Changes v Essendon

[Cannon82]

Should survive at least this week as he is named on the ground, keep an eye on how he goes to see if he gets another game though.

Does getting named on the ground matter? Pretty sure they just scatter the names everywhere and remove whichever three they feel like.

 

[mrmonkey]

Anyone who supports two teams is ****** in the head.

Not as bad as somebody swapping teams but still weird. I can understand other supporters sympathetic towards how horrible melbourne (like everyone was with fitzroy) were but to actually barrack for two teams is weird.

 

[TheCount]

Does getting named on the ground matter? Pretty sure they just scatter the names everywhere and remove whichever three they feel like.

It does matter, the 3 emergencies come from the extended bench. I think if they make a change to the "starting team" it has to be done officially with reason.

 

[Cannon82]

It does matter, the 3 emergencies come from the extended bench. I think if they make a change to the "starting team" it has to be done officially with reason.

I've seen some fairly ludicrous team line-ups put forward when they go up on the AFL website. If you can pull someone out and replace them with an emergency without penalty, seems strange that the powers that be would be upset over being named on the bench and on the ground prior to finalizing the side.

 

[TheCount]

I've seen some fairly ludicrous team line-ups put forward when they go up on the AFL website. If you can pull someone out and replace them with an emergency without penalty, seems strange that the powers that be would be upset over being named on the bench and on the ground prior to finalizing the side.

I've seen Collingwood name Chris Mayne this year ... so me too. All I'm saying is, that's how its done

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Not as bad as somebody swapping teams but still weird. I can understand other supporters sympathetic towards how horrible melbourne (like everyone was with fitzroy) were but to actually barrack for two teams is weird.

Yep. I despise all Victorian teams that aren't the Dees, and am apathetic towards all the interstate teams except maybe Adelaide because their colours are the same as my dad's old school but I don't care enough to actually want them to win the flag

 

[Cannon82]

I've seen Collingwood name Chris Mayne this year ... so me too. All I'm saying is, that's how its done

Fair enough. I've never gone over it and back to it to check, so I'm probably wrong, even though I never, ever am.

 

[Bazza97]

This is our final team.

Melbourne team: round six

B: Michael Hibberd, Tom McDonald, Neville Jetta

HB: Jordan Lewis, Sam Frost, Bernie Vince

C: Jayden Hunt, Nathan Jones, Jake Melksham

HF: Christian Petracca, Jack Watts, Alex Neal-Bullen

F: Jay Kennedy-Harris, Mitch Hannan, Jeff Garlett

Foll: Cam Pedersen, Clayton Oliver, Jack Viney

I/C: Christian Salem, Dom Tyson, Oscar McDonald, Tom Bugg

Emg: Billy Stretch, Sam Weideman, James Harmes

In: Jordan Lewis, Tom Bugg, Cam Pedersen, Oscar McDonald, Mitch Hannan

Out: Jake Spencer (shoulder), Tim Smith (lung), Jesse Hogan (personal), Stretch, Harmes

 

[booshboy]

**** me Stretch is stiff.

 

[wowlace]

Glad Harmes is out. Dude was pretty trash on Monday night.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

Stretch is a little stiff - but he hasnt been spreading well recently, getting sucked into the contest a lot.

 

[schmuttt]

Stretch dropped and Tyson survives.

What the ****?

 

[Blackas87]

How the F is Hannan back in

 

[Headless]

Don't understand that Stretch call.

 

[Tulip]

I don't want to go kneejerk, but Stretch's omission really makes me wonder...

 

[Sir Hugh Percy]

I just want it on the record that I'm cross that Stretch has been dropped. Thank you.

 

[pjfairbairn]

That's 3 forward type players and ruck for 3 defensive players and a ruck

Pretty close to being bang on here.

I said (pre-Hogan news): OMac, Lewis, Pederson, Bugg FOR Smith, Spencer, ANB, Harmes

Reality: Lewis, Bugg, Pederson, OMac, Hannan FOR Hogan, Smith, Spencer, Stretch, Harmes

Am I on the match committee??

 

[rhaz]

Crazy Goody?

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

Clearly Frost will do a bit more rucking/forwarding.

Anyway given Daniher its a good idea to habe another tall defender

 

[Cannon82]

This is our final team.

Melbourne team: round six

B: Michael Hibberd, Tom McDonald, Neville Jetta

HB: Jordan Lewis, Sam Frost, Bernie Vince

C: Jayden Hunt, Nathan Jones, Jake Melksham

HF: Christian Petracca, Jack Watts, Alex Neal-Bullen

F: Jay Kennedy-Harris, Mitch Hannan, Jeff Garlett

Foll: Cam Pedersen, Clayton Oliver, Jack Viney

I/C: Christian Salem, Dom Tyson, Oscar McDonald, Tom Bugg

Emg: Billy Stretch, Sam Weideman, James Harmes

In: Jordan Lewis, Tom Bugg, Cam Pedersen, Oscar McDonald, Mitch Hannan

Out: Jake Spencer (shoulder), Tim Smith (lung), Jesse Hogan (personal), Stretch, Harmes

That's a pretty damned slow side. Like most others, I find the dropping of Stretch perplexing.

 

[Tulip]

Just had a read of the stats the last couple of weeks, since Stretch started playing 'poorly':

Stretch:

Freo: 16 touches, 5 kicks, 1 tackle, 87.5% DE, 0 clangers
Tigs: 19 touches, 9 kicks, 3 tackles, 73.3& DE, 1 clanger

Melksham:

Freo: 10 touches, 10 kicks, 3 tackles, 50% DE, 4 clangers
Tigs: 17 touches, 11 kicks, 0 tackles, 64.7% DE, 2 tackles

I know stats aren't everything, but its hardly a ringing endorsement for our coaches not being Hirdy's boys club, is it?

 

[Tulip]

How the F is Hannan back in

Didn't even play VFL lol

 

[schmuttt]

Just had a read of the stats the last couple of weeks, since Stretch started playing 'poorly':

Stretch:

Freo: 16 touches, 5 kicks, 1 tackle, 87.5% DE, 0 clangers
Tigs: 19 touches, 9 kicks, 3 tackles, 73.3& DE, 1 clanger

Melksham:

Freo: 10 touches, 10 kicks, 3 tackles, 50% DE, 4 clangers
Tigs: 17 touches, 11 kicks, 0 tackles, 64.7% DE, 2 tackles

I know stats aren't everything, but its hardly a ringing endorsement for our coaches not being Hirdy's boys club, is it?

Only defence there is they don't play the same position, and I didn't watch the Freo game but Melksham wasn't bad at all against Richmond.

 

[Bazza97]

Just had a read of the stats the last couple of weeks, since Stretch started playing 'poorly':

Stretch:

Freo: 16 touches, 5 kicks, 1 tackle, 87.5% DE, 0 clangers
Tigs: 19 touches, 9 kicks, 3 tackles, 73.3& DE, 1 clanger

Melksham:

Freo: 10 touches, 10 kicks, 3 tackles, 50% DE, 4 clangers
Tigs: 17 touches, 11 kicks, 0 tackles, 64.7% DE, 2 tackles

I know stats aren't everything, but its hardly a ringing endorsement for our coaches not being Hirdy's boys club, is it?

Tbf to Melksham, I thought he had one of his better games last week. So I wouldn't drop him. Even though in the other games where he wasn't that good and mades some glaring errors, you could make a sound argument to drop him from those games. Stretch I think is a little bit stiff to get dropped.

 

[Demon3]

Goodwin is taking the piss with Melksham now...how he gets a game I'll never know..he dropped Kent on the basis of no tackles yet melksham survives this week with no tackles and no inpact....enoughs enough goodwin