Changes Round 5 vs Hawks

[Mojorisin]

carmichael (needs a nickname, that is too wordy) - is he half back or wing at VFL level?

Played purely half back so far. Spent time elsewhere in preseason and impressed.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I can't comment on any changes but I can tell you we are wearing blue jumper and socks and white shorts

Which means the Horks will be wearing their nasty brown

 

[MYOB]

Which means the Horks will be wearing their nasty brown

They are wearing this.

 

[TheScriptorWL]

They are wearing this.

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[cooljack17]

Are you guys likely to tag at all?

 

[dogwatch]

Are you guys likely to tag at all?

Only between consenting adults.

I can't speak for the others but it's not really my thing.
BigFloppa might have a different take.

 

[MaxiBont]

Are you guys likely to tag at all?

Bevo has never really used a tag. I highly doubt will do it this week with the amount of injuries

 

[Werewolf]

Are you guys likely to tag at all?

Us??? Tag?!? Never!!!

 

[Crankyhawk]

Not sure how many teams are zero 3 in gather round. Not our favourite round for sure and now we face the hawks with a weaken team, a win here would be epic and a legitimate top 4 contender.

We are also zero and 3 (lost to gws in 2023, Collingwood by 5 points in 2024 then pantsed by port last year

 

[Dog 36]

Are you guys likely to tag at all?

The past tells us that we should tag Jai N therefore we won’t

3 Brownlow votes incoming for Jai N

 

[Werewolf]

We are also zero and 3 (lost to gws in 2023, Collingwood by 5 points in 2024 then pantsed by port last year

North, Richmond and West Coast are also 0-3 in Gather Round. Not good company

Even Essendon have won twice!

 

[bresker]

Any chance of selection melts tonight? I miss selection melts.

 

[Bulldog in Kiev]

Just a reminder that we currently have a 100% winning record against the hawks at Adelaide oval after beating them by 36 points in 2020.....Nothing to fear

 

[TheScriptorWL]

Emmet to debut and Big Red Ed still an outside chance of getting up for the Hawks!

 

[TylerDurden]

 

[dergert]

Usual Bevo fluff. There is no world where Richards would be risked given his soft tissue history.

 

[TheScriptorWL]

Usual Bevo fluff. There is no world where Richards would be risked given his soft tissue history.

I mean — Yeah, it wouldn’t be wise, but it would be damn funny to see after the melts from everyone.

Surely even if he is shitposting the media. You gotta knock two weeks off the severity based on such a statement.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Unless he can be turned into a KPD

Its Lachie Smith.

Yes. I know he's 20 years old.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Usual Bevo fluff. There is no world where Richards would be risked given his soft tissue history.

Isn't he dealing with a knee issue though? Doubt he plays though.

 

[Dogsfan1]

Unless he can be turned into a KPD

Its Lachie Smith.

Yes. I know he's 20 years old.

No I actually agree he looks slow and i dont think he will make it ethier

 

[dergert]

Isn't he dealing with a knee issue though? Doubt he plays though.

Idk last I heard it was connected with the hamstring. Iirc Ed has a history with them early days.
Happy to be proven wrong if he comes out and is BOG.

 

[doggiesin08]

No I actually agree he looks slow and i dont think he will make it ethier

I remember thinking it was a good shout by his manager to only sign a 1-year deal at the end of 2025. He was trending in the right direction and seeing that blokes like Tom Campbell could keep a spot on an AFL list for 15 years. The longer security of a contract wasn’t as important against the potential he cracked into the team and could demand more money. Then the ruck rules changed …

I also just had a look at the VFL 2025 prelim stats between Footscray and Box Hill. Reeves (55) and Ramsden (10) combined for 65 hit outs compared to 34 for Smith (29) and Croft (5). It makes complete sense for Emmett to get first crack with all of that considered.

 

[dergert]

Feel for Lachie Smith and I genuinely rate him.

 

[JohnnySteel]

Feel for Lachie Smith and I genuinely rate him.

New rules haven’t been kind to him. I like that he was moved to defence. Hopefully we persist with that as I could see him as a FB.

 

[fargy]

Current losing streak against the Hawks is 4, and the next worst streak is currently Freo at 2. The only other current losing streaks are Collingwood (1), Gold Coast (1), and Geelong (1).