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The footy is fast approaching, and we now have just 3 weeks until our first appearances in the NAB Cup. That being the case, I thought it might be a good idea to start this thread now to generate a little discussion.
Our fixture is as follows:
Round 1: Sunday February 24 vs Sydney & GWS (Blacktown)
Round 2: Saturday March 2 vs Fremantle (Etihad Stadium)
Round 3: Friday March 8 vs Adelaide (AAMI Stadium)
Our results in these matches don't particularly faze me, as results in the NAB Cup are relatively insignificant and don't necessarily translate to the season proper. Of course the preference would be to win, however no doubt I'll be far more interested in seeing how we gel as a unit under the new game plan, than what we produce in terms of wins and losses.
How would you all like to see the club structure up during the competition? Personally, I feel the round 1 format in particular is garbage and would like to see the club give an opportunity to our depth and younger players. I wouldn't bother sending some of our more experienced players up to Sydney. That will have the two-fold effect of giving them the extra weeks rest, and it will also hand our other players more responsibility and opportunity to step up and show their wares.
Normal games resume in round 2 and 3, and that's when I think we should start escalating our our play, both in terms of personnel as well as intensity. That's when I feel we should look at putting a relatively full-strength team out on the park as we head towards round 1 of the Home & Away season against Richmond.
In terms of playing personnel, at this stage the only player we can absolutely rule out is McInnes. If it were up to me, I wouldn't take Judd, Waite, Scotland or Jamison to Sydney. I just don't see a need to put them under any sort of risk in what is, essentially, an absolutely meaningless series of games. I'm tempted to add Carrazzo to that group but I feel that with him a candidate for the captaincy, we'll probably see him in all preseason games.
The other aspect worth discussing is whether we may see some experimentation from the coaches, with regards to player positioning. Will we see some unexpected player positioning, as the coaches attempt to gauge the versatility of some of the players? Or will the coaches already be fairly set on where they want each player to spend most of their time on the field, and not deviate from that, in the name of continuity? I'm not too sure which way we'll go with that, but I don't mind the idea of throwing a few things around to trial, after all that's one of the primary uses of the NAB series.
So what do you all think? Will we go all out to win the competition, or will we use it to ease into the swing of things and focus not on the result but rather on the method? Will we see an inexperienced lineup or will Mick be keen to put out a relatively experienced lineup from the get go? Will we see some experimentation in the positions of some of the boys, or will we not deviate too much from what we know and have seen previously?
Discuss away. And bring on the footy.
Our fixture is as follows:
Round 1: Sunday February 24 vs Sydney & GWS (Blacktown)
Round 2: Saturday March 2 vs Fremantle (Etihad Stadium)
Round 3: Friday March 8 vs Adelaide (AAMI Stadium)
Our results in these matches don't particularly faze me, as results in the NAB Cup are relatively insignificant and don't necessarily translate to the season proper. Of course the preference would be to win, however no doubt I'll be far more interested in seeing how we gel as a unit under the new game plan, than what we produce in terms of wins and losses.
How would you all like to see the club structure up during the competition? Personally, I feel the round 1 format in particular is garbage and would like to see the club give an opportunity to our depth and younger players. I wouldn't bother sending some of our more experienced players up to Sydney. That will have the two-fold effect of giving them the extra weeks rest, and it will also hand our other players more responsibility and opportunity to step up and show their wares.
Normal games resume in round 2 and 3, and that's when I think we should start escalating our our play, both in terms of personnel as well as intensity. That's when I feel we should look at putting a relatively full-strength team out on the park as we head towards round 1 of the Home & Away season against Richmond.
In terms of playing personnel, at this stage the only player we can absolutely rule out is McInnes. If it were up to me, I wouldn't take Judd, Waite, Scotland or Jamison to Sydney. I just don't see a need to put them under any sort of risk in what is, essentially, an absolutely meaningless series of games. I'm tempted to add Carrazzo to that group but I feel that with him a candidate for the captaincy, we'll probably see him in all preseason games.
The other aspect worth discussing is whether we may see some experimentation from the coaches, with regards to player positioning. Will we see some unexpected player positioning, as the coaches attempt to gauge the versatility of some of the players? Or will the coaches already be fairly set on where they want each player to spend most of their time on the field, and not deviate from that, in the name of continuity? I'm not too sure which way we'll go with that, but I don't mind the idea of throwing a few things around to trial, after all that's one of the primary uses of the NAB series.
So what do you all think? Will we go all out to win the competition, or will we use it to ease into the swing of things and focus not on the result but rather on the method? Will we see an inexperienced lineup or will Mick be keen to put out a relatively experienced lineup from the get go? Will we see some experimentation in the positions of some of the boys, or will we not deviate too much from what we know and have seen previously?
Discuss away. And bring on the footy.
"Goddess" 
