Prediction Round 19: Changes Vs Sydney + pre-match discussion

[Purple_Turtle]

Small forwards in any team almost never play well when you get smashed.

Go read another team's autopsy thread after losing by 6+ goals and you'll see their small forwards get a battering like ours do every time we get pummeled.

You got the causation the wrong way around.

Small forwards always play like crap when their team get smashed. Therefore small forwards playing like crap causes their team to get smashed. So if we got elite small forwards who always play well we'd never get smashed.

QED.

 

[PeopleEater]

I thought Tuckers game last week should have caused his omission just for the simple fact that nearly each clanger led to an opposition score. It’s the decision making, uncertainty and then the s**t I have to get rid of it moment that kills me when watching him.
We‘re going to miss the Lobb marking option up the ground more than anything which would have been a performance improvement with Tabs back in the team (assuming he would have held a few)
Us by a handful of points in a scrappy game

 

[Shoeless Joe]

I thought Tuckers game last week should have caused his omission just for the simple fact that nearly each clanger led to an opposition score. It’s the decision making, uncertainty and then the sh*t I have to get rid of it moment that kills me when watching him.
We‘re going to miss the Lobb marking option up the ground more than anything which would have been a performance improvement with Tabs back in the team (assuming he would have held a few)
Us by a handful of points in a scrappy game

Not expecting much from the Tabs tomorrow..always seems to need 2 or 3 games in to start clunking those big marks ( by then he is likely to be injured again)...25 years of following the purple does test your sanity!!

 

[PeopleEater]

Not expecting much from the Tabs tomorrow..always seems to need 2 or 3 games in to start clunking those big marks ( by then he is likely to be injured again)...25 years of following the purple does test your sanity!!

Agree with that. I was hoping Tabs would get a few more opportunities with Lobbster grabbing a couple on the wings and setting up some feeds into the 50 - which look to be improving overall. Maybe Tabs will play higher up the ground and Treacy will be the freight train lead up target that he does so well

 

[salim malik]

The starting forward six is very small. Tabs plus a mid size and 4 teenies.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

Alex Pearce

25

Alex Pearce

Age

28

Ht

201cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

106.3

2star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.0

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.8

3star

MG

103.2

2star

's lack of match "touch" (which is to be expected, having been absent from the game for so long) concerns me, as Buddy Franklin is untenable when in form.

 

[PeopleEater]

The starting forward six is very small. Tabs plus a mid size and 4 teenies.

Was wondering why Banfield wasn’t starting down there for just that reason. Maybe a late change?

 

[Sweetback]

Alex Pearce

25

Alex Pearce

Age

28

Ht

201cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

106.3

2star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

6.0

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.8

3star

MG

103.2

2star

's lack of match "touch" (which is to be expected, having been absent from the game for so long) concerns me, as Buddy Franklin is untenable when in form.

Alex should have enough games in him now surely. He got taught a lesson by a wily old fox last game. He’ll be looking to redeem himself. I would have liked to have seen Logue on Buddy though. He did okay in the last game and might want to carry on with it.

 

[ignoramus]

Alex Pearce's lack of match "touch" (which is to be expected, having been absent from the game for so long) concerns me, as Buddy Franklin is untenable when in form.

Bit harsh? He was well beaten by Hawkins, but otherwise I reckon he has played very well pretty much from the get go.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

Bit harsh? He was well beaten by Hawkins, but otherwise I reckon he has played very well pretty much from the get go.

Yeah, upon reflection it was a misevaluation on my part. What I should have said, was that Franklin's form concerns me leading into this match.

 

[ignoramus]

Yeah, upon reflection it was a misevaluation on my part. What I should have said, was that Franklin's form concerns me leading into this match.

It'll be another big test, for sure.

 

[Freomaniac]

The starting forward six is very small. Tabs plus a mid size and 4 teenies.

Well if swans are dumb enough to leave Josh Traecy free, then they deserved to get punished.

 

[CapitalA]

The starting forward six is very small. Tabs plus a mid size and 4 teenies.

Pretty sure it is going to be Tab, Darcy and Treacy up forward.

 

[freo1]

Glad we have Young back in the side

I think he'll end up being the best of our youngsters - better than brayshaw, cerra, serrong etc.

 

[Purpletown]

I think he'll end up being the best of our youngsters - better than brayshaw, cerra, serrong etc.

If Young ends up being better than Brayshaw, Cerra and Serong then we will have some serious talent on tap for the next 10 years.....unless Cerra leaves and Young continues to have injury issues but hopefully neither of those things happen.

 

[freo1997]

Young will request back to VIC in a few years. He seems like the type.

 

[showemhowtorock]

Young will request back to VIC in a few years. He seems like the type.

signed on for an additional 2 years last year so it would be quite the shock

 

[freo1997]

signed on for an additional 2 years last year so it would be quite the shock

He'll go in a few years. Pretty boy VIC metro...do their apprenticeships then back home.

 

[WaywardSonSon]

He'll go in a few years. Pretty boy VIC metro...do their apprenticeships then back home.

Tarring with the same brush is an asinine and baseless thought process.

 

[freo1997]

Tarring with the same brush is an asinine and baseless thought process.

I'll bookmark this. Serong will be a Docker for life, Brayshaw, Treacy, Darcy will.

Young and Cerra give off vibes that WA isn't enough and beneath them.

 

[Scham]

I think he'll end up being the best of our youngsters - better than brayshaw, cerra, serrong etc.

I'm a massive fan too but that's a big call, especially as Chapman may have a play in it too.

 

[Spirit Level]

He'll go in a few years. Pretty boy VIC metro...do their apprenticeships then back home.

1. Young is a Vic Country boy

2. He is an avid surfer, why would leave the best surfing state in the country

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

1. Young is a Vic Country boy

2. He is an avid surfer, why would leave the best surfing state in the country

He’s also best mates with Serong. If Young leaves, it’s when he’s like 27+

 

[Taylor]

I think Young's girlfriend has been living here basically the entire time he has too

 

[CapitalA]

He'll go in a few years. Pretty boy VIC metro...do their apprenticeships then back home.

Vic metro?? Check again...