Changes for GWS

[Forzaport]

If Austin is named as an emergency, he'll play I reckon. It's ****ing insane to send Austin to Canberra and not play him.

Reserving my melt until 5 minutes before the bounce.

 

[B0ydmaniac]

But it's not a joke. Jokes are funny, this isn't funny.

In other news, the manager of rediscovered Forward-Ruckman-Wing-Defender-Utility Justin Westhoff has just submitted demands for a 3 year contract extension before the weekend's game

/s

 

[240volt]

One close loss against the form side of the comp and we f***ing replace 2 talls with a wingman and a flanker.

Despite already being down a tall to injury.

So our tall players are Dixon, Westhoff, Trengove and Clurey.

Against a dangerous tall forward line.

This is f***ing outrageous.

I wish you would stop beating around the bush and just come out and say what you really think.

 

[240volt]

In other news, the manager of rediscovered Forward-Ruckman-Wing-Defender-Utility Justin Westhoff has just submitted demands for a 3 year contract extension before the weekend's game

/s

Why not we need a good rover.

 

[tribey]

Ken is half right. First of all, we have to get the ball. This team is more likely to get the ball

The problem is, a-la H2 2014 and 2015+2016, we don't have any players up forward to kick it to when we do get it

Expect a lot of switching while we ~~let GWS set up their defensive positions~~ pull our forwards back into our forward lines

Hey, it could work. But there's an awful lot of evidence in the Hinkley reign to suggest replacing talls with smalls/mediums and basically playing the 22 as they come doesn't translate to success.

 

[Janus]

If Austin is named as an emergency, he'll play I reckon. It's ******* insane to send Austin to Canberra and not play him.

Reserving my melt until 5 minutes before the bounce.

Austin is from Canberra. He's going because he's going home for Easter to be with his family.

 

[B0ydmaniac]

Now the insanity of our selectors has been confirmed, I will get to work on this week's GIF.

Forget gifs

We need one of those Primus era selection night transcripts

Still, while I'm #1 pom-pom boy for the Ken for Baghdad bus, I'll suspend my judgement on this until after the game

However, if it fails as clearly as it appears it is destined to, I would like the board to publicly express its "full confidence and backing of Ken Hinkley"

 

[x_les_x]

Something tells me our coaches really really like johnson; plays the two jlt was ok then a travelling emergency somethings up.

 

[Powerade 08]

Aidyn Johnson is the furthest player on our list from being AFL ready. Why are we so shit

 

[El_Scorcho]

Hey, it could work. But there's an awful lot of evidence in the Hinkley reign to suggest replacing talls with smalls/mediums and basically playing the 22 as they come doesn't translate to success.

This is exactly the same as the 2014 Essendon game except we're playing away against one of the premiership favourites and one of our tall outs is unforced.

A game that we lost specifically because we got annihilated in the air.

 

[johnnycjay]

Need for speed. Seems like we're trying to beat them at their own game. Not sure that's a great idea.

 

[manureid]

If Johnson plays ahead of Arch then i don't know what is going on. Just weird.

If we get pumped by tall forwards and spend all our time bombing it long to sam gray then it will be proof that our coaching panel throw darts at dartboard on selection night.

 

[Forzaport]

Austin is from Canberra. He's going because he's going home for Easter to be with his family.

Irrelevant. He could play for the Magpies and spend Easter with family or he could be a late out for Magpies, play for the Power and spend Easter with family.

 

[tribey]

This is exactly the same as the 2014 Essendon game except we're playing away against one of the premiership favourites and one of our tall outs is unforced.

A game that we lost specifically because we got annihilated in the air.

All I want to know is, every year under Ken we've begun the year with a relatively traditional forward structure.

A couple of key forwards - Westhoff & Schulz in 2013, Butcher & Schulz in 2014/5, Schulz & Dixon in 2016, Dixon & Eddy in 2017 - then in short order, we seem determined to get rid of one/not replace one and go with a Pagan's Paddocky type smallabonanza.

Is this Ken using the first 'told you so' moment to wrest control from his lieutenants?

Why do we go through this charade every ****ing year only to eventually find ourselves banging our heads against a brick wall using a niche system that has been proven not to reap rewards?

Why not spend the preseason actually perfecting this smallball plan if that's what he's determined to live and die by?

 

[El_Scorcho]

This is indefensible lose-the-game-at-the-selection-table garbage.

It proves that once again the coaches simply pick their favourite 22 from the players available and figure out what roles they'll play later.

Trengove will be required in defence because Clurey is giving up 14cm to the 207cm Lobb. Patton is 198cm, Cameron is 196.

We know that Ken plays defence first which is fine, but it means at times during this game, we'll have Dixon in the ruck, Westhoff filling the hole in defence and Trengove and Clurey marking talls. We'll still have one of Patton or Cameron being marked by Jonas.

And at those times, we'll have nobody taller than 189cm in our forwardline, where they'll have Phil Davis at 197cm, Tomlinson at 194cm, Corr at 195cm.

If GWS pressure us into bombing the sort of kick in hope that lost us the game against the Crows at all, we'll lose every single contest. If we kick long to any contests, we'll be enormously outnumbered at every aerial battle.

You can get away with being a bit shorter than your opponent, but not like this. This is an absolute disaster and if we manage to get up it will be in the face of having tied one hand behind our own backs at the selection table. Again.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

If Johnson plays ahead of Arch then i don't know what is going on. Just weird.

If we get pumped by tall forwards and spend all our time bombing it long to sam gray then it will be proof that our coaching panel throw darts at dartboard on selection night.

I agree on form but in terms of player type who's place is Arch taking Wines? SPP? Ebert?

 

[El_Scorcho]

I agree on form but in terms of player type who's place is Arch taking Wines? SPP? Ebert?

Probably Eddy given the outs.

Reckon Arch could ruck?

 

[OneGreatClub]

All I want to know is, every year under Ken we've begun the year with a relatively traditional forward structure.

A couple of key forwards - Westhoff & Schulz in 2013, Butcher & Schulz in 2014/5, Schulz & Dixon in 2016, Dixon & Eddy in 2017 - then in short order, we seem determined to get rid of one/not replace one and go with a Pagan's Paddocky type smallabonanza.

Is this Ken using the first 'told you so' moment to wrest control from his lieutenants?

Why do we go through this charade every ****ing year only to eventually find ourselves banging our heads against a brick wall using a niche system that has been proven not to reap rewards?

Why not spend the preseason actually perfecting this smallball plan if that's what he's determined to live and die by?

Would be nice to have a club that brought in like for like. The swamp team are well drilled from playing the same forward structure month in month out.most confusing.

 

[JAlexG]

Young has been ordinary so far this year. Massive time to step up in that forward line and help Dixon out with Eddy out.

 

[PatientMental]

Young has been ordinary so far this year. Massive time to step up in that forward line and help Dixon out with Eddy out.

Young
r1 17 disposals 3 goals 1,
r2 16 disposals 1 goal 3,
r3 (smashed into the astroturf in fist qtr) 5 disposals.

 

[tribey]

Young
r1 17 disposals 3 goals 1,
r2 16 disposals 1 goal 3,
r3 (smashed into the astroturf in fist qtr) 5 disposals.

It's one of the more perplexing myths.

 

[JAlexG]

So he's averaging 1.3 goals to Eddy's 1 and 5 more disposals a game.

 

[Lagooner]

Probably Eddy given the outs.

Reckon Arch could ruck?

At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see Sam Gray facing Mumford, like Téa Leoni on the beach at the end of Deep Impact.

 

[Janus]

All I want to know is, every year under Ken we've begun the year with a relatively traditional forward structure.

A couple of key forwards - Westhoff & Schulz in 2013, Butcher & Schulz in 2014/5, Schulz & Dixon in 2016, Dixon & Eddy in 2017 - then in short order, we seem determined to get rid of one/not replace one and go with a Pagan's Paddocky type smallabonanza.

Is this Ken using the first 'told you so' moment to wrest control from his lieutenants?

Why do we go through this charade every ****ing year only to eventually find ourselves banging our heads against a brick wall using a niche system that has been proven not to reap rewards?

Why not spend the preseason actually perfecting this smallball plan if that's what he's determined to live and die by?

Eddy came into the side because Impey and Krakouer weren't available. It worked because the SCG is a small ground and low fitness levels aren't exposed.

Then Impey replaced Eddy - and then Eddy came back in when Hartlett wasn't available. It worked because the ball ended up in our forward line more often than not.

We played the 'traditional' way by choice in the Showdown and not only did we score less against a side that is normally crap defensively, we conceded 100 points.

Eddy isn't playing not because Ken doesn't want him to play, but because he costs us a rotation on the bench. 51% TOG. His inclusion means our midfield is doing twice the amount of work. So unless he's actively hitting the scoreboard every week, he becomes a liability to the entire side.

 

[JAlexG]

Sorry, but our entire midfield isn't doing 'twice the amount of work' because one players TOG is 51% (it's 59.4% anyways).