Review Cats defeat Saints by 45 points
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- Nov 7, 2010
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Considering he left the ground the week prior v the Dogs with 10 minutes to go in the final quarter to have his left shoulder assessed by the club doctor and not return I very much doubt it will be a calf that sidelines him
Not having a go at the #30. He's been sensational. But if you were only choosing one of that duo for the games to come based on their performances against the Saints, it's Brandan by the length of K.P.
The squeeze for spots is on in earnest.
And attachment of AFL approved prosthetic the day after, he'll be good to go Saturday
PS Apologies to anyone with prosthetics, tis a joke
if only by mutual ascent
I think we need to see this Bewsy a little more often. He's always great competitively and hard at it, but that little bit of interception/rebound and getting the pill a few more times he is absolutely capable of too.
Miers for me makes selection tricky. Menegola, despite his couple of gaffs, had a very strong game. However we do have a few decent wingers so with a full squad, maybe Menegola is more a half forward. He has a very different skill set to Miers but if the latter was out of form, you could see Sam replacing him.
Maybe both make it and Rohan misses out. But Miers defensive positioning/pressure and creative offensive ability are an asset to the side lately.
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Absolutely. He must, and has always publicly supported the players; that stuff is unconditional (except if you are Mark McVeigh).
Just don't think that he should be pumping up the tyres of players that are struggling for form and can't crack a game in the firsts... particularly in a post match presser, after a win. It just seems a bit disingenuous to me and a touch of bathing in your own bathwater.
Anyway, I'm a fan of Scotty and can handle a smidgeon of hubris. 11 straight wins and a reasonably healthy list heading into another finals' campaign is something he and the coaching group should be proud of.
More humble pie for me to swallow re Meirs. My main problem with Gryan was his kicking but he dished off beautiful passes in the last two weeks. Real transformation from first half of the season!
Or maybe i wont since im not opposed to ideas and opinions based off who they come from. Just the ideas and opinions itself.
Parfit is better at that role then atkins. As shown on saturday night.
Only thing worse than seeing a coach pot players is seeing off-field management pot the coach
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Or, even worse, give him their full backing
I liked Jack Henry’s second ruck work. Shows how versatile he is.
For mine Atkins‘ has a versatility that gives him an edge over Parfitt if it ever comes down to it (which it won’t)
Places for both in my best 22
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Given his unorthodox kicking style, maybe we underestimate how long it took him to recover from the 2021 foot injury.
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We can afford to rest him last 2 games, which will be a 3 week break with the bye
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Miers is bets 22 when he plays like he has lately and i would be dropping Gola first.
I really like our forward group of Hawkin, Cameron, Stengle, Close, Miers and Rohan and think that is our forward 6 we should go into finals with.
Gola is fighting for a spot with Holmes and Smith for mine and i prefer those 2
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Must try and work out my best 22 + sub but I think our part of our preferred structure is for a 3rd tallish forward - we saw Henry in that role with Rohan out - I think Rohan gets that role when fit , Henry back to defence and Blitz relief rucking to support Stanley.
Rohan is playing slightly higher up the ground on occasion now but is still very valuable when close to goal both as a threat and for his insane pressure. I think his pressure will be an asset in the Finals.
Fitting Danger, Selwood and Rohan into the team is going to see some undeserved misfortune hit 3 players.
From Saturday Dahl is obvious but from there it becomes very difficult.
I agree. It is very clever pre-planned tactical management strategy.
If you are upfront about managing star players, it provides them ammo..
e.g. Cats thinks we are so bad they rest players against us... we'll show them.
Making a late change instead, stops their pre-planning and gives them false relief instead... win-win
Like wise by pretending players are returning from injury is also a means of "foxing"... win-win-win
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