I was wondering about this as the club hasn’t said exactly what’s wrong with it, other than ‘hand injury’.
You’re full of intel, pjcrows - what’s the go with Sloane and Lynch re-signing?
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I was wondering about this as the club hasn’t said exactly what’s wrong with it, other than ‘hand injury’.
You’re full of intel, pjcrows - what’s the go with Sloane and Lynch re-signing?
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I agree, although they did say Tex was going to train tomorrow.
Will be a breath of fresh air that I think the players need. Just straight up leadership, no drama
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Out: Walker, Mackay, Polky
In: Fog, Hampton, Betts.
In: Fog, Hampton, Betts.
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I hope we see Himmelberg rather than Fogarty.
Brand doesn’t do the company line very well.
First he said he has OP once his coach a couple of days earlier said it was not OP. Now he says Tex will miss when we are saying he will be tested.
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Calls a spade a spade that's for sure! I can imagine him going up to the uncontracted players and saying are you going to sign or **** off like the other w***ers
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I'm thinking these will be the changes this week:
In: Fogarty, Betts
Out: Walker (inj), Poholke (omitted)
If Mackay doesn't come up, then Poholke stays in.
Sloane to come back into the team next week, potentially along with Walker and Kelly (provided they are over their respective injuries).
In: Fogarty, Betts
Out: Walker (inj), Poholke (omitted)
If Mackay doesn't come up, then Poholke stays in.
Sloane to come back into the team next week, potentially along with Walker and Kelly (provided they are over their respective injuries).
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It's the only thing he actually does on this board.
I'd personally still drop Poholke, bring Murphy back in and give gooch more midfield minutes only for the fact that Poke simply looked buggered and just couldn't get it happening for him against gold coast, still needs another pre-season I feel.
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The closer we get to the game the more I think Pykey will give the FOG another go around. His last AFL game was a bit of a stitch up for the kid in terms of the situation we put him in and how we played as a team. Plus Pykey has already shown that he likes him over the other talls in the SANFL so it just makes sense.
Feel for Poholke if dropped as I would have liked to see him string a month together of AFL footy, but he does seem like the obvious odd man out. He just wasn't on against the Suns, and the rest of the team were.
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Himmelberg will be something special when he's ready IMO, but I feel like he's in Doedee's position a year ago. Could play, but probably shouldn't for his own development/confidence. Last thing we want to do is have him taking bath's at AFL level cause he's 10% off the pace... Tall's don't always take that kind of scrutiny all that well
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Poholke has had 2 games to show he should be retained in the side. He's delivered an 10 touch game, followed by a 10 touch game with no goals.
In comparison, Gooch has had 11 disposals and a goal, followed by 20 disposals and 2 goals. Knight had 9 touches and no goals and 17 touches and 2 goals. So Poholke is clearly the worst performed out of the 3 that came in for the Sydney game.
When you've got Eddie Betts fit and ready to come back in, someone will get squeezed out and Poholke hasn't done enough for that player not to be him.
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With guys like Betts, Gov, Jenkins and Lynch in the side I reckon it's a nice way for him to come in for a game.
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Betts comes in for Poholke as the only change it looks like
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Not arguing any of that. He's certainly the least performed. But he does have a presence about him. Solid kid, good tackler, hard at it and good overhead. Would have liked to see him play a few more games in this stretch, cause its his best chance to get games considering the injury list has 6 tests on it this week
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I can't see us risking Walker this week. Not when we're playing an 0-6 team at home, with them missing 2-3 of their top 5 players. It's about as gimme a game as you can hope for (not that it will be a gimme though). Mackay no certainty to play either.
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So Fog and ....... do we have anyone left. On the basis we will likely make 2 forced changes in that case, maybe Myles stays
If tex doesn't play it doesn't seem fair to let FOG play for a week and then back out again, at some point we need to let the kid develop through some continuity in his game time. In & out all over the shop aint going to help him!
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Unfortunately thats the life of a Fringe player in the AFL. Gotta be ready to come in a perform at the drop of a hat. Plenty of good stories of fringe players coming in and not surrendering their spot too. Riley Knight, Charlie Cameron, Jake Kelly. Hell even Rory Sloane all those years ago was a fringe player that just refused to yield his spot.
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I think Poholke would stay in the team if Mackay doesn't get up. The other possibility is Murphy comes in for Poholke.
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That's what happens to almost all first year players at teams vying for a shot at the flag. The really good first-year players will perform so well that they force the selectors to keep them in the team.
In for 2 weeks out for 1, in for 1, out for 2, in for 1-2? The club has already shown they wouldn't pick him over others in rd 3 & 5
I love Fog I want him to play for the record. but a player like him needs a block of footy i feel and he isn't getting that in either grade currently
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