Game Day Round 8 vs. Carlton, MCG, 7:40pm Fri 03/05

[ElliottsMaggies]

10 I think he said lol

That was even before JDG & Tom's injury news ...(#393)

 

[Jen2310]

That was even before JDG & Tom's injury news ...(#393)

hahaha very true.

15 make it then.

 

[Chameleon75]

The stage is set for HH to do a mark mcgough, go you good thing

 

[stormskye]

Thanks Jen. I’ve just scheduled a dentist and proctologist exam on fri night. Unfortunately I may miss the game

 

[Doc1763]

Fffffffffffffffffffff

 

[YouBeauty]

No degoey no chance

 

[whiskeytown]

I for one welcome some squad rotation… even if it makes the pies weaker for it

All i want to see is Harrison, Macrae, reef. Allan, etc get given a proper go and play good football at senior level

Cause if they are not up to the grade then the pies are gonna fall off a cliff in 2025-26

Many supporters and the coaching group obviously believe the current group can go back to back

But lose against Carlton and it effectively becomes 3 games and 20-25% off top 4 teams…

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

Thanks Jen. I’ve just scheduled a dentist and proctologist exam on fri night. Unfortunately I may miss the game

any ambitious dentist would have a go at both procedures

make sure teeth come first

 

[Jafo]

Interesting discussion on SEN from Hoyne the Champion data guy.
Geel rank 1 scoring from Turnover we are Ranked 3rd
We are Ranked 6 for defending turnover Carlton 13 - verifying how fragile they are defensively.
All stats based on the first 6 rounds.

None of our players are Ranked in the Top 85 in the game and he suggested that despite the rankings above, we therefore still have huge improvement within the list.
He used Crisp as an example of same.

All every encouraging - game is definitely not a Blues win as so many are conceding.

Yeah was interesting info

 

[manicpie]

I for one welcome some squad rotation… even if it makes the pies weaker for it

All i want to see is Harrison, Macrae, reef. Allan, etc get given a proper go and play good football at senior level

Cause if they are not up to the grade then the pies are gonna fall off a cliff in 2025-26

Many supporters and the coaching group obviously believe the current group can go back to back

But lose against Carlton and it effectively becomes 3 games and 20-25% off top 4 teams…

If you can hold off one more week, we play WC the following week. could be a good time to try a couple but not against those dirty, stinky, smelly, dish lickers

 

[manicpie]

Thanks Jen. I’ve just scheduled a dentist and proctologist exam on fri night. Unfortunately I may miss the game

good luck bro. i'll miss your level headedness during the game night thread

 

[soreplums]

As long as they don't get an extra No. 1 pick.

It doesn’t help them anyway

 

[Kappa]

I for one welcome some squad rotation… even if it makes the pies weaker for it

All i want to see is Harrison, Macrae, reef. Allan, etc get given a proper go and play good football at senior level

Cause if they are not up to the grade then the pies are gonna fall off a cliff in 2025-26

Many supporters and the coaching group obviously believe the current group can go back to back

But lose against Carlton and it effectively becomes 3 games and 20-25% off top 4 teams…

Allan shouldn’t be linked with Macrae Harrison and reef. They’ve all shown a lot more than he has so far

 

[Jen2310]

Allan isn't ready yet.

 

[stormskye]

good luck bro. i'll miss your level headedness during the game night thread

That’s you manic, the one that predicted the Essendon game comeback.

 

[unplugged]

To be honest if Mitchell is out and we went with Macrae over a Sullivan or Bytel it would beg the question on why we bothered to recruit them in the first place...

 

[manicpie]

To be honest if Mitchell is out and we went with Macrae over a Sullivan or Bytel it would beg the question on why we bothered to recruit them in the first place...

I mentioned Bytel a couple of days ago. I have a sneaky feeling he will come in

 

[stormskye]

To be honest if Mitchell is out and we went with Macrae over a Sullivan or Bytel it would beg the question on why we bothered to recruit them in the first place...

Bytel looks to be more wing coverage. I don’t mind Sullivan, he’s got a lot more versatility than macrae. Played off HB the other week and looked good. Then against bombers was pushing forward and kicked 1.2, but looked dangerous. I still have concerns for fin at afl lvl as an inside mid, lacks pace, strength IMO. Strength is link up. He’s similar to his bro in that a good accumulator (at vfl at least), maybe wing is more suited to him. Seems fit enough

 

[nahnah]

To be honest if Mitchell is out and we went with Macrae over a Sullivan or Bytel it would beg the question on why we bothered to recruit them in the first place...

I think if its just Mitchell they'll bring sullivan in possibly as sub. If its both then I think markov comes in as sub and Sullivan and HH both get full games. I cant see Bytel playing he just hasnt impressed that much in VFL unless hes doing coaching stuff we arent privy to

 

[Jen2310]

Bytel yet to have a standout performance and named as an emg, so think dont think he'll come in.
Even if someone on the wing went down, they could put lippa or WHE on the wing

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

hahaha very true.

15 make it then.

That's a bit optimistic for TD, don't you think?

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

If you can hold off one more week, we play WC the following week. could be a good time to try a couple but not against those dirty, stinky, smelly, dish lickers

To be fair I think calling them dish lickers is offensive…….. to the Bulldogs.

 

[thommo_legend]

Looks like Cerra is a test for this week according their injury list

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Looks like Cerra is a test for this week according their injury list

According to Blues forum he will play.

 

[BEEG]

Piesource saying Degoey and Mitchell won't play.

In Fin and Sullivan.