Preview Changes vs Freo

[footy4ever]

Burton won't but there will be scapegoats

MacKay? Any chance?

 

[footy4ever]

I actually know why Tex is playing.

It’s to keep him out of the coaches box because he knew too much about football.

 

[footy4ever]

I woke up with the answer!!

Pyke thought, how the hell do I stop Tex pissing in my ear in the coaches box....ahhh of course! Play him!

Aaaaaah, beat me to it.

 

[CrowinNT]

I woke up with the answer!!

Pyke thought, how the hell do I stop Tex pissing in my ear in the coaches box....ahhh of course! Play him!

Great
ROB to the coaches box this week please

 

[Crowbots are dead]

I'll be honest, I'm getting enjoyment when the cameras go to a much more animated Pyke. He's clearly feeling the pressure that comes with poor results but he's got no answers because of his belief that continuity wins football matches. On one hand we've got the old saying about the definition of insanity and on the other we've got AFL coach Don Pyke arguing that it's best practice. Seeing as our year is shot, I'm hoping that more and more pressure mounts and some core beliefs are broken or at least questioned.

Continuity! He’s lucky to have 22 afl ready players to select!

 

[mistylake]

Let's hope he has the Durant goggles on.

Beer goggles have always been my choice, when needing to choose best or at least the more likely option.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Surely not

DMac survives again?

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

I would love to see Wilson get his opportunity this week

 

[spenze]

With Tex being selected a few weeks early, the silver lining in it is maybe Brad Crouchs surgery isn't really season ending after all

 

[CrowinNT]

I'm looking forward to having our Captain Tex back on the ground.
Although my women's intuition tells me a certain Mr Rabbit has meddled with the selection committee.
Matt Crouch your turn will come buddy

 

[Large 1]

McKay for Wilson
Atkins for Gaucc
Kelly for Hampton

There's 3 I don't think we lose too much with

Kelly and Atkins are hardly senior players.

Also people forget how useless Hampton is and how we lose a one on one lock down defender in Kelly (who is admittedly out of form).

Galucci playing well is about the equivalent of an average Atkins, and Wilson has no run and carry so we end up with very little outside run.

The team needs to work as a whole, especially on the large ground that is Perth Stadium.

 

[footy4ever]

The team needs to work as a whole, especially on the large ground that is Perth Stadium.

Just a side note - Perth's stadium is 6m wider but 2m shorter than AO. I wish OA was made shorter and wider to get closer to the MCG dimensions.

 

[jenny61_99]

How long did they say Tex’s mini pre-season would be?

Never heard of "under promise and over deliver"?

 

[SaltPeter]

With Tex being selected a few weeks early, the silver lining in it is maybe Brad Crouchs surgery isn't really season ending after all

Had a chat to Dr Google the other day. He suggested most groin surgery's needed about a 3 month rehab period

 

[skam85]

Never heard of "under promise and over deliver"?

Unfortunately this season there hasn’t been much promise or delivery.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Never heard of "under promise and over deliver"?

I know that seemed like a rhetorical question, but I genuinely didn’t know the answer.

I guess I could’ve Googled it, but BF is my Google.

 

[VSTone]

I would love to see Wilson get his opportunity this week

 

[hey shorty]

Ironically a broken hand is the type of injury you can play with and not make worse. Broken is broken. All the soft tissue and plantar fascia types on the other hand...

Walkers injury woes couldn't be that bad, his last kick in the side was a 75m bomb. It was more of a conditioning issue according to the man himself.

Again, I wouldn't have played him this week. Rather next week and have a bye if you pull up sore.

 

[hey shorty]

I'll be honest, I'm getting enjoyment when the cameras go to a much more animated Pyke. He's clearly feeling the pressure that comes with poor results but he's got no answers because of his belief that continuity wins football matches. On one hand we've got the old saying about the definition of insanity and on the other we've got AFL coach Don Pyke arguing that it's best practice. Seeing as our year is shot, I'm hoping that more and more pressure mounts and some core beliefs are broken or at least questioned.

Ironically continuity is a big thing for you, you've been gunning for Don continuously since he got here.

 

[Vader]

Sydney?

0-6 to start 2017 says that they didn't cope well when missing a number of senior players.

 

[Bazz_27]

Anyone else nervous about playing on the hardest deck in the AFL with our injury history?

 

[mistylake]

With Tex being selected a few weeks early, the silver lining in it is maybe Brad Crouchs surgery isn't really season ending after all

Or it’s a desperate selection of an undercooked Tex. Can’t really work out why my scepticism.

 

[mistylake]

Just a side note - Perth's stadium is 6m wider but 2m shorter than AO. I wish OA was made shorter and wider to get closer to the MCG dimensions.

I would have thought 2m is pretty insignificant 1 m each end.
And 3 m each side seems bugger all to.
I really think these small differences are overplayed somewhat.

 

[Vader]

19 touches at 52% and 2.4 isn’t a good game from Douglas - it’s another ‘nearly’ game.

A - He played less than 3 quarters, due to the eye injury.
B - The coaches gave him 3 votes in the AFLCA award, so they obviously rated him as having a good game.

 

[mistylake]

Anyone else nervous about playing on the hardest deck in the AFL with our injury history?

Surely it’s not worst than the scrapes course they played on in Alice Springs a fortnight ago?