Prediction Round 23 Changes vs. GWS Giants

[go_the_dockers]

Yeah ok, cheers mate.

Height wise Liams got him by 2cm. Briggs is bigger bodied I'm assuming?

Briggs first game back from an injured shoulder. Hopefully he is underdone, and a bit more cautious in the contests.

 

[Wizard]

Yeah ok, cheers mate.

Height wise Liams got him by 2cm. Briggs is bigger bodied I'm assuming?

Yes for sure.

Wikipedia (accuracy questionable) has Briggs listed as 108kg. WAFL website (also questionable accuracy) has Reidy listed at 104kg.

 

[freo_leo29]

Makes big claim to crap on a player. Claim taken seriously and then complains someone listened and took you seriously.

This shtick is getting old fast

 

[freo_leo29]

Briggs loves to grab the ball from the ruck and kick it forward

 

[Hamann188]

Yes for sure.

Wikipedia (accuracy questionable) has Briggs listed as 108kg. WAFL website (also questionable accuracy) has Reidy listed at 104kg.

So there's not too much in it.

Be an interesting matchup, looking forward to seeing how Reidy goes.

 

[dont bowl there]

So there's not too much in it.

Be an interesting matchup, looking forward to seeing how Reidy goes.

Reidy doesn't have to do much tbh, just not allow Briggs to take the ball cleanly out of the ruck, it's really his only go to move but he's incredibly effective at it.

 

[Hamann188]

Briggs loves to grab the ball from the ruck and kick it forward

Yeah right, gunna need to nip that one in the butt as much as humanly possible.

Think I'd rather they have to work it into the forward line rather than sending it in there quickly.

 

[poshman]

This shtick is getting old fast

Yaawwwwn

 

[Footskill]

If Reidy does get absolutely massacred in the ruck we can always swing him forward. He did start out as a fwd and it's not like a foreign position to him and had stints at peel playing fwd

 

[Lach72]

Reidy doesn't have to do much tbh, just not allow Briggs to take the ball cleanly out of the ruck, it's really his only go to move but he's incredibly effective at it.

Reidy plays the same way.

Interesting game coming up

 

[Freomaniac]

Are we expecting Wagner or O'Driscoll to be sub?

I really want O'Driscoll to start.

Do we know who travelled?



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Glad Liam Reidy getting a debut game.

Sturt on the bench not surprising. I can see cox on Hogan.

This is the type of game Freo have their backs to the wall and somehow win this by 4 or 5 goals.

Sam Sturt will get his 9 or 10 disposals and kick 3 goals from 3 scoring shots

 

[Freomaniac]

I think this is a defining game for this group. The easy thing to do would be to head over, show some fight for a while then fold to the 25 or 30 point defeat that the vast majority of the AFL public expect.

We could head back quietly to Perth, the team comforting themselves with the fact that some key players were injured, we were unlucky, and that old chestnut we are still young.
There is always next year. Next year. And the year after.
And the year after.

Potential. The post dangerous word in professional sport. Success is always just around the corner. We just have to wait until Andy and Caleb are 26 and 24, instead of 23 and 25. We just need to wait until Alex Pearce and Sean Darcy are fit instead of injured.
Next year.


Or
The group could make a stand. Make a statement to the competition that we are a force, not just this year but for the next few years. Like paddy Dangerfield and Geelong last weekend, we could just refuse to accept defeat.

GWS are decent but there is certainly a vulnerable underbelly in that team if we show up in the right frame of mind.

I reckon this is the biggest game we have played since the 2022 finals series. There is SO MUCH at stake this Saturday. AFL careers are short and fleeting. There is zero guarantee that our star players will play top level football well into their 30s. As someone pointed out on another thread, it’s harder for WA players. Fyfe and sonny’s post age 30 careers are but pale shadows of their former glory. David Mundy is an exception rather than a rule.

We just have to find a way to win this Saturday. No excuses, no talk of futures. There is no other option. It will be an unbelievable waste of a season if we don’t.

Solid post. This is a solid reason why I want Freo to make finals, even if we get beaten by 60 points on the Elim final.

We have had a solid season. Missing out on finals in 2024 would be a wasted season.

We have had a few memorable away wins too.

 

[JammoMonty]

Glad Liam Reidy getting a debut game.

Sturt on the bench not surprising. I can see cox on Hogan.

This is the type of game Freo have their backs to the wall and somehow win this by 4 or 5 goals.

Sam Sturt will get his 9 or 10 disposals and kick 3 goals from 3 scoring shots

Cox will get burnt by Hogan on speed. Need to have an extra dropping into the hole to cut off supply.

 

[Freomaniac]

Cox will get burnt by Hogan on speed. Need to have an extra dropping into the hole to cut off supply.

That can work.

I remember when In 2001 how Brisbane beat Essendon twice that season. Beat them mid season in the Gabba and In the 2001 grand final.

Mal Michael was on Matty Lloyd. Justin Leppitch was centre half back and cut off Lloyd and his leads.

I can see Ryan or Aish or a random mid cut of Hogan's leads

 

[pK75]

Cox will get burnt by Hogan on speed. Need to have an extra dropping into the hole to cut off supply.

Yep, Hogan is a hard match up, Cox will bet burned on the lead while Draper will get out muscled under the high ball, my thinking would be Draper to match up on him with support from Cox/Rayn as third man up for the high ball. It really comes down to how much pressure is on the kick I50.

 

[Hamann188]

Cox will get burnt by Hogan on speed. Need to have an extra dropping into the hole to cut off supply.

I'm just spitballing here, but could we experiment with Chappy on Hogan? Or is that still not quick enough?

 

[Taylor]

I'm just spitballing here, but could we experiment with Chappy on Hogan? Or is that still not quick enough?

Not sure he is strong enough for a wrestle.

 

[Mogumber]

Chapman will go to Hogan I reckon.
Did a good job on Cameron last week

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Glad Liam Reidy getting a debut game.

Sturt on the bench not surprising. I can see cox on Hogan.

This is the type of game Freo have their backs to the wall and somehow win this by 4 or 5 goals.

Sam Sturt will get his 9 or 10 disposals and kick 3 goals from 3 scoring shots

I’d rather see Heath go to Jesse. He did a great job on Cameron.

 

[Hamann188]

Not sure he is strong enough for a wrestle.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing.

I haven't been watching him as closely as somebody who claims to be a big Jesse fan would but I wasn't aware that he was known for his speed as much as he was for his ability to take a pack mark.

 

[pK75]

Chapman or Draper have to go to Cadman as well, leaves cox free to be the 3rd man up/interceptor

 

[Orange crush]

Hi guys, who do you think takes Toby?

 

[Freomaniac]

Hi guys, who do you think takes Toby?

Probably Luke Ryan.

Brandon walker does have talent and pace.

 

[Orange crush]

Probably Luke Ryan.

Brandon walker does have talent and pace.

I think strength in the air is more important vs Toby these days …. So Ryan sounds right

 

[dont bowl there]

Probably Luke Ryan.

Brandon walker does have talent and pace.

If it's Ryan you should be getting on Toby to kick 4+, he has been horrible defending this year. I would hope we go with Walker.