I can't help but think this may be our weakest team for the year and it's coming at a very crucial time.
No Buddy, no Parker, no Mitchell, no Mcglynn and no Rohan.
Anyone else I've missed?
This could be scary.
I can't help but think this may be our weakest team for the year and it's coming at a very crucial time.
No Buddy, no Parker, no Mitchell, no Mcglynn and no Rohan.
Anyone else I've missed?
This could be scary.
Maybe, they believe that top 4 is not achievable anyway, so they don't want to risk players who are not 100% fit.
The club should not have played Buddy against Adelaide but they did. He got worse. This injury is a recurrence of an injury he had at Hawks, a pulled muscle in the back with bleeding. Benny has a soft tissue problem and I'd say the fitness staff will be very loathe to bring him back before time as he has already been back and injured again. Parks we know. I wonder if it was Rose who poked Tommy in the eye LOL. Rohan will have to put up with sporadic injuries and soreness due to all the stress his leg has been placed under in the last couple of years.Originally Posted by Zlatorog
The worry is we lost reserves players as well. Naismith was injured just when we needed him. Bird is still injured. Hewett has had two injuries this year, one in mid season when he was very close to selection. robbo is out for the season with a broken collarbone.
I agree we should not play any suspect players all should be 100% as you say. I don't know if the club believes 4th is out of the question at all but I don't think in reality anyone at the club believes we can go any further than the first final this year.
[QUOTE=wolftone57;680156]The club should not have played Buddy against Adelaide but they did. He got worse. This injury is a recurrence of an injury he had at Hawks, a pulled muscle in the back with bleeding. Benny has a soft tissue problem and I'd say the fitness staff will be very loathe to bring him back before time as he has already been back and injured again. Parks we know. I wonder if it was Rose who poked Tommy in the eye LOL. Rohan will have to put up with sporadic injuries and soreness due to all the stress his leg has been placed under in the last couple of years.
Agree 100%.
I know hindsight is great, but you could tell as soon as Buddy ran on to the ground he was hampered with his back injury, and playing only made it worse.
I thought our coaches and medical staff were better than allowing that to happen, as it now may have ruined our top 4 chances. Benny is a real worry as he just cannot shake off his injuries and he will be sorely missed from the team.
Just select fit players and use our best.
Bird and Robinson. Rampe to the midfield.
We have them where we want them, everything is going according to plan!
We're even top 4 in points, Bulldogs can certainly slip up.
I realise you pick the fit players, otherwise Alex Johnson would still be playing lel.
Inside midfield looks weak with no Parker or Mitchell, Bird and McGlynn unable to replace them and Robinson and Hewett also unavailable.
GWS shortened considerably after the teams were announced which is no surprise. They are good value IMO at $2.75 as this really is our weakest team fior a very long time. Injuries to Robinson and Hewett just when we didn't need them. DANGER GAME!
I would rather use the term inexperienced than WEAKEST. I think the team has a lot of talent but that talent is still raw in some quarters. Heeney (9), Jones (10), Rose (0), Towers (13), even Harry (47), Lloydy (39), BJ (23) are still a bit raw yet and only one has approached 50 games.
Speaking of odds it'll be a good bet that the chippy Giants will get stuck right into the younger players from the opening bounce. If there was a way to bet on it I'd put money on Jones having his jersey ripped by halftime!
The standard metric is that a Nick Davis game comes along once per generation... anyone know any pregnant 10 y.o's?
Nah, never mind, I've had an itchy foot all day. We can do this.
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