Changes vs Melbourne, melt away!

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[avishka5]

He'd have to. Need to get the big stage games into him now before finals. That's why they got him.

They just need to show his Scotty's and Vardys 2018 finals highlight reel. Only seen a him a few times at wafl level but to me he's more physical than than Vardy and Hickey.

 

[DickDunn]

Bring back the big dish?

 

[amazingjoshy]

As crap, sad and depressing as it is, our best performance of the year imo was the Essendon game the week before NN came back. Team balance was perfect that week. Hickey is a pretty good one out ruck, and Allen is providing a lot around the ground in that backup role.

From the the guys missing from that game, Hutch is the one hurting the most. Sidebottom killed us on Friday night, and Impey almost singlehandedly dragged the Hawks back when Hutch went off. Not sure we have anyone else capable of playing his role.

 

[avishka5]

Bring back the big dish?

Funny thing is that we could have convinced him to nominate himself in the midseason draft.

Imagine a fairy tale story of a +300 game legend coming out of retirement due to injury and wins a premiership.
It would go down in footy folk law.

 

[Shifty1]

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Holy shit we're in trouble.

 

[Cuzz09]

Funny thing is that we could have convinced him to nominate himself in the midseason draft.

Imagine a fairy tale story of a +300 game legend coming out of retirement due to injury and wins a premiership.
It would go down in footy folk law.

It would be fairytale stuff if a Vic side did it... if we did itd be cheating or some new rule.

Dont mind the idea of Hickey and O.allen or Hickey and newbie debut.

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[jdisc]

Ghossein is going full troll on here but i agree with him completely regarding Kennedy

Too many people taking it personally and attacking him over it, just take a deep breath before venting your outrage over a differing opinion.



I support WCE, not one player. I want us to win games, i want the best possible team out on the park to accomplish that.

Kennedy is a legend of the club, but that doesn't mean he's exempt from criticism. He's just another player, an important player at that, but just another cog.

That cog, is arguably not getting the job done as it should right now. We've got options. I'd like us to replace him and see how we look.


Is anyone saying he's crap? Is anyone saying he should be delisted? For what he's done for the club, he should be on the list for as long as he likes and can hang up the boots whenever he's ready. But that shouldn't automatically mean he stays in the team until that point. That sets a terrible precedent.

We've got plenty of talented young tall forwards who are stiff they are missing out on games. Sentimentality for an aging player is getting in the way.

Can you imagine losing Brander over this because we choose to carry Kennedy for another season?


Hawthorn have just been through this exact thing with Roughead, and finally pulled the trigger. It's not personal, it's just part of the game

Yeah I don't really understand why this is such a touchy subject, of course as west coast fans we know what a legend JK is and understand that given his injuries and illnesses he's likely to have a few quiet patches.

Don't really get why so many posters here felt to take my attempt to hold a genuine discussion personally and resort to reductio ad absurdum


Some even going as far to suggest that I would need to apologise if JK has a good game next round, as if i would actually be pissed off if our star full forward found form again

 

[jdisc]

Alice springs is very very far from the Tiwi islands.

not in terms of the size of the universe

 

[Obeanie1]

At what stage do we need to blood either Williams or Brooksby before finals?

We are one injury away from Allen being our ruck who has played most games in 2019.

 

[The Stid]

Out: Naitanui, Cripps

In: Brooksby/Triple B, Waterman/Petch/Ah Chee

Kennedy & Ryan under injury cloud or at least health for JK. Looks like the tonsillitis and Virus has knocked him around quite a bit.

The bright side is we’ve got some depth performing well at WAFL level.

 

[Avalor]

Selection on Thursday will be very interesting, that's for sure. Could see big boy Brooksby in - he has played well for the Beagles and wouldn't disappoint.

 

[DirtySandman]

not in terms of the size of the universe

The ox (water buffalo in this case) is slow, but the earth is patient.

About a 2 month walk.

 

[PremiershipNo4]

On form and effort Waterman deserves to be in this week.

 

[Wedgetailed Westerner]

Ive just got bad memories, 1981, 9 years old, driving from Darwin to Alice Springs in one day, in a Hiace, very long grueling trip.

With Rioli, Ryan, Jetta and Cameron, we will get some fairly decent support from the locals.

Hahaha th he Stuart Hwy would have been dirt in most places

 

[boondy]

Selection on Thursday will be very interesting, that's for sure. Could see big boy Brooksby in - he has played well for the Beagles and wouldn't disappoint.

Bailey Williams took the ruck lead , had 30 hitouts to Brooksby 20 .

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Bailey Williams took the ruck lead , had 30 hitouts to Brooksby 20 .

They will probably play Preuss who is a massive body aswell. Brooksby's bodywise would be a better matchup for Preuss than Williams. Williams is more mobile so I guess it will be an interesting match committee for sure.

 

[Godfather32]

They will probably play Preuss who is a massive body aswell. Brooksby's bodywise would be a better matchup for Preuss than Williams. Williams is more mobile so I guess it will be an interesting match committee for sure.

I think it's time we unleashed all the young talls. Time for the two ruck, five tall forward strategy.
In: Williams, Waterman and Brander.
Out: Nic Nat, Cripps, Ryan

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Didn't realise Ah Chee was injured - missed that memo

Simmo is all about roles.

So NN goes out and Oscar goes to the ruck - reckon he'd go alright in a ruck tagging role.

Waterman replaces Oscar and Petrucelle replaces Cripps.
We are going to need to see Rioli and Ryan step up their running game to replace Cripps.

The only smokey is MAllen coming in - but we already have too much height

 

[Dark Sharks]

Preuss (if he plays) and Gawn would absolutely monster Williams.

Hickey will have a hard time of it himself and he's been in the system for 10 years. Starting to think Brooksby is about our only support option.

Which is good, i'd prefer him to Vardy in the form he was in.

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

Im a bit hesitant to expose Oallen to Gawns ' Ruck craft big boy ' .

There is no point in having brooksby on our list if we dont use him .

Cant belive we have to play in alicesprings !

 

[RookiePick]

Thiccy needs to lead the ruck. Needs to find some aggression in that goofy body.

His offsider is going to be undersized and/or unexperienced for the rest of the year so he needs to set the tone.

 

[Obeanie1]

Im a bit hesitant to expose Oallen to Gawns ' Ruck craft big boy ' .

There is no point in having brooksby on our list if we dont use him .

Cant belive we have to play in alicesprings !

And Geelong fans whinge about home games at tthe MCG being unfair. Total flogs.

 

[The wily weagle]

I am going to back Kennedy in here.

He had a shocker........and he knows it. He is a proud leader of our club and he let the team down when they needed him most in a game of huge importance in the context of the season.

I am going to call it; he responds with a huge game against Melbourne on the weekend

 

[Dark Sharks]

I am going to back Kennedy in here.

He had a shocker........and he knows it. He is a proud leader of our club and he let the team down when they needed him most in a game of huge importance in the context of the season.

I am going to call it; he responds with a huge game against Melbourne on the weekend

Last game he played vs Melbourne was his best for the year by a long way


As much as i'd like to think he will respond, i'm starting to think he's not capable of huge games anymore.

He'll bounce back and be more competitive sure, hopefully. But i don't think he has it in his arsenal to really annihilate teams now. That's Darling.