Preview R16: Changes vs. Richmond Tigers (after the bye)

[Pugsley]

The not-so-good-player remains in the bowl.

Actually hope we lose to the tigers..

Not that it would change anything. The whole club needs its conservative ******* mentality burnt to the ground.

The drain can't be repaired.

 

[cleanhands]

For all those hating Jones being an option, Nicks went with Murphy instead!!!!

 

[Crowstar]

There's only one way Murphy becomes displaced from the team.....

Unfortunately he doesn't get close enough to the ball to warrant any body contact.

 

[Crow till I die]

Murphy to get 10-12 touches, kick 0.1 and have a few tackles is my bet. It will be a typical murphy game UNLESS, there is an absolute avalanche of ball coming into our forward line and his stats pad out purely by the dint that the ball is camped inside our attack most of the game.

We know exactly what he brings - we have seen over 100 games of it at this level..

 

[beartoo]

There's only one way Murphy becomes displaced from the team.....

Unfortunately he doesn't get close enough to the ball to warrant any body contact.

That's not so. Murphy goes in as hard as any player on our list. He's not an AFL standard footballer and there's the problem.

 

[Crowstar]

That's not so. Murphy goes in as hard as any player on our list. He's not an AFL standard footballer and there's the problem.

Yeah you're right...he gets the ball so regularly sometimes I confuse him with Ben Cousins.
His average of 3 tackles a game for a small forward is right up there with the best of them.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

No unforced changes? Backing the boys in again?

Nicks almost has to be trolling at this point. No coach can this be incompetent, surely?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Murphy to get 10-12 touches, kick 0.1 and have a few tackles is my bet. It will be a typical murphy game UNLESS, there is an absolute avalanche of ball coming into our forward line and his stats pad out purely by the dint that the ball is camped inside our attack most of the game.

We know exactly what he brings - we have seen over 100 games of it at this level..

We're playing the 17th ranked team

He'll smell a best 22 spot moving forward

Just got to get 15 touches and 2 goals here

 

[MRB37]

No unforced changes? Backing the boys in again?

Nicks almost has to be trolling at this point. No coach can this be incompetent, surely?

If we win
"Boys deserve to keep their spot after a good win."

If we lose
"Boys deserve to keep their spot and respond to a loss."

Rinse and repeat.

 

[Crow till I die]

We're playing the 17th ranked team

He'll smell a best 22 spot moving forward here

Just got to get 15 touches and 2 goals here

You tipping he has a career game then?

 

[Cleric]

I dont like what I'm seeing in how the club is treating Draper.
Nicks has his favourites, regardless of form, and Murphy is one of them.

 

[beartoo]

Yeah you're right...he gets the ball so regularly sometimes I confuse him with Ben Cousins.
His average of 3 tackles a game for a small forward is right up there with the best of them.

No matter how many possessions or tackles he completes he does not lack courage, which was the erroneous point to your post.

 

[BucketsNj]

What a bunch of joyless .....
We're fourth on the ladder.

 

[feenix67]

What a bunch of joyless .....
We're fourth on the ladder.

Will you be complaining when we cop a few injuries and have to play debutants? We're 4th on the back of a nice draw and bugger all injuries. But sure, just take it at face value if you like

 

[TBM]

Our inability to rotate the squad and give guys more exposure will be one of our downfalls come later in the year when injuries and fatigue strikes. Complacency also setting in. The lack of selection integrity is infuriating.

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

I saw Murphy on Impey a bunch, but lets just pretend he was only on Amon.....

Amon - 17 disposals, 509 metres gained (4th on the ground), 3rd for Hawks for R50's.

Murphy - 11 touches, 147 metres gained, 0 goals, 0 points, 0 goal assits, 4 kicks, 48.7% DE.

So how are you still defending Murphy?

You saw him on Impey a bunch, well I must have been wrong or……….

Go back and watch the replay and list the specific times that Murphy was on Impey.

I wasn’t suggesting that Murphy played a cracker, I just find it amusing that people can make up shit and eventually it becomes the TRUTH.

 

[feenix67]

You saw him on Impey a bunch, well I must have been wrong or……….

Go back and watch the replay and list the specific times that Murphy was on Impey.

I wasn’t suggesting that Murphy played a cracker, I just find it amusing that people can make up shit and eventually it becomes the TRUTH.

Dude give it up - Murphy isnt in there to kick goals, he's a defensive forward. We got done by 400,000 disposals from their half backs. Thats on Murphy and ANB. Rash and Keays are there to create.

 

[FR0GGY]

What a bunch of joyless .....
We're fourth on the ladder.

Are you actually capable of posting anything other than a whinge?
God forbid we actually want our team to contend and not just be ok during the minor round, but when issues arrive such injuries that we don’t have people to turn to because we’ve stuck with the same players that let us down time and time again.

 

[MRB37]

What a bunch of joyless .....
We're fourth on the ladder.

Sure, that's good, I enjoy winning, but I want to win it all and we've seen this playbook before from multiple coaches. We rely on so few to do the work in the name of "consistency" and eventually it comes to bite us in the ass at the pointy end of the year.

Even more frustrating that Nicks fell into this trap multiple times in the past years and rather than learning from it he's instead doubling down as hard as he can in a desperate move to keep his job.

 

[BucketsNj]

Will you be complaining when we cop a few injuries and have to play debutants? We're 4th on the back of a nice draw and bugger all injuries. But sure, just take it at face value if you like

You need to be able to enjoy it a bit tho

 

[jenny61_99]

The not-so-good-player remains in the bowl.

Actually hope we lose to the tigers..

Not that it would change anything. The whole club needs its conservative ******* mentality burnt to the ground.

This is absolute stupidity. You aren’t a supporter.

 

[jenny61_99]

No unforced changes? Backing the boys in again?

Nicks almost has to be trolling at this point. No coach can this be incompetent, surely?

Sitting in the top 4… sure, he’s trolling…

 

[Archie87]

The audacity of that flog Nix to claim Edwards needs to wait for an opportunity.... We had an opportunity two months ago when Hinge and Laird missed games.

We went with the 32 year old with a couple of months left in his career instead....

 

[jenny61_99]

Our inability to rotate the squad and give guys more exposure will be one of our downfalls come later in the year when injuries and fatigue strikes. Complacency also setting in. The lack of selection integrity is infuriating.

THIS I agree with.

 

[feenix67]

You need to be able to enjoy it a bit tho

You're advocating blissful ignorance huh?