Strategy Changes: Round 9 Fremantle vs. Collingwood

[Superkoops]

Out: Young, Draper, Narkle, Switkowski to sub
In: NOD, Erasmus, Simpson

 

[Gimme the Fyfe]

Even my humour levels are struggling after last week…meant to refer to Harvey’s penchant to play our best key forward as a mid…ignore me.

Gotcha. It took a while to bounce back. In 48 hours time we'll see one of the most pivotal matches in recent history. I like the Josh Treacy as a casual midfielder experiment. Hopefully we'll all be a bit more grounded soon.

 

[CaseySibosadoHOF]

JL pretty much confirmed that if NOD's gonna return this week, it'll be through the WAFL.

 

[malpaso]

JL pretty much confirmed that if NOD's gonna return this week, it'll be through the WAFL.

Disgusting

 

[s_wd6]

JL pretty much confirmed that if NOD's gonna return this week, it'll be through the WAFL.

He's a b22 player who missed four weeks. Why the **** are we bringing him back through the WAFL

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Not so much Draper deserves to be dropped, we just need a balanced team.

Who is our quarterback? Clark comes closest and I guess we are trying to groom Simpson for that sort of role. Not sure if that will ever pay dividends.

Mids/small defenders is definitely an area where we are lacking depth. I don't think it works playing extra talls to fill the gap.

Never thought in a million years I'd say this, but we could do with two Wagners at the moment.

 

[ubiquitous226]

He's a b22 player who missed four weeks. Why the **** are we bringing him back through the WAFL

Last week Driz was still listed as 2 weeks away, so he may not be ready for a full AFL game yet or they may see it as lower risk

 

[go_the_dockers]

Last week Driz was still listed as 2 weeks away, so he may not be ready for a full AFL game yet or they may see it as lower risk

You can manage minutes.

Play at lesser intensity.

Build fitness etc etc

 

[s_wd6]

Last week Driz was still listed as 2 weeks away, so he may not be ready for a full AFL game yet or they may see it as lower risk

He's either fit or he's not fit. He's been out for 30 days. Don't really need to build back fitness from that. And if he's not ready physically then he shouldn't be playing at all.

 

[Wizard]

JL pretty much confirmed that if NOD's gonna return this week, it'll be through the WAFL.

Loser will never learn, Captain Conservative at his finest.

 

[noise36]

How the hell are we favourites?

 

[dropbear101]

How the hell are we favourites?

the statistica analysis the betting markets runs includes the bias of dockery.

 

[s_wd6]

How the hell are we favourites?

Pretty sure we've been favourites for just about every game this year

 

[freo_leo29]

We started at 2.50 but Pies announced 4 or 5 restings so we have been backed in by punters


Generally been better at home this year but jeez its very very hard to back us after last weeks performance, I certainly wouldn't be, our draw has probably been the easiest in the comp and we are sitting 4-4 with a percentage below 100, its pretty terrible tbh

 

[sumavich]

Any draw that starts with Geelong in Geelong is not easy!

 

[_007_]

Who wins? Freo or Freo rejects?

Crowden Collins Logue
Hughes Hamling Tucker
Acres Neale Hill
Henry Lobb Langdon
Knobel Hogan Schultz

Meek Cerra Weller

Blakely xxxx xxxx xxxx

 

[s_wd6]

Who wins? Freo or Freo rejects?

Crowden Collins Logue
Hughes Hamling Tucker
Acres Neale Hill
Henry Lobb Langdon
Knobel Hogan Schultz

Meek Cerra Weller

Blakely xxxx xxxx xxxx

Well definitely not the team that has Connor Blakely in it

 

[EastcoastDocker]

Draper can give as much as he wants but it counts for very little when he's close to worst on ground in both of those games. He was downright putrid against Saints. We're way too tall down back.

Tbf getting him to play on kozzie was pretty cruel.

Draper on kozzie, Draper in ruck. But apparently Jackson or Chapman on ball is a bridge too far....

 

[freo_leo29]

Any draw that starts with Geelong in Geelong is not easy!

Probably the only hard match of the draw so far

Played 18th(W), 16th(W), 15th(L), 14th(L), 10th(L)

Then 5th at home (w), 6th at home(w), 7th away(L)

Can't ask for a much better draw than that

Then you factor in the nature of most of the losses + the dogs win was when they were missing Bont/Treloar/Weightman, it starts to look real bad.

 

[malpaso]

Tbf getting him to play on kozzie was pretty cruel.

Draper on kozzie, Draper in ruck. But apparently Jackson or Chapman on ball is a bridge too far....

Jackson was on ball against the Saints..

 

[FreoRicci]

I really like the Wagner to Daicos idea.

16 tackles last week. Get him there.

 

[FreoRicci]

Draper can give as much as he wants but it counts for very little when he's close to worst on ground in both of those games. He was downright putrid against Saints. We're way too tall down back.

Gifting games to him. Make the call and choose Cox or Draper. Not both.
Draper isn’t fast either, which means he can’t go on the smalls

 

[Schauermann]

Play at lesser intensity.

Not sure that will help at all vs Collingwood.

 

[mightymouse75]

Disgusting

Why ? Because his body isn't healed to play an AFL game ?

 

[mightymouse75]