Hawke a really good couple of weeks off to lay good foundation for him in the back half of the year.
I note that Frank the Tank also got coaches votes so maybe they give him another crack as they manage someone like Smith or 2E? (And of course there is the Parf spot and should also be a spot replacing Dal and maybe even Narkes?). Maximum 4-5 changes with Kolo coming back and gola and Neale? I would like to see Dempsey have another crack as well for a few games before getting all the “best 22” back for the last 5 rounds and finals?
In terms of Danger and Holimes etc I would think they should either rest (given long flight) or limited time in VFL before coming back against Richmond?
TBF his ground work in the contest post ruck if the ball doesn't clear is decent- goes hard at the ball and carrier... its probably the most influential part of his game for the last season and a half.And that puzzles me, because he does neither very well.
Probably not the right thread, but given preview not open yet…the game against WC is very interesting.
Reading into prior socials….getting one for menagola and one for Neale todays suggests strongly to be that both will be going to Perth. From my view watching the VFL game I frankly throught menagola was pretty average and needed another run or two at vfl level - but maybe they think WC is VFL equivalent so lets get him in?
Neale also was non existent after qtr time but I have no issue him going back to his home town and giving Hawke a really good couple of weeks off to lay good foundation for him in the back half of the year.
I note that Frank the Tank also got coaches votes so maybe they give him another crack as they manage someone like Smith or 2E? (And of course there is the Parf spot and should also be a spot replacing Dal and maybe even Narkes?). Maximum 4-5 changes with Kolo coming back and gola and Neale? I would like to see Dempsey have another crack as well for a few games before getting all the “best 22” back for the last 5 rounds and finals?
In terms of Danger and Holimes etc I would think they should either rest (given long flight) or limited time in VFL before coming back against Richmond?