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exactly this. although would of been easier to trial it against Melbourne than Collingwood. That is if Tex plays the Collingwood game....
Strategy Can we play Tex,Pods,JJ and Lynch all in the forward line?
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Wouldn't be surprised if Tex didn't play against Collingwood; but the appeal of having him return on the big stage against blockbuster opposition might prove irresistible.
Expecting him to come in against Collingwood, but be subbed off midway through the third (assuming no injuries).
Expecting him to come in against Collingwood, but be subbed off midway through the third (assuming no injuries).
The decision whether or not to play Tex should never have been influenced by who the opponent is. It should always have been made in the best interest of managing Tex's return from injury. Tex's ability to perform & recover should have been the only factor under consideration.
This is a stupid argument as all different players and only really 2 talls with Pods and Tex with resting ruck man JJ and Lynch doesn't come into the argument as a roaming forward that applies great pressure and kicks crumbing goals .
Both Rucci who stated would not work and don't know why this crap merchant still gets under my skin, and Tredrea who I think is a reasonable media expert who put Petrenko in our best team leaving out Pods.
I don't know what more Pods can do to get rated and how much less Petrenko do to be noted not AFL standard.
Both Rucci who stated would not work and don't know why this crap merchant still gets under my skin, and Tredrea who I think is a reasonable media expert who put Petrenko in our best team leaving out Pods.
I don't know what more Pods can do to get rated and how much less Petrenko do to be noted not AFL standard.
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true, but it is a structure we have not tried. Why try it against a top 4 team?? I would much rather trial it against a bottom 4 side.. especially when Melbourne would not have the forwards to handle it.
I am on the side of, if Tex says he is ready to go, then he is ready to go.
Tredrea's fundamental assumption is that a forward line with 4 talls will not work in the long term. It might have the occasional success, but overall it's too tall & too slow to be effective in the long run. As such, it has to be one of the 3 talls who makes way for Tex (in the long run). Lynch & JJ make stronger cases for their retention than JPod does. Yes, JPod is currently performing very well (and Tredrea said as much) and Petrenko was positively putrid last weekend, but Pets survives because replacing him with Tex is not sustainable from a structural perspective.
We can't change the AFL fixture just to suit our own needs. If Tex isn't ready to play AFL this week (and that's the decision they've made), then so be it. If we happen to be up against a top-4 side after the bye, then that's just bad luck.
I'm not saying he's slow, but he's not exactly greased lightning either. He's probably faster than JPod, but considerably slower than JJ & Lynch.
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Given how rubbish our back line has been recently, especially last week, I think instead of dropping one of our forwards we should send one back into defence. They can hardly do worse than our defenders did last week. Those tools didn't even put in any effort.
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Worked last night. Walker stayed inside 50 because lynch was back. Pods seemed to suffer a bit out of the four of them
I think one of the main reasons it worked is because Rutten was dropped. It meant pods was able to fill a hole in defence without making the back half to slow.
Don't think it will work when Rutten returns, if he does return.
Pods has been admirable, but will be the one to go if Rutten is given back his gold pass
If its a decision between playing pods or rutten, where do you think the selectors will go? Rutten is not in our best 22 in my opinion, and is just hanging on. No point in continuing to play him.
I think one of the main reasons it worked is because Rutten was dropped. It meant pods was able to fill a hole in defence without making the back half to slow.
Don't think it will work when Rutten returns, if he does return.
Pods has been admirable, but will be the one to go if Rutten is given back his gold pass
If its a decision between playing pods or rutten, where do you think the selectors will go? Rutten is not in our best 22 in my opinion, and is just hanging on. No point in continuing to play him.
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who the phuk will pick up the crumbs?
He'll be back in when his groin recovers
I wasn't at the game but a few times (on tv) I noticed the ball coming into the 50 and Jpod was the one there you couldn't see where walker was? I don't know if he was off or deeper or caught up the ground, but each time I expected walker to be the one they kicked it too but it was pods.
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Somebody needs to get into Texs head before next week.
We shouldn't drop him just yet but he needs to know if he doesn't perform he will be dropped the following week...simple.
We shouldn't drop him just yet but he needs to know if he doesn't perform he will be dropped the following week...simple.
I've never seen him look so bad, so slow.
I'd keep him for the Hawks game to stretch them and he may rise to the occasion, then he gets a much needed bye…reassess after that.
Now we see why Walker hates Sydney so much. The very city itself seems to sap the life out of him!
He looked very slow. Im hoping he was told to take it easy once we had the game won and lost our sub.
Yes Tex had a shocker however he has still only had a handful of games and I think people need to lower the expectations
It will take this year and another pre-season until tex gets back to his consistent best
It will take this year and another pre-season until tex gets back to his consistent best
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