Strategy Changes: Round 9 Fremantle vs. Collingwood

[sumavich]

Go Pies! Poor Daicos is going to get leather poisoning

 

[dont bowl there]

Not trolling, but any harm in dropping Johnson? Serong and Brayshaw have more than enough runs on the board, but the mids got spanked again, so you can't keep playing the same players who are letting you down.

Another below 60% disposal efficiency game

You sat through that and Johnson is the one you want out? Laughable.

Insert disagree here.

 

[dont bowl there]

Oh god, here we go again

Get a grip. What about your elite small forward mate? 28 years old and can’t kick 20m

 

[mike91]

You sat through that and Johnson is the one you want out? Laughable.

Insert disagree here.

With the midfield getting pantsed again, who would you like dropped?

Laughable that you down vote anything to do with MJ actually

 

[mike91]

Get a grip. What about your elite small forward mate? 28 years old and can’t kick 20m

Fascinating reply here. I mention a midfielder and your reply is to take about a small forward. Maybe stick to the topic you quoted hey buddy? Not that difficult

 

[Achin joints]

Wholesale changes.

Career should be in doubt for Switkowski. That’s 4 games now. He’s done as a player. Can’t accept that.

Darcy. Honestly just drop him, play him for Peel until he finds touch. 6 more years? God help us.

Draper has been poor this season and too tall. McDonald didn’t deserve to be dropped and think he gets a chance in defence for Draper.

Cox has had a meh season. He’s a meh player. Can’t just blame being a first time dad.

Would love the midfield to throw away handballing and be defensive monsters. Scrap, fight, will every freaking defensive effort. Throw in Erasmus, WHY CAN’T Fremantle tag? Is it against the rules? Wagner was effective tonight, he can do a job as defensive stopper.

Another week of this. 31 years and it has to continue.

In: Erasmus, Voss, McDonald, Simpson.
Out: Young, Draper, Darcy, Switkowsi.

We are far to polite to tag

 

[dont bowl there]

With the midfield getting pantsed again, who would you like dropped?

Laughable that you down vote anything to do with MJ actually

I disagree with you coming into each changes thread and disagreeing with everyone whilst having some of the worst opinions. Johnson was not the issue AT ALL.

 

[dominguez]

Not trolling, but any harm in dropping Johnson? Serong and Brayshaw have more than enough runs on the board, but the mids got spanked again, so you can't keep playing the same players who are letting you down.

Another below 60% disposal efficiency game

If NOD, Fyfe, Acres, Cerra, Hill, JOM, were available he'd be out but who you dropping Johnson for?? I'd be tempted to go Narkle for Johnson.

 

[Alfonz]

Not trolling, but any harm in dropping Johnson? Serong and Brayshaw have more than enough runs on the board, but the mids got spanked again, so you can't keep playing the same players who are letting you down.

Another below 60% disposal efficiency game

I haven't seen the game tonight, so won't comment on Johnson's game (which looks equal parts bad and good going by the stats), but Collingwood have their share of ~190cm mids. Pendles, De Goey, Crisp, Long, plus other flankers who roll through their quite a bit (e.g. Lipinski, McReery, Maynard, etc).

Our team balance is wrong to me ... too many tall players and too many small players, and not enough mediums. Not an easy fix with our injury list and the players left over.

 

[FreoRicci]

We are far to polite to tag

We’ll throw Erasmus, Banfield or Wagner in the middle and defend. Teams do it to Fremantle, time to do it back. It’s too easy

 

[FreoRicci]

I haven't seen the game tonight, so won't comment on Johnson's game (which looks equal parts bad and good going by the stats), but Collingwood have their share of ~190cm mids. Pendles, De Goey, Crisp, Long, plus other flankers who roll through their quite a bit (e.g. Lipinski, McReery, Maynard, etc).

Our team balance is wrong to me ... too many tall players and too many small players, and not enough mediums. Not an easy fix with our injury list and the players left over.

Missing NOD doesn’t help.
Sturt is underrated in the medium department but always injured.
Fyfe would be handy when fit.

Jl started to throw Jackson in the middle. Let’s try that. Take out Switkowski and add in Voss. Narkle comes in and it’s more balanced.

It’s the smalls that are poor or inexperienced this season. Switta is done. Dudley is finding his fitness. Reid is 8 games in. Have to really go hard for Pickett.

 

[mike91]

I haven't seen the game tonight, so won't comment on Johnson's game (which looks equal parts bad and good going by the stats), but Collingwood have their share of ~190cm mids. Pendles, De Goey, Crisp, Long, plus other flankers who roll through their quite a bit (e.g. Lipinski, McReery, Maynard, etc).

Our team balance is wrong to me ... too many tall players and too many small players, and not enough mediums. Not an easy fix with our injury list and the players left over.

I know this sounds bad mate, but you probably don't wanna watch a replay of tonight's game. It was honestly worse than you could probably think of.

Don't do it to yourself

 

[swanny1234]

Swing the axe big time.

 

[TheMcManusNose]

Deckchairs on the titanic

 

[go_the_dockers]

Looking forward to Daicos getting 50 touches

Longmuir may learn his name by the end of the game.

 

[Deathly]

Swing the axe big time.

Yeah man, it will be

Out: Young and Dudley
In: O'Meara and Banfield

In true Freo scaredy cat fashion.

 

[sumavich]

It's Longmuir that doesn't tag. He's got unblinkered belief in his system.
And he's f'ing wrong!

 

[Nodgey]

Who can we drop to make a statement? Switta? Cox. Fred. Johnson. They’re not huge names, but they haven’t played WAFL for some time.

 

[Cobbler]

How do you honestly drop anyone from that game?

They were all so terrible that dropping anyone is actually an issue in itself.

Anyway, Erasmus comes in for some midfield time.

 

[Freoforever86]

I thought cox was fine. Took 10 marks and was just cooked in the last due to the sheer volume of the ball coming in.

Draper should have been dropped weeks ago. Can’t play him and Chappy. Need a small.

 

[Lateef]

With the midfield getting pantsed again, who would you like dropped?

Laughable that you down vote anything to do with MJ actually

First quarter it seemed like they left Johnson unchecked because he doesn't do damage. In fact, he turns it over on a frustratingly frequent basis or retreats, and that demoralises. I hate saying this because he's trying his guts out and is everywhere for us, but I also understand calls for him to be dropped. We just do not deal with fanatic pressure and negating tactics and it seemed like JL was too stubborn to admit tactical defeat and led our players into the slaughter. I usually defend JL but tonight feels like a massive hole has been blown in our game plan and midfield confidence.

 

[swanny1234]

Yeah man, it will be

Out: Young and Dudley
In: O'Meara and Banfield

In true Freo scaredy cat fashion.

Dudley was our best player tonight…
Amiss and Cox both need to be hung out to dry.

 

[Alfonz]

I know this sounds bad mate, but you probably don't wanna watch a replay of tonight's game. It was honestly worse than you could probably think of.

Don't do it to yourself

Not a chance in hell I am going to watch a replay.

 

[sdfc]

Oh god, here we go again

He's played 40 odd games, is finally starting to work harder and you want to drop him. Of course it's going to draw comment.

 

[Freoforever86]

Out
Switta
Draper
Narkle (list clogger)
Young (inj)
Worner (just an average player)

In
Simpson
Raz
Brodie
Aish
Don’t care the last. Voss Omac whatever