Opinion Preliminary Final Changes vs. Hawthorn

[Simmofreo]

What I'm saying is from the discussion I had I'd be surprised if he didn't play...

Can you please head down and start massaging him. Every 2 hours from now until game time

Off you go

Thanks mate for the Info. As I mentioned earlier, I heard similar info

 

[noise36]

MJ out....surely not...meltdown!

 

[Reginald Perrin]

Evetone is sore this time of year Simmo. Relax , what will be will be.

Can confirm this. I've got a sore back and my knee is playing up, but I'll still make it to the lounge for bounce down.

 

[electricfeel]

I would so much rather Alex Pearce in than Alex Silvagni if MJ is out. AP has played more footy and is already a better player than SNOS. I know he's young and has never played finals footy but I reckon he'd do pretty well.

 

[Grape Bear]

If Johnno and Luke are out, we're screwed. I find it odd we're going with Silva if it's to replace Johnno. I suppose they're worried AP may be rag dolled by his opponent, as from a skill set POV surely AP for Johnno would be more like for like.

I would so much rather Alex Pearce in than Alex Silvagni if MJ is out. AP has played more footy and is already a better player than SNOS. I know he's young and has never played finals footy but I reckon he'd do pretty well.

 

[Banker]

MJ out....surely not...meltdown!

If he is out, I am going to be super mad at our fitness staff.

Far too often they're bringing back players early or mis managing them!!

 

[Kenyan]

I would so much rather Alex Pearce in than Alex Silvagni if MJ is out. AP has played more footy and is already a better player than SNOS. I know he's young and has never played finals footy but I reckon he'd do pretty well.

He must be injured.

 

[Purple Suit]

I just watched Dermi on League teams. He was shitting himself when Lynch described how to beat the Hawks by stopping their short kicks.

 

[scon]

The fulcrum of their sling-shotting counter attack.
Port knackered it and the scum probly did too.
I'm sure Chief is concerned.

 

[Purple Suit]

I know

But the next (possible 2 games) are the 2 highest scoring teams in the comp.

We can lose forwards or mids, but cannot afford to lose backs

Or we could dominate in the middle and have our forward line in the best form they have been in all season with the mid's chipping in.

Win in the middle and hold our structure, we should still win with one or two missing.

 

[Taylor]

If we don't turn it over for three quarters we will win.

 

[Simmofreo]

Or we could dominate in the middle and have our forward line in the best form they have been in all season with the mid's chipping in.

Win in the middle and hold our structure, we should still win with one or two missing.

Like last years final against port ? Injuries to the backline hurt then

 

[Taylor]

Like last years final against port ? Injuries to the backline hurt then

If I remember we should have killed the contest but missed a handful of goals allowing them back in.

 

[purplerunsdeep]

Zac D's and SOS suspensions looking like it's going to bite us in the ass - had the chance to rest these guys and now we're paying for it

 

[Simmofreo]

If I remember we should have killed the contest but missed a handful of goals allowing them back in.

Yeah true. Didn't we kick like 9 points in a row

 

[Taylor]

Yeah true. Didn't we kick like 9 points in a row

I don't remember the specifics but we dominated for a long time and didn't get the score on the board, very much like our early form except this year we kicked the goals.

 

[Ripper]

If I remember we should have killed the contest but missed a handful of goals allowing them back in.

Our position last year was like Sydney 2015. Who ever lost the QF was going to be up against it the next week to run out the game.

 

[Purple Suit]

Like last years final against port ? Injuries to the backline hurt then

We take our chances, we still win that game. We smashed them in the first half and didn't have a week's rest beforehand.

 

[Granny Val]

So how come we have a massive 1600 tickets still available for our Prelim whereas the eagles game has been sold out for ages ??

Surely this is an exciting enough game to sell out isn't it

The AFL only released those tickets this afternoon. They must have thought that the Hawks fans would travel west. Guess they haven't got the loyal fan base of the Dockers.

 

[Frigate]

As expected I guess. Shame about McPharlin. Hopefully he gets a shot next week.

Zac D's and SOS suspensions looking like it's going to bite us in the ass - had the chance to rest these guys and now we're paying for it

Long bow you're drawing there. We had the opportunity to rest players and we did. Injury prone players simply get injured at random times. Luke got his in training. MJ is always a worry. Fyfe was sniper attacked by Mitchell causing a chain of events.

You are always as good as what you can put on the park. We have close to a full strength team and the reality is that McPharlin and Gunstan are both important players in their structures. I would say that Luke is more important to us than Gunstan to them, but we will see.

 

[scon]

Zac D's and SOS suspensions looking like it's going to bite us in the ass - had the chance to rest these guys and now we're paying for it

It's not ideal.

 

[Sweetback]

The AFL only released those tickets this afternoon. They must have thought that the Hawks fans would travel west. Guess they haven't got the loyal fan base of the Dockers.

They've probably saving their pennies for the next weekend, like the Cats fans when we played at Skilled a couple of years ago.

 

[freddieflintoff]

AP has slight calf. Expect him & Macca to be available next week when we win. Think MJ will be ok.

 

[free at last]

Or we could dominate in the middle and have our forward line in the best form they have been in all season with the mid's chipping in.

Win in the middle and hold our structure, we should still win with one or two missing.

This will help a lot.

Just need to take our chances and get the crowd involved really early.

I'm pretty confident we are going to witness a PF 2013 type intensity from the lads..."SEEK AND DESTROY"

 

[ilikepotatoes]

AP has slight calf. Expect him & Macca to be available next week when we win. Think MJ will be ok.

Does your mail suggest any late changes for tomorrow?