Preview Changes for Round 2, 2023 vs Collingwood @ MCG

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Yeah why not, they're coming off the bright lights and centre stage of last week where an 88k crowd and the whole country's attention

suited everything they crave and feed off. This week by comparison, is literally a dead rubber matinee with empty seats less noise and all up

little to no pizzazz. Of course it wont surprise if we out play them, kick crooked, get crucified by the umps while falling short.

I want to see Daicos and his cocksure hooter rubbed in the dirt, Big Dix to take on Big Cox, Georgie to have a blinder AND kick straight.

I want to see more of Carr's midfield workings and rest assured boys n girls, Jnr will be up for this, Matinee time slot or not the MCG will suit him.

He's clearly out to impress us and long may he do so. They'll probably put work into The Hornet but from what i've seen let'm bring it on.

Any rough stuff then we give Peps and lachie licence to hurt.

"Of course it wont surprise if we out play them, kick crooked, get crucified by the umps while falling short"
Ahh... 10+ years in a sentence!:'(
 
There isn’t a shortage of examples the last 10 years where we have a big win like last week only to be brought back down to reality against a quality side not long after.

Collingwood look every bit a premiership contender and have the belief that they can win from out of nowhere, a bit like last week.

Massive test for us.
 

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Billy is a good inclusion for us. The race to see who can give away more 50 metre penalties between him & Charlie will be worth the admission price alone.
He will make Charlie look silly.
 

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“Don’t trust anyone over 200cm. And now, Billy Frampton!”
 
Feel like this game is going to tell us a lot about our group.

The pessimist says:
  • We have played 1 really great quarter all year, where our mid to fwd connection was outstanding, the first half we gave ourselves crappy chances and struggled to penetrate and threaten with possession.
  • The last qtr V Brisbane meant zero
  • We copped a Brisbane that were miles off the boil for some reason and was not a true reflection of what we should expect going forward
  • Despite being extremely dominant in general play in the 1st half V Brisbane, for chunks of the Freo game and the majority of the WC game, we still couldn't score, whilst conceding goals to our opposition easily.
  • Our ability to handle pressure remains a question mark.
  • The result against Brisbane was a clear outlier against several years of trends


The optimist says:
  • We just smacked a top 2 contender, they came at us, got ahead and then we ramped up to a whole new level tearing them apart and playing with an attacking gameplan not seen since 2014.
  • The gameplan tweaks certainly appear to have opened up our attacking side and have re-opened our ability to transition and score quickly again. The first half was only low scoring because we were missing our chances and giving away silly 100's.
  • We are dominating general play in all games, it was just a matter of time until we put that on the scoreboard.
  • Not only do we have serious quality on the inside, but nearly all our outside players, hff's, hbf's and wingers are all outstanding and seriously played at AA level Vs Brisbane (Rioli, SPP, Burton, Houston, Bergman and Duursma)
  • we have top liners to come back which will only make us stronger, and our fringe players will become first rounders like Jones and Sinn over the next few weeks.


Obviously the truth is somewhere in there between the 2, the question is just where.
 
Frampton has elite Dean Cox like skills for a ruckman/200cm player

Its that he's the contested marking capabilities of Simon Phillips is the issue
 
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