Leaning toward otten tbh. Big ground Richmond have a lot of zippy players applying manic pressure. Would be handy having one less tall and replacing him with a Hampton
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The thing about playing Richmond is that their mids and forwards are sure to get drawn to the ball around their forward-50 arc. GWS tried to kick over the maul, but fossils Johnson and Deledio (who looked physically cooked) were unable to keep Rance, Astbury, Houli accountable in any way. Milera would surely be better at getting into space down the ground as opposed to Otten who would be able to compete with Rance and Astbury aerially though. I think picking Milera is a more attacking option, as even a tall option bringing the ball to ground regularly could still lead to Richmond getting repeat forward 50 entries, which would be our undoing.
One interesting thing to consider was how well Toby Greene was negated yesterday. In terms of running to find space he's not only an elite gut runner, but extremely cunning, but Nathan Broad somehow blanketed him, so I don't know what that means for our smalls.
One interesting thing to consider was how well Toby Greene was negated yesterday. In terms of running to find space he's not only an elite gut runner, but extremely cunning, but Nathan Broad somehow blanketed him, so I don't know what that means for our smalls.
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SEN in full on victim blaming mode in regards to Cotchin/Shiel
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Surely they don't need to wait until Monday
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Otten could be in danger for Gov/Milera if the coach s want some more mobility vs the tigers and on the expanses of the G.
Just hope we don't let sentiment get in the way of making a decision. This doesn't come around enough to allow that to happen.
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Not sure it's lack of fitness. He's been a pro athlete for years. I think he's sore. Not sure where.
AFL running is entirely different to basketball running. He has said himself hes a poor runner so he just needs to build a tank. I also think he needs to work on his forward craft as i can definitely see him having an impact up there like the Fyfes/Danger/Dusty types, even its not to that same elite standard.
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Huh?
Are they blaming Shiel for concussing himself?
AFL will make sure Cotchin gets off for the big one. Probably insufficient force lol.
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We may consider running Knight on Dusty when on ball...
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They did on game day "each player has a duty of care and he did nothing to protect himself".
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Lol, AFL has been saying the opposite all year, that the players have a duty of care when colliding with an opponent.
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Let cotch play.
Id rather beat them at their best.
Couldnt stand the bs if he didn't play either.
Plus.. doesn't deserve to miss for that anyway.
Id rather beat them at their best.
Couldnt stand the bs if he didn't play either.
Plus.. doesn't deserve to miss for that anyway.
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This is the thing so many who say "but he waz goin 4 da ballll" are missing, including most of the old dinosaurs in the media from the 70s/80s when you could do that.
The days of absolute, all out "see ball, get ball" with absolute reckless abandon and no care for your opponent are over (well, when the AFL decides to follow their own rules they are anyway).
As you say, AFL players have a duty of care to their opponent to take reasonable steps to not make contact with the head.
I'm in the camp that the AFL will just let him off but Cotchin could have slowed up by one-millisecond and tackled Shiel - but he didn't and therefore he should, theoretically at least under the AFL's own "duty of care" principle", wear the consequences. But we all know how unlikely that is to happen...
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This is one of those that is borderline in the essence of "deliberate/wreckless" or "accident/purely going for the ball". Personally, I don't think Cotchin deserves to be penalised for that incident, because the ball was his main intent, and not the player. There has to be some leeway for the players in borderline cases, as otherwise, the future of AFL will be full of suspensions and reserves players!
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Not milera. God no. Should be Gov or Keath or Hampton. Otten will be a liability as he was on friday night and should not play.
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The way I see it is having Otten up forward will stretch Richmonds defence. They just don't have the key position defenders to man up on our forwards if we give them enough supply.
It will also force Rance to be more accountable.
The query will be our defence. Potentially with Talia, Hartigan and Lever we could be too top heavy, however this is how I see it:
Talia - Reiwoldt
Hartigan - Caddy/Martin
Lever - spare defender
Laird, Brown, Mackay and Kelly take the smalls.
I actually think this works massively in our favour. They don't have a tall Lever has to worry about, this means he will be free to intercept away. What he needs to be careful of is if he tries to play on they will run him down. So it's mark and kick all day.
Richmond will struggle to kick a score, just as they did in the first half of both finals. The difference is Geelong and GWS couldn't score and we do that better than anyone.
It will also force Rance to be more accountable.
The query will be our defence. Potentially with Talia, Hartigan and Lever we could be too top heavy, however this is how I see it:
Talia - Reiwoldt
Hartigan - Caddy/Martin
Lever - spare defender
Laird, Brown, Mackay and Kelly take the smalls.
I actually think this works massively in our favour. They don't have a tall Lever has to worry about, this means he will be free to intercept away. What he needs to be careful of is if he tries to play on they will run him down. So it's mark and kick all day.
Richmond will struggle to kick a score, just as they did in the first half of both finals. The difference is Geelong and GWS couldn't score and we do that better than anyone.
He'll be perfectly fit, it's only a matter of whether his hamstring is ok. If it is, he must play. Have to take in our best side.
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