Preview Changes/prematch discussion vs Melbourne

[Shermanator]

Injuries. Lost all pace and power due to the foot. Same injury that ended Matt Egan and Trent Croad's careers.

Cheers for that.

Bloody shame, I hate seeing promising young careers stifled or ended because of injury. Jessie Smith was going to be our next big thing but injury soon put a stop to that. Very sad.

 

[Horace]

interesting that although Durdin is in the 18 for roos hes named for Werribee. normally its one or the other

And Swallow is the only one named on the extended bench who is not named for Werribee. Tells me that Sam will be out and Spitta the one certain in this week. The other two I suspect will not make the final 22 will be Clarke and Mountford, unless Garner and maybe Benny Brown don't come up through injury.

 

[giantroo]

That was the initial team:


B: Sam Durdin, Robbie Tarrant, Ed Vickers-Willis
HB: Lachlan Hansen, Scott Thompson, Jamie Macmillan
C: Sam Gibson, Ben Cunnington, Shaun Atley
HF: Kayne Turner, Jarrad Waite, Marley Williams
F: Nathan Hrovat, Ben Brown, Shaun Higgins
Fol: Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell, Jed Anderson
Int From: Andrew Swallow, Luke McDonald, Ryan Clarke, Aaron Mullett, Taylor Garner, Mason Wood, Declan Mountford

In: Jarrad Waite, Andrew Swallow, Aaron Mullett, Taylor Garner, Declan Mountford
Out: Trent Dumont (concussion), Jy Simpkin (shoulder)

 

[Phillyroo]

So Durdin out then

 

[LuvtheKangas]

So Durdin out then

Looks very likely. Anderson might go too, if Garner comes up.

 

[giantroo]

BTW, why was Marley named on the HF line??

 

[giantroo]

Updated squad to be something like this:

B: Aaron Mullett, Robbie Tarrant, Ed Vickers-Willis
HB: Marley Williams, Scott Thompson, Jamie Macmillan
C: Sam Gibson, Ben Cunnington, Luke McDonald
HF: Kayne Turner, Jarrad Waite, Mason Wood
F: Nathan Hrovat, Ben Brown, Shaun Higgins
Fol: Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell, Ryan Clarke
Int From: Andrew Swallow, Taylor Garner, Jed Anderson, Declan Mountford, Lachlan Hansen, Sam Durdin, Shaun Atley

 

[tazaa]

IN: Mullet Waite Garner
OUT: Simpkin (inj) Dumont (conc) Durdin
Swallow and Mountford emergencies

 

[remfan101]

Bench will be Hansen, Atley, Anderson, Swallow unless Garner is fit in which case he probably comes in for Anderson

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Waite and Garner will make a huge difference to our forward line.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Mountford deserves an extended crack at it.

 

[dus]

We don't need Swallow. Not sure why we are rushing him back.

Midfield has looked so much better without him.

He's not our saviour.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

We don't need Swallow. Not sure why we are rushing him back.

Midfield has looked so much better without him.

He's not our saviour.

No, but with Froggy injured he seems like a reasonable option to hold things together at the coalface this week.

 

[Pep Fraudiola]

We don't need Swallow. Not sure why we are rushing him back.

Midfield has looked so much better without him.

He's not our saviour.

The thing is, if he comes in and we win, what does it achieve?

However, you play Mountford and we win, it's huge.

Roll the dice North, go All-In on youf.

 

[Dirty_11]

That was the initial team:


B: Sam Durdin, Robbie Tarrant, Ed Vickers-Willis
HB: Lachlan Hansen, Scott Thompson, Jamie Macmillan
C: Sam Gibson, Ben Cunnington, Shaun Atley
HF: Kayne Turner, Jarrad Waite, Marley Williams
F: Nathan Hrovat, Ben Brown, Shaun Higgins
Fol: Todd Goldstein, Jack Ziebell, Jed Anderson
Int From: Andrew Swallow, Luke McDonald, Ryan Clarke, Aaron Mullett, Taylor Garner, Mason Wood, Declan Mountford

In: Jarrad Waite, Andrew Swallow, Aaron Mullett, Taylor Garner, Declan Mountford
Out: Trent Dumont (concussion), Jy Simpkin (shoulder)

Balance restored.

 

[Kimbo]

BTW, why was Marley named on the HF line??

Same reason Lachie has been named there in the past. Got to put the 'seventh defender' somewhere?!

 

[tales129]

Atley is definitely copping it for mullett

 

[Kimbo]

So, the 25 isn't changed, just the starting 18 vs interchange. While Brad may have a habit of not dropping any of those named in the 18 from the final team, there isn't anything stopping the club from doing it, is there?

If so, then these cosmetic changes are probably no more than signals to the team. That is, if you're on the extended bench, you're a chance to get dropped or are receiving a message along the lines of 'In case you didn't get the message in your player review, you're skating on thin ice.'

It seems a bit silly to me. It's not even likely to fool the opposition.

 

[Caracas]

So, the 25 isn't changed, just the starting 18 vs interchange. While Brad may have a habit of not dropping any of those named in the 18 from the final team, there isn't anything stopping the club from doing it, is there?

If so, then these cosmetic changes are probably no more than signals to the team. That is, if you're on the extended bench, you're a chance to get dropped or are receiving a message along the lines of 'In case you didn't get the message in your player review, you're skating on thin ice.'

It seems a bit silly to me. It's not even likely to fool the opposition.

I'm assuming it was just a mistake, then? We meant to name Durdin on the bench. Hah.


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[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

Scott: The ruck dominance against Melbourne the last three weeks hasn't translated to clearance dominance #NMFCMedia

 

[TheCount]

So, the 25 isn't changed, just the starting 18 vs interchange. While Brad may have a habit of not dropping any of those named in the 18 from the final team, there isn't anything stopping the club from doing it, is there?

If so, then these cosmetic changes are probably no more than signals to the team. That is, if you're on the extended bench, you're a chance to get dropped or are receiving a message along the lines of 'In case you didn't get the message in your player review, you're skating on thin ice.'

It seems a bit silly to me. It's not even likely to fool the opposition.

Sorry to interrupt, just been doing a touch of Oppo Scouting

In response to the above tho, for Sunday squads, the starting 18 are indeed locked in, and it's only the extended 7-man bench that is changed at final selection. So if you wish to make changes to the starting 18, you need to formally do so, as you've obviously done this morning.

 

[giantroo]

Scott: Andrew (Swallow) is in the mix. We'll get through training today and then finalise our squad #NMFCMedia

 

[giantroo]

Scott: Our players love going to the home of footy and we're looking forward to getting out there #NMFCMedia

 

[B4Bear]

Most important game of the year; got to keep the streak going.