Prediction Round 13, 2025: Changes vs North Melbourne

[Byron_Clanger]

Cripps in is a nice surprise considering none of our players ever come back from injury ahead of schedule..and I assume they're giving Ryan up until the last minute to prove his fitness.

 

[eaglesnutcase]

Archer Reid starting on the field, assume they want 2 rucks now and drop Jack Williams, it’s crazy archer is ahead in pecking order, hasn’t kicked a goal in months

Coz Archer is a more consistent contributor.Didn’t you watch last week??

 

[jdisc]

hall when he played at hands oval as a junior

hall playing at hands oval as an eagle

 

[Altum Volantes]

Also played on Hands Oval several times , has to help least we're not playing at Hay Park , probably knows that venue even better . .

Sorry if that seemed like i was taking the piss out of your post!

Bunbury was very much my target.

 

[new breed]

Sorry if that seemed like i was taking the piss out of your post!

Bunbury was very much my target.

Bunbury local for many years ....all good .
Great place .

 

[random260]

Archer Reid starting on the field, assume they want 2 rucks now and drop Jack Williams, it’s crazy archer is ahead in pecking order, hasn’t kicked a goal in months

JW may better a more in form fwd.

But Archer against the right opponent is the best ruck on our list. By a sizeable length

Archer against a tougher opponent still surpasses JW in ruck by a mile. Losing out to Flynn due to mature body

 

[mat11]

Coz Archer is a more consistent contributor.Didn’t you watch last week??

Archer has a higher ceiling (in the future) and jack has a safer floor(currently). This is a winnable game I'm going with Allen, JWillams and baz to help Flynn with X. I wouldn't expect Logue to run off Jwilliams and expose his lack of athleticism this is a good opportunity for him to kick 4-6.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Coz Archer is a more consistent contributor.Didn’t you watch last week??

Last week when Jilliams kicked 2 goals and led the team for score involvements whilst Archer Reid went scoreless yet again?

Or last week as in the week before in the WAFL when Jilliams kicked 4 goals and Archer Reid once again.... Went scoreless.

Be specific.

 

[eaglesnutcase]

Last week when Jilliams kicked 2 goals and led the team for score involvements whilst Archer Reid went scoreless yet again?

Or last week as in the week before in the WAFL when Jilliams kicked 4 goals and Archer Reid once again.... Went scoreless.

Be specific.

Well one of JWs goals was direct from Reid; to be concise; Reid’s fast thinking.
Longs goal from the OA assist came from a fantastic Reid one on two spoil.
His chasing, his bodywork,even his ruckwork/follow up was impressive .JW is a very smart footballer but he lacks the pace/stamina to do the follow up work required in the modern game.His ruck work is handy.I like him and want him in the team but Reid is already a better all round player.

 

[ziad]

JW sadly is a plodder, needs to work much harder on his body - others cannot do it for him.

 

[new breed]

Higher ceiling Reid has , might be getting taller and bigger also , just needs a few good games to really get confidence .

 

[Dark Sharks]

JW sadly is a plodder, needs to work much harder on his body - others cannot do it for him.

Plodders don't kick a 1.5 goals a game at AFL level for the spoon team as a developing key forward ya silly Clint.


Absolute trash opinion, next

 

[WCErevival]

Jilliams should be playing purely to put him on display for North who will need a Darling replacement.

 

[Grahame]

Jilliams should be playing purely to put him on display for North who will need a Darling replacement.

Made me think, we do probably need to trade one of BWill, JWill or Oscar given we’ve also got Jake, Archer and Shanahan (even if he’s a KPD).

Captaincy aside, Oscar is probably highest value and the oldest but the most banged up (TB was even older and more frail).

 

[TheBudgies]

Flynn is the worst ruck we’ve ever had. He will get pantsed by Xerri. I’ve been saying it for a while, but I’d drop him and bring Bailey in (that’s his bad our ruck stocks are at the moment), and I’d be starting Bailey as first ruck with Archer & JWill rotating through there to give Bailey a chop out.

Then I’d instruct our mids to stand directly in front of the opposition because that’s where Bailey will tap it.

Bailey has about 3 hitouts to advantage this year. He's not a ruckman. He's in the team as a forward that can pinch hit if he's in the team at all. He's a generally poor mark and adds very little around the ground. We're going to lose the ruck battle. Not convinced Bailey is much better than Flynn around the ground so can't understand bringing a worse ruck contest player in if the benefits around the ground are marginal.

I somewhat understand the calls to bring Bailey in for Archer or JWill to make it more of a scrap but taking our best ruckman out for the Xerri matchup seems insane to me.

 

[jdisc]

JW sadly is a plodder, needs to work much harder on his body - others cannot do it for him.

i know Jack Watts wasnt the player he was hyped to be in his draft year, but considering he retired about 5 years ago surely he can do whatever he likes with his body

 

[Rowan18]

Plodders don't kick a 1.5 goals a game at AFL level for the spoon team as a developing key forward ya silly Clint.


Absolute trash opinion, next

Isn't he also the guy that was convinced Waterman was a dud, even as he started averaging 2.5 goals a game?

 

[Marlin01]

It would be awesome if J Williams could rock up for rd1 next year shredded. I’m a fan of his but he could afford to drop a couple of kgs.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Thicc boi Jilliams could definitely be in better shape, I'm not arguing that one at all. Huge upside if he gets his fitness and conditioning sorted.

My point is if he's playing as well as he is and has been since day 1, even as a fatboy, he's clearly just a natural footballer.

He's also a

 

[kranky al]

4D chess from Richmond FC

The best 4d chess.

Ask anyone

They’ll tell you

 

[kranky al]

Thicc boi Jilliams could definitely be in better shape, I'm not arguing that one at all. Huge upside if he gets his fitness and conditioning sorted.

My point is if he's playing as well as he is and has been since day 1, even as a fatboy, he's clearly just a natural footballer.

He's also a

Gov to hand over the butterball crown?

 

[WCErevival]

Gov to hand over the butterball crown?

With the loss of Rioli and Naitanui and the imminent retirement of Gov, we need a new fatty.

 

[Bender_]

Isn't he also the guy that was convinced Waterman was a dud, even as he started averaging 2.5 goals a game?

Yes, and also the creator of "Subi Boy", the mythical Subiaco player that towelled up Waterman IIRC.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Yes, and also the creator of "Subi Boy", the mythical Subiaco player that towelled up Waterman IIRC.

Waterman was also outperformed by Hutchings that day, despite Hutch being interstate as the traveling emergency.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Cripps in is a nice surprise considering none of our players ever come back from injury ahead of schedule..and I assume they're giving Ryan up until the last minute to prove his fitness.

Crippa has always been a good recoveree - he usually gets back into the swing of it pretty swiftly too.

He's basically the Anti-Yeo.