Preview Round 5: Collingwood vs Essendon, MCG, Friday 03/07/2020 @ 7.50 PM

[PressureCooker]

Phillips and Hibberd after only one loss? I think we're actually learning. Usually takes 8 rounds to make a change.

Perhaps we've learnt how to learn after all our learnings...

 

[BuffDog]

And imagine where we will go once we learn to draft mids with some size

 

[DallasCrane316]

Phillips and Hibberd after only one loss? I think we're actually learning. Usually takes 8 rounds to make a change.

Assuming these aren’t forced changes

 

[JayJ20]

Assuming these aren’t forced changes

And assuming we don't play Hibberd as a key defender and Phillips at HB.

 

[Lore]

Open training video has them training in line groups.

Midfield (and ruck) doing ball handling drills: Phillips, Hibberd, Langford, Shiel, Smith, Parish, Ham, McGrath, Snelling (9)

Forwards doing goal kicking: McKernan, Zaharakis, Walla, Townsend, Cahill, Stringer, Clarke (7)

Defence: Hurley, Saad, Guelfi, Ridley, Fantasia (5)

21 players visible in the video, but no Francis, Hooker, Merrett, Laverde, Mosquito, Bellchambers, Redman, Gleeson, Zerk-Thatcher, McKenna.....

Guessing it's the 22 plus the 4 emergencies that are meant to be training, less anyone who is on a light training load because reasons?

Training in those particular lines is interesting if true. We know that Hibberd and Phillips are playing this weekend. We know that Merrett is not. Fantasia makes sense as a quad is a kicking injury, so they're probably keeping him away from the goalposts. Clarke makes sense because his kicking is shite and they probably want him to practice! But the others...

 

[TheGrizz]

Open training video has them training in line groups.

Midfield (and ruck) doing ball handling drills: Phillips, Hibberd, Langford, Shiel, Smith, Parish, Ham, McGrath, Snelling (9)

Forwards doing goal kicking: McKernan, Zaharakis, Walla, Townsend, Cahill, Stringer, Clarke (7)

Defence: Hurley, Saad, Guelfi, Ridley, Fantasia (5)

21 players visible in the video, but no Francis, Hooker, Merrett, Laverde, Mosquito, Bellchambers, Redman, Gleeson, Zerk-Thatcher, McKenna.....

Guessing it's the 22 plus the 4 emergencies that are meant to be training, less anyone who is on a light training load because reasons?

Training in those particular lines is interesting if true. We know that Hibberd and Phillips are playing this weekend. We know that Merrett is not. Fantasia makes sense as a quad is a kicking injury, so they're probably keeping him away from the goalposts. Clarke makes sense because his kicking is sh*te and they probably want him to practice! But the others...

I wonder if having players training on different lines (and some not training at all) is to do with avoiding the situation we almost had with McKenna where we have an entire position group in quarantine if we happen to have a positive test.

 

[Lore]

I wonder if having players training on different lines is to do with avoiding the situation we almlst had with McKenna where we have the entire position group in quarantine with positive test.

That would make sense if they were seriously out of position, but most of them are where you'd expect them to be. If you knock out the 'midfield' group that's the first choice midfield gone, and also the second choice midfield. You'd be left with Stringer, Clarke, Zaharakis as your mids.

 

[JayJ20]

IN: Laverde, Hibberd and Phillips
OUT: Merrett (Suspended), TBC (Managed) and Francis (inj)

Backs: 8. Martin Gleeson, 26. Cale Hooker, 42. Adam Saad
Half-backs: 11. David Zaharakis, 18. Michael Hurley, 14. Jordan Ridley
Centre: 33. Brayden Ham, 1. Andrew McGrath, 4. Kyle Langford
Half-forwards: 13. Orazio Fantasia, 44. Shaun McKernan, 43. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forwards: 40. Will Snelling, 25. Jake Stringer, 20. Jacob Townsend
Followers: 34. Andrew Phillips, 3. Darcy Parish, 9. Dylan Shiel
Interchange: 5. Devon Smith, 46. Mitch Hibberd, 27. Mason Redman, 15. Jayden Laverde
Emergencies: 28. Ned Cahill, 35. Matt Guelfi, 37. Dylan Clarke, 30. Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

Good changes, but Francis injury is obviously disappointing.

 

[Dave]

Franga injured. Fantastic.

That’s sarcasm for you kiddies playing at home.

 

[DallasCrane316]

IN: Laverde, Hibberd and Phillips
OUT: Merrett, TBC and Francis

Backs: 8. Martin Gleeson, 26. Cale Hooker, 42. Adam Saad
Half-backs: 11. David Zaharakis, 18. Michael Hurley, 14. Jordan Ridley
Centre: 33. Brayden Ham, 1. Andrew McGrath, 4. Kyle Langford
Half-forwards: 13. Orazio Fantasia, 44. Shaun McKernan, 43. Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forwards: 40. Will Snelling, 25. Jake Stringer, 20. Jacob Townsend
Followers: 34. Andrew Phillips, 3. Darcy Parish, 9. Dylan Shiel
Interchange: 5. Devon Smith, 46. Mitch Hibberd, 27. Mason Redman, 15. Jayden Laverde
Emergencies: 28. Ned Cahill, 35. Matt Guelfi, 37. Dylan Clarke, 30. Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

So Laverde goes forward, Parish goes mid and Zaka goes defence?

 

[JT_the_Man]

Zaharakis down back?

*shudders*

 

[JayJ20]

Collingwood

B: Jack Crisp, Jordan Roughead, Matt Scharenberg
HB: Brayden Maynard, Darcy Moore, Chris Mayne
C: Josh Daicos, Scott Pendlebury, Will Hoskin-Elliott
HF: Jaidyn Stephenson, Brody Mihocek, Callum Brown
F: Jordan De Goey, Mason Cox, Jamie Elliott
Foll: Brodie Grundy, Taylor Adams, Adam Treloar
Int: Travis Varcoe, Rupert Wills, Tyler Brown, Tom Phillips

Emerg: Josh Thomas, Brayden Sier, Darcy Cameron, Jack Madgen

In: Matt Scharenberg, Adam Trealor, Travis Varcoe
Out: Jeremy Howe (knee), John Noble (omitted), Steele Sidebottom (suspended)

 

[eth-dog]

So we bring in a medium forward for our third tall defender.

 

[JT_the_Man]

I see Parish named on the ball.

Not that it means anything, but a man can dream...

 

[andleanback]

They are literally looking for anywhere to hide Zaharakis these days, should put him in month long isolation in one of the hot zones.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Decent changes

 

[Ambrosia]

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t bring McKenna in.

 

[Kyptastic]

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t bring McKenna in.

They’re worried that he has t done enough running and that he’d be a likely candidate for a soft tissue injury if he played

 

[DapperJong]

Zaka's last OK game was at half back if I remember correctly?

Call me crazy but with the Francis injury that looks like a more balanced team.

Gleeson can play 3rd tall.

 

[DallasCrane316]

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t bring McKenna in.

Woosha said they were concerned about potential soft tissue injuries.

 

[eth-dog]

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t bring McKenna in.

Like we have 9 AFL standard defenders (not putting BZT in there yet). 6 of them are playing. 2 of them are injured. Since we typically play 7 defenders, why wouldn't we pick him?

 

[Lore]

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t bring McKenna in.

Fantasia playing in defence.

 

[andleanback]

Like we have 9 AFL standard defenders (not putting BZT in there yet). 6 of them are playing. 2 of them are injured. Since we typically play 7 defenders, why wouldn't we pick him?

I’m guessing but maybe because they’ve been playing Tom Phillips forward for some reason and they believe zaharakis can sit on him and it’s not too bad of a match up.

 

[eth-dog]

Hooker on Cox
Hurley on De Goey
Ridley on Mihocek? (Don't think he has the strength to go with JDG)
Gleeson on Hoskin-Elliott
Redman on Stephenson
Saad on Elliott

Roughead on McKernan
Moore on Stringer
Scharenberg on Laverde
Crisp tagged by Townsend
Varcoe on Walla
Maynard on Fantasia

Can see Snelling play more as a winger this week honestly

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Laverde in the wet?