The AFL first mid season trade deal.
Fremantle are very generously letting him play this week as well.
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Strategy Changes: Round 22 Port Adelaide vs. Fremantle
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Fremantle are very generously letting him play this week as well.
He probably does but it's not the same as bringing back Walker, Young, Fyfe etc due to duration of time out.
My point is that I think it'll be just the best 10 or so that get brought straight back in after a long time out.
I doubt match committee think two weeks is a long time out but tbh I've seen stranger things happen.
FWIW I think we've been holding players back a bit longer but where there's an obvious spot in the team that needs filling we've gone a bit earlier - e.g. Fyfe was brought back when we had a lot of unavailability.
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If you think Simpson is going to line up against a forward line like the Lions for example your kidding. There's no free footy in the finals.
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What's the answer for our need for a bit bodied mid? No Young, no Johnson, O'Meara and Erasmus aren't it.
Can Fyfe dial back the clock?
Can Fyfe dial back the clock?
If you’re a pessimist, take the $9 odds that we’re the team to miss out on the 8.
Put a cheeky $100 on that. If we implode, you can dry your tears with some cash. If they make it, worth $100 all day.
Gamble responsibly.
He was one of our best players. Got coaches votes too.
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I hope Wagner is back, he’d be perfect for the Butters tag
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Brodie.
Of everyone who we've tried through there ever since he went out in early 2023, we've never even considered having another look at him. He's persona non grata.
Must've ****ed someone's missus or something.
Yeah I'll never understand it either.
Never heard of anything negative about him from any of my sources either.
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He looked slow and ordinary a couple of weeks ago. Afraid to kick the ball and was fumbly. Maybe putting too much pressure on himself or maybe his body can’t handle the pace at that level anymore
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He's always at Brayshaw and Serong's inner circle get togethers too. It's super weird.
Hopefully he just announces this is his last year rather than last game. It's possible.
Unfortunately Port's stars are very good so it's not like we're playing West Coast in Jamie Cripps' last game. And yes, the rest of their team is usually but they may just lift for this occasion.
I think people really need to go back and watch how abruptly Brodie vanished in those two finals in 2022.
Fair or unfair, it was papers stamped stuff.
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O’Meara shutdown Hewett and brought physicality and aggression to the midfield group that were being bashed senseless in the first half. He was a key driver of the second half turn around. I agree with Wagner back in for his run and pressure but would not be dropping OMeara after that game.
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Walker does not have a record in finals that screams get him back in the team. The current backline has been working as a collective cohesive unit. A change like Walker could upset the team defence dynamics. It’s unlucky for Walker but he really needed a period of games with this backline to establish himself again.
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there's a reason Carr wants him at Port... Butters is a free agent next year (not saying they're similar level, but Carr will need more depth there if Butters goes).
we know why J Lo doesn't play him; likes 2-way runners and Brodie has no defensive game
but i reckon it should be 'horses for courses'. for some games you need a 'see ball, get ball' guy and Brodie is that. does one thing very well and, shocker, when we get dominated at clearances we have to come from behind.
Port is 3rd in the comp for clearances from stoppage (but way worse from CBs, around 14th). we are 7th in both.
guy wins clearances. get him in against a good clearance team?
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Agree he was bad in those finals and he is a limited player but he does have a 1 wood which was good to watch in ‘22.
I’m neither here nor there with Brodie but what I don’t understand is that all of MJ, JOM, NOD, Sharp & Raz have been average to poor AFL players since ‘22, yet Brodie could never have another look in.
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Boak retiring.
However, based on Tom Morris post he is playing the year out so not a farewell this week.
However, based on Tom Morris post he is playing the year out so not a farewell this week.
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They have two more home games, us and GC. I guess announcing it now doubles their chance of chairing him off victorious - and we are likely easier pickings than GC - SUCKERS.
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Boak has retired.
So Port are likely to be up and about
So Port are likely to be up and about
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