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Nah, that’s the same as saying Worrell missed due to cramps.

He played because Nicks couldn’t play without Sloane.

we started the year without Sloane or Keays featuring much in the stoppages rotation. Now they're 2 of the 4 full timers. Obviously it would have been impossible to predict we'd revert to these guys as the season progressed and the pressure increases with the whiff of finals being smelt in the coaches box. Kids out to periphery, cooked Sloane into the guts.
 
It doesn't matter who we pick against West Coast
Yep..with their injuries and form, we could probably pick our SANFL side to get the job done such is how bad things are at the moment for the poor old eagles...they can't take a trick.

Its not this game that will define us..i want to know what the hell the midfield coaches will do to address the almost one way traffic GC got going from centre with clearance after clearance and no ability from our group to swing momentum back in that 9 goal avalanche we copped.....because unless they do, collingwood are likely over there to do the same thing and it will make for a very miserable trip to the G for me and others
 

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Out: Doedee, Sholl

In: Worrell, Cook

McHenry out for Sholl or Berry
I'd like to see this. Give Cook a run of games on the wing. Worrell needs to come in and stay in.

Would also drop Soligo tbh. That was a putrid game. He needs to go away and work on his game. Maybe Schoenberg comes in?

Sloane likewise but not sure who we bring in.
 
They won’t drop Sloane for Tex’s 250th, not a chance.

Dropping Soligo would be pointless. Sure he had a bad one but so did Sloane, which has a future?

We are not developing a midfield at all. We’ve gone back to Laird, Sloane, Keays and added Dawson with cameos from Pedlar and Rachelle. Berry and Schoenberg in the SANFL, Soligo reduced midfield minutes.

We are in a list rebuild and we don’t have one young full time mid, just think about that and yet we had a flog sprouting we’ve drafted the best mids in the comp over last 3 years.

If we were serious it would be:

Out Sloane, Doedee and McHenry.
In Schoenberg, Worrell and Cook.

But Sloane will stay and Schoenberg will likely replace McHenry which won’t help his development at all.
 
They won’t drop Sloane for Tex’s 250th, not a chance.

Dropping Soligo would be pointless. Sure he had a bad one but so did Sloane, which has a future?

We are not developing a midfield at all. We’ve gone back to Laird, Sloane, Keays and added Dawson with cameos from Pedlar and Rachelle. Berry and Schoenberg in the SANFL, Soligo reduced midfield minutes.

We are in a list rebuild and we don’t have one young full time mid, just think about that and yet we had a flog sprouting we’ve drafted the best mids in the comp over last 3 years.

If we were serious it would be:

Out Sloane, Doedee and McHenry.
In Schoenberg, Worrell and Cook.

But Sloane will stay and Schoenberg will likely replace McHenry which won’t help his development at all.
These would be good changes

Obvs Sloane will play in Tex 250

We need to get Schoenberg back in soon and definitely give Soligo more mid minutes as he’s really good in traffic and has good midfield craft ….. Rachele needs another pre season to get > 50% mid

Ned isn’t up to it as an afl footballer , like him as full time sub and that’s about it …. not sure anything will change my mind on this

Also hope I didn’t jinx Doedee , knew a spot for Worrell would open up
 
Outs: Doedee, Sloane, Murphy

Ins: Worrell, Berry, Gollant

Leave McHenry as the sub or have Murphy be the sub.

Murphy has had 3 woeful games in a row. Time to go back the magoos where he spud it up with similarly talented players.
Yep.. we all knew it was gonna come.. well a fair few of us anyway..

The inevitable return of the sh*t Murph..

But the Crom way is to cling to the player and hope his form from a few games earlier in the year returns..

So.. expect him to be selected for the rest of the year..

You watch.. he’ll have a blinder next week against one of the worst 22’s ever assembled at AFL level.. and his golden ticket will be re-polished all shiny and new..
 
They won’t drop Sloane for Tex’s 250th, not a chance.

Dropping Soligo would be pointless. Sure he had a bad one but so did Sloane, which has a future?

We are not developing a midfield at all. We’ve gone back to Laird, Sloane, Keays and added Dawson with cameos from Pedlar and Rachelle. Berry and Schoenberg in the SANFL, Soligo reduced midfield minutes.

We are in a list rebuild and we don’t have one young full time mid, just think about that and yet we had a flog sprouting we’ve drafted the best mids in the comp over last 3 years.

If we were serious it would be:

Out Sloane, Doedee and McHenry.
In Schoenberg, Worrell and Cook.

But Sloane will stay and Schoenberg will likely replace McHenry which won’t help his development at all.
Yep… back to the worst midfield combo in recent history..

It was always gonna happen.
 
These would be good changes

Obvs Sloane will play in Tex 250

We need to get Schoenberg back in soon and definitely give Soligo more mid minutes as he’s really good in traffic and has good midfield craft ….. Rachele needs another pre season to get > 50% mid

Ned isn’t up to it as an afl footballer , like him as full time sub and that’s about it …. not sure anything will change my mind on this

Also hope I didn’t jinx Doedee , knew a spot for Worrell would open up
I was thinking about you when he went down!

But will Worrells conditioning allow him to play ;)
 
I'd like to see this. Give Cook a run of games on the wing. Worrell needs to come in and stay in.

Would also drop Soligo tbh. That was a putrid game. He needs to go away and work on his game. Maybe Schoenberg comes in?

Sloane likewise but not sure who we bring in.
Dropping Soligo?..

Fxxk me.

What about dropping sloane.. the bloke thats so cooked he cant even keep up with the ruckmen.

What about dropping the complete hack that runs around like a headless chook handballing and kicking wildly, missing goals and missing basic targets and making horrid mistakes… but, but, but.. “he runs hard”!!

We have taken Soligo out of the midfield.. put sloane and keays back in and now when its all turned back to the same sh*t midfield we’ve seen for the past few years..

the solution is “lets drop soligo”!.. really?..

Whats next?.. “lets bring matt crouch back”

and we can get the fxxkn entire band back together!
 
The West Coast game at home is the promised land

Anyone who's been struggling a bit just needs to get across the line into the 22 this week and churn out a good un. Book their spot.
 

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Dropping Soligo?..

Fxxk me.

What about dropping sloane.. the bloke thats so cooked he cant even keep up with the ruckmen.

What about dropping the complete hack that runs around like a headless chook handballing and kicking wildly, missing goals and missing basic targets and making horrid mistakes… but, but, but.. “he runs hard”!!

We have taken Soligo out of the midfield.. put sloane and keays back in and now when its all turned back to the same sh*t midfield we’ve seen for the past few years..

the solution is “lets drop soligo”!.. really?..

Whats next?.. “lets bring matt crouch back”

and we can get the fxxkn entire band back together!
Dropping Soligo would be idiotic

Anytime he’s played a poor one this year he’s followed with a cracker

Inconsistency is expected in season 2
 
Yep… back to the worst midfield combo in recent history..

It was always gonna happen.
It should get Nicks sacked as he has directly cost us at least a couple of wins this year with his poor selection and tactics but we will recontact a coach who is clearly out of his depth for another 2-3 years while there is some decent coaches on the market currently. They will point to the improvement as justiication that Nicksy "is our man" but that improvement has come from talent and Burgess and less about anything the coach has done. There's not a chance in hell that we would ever do what St Kilda did last year.

Watching the presser last night Nicks looked as dejected as I have ever seen him. It looked like he realised that he does need a lot of improvement as a coach and his backing in of certain players had failed and we won't make finals this year. Other coaches have worked him out away from home. They know he will stick Sloane and Keays in the middle and if Laird and Dawson are cut out you go a long way to beating Adelaide. They also know that Nicks will stick stubbornly to a structure that's getting beaten and do nothing about it in game.
 
Its unfortunate and it won't happen.

But I'd rest Walker, these are the games we need to get the team playing through Fog and co.
I don't disagree with you, but there's zero chance he'll be rested when he's due to play #250 at home. Which means Sloane will also play.
 

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Imagine selecting Sholl for this game. What on earth did they think he would offer up there? Worrell being dropped instead of him was mindblowingly stupid.

Out:
Doedee (inj), Sholl (omitted to launch netball career), Butts (West Coast don’t have many talls up forward)

In:
Worrell, Cook, (McHenry into 22)

Sub:
Parnell


Side note: Laird and Dawson were pathetic tonight. I don’t care how many touches they had, they were complete and utter s**t when it mattered. Should be given an absolute rocket by the coaching staff.

Side note 2: First centre bounce of the second half. We line up with Rachele on Rowell. Rowell gets the clearance. Gee who would’ve thunk it. The level of stupidity that went into that matchup being a thing is something I can’t comprehend.
If Rachele is going to be a mid hes going to need to toughen up to play on the likes of Rowell.
 
If Rachele is going to be a mid hes going to need to toughen up to play on the likes of Rowell.
He will

Let’s not forget him and Soligo are 2nd year players and had 2 years of junior football where hardly a game was played

Remarkable they’ve been able to play so many good games so far
 
Dropping Soligo?..

Fxxk me.

What about dropping sloane.. the bloke thats so cooked he cant even keep up with the ruckmen.

What about dropping the complete hack that runs around like a headless chook handballing and kicking wildly, missing goals and missing basic targets and making horrid mistakes… but, but, but.. “he runs hard”!!

We have taken Soligo out of the midfield.. put sloane and keays back in and now when its all turned back to the same sh*t midfield we’ve seen for the past few years..

the solution is “lets drop soligo”!.. really?..

Whats next?.. “lets bring matt crouch back”

and we can get the fxxkn entire band back together!
He's struggling and was probably worst on ground.

I don't think they will but I think he deserves it.

Sloane looks a bit cooked you're right. I actually said I'd drop him but your anger problems took over.
 
What they should definitely do if it’s a dry day is isolate Thilthorpe deep and see if he can get on a roll early

Get Fog and Tex up ground
Tex is meant to be the icing, not the cake.

We go to him far to often, which is understandable, he's a gun. Just not useful
 
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Injuries
Doedee
Taylor
McPherson

Sanfl curtain raiser

F. McAdam Madgen Murphy
Hf. Brown. Clamp Dowling
C. Nankervis Berry Cook
Hb. Hamill. H berg Sholl
B. Borlase Keane Parnell
R. Strachan Crouch. Hately
I. Bond Newchurch Wright Boyle

Afl
F. Thilthorpe Fogarty. Soligo
Hf. Rachele. Walker Rankine
C. Schoenberg Dawson. Jones
Hb. Hinge. Murray Smith
B. Worrell. Butts. Michlanney
R. O’Brien Pedlar. Laird
I. Gollant Keays McHenry Milera
S. Sloane
 

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