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Prediction Changes Rd21 vs Greater Western Sydney
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I'd like to see Elliot yeo play back this week and let gov play a full game forward
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Think we will have our hands full with Lobb Cameron Patton
Cant leave it too just Yeo Barrass and Schofield to contain them
Brave Sir Robin
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He's not keeping anyone out who's that much better than him, so I wouldn't call it an experiment. It's fairly pragmatic if you ask me. Of the guys on the chopping block (i.e. out of contract) he is the only one who might have the talent to make it and we need to know what he can do at AFL level to see whether he gets another contract next year. I don't think he'll make it but given our current circumstances I understand fully why he is being given these last H&A games to prove himself.
You make it sound like he's McGinnity who is a very well known quantity that has never delivered over a pretty long career. He's played 9 games, and in that time shown that if he can at least find the ball he might be a player. Giving him 5 games in a row is not the worst idea, especially when like many have noted, he is not keeping an Eddie Betts out of the side.
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I'm of the belief we invested heavily in Jetta and we need to find away to make it work
Or throw someone else a chance like Adamson
I hope he plays well by the way
Tunbridge and Nelson are not currently playing the same role in the team. It is not 'a like' for 'like' situation.
From Simpson's comments in the past he rather likes what Tunbridge offers - a serious physical presence among other things. Nelson may niggle opponents but he doesn't/can't knock them over at this stage in his career.
Looking at the game against the Dockers a second time Tunbridge was not too bad. He fumbled a few times but he also did a number of good things including offering the 'physical presence' I referred to above. I think this is why Simpson likes Tunbridge in the team, for example we were completely bullied around the packs in the Geelong game by Blicavs, Guthrie and others and he highlighted this in his post match talk.
Nelson was competing with Butler for a spot this week, I am not sure who out of these two offers more, pretty line ball.
Tunrbidge needs to play on Heater and stop him from having influence, i'm fine if he can do that and not have a touch himself, however, he's probably going to not get a touch and let Heater have 30. Good times.
Probably more chance of Nelson being able to take Shaw out of the game than Tunbridge, but who knows.
3 year extension for Tunners if he keeps Shaw below 150 SC points
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Nelson should be being played through the middle, because thats our clubs biggest issue, and when inside the pack, he uses the ball better than our blind, over the shoulder bombing experts that are currently in there..
Nelson will never be a star player imo but can definitely make it as a second tier midfielder. Similar in line to someone like adams used to be for north or van berlo when he was decent for adelaide. 100+ quality games once physically mature.
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Regarding the Nelson thing, does Simmo and the MC know that we are going to leak possessions through the midfield with or without him and has opted to bolster the defense.
Lets face it with 16 possession last week, its not exactly earth shattering
Lets face it with 16 possession last week, its not exactly earth shattering
4 or 5 of these were kicks in junk time of the last quarter.
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not the time to experiment
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I'm pretty happy with what we got TBH
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Surely you'd play Nelson through the middle and as a tagger over Hutchings, who is at his absolute ceiling and just isn't that good.
Or giving him AFL exposure to help pump up his value a bit if he can have a half reasonable game.
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How good is it that most of us, myself included, wanted Tunbridge out but he and simpson proved us wrong and now we are wanting him to play and get off the match suspensions.
Kudos to simpson and Tunbridge.
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