Preview Changes for the Prelim v Port Adelaide - Sat @7:40

[Doggy]

Doggy, apolovies but have to keep any news in house in prelim final week one way or the other. Less than 48 hours until everyone finds out anyway

Yeah I understand.. too long to wait though..

 

[Deadly Darcy]

I will be miffed if Martin plays.

why? No way we’ll select him unless the MC is confident he can play it out. Would’ve played v Brisbane otherwise. Picking him if he’s right is the exact reason we took a punt on a 34 year old.?!

 

[bullish23]

Some early ins for the Port board to dedicate another 14 pages to;
Stevic, Rosebury, Findlay

 

[adogsfan5]

Some early ins for the Port board to dedicate another 14 pages to;
Stevic, Rosebury, Findlay

Stevic is by far the best umpire in the league. Absolutely ludicrous to think he favours anyone.

 

[Contador]

Stevic is by far the best umpire in the league. Absolutely ludicrous to think he favours anyone.

Is he the best umpire coz he's hot?

 

[BIG_BONTS]

If he could go for 3 quarters play and sub him if he’s body can’t cope. No love lost. Risk is if we cop another injury…

In - Martin
Out- Weightman

I’d keep young in and big Tim forward. Martin/Young to ruck 2-3 quarters. English/Young to ruck 1-2 quarters.

 

[Pugz89]

Even if Martin has been under an injury cloud, reading between the lines and I reckon he plays. If he plays, it makes me slightly more confident.

I have moments where it doesn't even feel like prelim week, but by Thursday the buzz will definitely be rising.

 

[Angak]

I'm looking forward to the Bevo's press conference this week where they ask him about Steff Martin

Also if I see another post suggesting Roarke out I'm gonna lost my shit. It's not happening. He plays an important defensive role.

 

[NBates]

 

[blagodellago]

Out: Weightman, Young
In: JJ, Martin

Sub: Richards

Shache to help out English if Martin goes down early.

There’s going to be an ambush on Saturday night


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[Contador]

I get big Shane Biggs

Shane Biggs

Age

34

Ht

187cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.8

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

7.1

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

355.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

19.0

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

8.6

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.6

4star

vibes from Roarke Smith

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Roarke Smith

Age

29

Ht

184cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.7

3star

K

5.6

2star

HB

6.1

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.7

4star

CL

0.4

2star

No current season stats available

D

12.0

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

. Could see him winning us a grand final with a 5 effort play and then never play for us again.

 

[X_box_X]

Another 6 goal to 2 first qtr would do it

We need to start well.

We only lost the first quarter on three occasions during the H&A season. We were 11 points down at qtr time against Brisbane, but I feel like the end the Lions kicked to in the opening qtr was the scoring end.

First quarter of recent prelims:

2016: Bulldogs by 2 pts;
2010: Bulldogs by 8 pts;
2009: Bulldogs by 15 pts.

We've won our previous four first quarters against Port. In those four matches, we've scored 100 and conceded 38.

Let's hope for more of the same.

 

[ab_83]

I'm not sure why but I've got a feeling Richards will play

 

[Cam1967]

If he could go for 3 quarters play and sub him if he’s body can’t cope. No love lost. Risk is if we cop another injury…

In - Martin
Out- Weightman

I’d keep young in and big Tim forward. Martin/Young to ruck 2-3 quarters. English/Young to ruck 1-2 quarters.

Good in theory, but does not work if there as an injury sub needed before Martin is cooked.

 

[Cam1967]

Good in theory, but does not work if there as an injury sub needed before Martin is cooked.

**edit, just read your whole post, which answered my reply.

 

[Dogs Rule]

I don't need Brown or Lyon to validate my opinion either, and yes, I watched the game too.

Exactly. When asked for a tip, Lyon barely missed a beat before saying Port, could hardly wait to get it out. Total campaigner as usual towards us. He's the reason part of me wants Melbourne to lose and part of me wants them to win and then suffer a heartbreaking GF loss.

 

[Golden_6]

Not that we’re ravaged by injury because we’re only missing 2-3 best 22 players but it’s absolutely remarkable how healthy Port & Melbourne are. Neither side are missing any best 22 players and have a full list to choose from.

 

[Doggies_13]

I’ll believe Martin is an in when I actually see it, all the commentary from the club has been the opposite. I’m saying that if there was ever a game to risk it, it is this game. Because even if he pulled up sore there is a week off before the grand final.

 

[doggies ftw]

Not that we’re ravaged by injury because we’re only missing 2-3 best 22 players but it’s absolutely remarkable how healthy Port & Melbourne are. Neither side are missing any best 22 players and have a full list to choose from.

Can’t underestimate how important it is for Port to have a 2nds comp running right now too, we might have finished top 4 had we had that luxury tbh

 

[Golden_6]

I get big Shane Biggs vibes from Roarke Smith. Could see him winning us a grand final with a 5 effort play and then never play for us again.

A couple of interesting bits of information I picked up from the Telstra tracker.
- I've never though of Roarke as quick, but he had the 5th highest average moving speed during the game.
- Gardner covered 15.3km during the game which is good for the 4th highest. For someone who barely gets the ball, that's an enormous amount of ground to cover.
- Treloar had the 4th highest average moving speed. He looked awful around the ball but this suggests he was still working very hard when he was on.
- Hannan & VDM both clearly had the most sprint efforts for the match. It's pretty clear why they're both in the side despite not having huge output.

 

[X_box_X]

- Hannan & VDM both clearly had the most sprint efforts for the match. It's pretty clear why they're both in the side despite not having huge output.

Hannan also plays his role and obviously does what is asked of him. He has a good footy IQ which helps.

 

[adogsfan5]

Can’t underestimate how important it is for Port to have a 2nds comp running right now too, we might have finished top 4 had we had that luxury tbh

Not so sure about that. Robbie Gray and Fantasia didn’t train yesterday. Georgiades needs to pass a fitness test before playing. But yeah a 2nds comp has hurt big time.

 

[Dogs Rule]

Can’t underestimate how important it is for Port to have a 2nds comp running right now too, we might have finished top 4 had we had that luxury tbh

I remember those 97 and 98 Prelims, we skipped through from the QF to PF and thought we had it in the bag. At home, good form, week's rest, we had beaten Adelaide comfortably in at least one of the years, Adelaide hit by injuries in 97 at least and then...

Let's also remember two things. 1. We beat Port at AO this year. 2. If Naughton takes that grab in the square in the last five seconds (during our form slump) we win. Don't anyone forget that.

 

[Doggy]

Not that we’re ravaged by injury because we’re only missing 2-3 best 22 players but it’s absolutely remarkable how healthy Port & Melbourne are. Neither side are missing any best 22 players and have a full list to choose from.

Melbourne have had a full list for the majority of the year. All the luck

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

i think its simple,
JJ starting replacing Weightman
Martin replacing Young
Young replacing JJ as sub.
Its a Prelim got to be bold, thats the beauty of the sub rule, if hypothetically Martin gets injured, then Young as a rescue option.