Prediction Changes: Round 5 Vs Adelaide Crows + Pre-match discussion

[Freomaniac]

Logue fills a need, Duman not as much.

We need at least a couple 190cm tall defenders vs the crows to counter against Frampton and Tex.

If Logue isn't fit, bring Duman in

 

[One_Wing]

We need at least a couple 190cm tall defenders vs the crows to counter against Frampton and Tex.

If Logue isn't fit, bring Duman in

Duman is not much a 1v1 defender. Logue should be fine to play and it should help free up Ryan which will help with the rebound we lost when Young was injured.

 

[Joose]

Playing at Adelaide oval, this one is a write off tbh, we can't win there

This is the year.

 

[freo for life]

Walters was the biggest disappointment today , he just needs to stop the acting and just play the ball .
Thought Treacy was a good link up player and will only get better.
Out = Meek
In = Shultz

 

[SHill Shall]

OUT: Hughes
IN: Logue

Impossible to like too much!

 

[kp junior]

Out Watson
In Logue

 

[Freoforever86]

Hughes was awful today. Awful. Cost us 3 goals. feel like he’s got a couple passes tho.
Colyer turned it on after a bad start, so he survives.

out - Watson & Giro
In - Logue Shultz

won’t be surprised if Hughes made way tho.

 

[Freoforever86]

Walters was the biggest disappointment today , he just needs to stop the acting and just play the ball .
Thought Treacy was a good link up player and will only get better.
Out = Meek
In = Shultz

Why Drop Meek? Him being there allowed Darcy to go forward like he did.
Unless Lobb comes in, or it’s wet as, meek stays

 

[Steinfreo]

What was wrong with watson. He was good

 

[_007_]

What was wrong with watson. He was good

For me personally it was not about Watson's game, more about the structure of the team. Think he plays like an undersized full back and we have plenty of those types.

 

[SHill Shall]

In: Logue, Shultz, Crowden
Out: Hughes, Watson, Colyer

A little rough on Colyer as he had a couple of very good moments. But we know his body of work over time, and Crowden will deliver more going forward.

 

[Deathly]

What was wrong with watson. He was good

Nothing. It's just he becomes surplus if we have the option to bring in a tall defender who can actually shut down FFs and Ryan/Cox play loose instead.

 

[ImperialPurple]

Logue and Duman must come in.

Watson and someone else out. I refuse to say the H-word because what sort of a buddy would I be then? Huh??

 

[SHill Shall]

Logue and Duman must come in.

Watson and someone else out. I refuse to say the H-word because what sort of a buddy would I be then? Huh??

Crowden was in the match committee's B22 as the season started - Duman was not.

 

[ImperialPurple]

What was wrong with watson. He was good

Watson is a C-grade depth player. He does his job when called on, but when better players become available he makes way. He’s not bad, there are just others who are better than him, and ahead in the pecking order.

 

[ImperialPurple]

Crowden was in the match committee's B22 as the season started - Duman was not.

Yeah but Pearce and Hamling weren’t injured before Rd 1.

 

[Square Peg]

I'm serious, someone needs to take Watson to an optometrist and test his depth perception. I have never seen an AFL level footballer under no pressure run under the flight of the ball as much as he does.
Out Watson, Hughes, Giro
In Logue, Duman, Schultz
Sturt to sub

 

[Freo Big Fella]

In: Logue
Out: Hughes

Would have been ready to s**t-can Colyer for Crowden or Henry at half time, but he did his bit in the second half.

Need flexibility to deal with Tex/Frampton/McAdam and Griff gives that for Cox and Ryan.

 

[freo for life]

Why Drop Meek? Him being there allowed Darcy to go forward like he did.
Unless Lobb comes in, or it’s wet as, meek stays

Because at every bounce he attended he jumped way to early and missed the ball completely.

 

[apuchar]

Yeah Hughes caused a few direct goals, but he was also put under a lot of pressure in the middle of the ground and he went even in a lot of those contests. That Treacy handball to him in the 4th was diabolical and not his fault. Our hardest player on the field won't get dropped.

Plus the 3 oobotf last week. Enough. Logue for Hughes. There isn't anything Hughes can do that Logue can't do better. I would play the more composed Watson before Hughes even.

 

[freo1997]

Out: Hughes
In: Logue

It's possible Giro makes way for Dunman as the sub who can play on the wing or backline.

 

[Scham]

Because at every bounce he attended he jumped way to early and missed the ball completely.

Did the opposition’s ruckman win the tap though? That’s a valid tactic to nullify the contest.

 

[Steinfreo]

Watson is a C-grade depth player. He does his job when called on, but when better players become available he makes way. He’s not bad, there are just others who are better than him, and ahead in the pecking order.

I thought so too, but he showed a little more than that today in my opinion.

 

[SHill Shall]

Yeah but Pearce and Hamling weren’t injured before Rd 1.

Duman does not, in any way, shape or imagination, compensate for the loss of Pearce and Hamling. Neither does Crowden, but he adds hardness and creativity at the attacking end of the field. Will allow Aish for instance to slide back to defence and take a less effective player off the paddock (in this case Watson).

 

[SHill Shall]

In that second and third quarter our defenders suddenly started to feel pressure and make silly errors WITH the ball. It was like an epidemic. We really need to remove the weaker links there. In this game they were Hughes and Watson.