Game Day Round 10 vs. Adelaide, MCG, 1:45pm Sat 18/05

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

We've been undersized and undermanned for the last two and a half years and still managed a flag and are right in it again. There really is no excuses in today's football for any of these things, unless you are a young developing side like norf

The beauty of Fly’s approach of course is that we would not have entered any game thinking we were undersized or undermanned. System is important but only if it is flexible and adapted to the personnel available at a given time just as buy in is important but only if players are willing to be flexible. We won games with/without ruckmen, with/without a big key forward, with/without the second big key defender etc and you could probably make a case that Adams, for example, left because he wasn’t prepared to be flexible going forward. We are in good hands at present

 

[manicpie]

The beauty of Fly’s approach of course is that we would not have entered any game thinking we were undersized or undermanned. System is important but only if it is flexible and adapted to the personnel available at a given time just as buy in is important but only if players are willing to be flexible. We won games with/without ruckmen, with/without a big key forward, with/without the second big key defender etc and you could probably make a case that Adams, for example, left because he wasn’t prepared to be flexible going forward. We are in good hands at present

Perfectly said

 

[danielnajdek]

Watching the presser and they talked about Begg like he was out for the season yet I can't find anything about it.

 

[Tharazero1]

Leg

 

[manicpie]

Watching the presser and they talked about Begg like he was out for the season yet I can't find anything about it.

Damaged almost everything but the ACL, it's probably best for his future health if he just rests it for the remainder of the year

 

[Abdul_The_Bull]

Leg

What did Leggy do??

 

[Tharazero1]

What did Leggy do??

Nothing, just love Leggy

 

[Jen2310]

Watching the presser and they talked about Begg like he was out for the season yet I can't find anything about it.

I talked to Josh Gabelich this morning and he seems to think it'll be the case. Same situation s Noah Long from eagles. Not an ACL but with damage to PCL and MCL, looking around 4 months.
We'll know more on tuesday in the injury report, but I suspect we'll prob hear he'll be having (or have done so) surgery.

 

[danielnajdek]

Damaged almost everything but the ACL, it's probably best for his future health if he just rests it for the remainder of the year

VFL has no ruck now with Begg and Steene out.

 

[Jen2310]

VFL has no ruck now with Begg and Steene out.

Hopefully Boston is alright in a few weeks, who is rehabbing a stress issue.

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

VFL has no ruck now with Begg and Steene out.

Krueger will have to ruck along with AJ or Glover?

 

[Bianconeri]

Will Glover have to ruck along with AJ?

Farrant, Purcell and Kreuger maybe

 

[Dead Eye Didak]

Farrant, Purcell and Kreuger maybe

I like Farrant as an option because of his leap. Krueger l can see injuring himself in the ruck....

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

I like Farrant as an option because of his leap. Krueger l can see injuring himself in the ruck....

Just in the ruck?

 

[Copeland]

DeGoey back in.

 

[BuildEmUp]

Watching the VFL has become irrelevant. Not only are they losing, but all our AFL listed players look ordinary until they play in the AFL...

Yeah it is strange - some look kinda ordinary, but step up to the big time sullivan and richards were great last week - mcare finding his mojo also

 

[Bianconeri]

I like Farrant as an option because of his leap. Krueger l can see injuring himself in the ruck....

Kreuger seems to have worked a lot on his reckless approach and looks a bit bigger through the shoulders this year.

 

[Lings of Geelong]

VFL has no ruck now with Begg and Steene out.

Only one more VFL game before the MSD. Time to Brynn back Teakle!

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Fly just says he is close to a debut so it’s not gifting


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He hasn't looked close to a debut in the VFL games I have watched but what would I know.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Damaged almost everything but the ACL, it's probably best for his future health if he just rests it for the remainder of the year

Another big man bites the dust.

 

[manicpie]

Another big man bites the dust.

Fly said that we might be adding a tall in the MSD, hopefully it's true because it is getting a bit much now

 

[memoryofmchale]

Don't think Ed will be named as a starter or emergency for this game.

 

[swoop42]

Start De Goey at FF which helps negate the need for a tall to replace Howe. Schultz in for Bytel. Harrison remains after recovering from injury. While the opposition last week wasn't much it was still a good win given the circumstances so rewarding those players and only making the 2 forced changes seems appropriate.

 

[memoryofmchale]

Hopefully Boston is alright in a few weeks, who is rehabbing a stress issue.

I don't know if we'd throw him to the wolves. VFL rucks are men and we've all seen how even Begg struggles.

 

[Mollythedolly]

I don't know if we'd throw him to the wolves. VFL rucks are men and we've all seen how even Begg struggles.

Not sure why it'd be any different from any draftee. Steene and Begg were both getting ruck rotations from their first games. We didn't hesitate to throw Moyle into the ruck when he played for the VFL side in what would be the same situation for Boston.