Unofficial Preview Collingwood vs Swans Friday March 15th 7:40PM
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Not sure if GWS absolutely pumping Collingwood is a good or bad thing? Shows they're vulnerable, but also surely you'd expect a response next week?
Around 38%.
It's dry southern maritime air .
Would be pretty typical Anzac day conditions
Pies playing now, and round 1 game is on Friday night. How do you calculate a 5 day break?
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Our defence is going to have to be top notch next week. Especially when it comes to taking the ball back out of defence. Magpies pressure didn't quiet work on this ground but back on the G they might be back on form.
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They will wanna bounce back and unveiling of the flag also
This will give us a really good idea of where we are at cause the pressure will be enormous and they will be going hard.
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Let’s see how we handle it and if we are up with competing with a contender
This will give us a really good idea of where we are at cause the pressure will be enormous and they will be going hard.
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Let’s see how we handle it and if we are up with competing with a contender
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Hope heeney runs with degoey
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Are Murphy and Howe back?
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These games always stress me out the most.
If we lose to some bottom side I feel like OK that was just a s**t day at the office. When we lose to a contender, particularly if it's not close, I walk away feeling like the flag is an absolute pipe dream.
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I would like to see Wicks in but the big question is who goes out? Who would Fox play on in this game? Dropping a mid would make no sense. Has to be either Fox or Amartey.
Heeney won't be playing forward so the seven could look like:
HF Hayward McDonald Warner
FF Papley McLean Wicks
I/C Fox
Heeney gets selected where Warner was. McLean and McDonald will need to play big minutes. Hayward will be very important.
This would make it harder for Pies to run the ball out of D.
The Yank and Cameron did a job on the GWS ruck. Very physical. Big game for Grundy again.
Heeney won't be playing forward so the seven could look like:
HF Hayward McDonald Warner
FF Papley McLean Wicks
I/C Fox
Heeney gets selected where Warner was. McLean and McDonald will need to play big minutes. Hayward will be very important.
This would make it harder for Pies to run the ball out of D.
The Yank and Cameron did a job on the GWS ruck. Very physical. Big game for Grundy again.
The good thing about Grundy is he likes the physical stuff and likes spending most of his time in the ruck. McLean needed to be the backup ruckman against Gawn every so often, but it wasn't for that long.
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I think the logic in dropping a mid is that we had a few who were kinda spare parts in the Melbourne game. Not bad, but not overly impactful, either. Jordon, Campbell & Lloyd in particular were just sorta... there. It felt like whatever any of them were bringing wasn't as needed as what Wicks could bring, or that Amartey could bring as part of the three talls structure.
Probably not popular but I'd still be happy with Warner on the wing instead of one of those three (probably Jordon), and that freeing up a spot for both Wicks & Amartey to be in the team. I like Warner more on the outside but aware I'm in the minority on that one.
Interesting that Grundy got 31 hit outs and McLean 10. Gawn 39 and Schache 1. One! McLean went up against Gawn at least three times that I saw (one CBA and two stoppages). But you're right, Grundy rucks or rides the bench. I love that no matter what happens with the hitouts he keeps going until the ball is gone.
Yes, and another good thing about him is that yes he basically just neutralised Gawn in the ruck (hard to do) but against most teams we will actually be at an advantage in the ruck as most teams don't have a ruckman as good as Gawn. Being at an advantage in the ruck helps lessen the impact of not having Mills, Parker and Adams.
I'm on record as wanting to see him doing more run pasts like Gulden. First receiver. Gives the inside guys more options.
Also does anyone know why Gulden had a quiet game on Thursday? Was he used in a different way than he usually was in 2023?
I hope whatever it is Longmire helps him sort it out as we know he can play a lot better than he did against Melbourne.
I hope whatever it is Longmire helps him sort it out as we know he can play a lot better than he did against Melbourne.
Supposedly he had a nasty flu and missed the GWS game IIRC, then played half the Brisbane game. Perhaps he's not 100%.
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