Game Day Round 2 vs. St Kilda, MCG, 7:30pm Thurs 21/03

[unplugged]

Haven't caught up with how the VFL practice match went but assuming no injuries and obvious form lines out of that...

McInnes in for AJ.

Finn to start, but Mitchell to come back in if his ankle is right.

Cant believe we started opening round and then have 2 consecutive 6 day breaks. Wtaf

 

[TradeDraft]

In: Frampton

Out:Johnson

Could be a Lot more Too

 

[manicpie]

Oh * no, don't tell me we play st.kilda next week. We gunna need some changes

 

[Rusty Beam]

Out: AJ, Dean, WHE, Markov

In: Macrae, Frampton, Reef, Noble

Sub: WHE/Markov

 

[HenrikLundqvist]

IN: Frampton, Mcinness, Pressure
OUT: Johnson, Dean

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Out: AJ, Dean

In: Reef, Frampton

I feel like we need more height in the forward line, but don’t have anyone who can do that.

 

[unplugged]

Oh * no, don't tell me we play st.kilda next week. We gunna need some changes

A stringent St Kilda defense against a team struggling to connect going inside 50

 

[TradeDraft]

A stringent St Kilda defense against a team struggling to connect going inside 50

Saints probably Flog us

 

[barrackers]

Johnson simply can’t be picked until he finds some confidence.

Dean was worth a look, but he isn’t ready.

Macrae to play a full game. We’ve always struggled with only one of DeGoey and Adams. Mitchell helped last year, but had a down first game and obviously we don’t have Adams now.

 

[danielnajdek]

We legit could go 0-4. We wont beat Brisbane up in Brisbane.

 

[Horaceg]

We legit could go 0-4. We wont beat Brisbane up in Brisbane.

Chance but I think we’ll bounce back

 

[Pies_10]

Honestly Nick is the only player who gets a tick from the first two games.

 

[coolidge1000]

Frampton in Johnson out
Send Howe fwd
McRae in and Markov or whe to sub

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

Out: Johnson
In: Frampton

Frampton to defense and Howe forward.

Pendles is looking cooked. We should seriously consider making him the sub next week.

WHE, Lipinski, Crisp and Quaynor are lucky they have no-one competing for their spot.

 

[frizzle]

Max King

12

Max King

Age

23

Ht

202cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

3star

G

1.4

5star

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

1star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.8

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.4

5star

& Co will be licking their lips in anticipation of playing against our defenders this week. They will only have touch to shake hands before and after the match. It’s crazy. We aren’t intercepting but aren’t defending either. They are all in no man’s land & get burned on turnovers.

 

[Prankster]

Out: Craig McRae

Craig Mcrae

Age

50

Ht

176cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.9

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.2

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.4

5star

In: Nathan Buckley

 

[Jekyll and Hyde]

AJ gotta go. That’s all from me.

 

[manicpie]

IN : Frampton, JFN, Fin

OUT : Dean, Markov and AJ

Howe plays FF

 

[Chrispiesssss]

I think we need to go back to being a bit more traditional.

Maynard, Moore, Howe
IQ, Frampton, Noble
WHE, Naicos, Jaicos
Elliot, Cox, McCreey
Schultz, Mihocek, Hill

Cameron, JDG, Fin

Sidebottom, Crisp, Lippa, Pendles

Markov

 

[SwanBet]

That was a tough watch.

Clearly a lot of work to do, however I think it's our foot skills that have killed us. I am not sure what the stats say but Moore specifically had several howlers that resulted in opposition goals.

I am not blaming AJ as the supply was just not there, but he simply does not have any confidence at the moment. He needs to play VFL and find confidence in his hands again before being considered for the AFL side. I would like to see Reef given a chance, but I would also consider DeGoey spending more time forward too. This frees up the time for Mitchell/Finn.

Dean was improved, but just doesn't quite look up to the standard yet. Is the upside with him worthy of playing over Frampton right now? Frampton would be a more reliable option but I understand the thinking of playing Dean and letting him have a run at it. I think I keep Dean for this week against the Saints but I wouldn't be opposed to swapping him with Frampton.

IN: T.Mitchell, R.McInnes
OUT: A.Johnson, O.Markov

B: B.Maynard - C.Dean - J.Howe
HB: I.Quaynor - D.Moore - J.Crisp
C: S.Sidebottom - S.Pendlebury - J.Daicos
HF: L.Schulz - B.Mihocek - B.Hill
F: J.DeGoey - R.McInnes - J.Elliott
R: D.Cameron - T.Mitchell - N.Daicos
I: W.Hoskin-Elliott - M.Cox - F.Macrae - P.Lipinski
S: B.McCreery

 

[TradeDraft]

We legit could go 0-4. We wont beat Brisbane up in Brisbane.

Lions up there will Flog Us

 

[Unknown Identity]

Can't take anyone seriously that doesn't have Ash and Dean as 2 of the outs.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

In frampton
Out Johnson

Howe forward , Dean stays as third tall defender.

Macrae starts on the ground

A midget forward to be sub, probably Shultz, if he’s not dropped, which he won’t be, because that would be embarassing.

 

[hellfire]

Credit to Mason for bouncing back this week. He can stay.

Out: Johnson, Dean
In: Reef, Frampton

I think we’ll be better with those changes, but the bigger changes needed seem to be coaching and execution related.

 

[frizzle]

Credit to Mason for bouncing back this week. He can stay.

Out: Johnson, Dean
In: Reef, Frampton

I think we’ll be better with those changes, but the bigger changes needed seem to be coaching and execution related.

The outs are probably fair enough. But the ins don’t fill me full of confidence either. Yes the game style needs a decent tweak.