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I did have that thought, but maybe he gets a bit of a leg up because of the sheer number of games we’re going to have to compress into the next 5-6 weeks. We’ll need to access our depth at some point.
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Thomas was doing nothing when he got dropped, not sure how broomhead has been but save from injuries he’s never really taken his chances. with daicos out I guess Atu was next in line. Exciting to see what he can do
I think this is a very poor by the selection committee. They’ve made an example of a kid (Brown) when there was by bucks’ admission 12 or more players that were not contributing as well as they should have been...some not at all and for two or three rounds. You want to put everyone on notice you drop senior players Cox, Wills, WHE, Phillips, Elliot...have all been horrendous over multiple rounds.
There are some injuries that we need to manage too...
There are some injuries that we need to manage too...
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I'm excited to see the new boys, go Atu and Will!
I imagine De Goey will come in for Cox next week, unless Kelly goes really badly, or injuries of course.
Wills would be feeling pretty nervous as Sier is surely due soon, so now it’s up to Rupert to perform and demand a spot.
At least they’ve seen that playing three talls means they need to have small and fast forward pressure so Atu and Varcoe forward makes sense. Happy to at least give it a go, nice to that they’re at least prepared to trial something new
Wills would be feeling pretty nervous as Sier is surely due soon, so now it’s up to Rupert to perform and demand a spot.
At least they’ve seen that playing three talls means they need to have small and fast forward pressure so Atu and Varcoe forward makes sense. Happy to at least give it a go, nice to that they’re at least prepared to trial something new
Not sure about Sier, I noticed he wasn’t mentioned in the post scratch match review
We’ve bought in 3 kids (2 on debut) have to keep some experience even if they’ve been out of form. Brown hasn’t been lighting it up so have no issues him being the out.
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Varcoe and Cox are lucky to still be in the team. Though, Varcoe did look better once he played up forward in the last quarter against Essendon.
A real shame to hear Daicos suffered an ankle injury. He's been one of the limelights of the year, so I hope this injury doesn't keep him out for too long.
Nice to see some debutants in the team. I wish them well.
A real shame to hear Daicos suffered an ankle injury. He's been one of the limelights of the year, so I hope this injury doesn't keep him out for too long.
Nice to see some debutants in the team. I wish them well.
I’d heard through a few avenues that he’d been pretty solid the last few weeks. Wills will need to perform as there’d be a chasing pack forming for a spot in our midfield.
No, probably agree on that on a second look.
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Yeah i dont understand the negativity either. We're forced to go without at least 4 of our best 22, we were never going to field a strong lineup. But neither have the Hawks.
Complaints that we are "top heavy" or that we've "failed at the selection table" seem a bit ridiculous to me at this stage. We're giving something a try while we've got our backs to the wall and the opportunity to do so. Well done to Bucks for thinking outside our usual box and giving a couple of young blokes a go.
Im excited to see what we bring.
Lol@Wills to "perform"....perform what? Some tackling? A block or two? He doesn't know how to do much else.
It's very surprising, but one thing i've seen from Atu is his willingness to tackle and he can stick them despite his size. The ball was pinging out of backline pretty easily last week so if he can repel some it'd be great. I think that'll be his instructions from the coaches, and if he can jag himself a goal it'll be a nice bonus.
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Yes, when the chips are down our opponents always performs better against. The same doesn't seem to galvanise us - if any other team lost a Sidebottom last week in such circumstances and played against us they would have almost certainly beaten us.
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Hey if he is doing those 2 things I'm all for him, didn't know Daicos was injured.
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Have you watched the clip of Atu telling his mum about the debut? His mum says that he was an emergency originally. I guess they were waiting to see if Daicos was able to get up.
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At this stage I don't care if we win or lose, I just want to see a forward line and some forward pressure. If I see another predominantly defensive performance and an empty forward line for the majority of the match, I'm gonna lose it.
Having an extra tall should help Cox, let's see what he can do, probably his last chance to show something.
Happy to give Atu and Will a go, especially with so many other players in the forward half showing absolutely nothing.
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Having an extra tall should help Cox, let's see what he can do, probably his last chance to show something.
Happy to give Atu and Will a go, especially with so many other players in the forward half showing absolutely nothing.
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