Changes v Melbourne

[HoneyBadger35]

Garlett has given the Dees the bacon. Had a good game, he has.

Having a quietly fantastic season. Think one of Butler or Nelson gets back into the squad to go with him.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Dees will have two weeks to drink their own bathwater after this.

[/monkeyjunior]

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Dees will have two weeks to drink their own bathwater after this.

[/monkeyjunior]

Great words from the egotistical one himself.

 

[FatPizza]

So how do they work out the stat for 'how many teams lose off of the bye' when both teams playing are coming off the bye?

 

[HoneyBadger35]

So how do they work out the stat for 'how many teams lose off of the bye' when both teams playing are coming off the bye?

League wide the average score in post-bye vs post-bye is 170.3, as opposed to 175.6 in a post bye vs non-bye matchup. Eagles haven't played a team that shared their bye week in the past three years. All from here, that's about all I could find.

 

[Mac J]

Beautiful days around 30 degrees.

Ball can get very slippery and hard to handle night games in the north

 

[RookiePick]

Good of Melbourne to beat Cats at KP. Just the thing to leave in our blokes mind as they head off for the bye.

 

[FatPizza]

I don't mind this being an 'away' game since Melbourne probably have to travel further than we do.

And as stated above, the result today from Geelong will certainly keep West Coast on their toes.

 

[Mac J]

Selwood out, Hutchings in as sub( can come on to tag Vince if req).
Give Schofield an extra week rest and give Barras a go.
Butler in for Duggan, a full game in the midfield for EP won't hurt him.
Won't happen but Newman in for Hill,with Jk,Jd and Nic Nat bringing the ball to ground lets get a true crumbling toward in.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Selwood out, Hutchings in as sub( can come on to tag Vince if req).
Give Schofield an extra week rest and give Barras a go.
Butler in for Duggan, a full game in the midfield for EP won't hurt him.
Won't happen but Newman in for Hill,with Jk,Jd and Nic Nat bringing the ball to ground lets get a true crumbling toward in.

Nothing quite like tagging the tagger.

 

[kempy]

Nothing quite like tagging the tagger.

Yeah but I think Viney did the job on Selwood today ....

 

[jesterwester]

Yeah but I think Viney did the job on Selwood today ....

Selwood has had a pretty poor month by his lofty standards. Struggling to deal with a tag all of a sudden.

 

[Mac J]

Nothing quite like tagging the tagger.

38 possesions suggests he was looking to win the ball rather than just tag today

 

[bUCKET__]

Viney had Selwood today. But reckon Vince would be more likely to run with Shuey.

 

[inbetween]

Viney had Selwood today. But reckon Vince would be more likely to run with Shuey.

Yep, was just about to post this exact comment. Vince would be most effective on Shuey.

 

[Smotie]

So how do they work out the stat for 'how many teams lose off of the bye' when both teams playing are coming off the bye?

Draw?

 

[Karim Abdul Yeo]

funny choice of words re: you can live with having gaff in the team. i don't see who else you'd be playing?
if your role is only getting 30-odd touches a game and you keep doing it, at some point someone is going to call you a star.
i think gaff has become very important to our game plan and still has a heap of improvement to come. if he can add size and strength like shep (who had similar struggles early) he will be a force.

absolutely i am a critic based on what i have seen from gaff when he is not getting tagged when he is not getting 30 touches, when coaches somehow decide to not tag him. but hey, when we play swans and freo then you will see how gaff will handle it. you are right about Gaff being important to our game plan, i agree 100%. he is one piece of a puzzle. but dont say he is star, cuz to me i expect more from a star. to me star is an all rounded player, for starters he can kick both foot ( sam mitchell, pendelbury or kiren jack or luke parker to name a few). he can lay proper tackles( most elite teams have unreal tacklers), he can shrug off a tackle( pendulbury and mitchell). now you might say he is only 22. thats no excuse, he has been in the system long enough to work on that. his avg tackling has gone up from 2 to 3. not good enough to be labelled a star. i like him for what he brings but believe me if you sit down and watch the games and analyse them he is not tough when t comes to 50-50 balls. once he gets tagged he does struggle, mind you he did cost us against north game if you watch the replay. its all happy days right now and im not complaining, but i will have to see him do it against teams who tag him and see some grunt and toughness to say he is a star category. once again I'M NOT BASHING HIM, ALL IM SAYING IS ITS IMMATURE TO CALL HIM A STAR WHERE HE HAS CLEARLY GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. I hope he does that, why not

 

[wce4premiership]

I doubt Ben Cousins averaged much more than a few tackles a game. Football is a team sport full of varying roles, each role has different requirements and he is killing it at the moment. Not every player is looking to impact in the same way.

 

[Keys]

nima is to gaff as domo is to priddis

Might be part of some weird anti leftie cult

 

[Double the Fist]

Ball can get very slippery and hard to handle night games in the north

The boys made it look dry on the MCG vs the Tigers the other nite. That won't worry the team I feel.
We should win and win easily. Melbourne need to turn up two weeks in a row. Hasn't happened yet. A good game with no injuries. WCE by 40.

 

[Keys]

Oh and gaff has been kicking on his right reasonably regularly this season

 

[Double the Fist]

Selwood out, Hutchings in as sub( can come on to tag Vince if req).
Give Schofield an extra week rest and give Barras a go.
Butler in for Duggan, a full game in the midfield for EP won't hurt him.
Won't happen but Newman in for Hill,with Jk,Jd and Nic Nat bringing the ball to ground lets get a true crumbling toward in.

How has Newman gone the last couple of weeks? Is he AFL standard yet?

 

[Johnno22]

absolutely i am a critic based on what i have seen from gaff when he is not getting tagged when he is not getting 30 touches, when coaches somehow decide to not tag him. but hey, when we play swans and freo then you will see how gaff will handle it. you are right about Gaff being important to our game plan, i agree 100%. he is one piece of a puzzle. but dont say he is star, cuz to me i expect more from a star. to me star is an all rounded player, for starters he can kick both foot ( sam mitchell, pendelbury or kiren jack or luke parker to name a few). he can lay proper tackles( most elite teams have unreal tacklers), he can shrug off a tackle( pendulbury and mitchell). now you might say he is only 22. thats no excuse, he has been in the system long enough to work on that. his avg tackling has gone up from 2 to 3. not good enough to be labelled a star. i like him for what he brings but believe me if you sit down and watch the games and analyse them he is not tough when t comes to 50-50 balls. once he gets tagged he does struggle, mind you he did cost us against north game if you watch the replay. its all happy days right now and im not complaining, but i will have to see him do it against teams who tag him and see some grunt and toughness to say he is a star category. once again I'M NOT BASHING HIM, ALL IM SAYING IS ITS IMMATURE TO CALL HIM A STAR WHERE HE HAS CLEARLY GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. I hope he does that, why not

I will wait till I'm older to call him a star. That's only fair.

 

[Keys]

its all happy days right now and im not complaining

Well actually yes, you kinda are

 

[Mac J]

How has Newman gone the last couple of weeks? Is he AFL standard yet?

Been good apparently, listed in the Royals best players last 2 weeks.
May need some more fitness as was injured for a while.
Hill has been ok but with Jk,Jd,Nic Nat in the forward line do we need another leading/ marking forward?
A good goal sneak may be the icing on our cake next few years so let's find out if that is Newman or do we trade for one?