Unofficial Preview Changes and pre-match discussion vs Collingwood

[travelli]

Hopefully he hasn't lost his touch after missing 3 weeks.

I reckon he'll be running through walls

 

[tazaa]

Hopefully he hasn't lost his touch after missing 3 weeks.

He was carrying a knee issue which the break has done wonders for.
As has his thumb concern.

The suspension sucked but allowed his body to reset.

I think he will kill someone early on if he's not careful

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

He was carrying a knee issue which the break has done wonders for.
As has his thumb concern.

The suspension sucked but allowed his body to reset.

I think he will kill someone early on if he's not careful

I want him to cut someone in half.

 

[Gasometer]

…feeling a 7pm GD Thread in my waters

 

[HongKongRoo]

I hope we win but the levels of confidence on this board are bewildering. This could be very ugly.

 

[Makeshift Park]

Second?

At the risk of stating the obvious, it's the first of six, second of seven.

 

[ohh_v]

I hope we win but the levels of confidence on this board are bewildering. This could be very ugly.

Last week felt like a loss so I tend to agree.

 

[shinboner magic]

Need to take jaicos and Houston to the goal square - would even start all our talls across the half forward line to make this happen

 

[Disco Dew]

I hope we win but the levels of confidence on this board are bewildering. This could be very ugly.

That’s alright. Be confident and get spanked, be doom and gloom and get spanked. Doesn’t really matter.

 

[Augustine]

so is daicos

No he’s not. Don’t conflate Inside mid = tough. Outside mid = soft.

Inside mids are just the followers (centre, rover and ruck rover in the old language)

Daicos is indeed a bit soft and doesn’t enjoy contact - but he’s still a clearance and contested ball winning machine. Does it through superior reading of the ball, timing, running patterns, balance and speed/quality of disposal before being tackled.

Cunnington did it very differently - won contested ball through quality reading of play, toughness, sheer body strength (players hanging off him), poise and balance in traffic and superior hands and vision.

Judd did it through superior speed, power and strength and a deadly and powerful step / lateral movement. When LDU is on, he’s this kind of midfielder too.

There’s different ways to win a contested footy or clearance.

Outside footy (wingers and back flankers primarily) is about getting free on the spread to provide an option, running and carrying, speed of ball movement, delivery and decision making inside fifty etc. It’s a different skill set but it doesn’t follow that all inside players are tough and all outside players are soft.

Of our wingers Scott is in horrible form and Stephens is in great form. I think there’s a wing role up for grabs for whoever wants it.

 

[Only Forwards]

Changes aren’t like for like meaning we’ll need to structure differently.

We lose the wing and the sub. Replaced with a forward and a cat.

Probably a bit half forward heavy.

Fisher needs to be sub.

Corr still playing is a problem. We wear 2-3 dumbshit things for every half ok thing he does.

Doesn’t kill the ball consistently

Leaves his man and doesn’t impact the contest too often.

I’m aware there’s f*** all behind him right now. We’ll be better collectively when he’s replaced and they replacement has a run of games into form.

 

[travelli]

…feeling a 7pm GD Thread in my waters

Good idea. You are free to borrow this if you like. From our friendly AI

 

[Its a Process]

Need to take jaicos and Houston to the goal square - would even start all our talls across the half forward line to make this happen

We need to play through their match ups.

Zurhaar, JK and Curtis are all dangerous forwards and need to be used to keep them accountable.

 

[marklovesbeer]

At the risk of stating the obvious, it's the first of six, second of seven.

 

[Skarrz]

First of 6 straight wins for North coming up.

So 7 wins in a row?

 

[Frank Thring]

If noone has claimed it, can I do the match day thread this week?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

If noone has claimed it, can I do the match day thread this week?

Sure, you'll just have to wrestle Gaso for it.

 

[Disco Dew]

So 7 wins in a row?

Well yes if you don’t count the 8th and 9th win in a row

 

[Disco Dew]

If noone has claimed it, can I do the match day thread this week?

It better be good and full of innuendo

 

[Frank Thring]

Sure, you'll just have to wrestle Gaso for it.

If he has claimed it, then the legend has the stage.

 

[travelli]

If he has claimed it, then the legend has the stage.

Fk that horse! Get in now!

 

[The Nostradamus]

doesn’t take much to get a game at the pies atm apparently
The Hayes debut blokes stats this year, coming off a 8 touch game and rewarded with a debut

 

[Ruckle]

doesn’t take much to get a game at the pies atm apparently
The Hayes debut blokes stats this year, coming off a 8 touch game and rewarded with a debut
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Pencil him in to kick 9 on debut then

 

[Rollmop]

Wellsy tended to overkick it and it would miss the leading target. Shannon Grant, Craig Scholl, Phil Krakouer, Adrian McAdam, Winnie I think were all better kicks. Carey was superb and easily the best wet weather kick I have ever seen. Didn't see enough of Blight, Schimma or Grieg to remember but I hear they were pretty good.

Some great kicks there. Don’t forget Schwatta, his left foot was lethal

 

[rickety]

He was carrying a knee issue which the break has done wonders for.
As has his thumb concern.

The suspension sucked but allowed his body to reset.

I think he will kill someone early on if he's not careful

Remember that game when G. Archer had missed heaps of weeks for mighta been his hand?? idr, but then when he got the footy for the 1st time, the commentator gave it "Archers' got the footy, now he's looking for someone to tackle him" or summat like that. Was exactly like he was running at blokes ...