Preview Changes Rd 4 vs Melbourne

[Tex Danger]

Show me the last time or anytime the sub came from a player named on field...

North did it last week I believe

 

[aabp1978]

Nank - good
Butts - understandable
Cook - do. not. understand. Dowling was a billion times better last week, and should be taking the Laird role, with Laird in a back pocket
Parnell- this has some logic, like 1 per cent logic…
Berry - must have been amazing to get that form back on the flight from Perth/ running laps of Optus stadium.

Honestly, how does Dowling not play? Like he is in form, a larger size mid..has shown he can ice a game in the last few minutes…what more does he have to do?

 

[Slime Roy]

Chayce Jones is a confidence player. Dropping him would ruin his confidence, so they drop Sholl instead, who is probably used to going in and out of the side.

That's a shame, what we really need is a FOOTBALL player.

 

[aabp1978]

it is just clear to me the club needs a total football department clean out. To make these conservative, illogical and senior player saving decisions is clearly just so ingrained in this club there is no hope. Clearly there is not a single vote of opposition- just group think….

 

[dogs105]

No, the sub always comes from a player named on the bench.

No they don't. Most often perhaps, but there have been a few this season who were named on field.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

No they don't. Most often perhaps, but there have been a few this season who were named on field.

I don't recall Nick ever taking this approach... but hey 1st time for everything... but I doubt it.

 

[dogs105]

I don't recall Nick ever taking this approach... but hey 1st time for everything... but I doubt it.

well, he's only had 3 chances this year

 

[ABAB]

This club continues to be gutless at selection.
Outs were easy targets. Perfect opportunity to make a stand by dropping Smith but because he's played 250 games he gets a golden pass.
Whilst this club continues to reward failures they will never be successful.

They can * off and when they get there they can * off again.

I hope we get pumped no lube.

If Smith wasn't dropped last week then there's no way he was going to be dropped this week so looks like the only way he will be dropped is retirement.

 

[WetCrow1991]

We don't normally make 5 changes, including 3 unforced.

Yeah but we normally punish the young players and give the seniors a pass, which we have done once again.

 

[huludicidal]

The sub will blatantly be one of Cook or Berry. Bookmark it. Because it has already been proven beyond any doubt that a midfield including all of Berry, Laird and Crouch is diabolically stupid, we’ll probably do that again and make Cook the sub.

It really wouldn’t have mattered what changes we made this week, but finding a way to bring in 5 players not named Billy Dowling, when we continue to roll with completely ineffective hacks like Berry, Laird, Jones and Smith completely boggles the mind.

Demons by 78.

 

[1970crow]

If Walker is picked, and can't move again, I'll be spitting chips!

I'm sure that if he had a fitness test, it was searching.

 

[Multiballz]

Crouch, laird and berry in.the same side. Nicks doesn't get it. He's finished. They need to sack him this year so they don't waste another year.

Im keen to see this Dynamic trio at the starting CB

That's a shame, what we really need is a FOOTBALL player.

Whats happened to that Taylor kid?
He can football.

 

[Slime Roy]

Im keen to see this Dynamic trio at the starting CB


Whats happened to that Taylor kid?
He can football.

Haggis-"crows fans are gonna love em'. They can.. just.play.football *
*so let's see how they go in the wrong positions
** sanfl football

 

[Bearded Clam]

I’m so fucn over these incipid cu*ts that its now gone beyond a joke.

The club needs to be folded.

Give the licence to some other club that actually deserves it.

 

[Bearded Clam]

will be supporting the dees tomorrow night and… Would actually love to see them beat the crows by over 50 points.

 

[Crows I Am]

Honestly, how does Dowling not play? Like he is in form, a larger size mid..has shown he can ice a game in the last few minutes…what more does he have to do?

He needs to have AFL experience before they will give him a go at AFL level.

 

[Pugsley]

Laird and Smith still in.

Tex still playing injured.

Nicks is an idiot.

Give our licence to Norwood.

I know who I'll support if Norwood gets a licence.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Cook is our Melbourne specialist

 

[SellarStardom]

Surely Berry will play the Murphy role. Small forward up to stoppage, tackle pressure etc. I doubt we put him back in the middle
Nank - Milera
Berry - Murphy/Pedlar
Cook - Sholl
Butts - Borlase
Parnell to sub


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That sounds sensible

The only tweak would be Laird to HF or HB to get sky ball burner out of the midfield and get Rankine and Rachelle in there.

Another option go with Parnell in for Milera, Nank to cover Michalanney and Michalanney to centre

 

[SellarStardom]

It's been very hard to gauge the Jones form. He's hardly touched it and from memory, has had zero influence when did get near the ball.

I didn't think Jones was bad last week, if the team only kicks down the left side of the field all day long any winger will starve

 

[texas_ranger]

So you can't give me any example that supports it ever happening...

Get back to me when you do.

Elijah Tsitas For Essendon Rnd 1 - named on a wing on thursday and made sub gameday

 

[cleanhands]

I’m so fucn over these incipid cu*ts that its now gone beyond a joke.

The club needs to be folded.

Give the licence to some other club that actually deserves it.

Is that it?

 

[FR0GGY]

There is no requirement to have the sub come from the bench players.

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Essendon last week Nick Hind named in the back pocket and was the sub

Not sure how much you can believe it but the article on the afc website says the sub will come from one of these 5 players (naming the players on the bench)

 

[1970crow]

If Smith wasn't dropped last week then there's no way he was going to be dropped this week so looks like the only way he will be dropped is retirement.

Smith could spend the entire game sitting down on the edge of the square and still not get dropped.

 

[SellarStardom]

I think he bought Berry in just to shove it up the media criticism

Nicks the arrogant flog has left Laird in the middle and moved Crouch to the bench, the only midfielder actually performing the last 2 weeks has been Crouch. Laird is a pile of trash right now, he must have photos of Nicks