Strategy Changes: Round 9 Fremantle vs. Collingwood

[go_the_dockers]

I rarely understand the logic in our selections and this week is no different.

What roles will Voss and Jackson play?

I’m not criticising it, I just don’t understand it.

3 talls all game.

If they all play 80 percent game time including Darcy it works.

I would say Jackson will spend 15 percent time in midfield

 

[dominguez]

I rarely understand the logic in our selections and this week is no different.

What roles will Voss and Jackson play?

I’m not criticising it, I just don’t understand it.

I'm guessing Jackson 40% game time midfield, 40% ruck.

Voss 80% game time forward.

If we play both our ruckmen tying up $1.9M in the cap then play Voss as 2nd ruck and Jackson elsewhere I'll be worried.

 

[dominguez]

Ras is obvious sub for me

Can pull off a tall if dogga isn't working in the mids

Unless reid needs rest

If you were to rank Erasmus as a footballer what would you say are his strengths and weaknesses?

Pace - 4 out of 10.
Endurance - 8
Strength - 6
Tackling - 7
Skills - 4
Marking - 6
Decision making - 4
Awareness/peripheral vision - 3.

If he's sub you're taking away his greatest strength which is endurance, surely he starts and someone that can come on and provide a spark in Switta, Freddy, Dudley, even Cooper or Voss would be a better sub?

 

[Farrand]

If you were to rank Erasmus as a footballer what would you say are his strengths and weaknesses?

Pace - 4 out of 10.
Endurance - 8
Strength - 6
Tackling - 7
Skills - 4
Marking - 6
Decision making - 4
Awareness/peripheral vision - 3.

If he's sub you're taking away his greatest strength which is endurance, surely he starts and someone that can come on and provide a spark in Switta, Freddy, Dudley, even Cooper or Voss would be a better sub?

Similar to Crowleys stats. Maybe that's how they should be playing him. Of course, Crowls strength, tackling and skills were slightly better.

 

[yakamoto]

The selectors agreed with me regarding the inclusions. Straight forward given the limited realistic choices available.
Only agreed on one of those excluded - Young. Large field of possibles.

 

[kp junior]

Similar to Crowleys stats. Maybe that's how they should be playing him. Of course, Crowls strength, tackling and skills were slightly better.

Crowley would make a rubbish sub also

 

[freo_leo29]

If you were to rank Erasmus as a footballer what would you say are his strengths and weaknesses?

Pace - 4 out of 10.
Endurance - 8
Strength - 6
Tackling - 7
Skills - 4
Marking - 6
Decision making - 4
Awareness/peripheral vision - 3.

If he's sub you're taking away his greatest strength which is endurance, surely he starts and someone that can come on and provide a spark in Switta, Freddy, Dudley, even Cooper or Voss would be a better sub?

I don't think his endurance is that great tbh

Look at the Swans game, he was cooked by the end of it, Bice (first year player, mature age tho) ran him wild in that final quarter

 

[WhoneedsMcLeod]

Freo by 60+ is $18 if you're feeling confident.

Pies even money, $2, that's a lot better than bank interest. Fly v JLo, you do the maths.
Load up.

 

[dropbear101]

It always goes back to the Mundy rumour for me. And if that is the truth, it's pathetic. Mundy could have played on and Brodie was right to voice his opinion.

whats the mundy rumour? first i've heard of this.

 

[Superkoops]

Could Voss be the sub with a view to sub out Darcy at 3 Qtr time and get Jackson rucking with chop outs from Voss.

 

[mattis117]

What if the Jackson experiment doesn't work?

What if Brayshaw gets concussed 10 minutes in?

It's crazy to go into a game in prime time after being embarrassed on the national stage a week earlier with just two genuine midfielders despite the short comings of your 3rd best available midfielder. Brodie should be in the 22 and if he's not performing sub him out or drop him. You can't keep rebuilding and looking to next year forever.

So Erasmus and Johnson are not midfielders?

 

[E Shed]

I think they could bring their VFL side & beat us.

I would have dropped Darcy & play Voss, O’Mac & Jacko. Darcy is a liability and at least you’ll get effort from these guys.

Nice to see Simpson. I imagine he’ll enjoy the 5 minutes or so of the last Q he gets to play when we’re 80 points down.

 

[E Shed]

got a text from Freo re reselling my tix. Thought about it but then it could be JLo's last game so might go to see some history being made.

Yeah me too. Because it’s Collingwood & they get so many there.
Frack them. My empty seats are about the only protest I can make.

 

[mike91]

Don't rate Narkle, but seems quite stiff to be dropped when others deserved it more.

I like Voss, but I'm not on board on playing Darcy + Jackson and Voss, especially against Collingwood.

Seasons a write off, so definitely open to experimenting and we may as well see if Jackson can play as a midfielder, but I'll be shocked if it works.

Pies will laugh at how tall and slow we are and take the piss out of us.

 

[G Mus]

Jackson as a mid is so gross

 

[heavho]

Hopefully have someone tagging daicos if we can’t do something as simple as that games over before it even starts

 

[Stinky Lomax]

Jackson as a mid is so gross

Haha, cop that Snuffaluphagus

 

[freo_leo29]

Jackson as a mid is so gross

Mid/Ruck/Fwd sounds good though?

He won't be a full time mid

 

[FreoRicci]

If Erasmus is the sub I'll spew up.

Dropped the week after for NOD. Bookmark it

 

[FreoRicci]

Don't rate Narkle, but seems quite stiff to be dropped when others deserved it more.

I like Voss, but I'm not on board on playing Darcy + Jackson and Voss, especially against Collingwood.

Seasons a write off, so definitely open to experimenting and we may as well see if Jackson can play as a midfielder, but I'll be shocked if it works.

Pies will laugh at how tall and slow we are and take the piss out of us.

Voss Treacy and Amiss seem to have better chemistry than Jackson Treacy and Amiss. Make sense. Plus probably have Darcy rotating ruck/bench to monitor his time on ground. Won’t be going forward, you would think.
Jackson is simply too good to be leaving forward with the play happening around halfback midfield. Voss can do that job.

 

[FreoRicci]

Still haven’t addressed the small forwards issue.
Simpson comes in hopefully at half back

Reid, Switkowski, Dudley, still isn’t ideal. It has to be two and one on the bench or Peel.
The lack of medium forwards really hurt. Sturt amongst this mix would be unique

 

[Farrand]

whats the mundy rumour? first i've heard of this.

There was a rumour that floated around that Mundy probably could have played on and Brodie was quite vocal that he should as he was learning a lot from him. Supposedly this put some noses out of joint and some in the club saw Brodie as a shit stirrer. Never substantiated but something that floated around for a bit.

 

[freo_leo29]

There was a rumour that floated around that Mundy probably could have played on and Brodie was quite vocal that he should as he was learning a lot from him. Supposedly this put some noses out of joint and some in the club saw Brodie as a shit stirrer. Never substantiated but something that floated around for a bit.

Its obviously complete bullshit so I have no idea why anyone would bring it up

 

[Farrand]

Its obviously complete bullshit so I have no idea why anyone would bring it up

You make me think it's true...what do you know?

 

[s_wd6]

Its obviously complete bullshit so I have no idea why anyone would bring it up

No it’s obviously true why else would they have given him a 3 year extension after the fact then