Changes for Rnd 20 V Geelong

[aardvark]

ANYONE can beat us on a good day (good day for them; bad day for us).

It's that time of the year when teams like Collingwood, who can't make it to the finals, will have a red-hot shot at a team who have a better chance of playing finals.
They've got nothing to lose.

and Carlton have already beaten us once this season.....

[Mel_C]

Agree that Buddy has to control himself. Not only because he could get suspended but when he gives away frees during the game it costs us.

I noticed that Hodge got a week for punching Papley in the stomach. I remember seeing Papley on the ground hunched over. Where was the free?

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[Thunder Shaker]

and Carlton have already beaten us once this season.....

I wouldn't be so quick to write off our chances against them. The Giants had already beaten us once this season, at home. Look what happened when we played them on their turf. We won.

[Matty10]

I really dislike it, from any club but particularly from the Swans.

I was starting to wonder at the weekend whether a hardness at the man had replaced a hardness at the ball. I have no problem when our players respond to an opponent's aggression, but I am not sure we need to be targeting anyone just for the sake of it.


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[Matty10]

I noticed that Hodge got a week for punching Papley in the stomach. I remember seeing Papley on the ground hunched over. Where was the free?

They don't seem to pay those in a game. It seems like the AFL are trying to stamp it out through the MRP rather than through match-day umpiring.

During the broadcast I also heard the umpire exclaim, "it's not against the rules, but cut it out, okay!" This was just after the second Langford kiss. I wasn't sure if it was related to that or not, but there are things in the game that umpires seem reticent to act on that are later deemed to be transgressions.

I find it interesting also that Barry Hall said he should not have played in the 2005 GF for his body strike in the PF. It would have just been a $1500 fine had it happened today.


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[waswan]

a bit harsh to include H3ayward with the other two, the ball was hardly seen in our forward 50.

more than happy to rotate persist with Hayward but my point was we cant carry too many guys that arent going to get their hands on it especially when we have others in the 2s that would give a better showing

[ugg]

Hodge was suspended because it was his third fine in this season

[YvonneH]

Hodge was suspended because it was his third fine in this season

Buddy will be in the same position if he gets another fine this season as well, as will Dusty Martin and Trent Cotchin.

[stevoswan]

I am dumbfounded why there is a dislike for Newman? He may have butchered the ball a few times but it is usually when under pressure. Am I the only one who thought that run down and tackles on Whitecross was outstanding, with only 40 seconds to go? He kick was poor, but it was a risk and he had little time to think about it, just had to move the ball quickly.

I agree, Newman was fine.... and talking about butchering the ball, Heeney (and I love him), twice in the last quarter, under no more pressure than "I'm in the open, I can't @@@@@@ this up!", did exactly that, straight to the opposition. It was infuriating! We ain't gonna drop him........

[Beerman]

Our problem against the Hawks was that Sinclair's contested mark in the first 2 minutes was our last of the game. Our big men need to do more in this department.

Geelong I think play a bit differently - who do they have out? If Smith is playing for them then we need someone who can compete against him in a marking contest, and that isn't Naismith. We desperately need Reid back, or Tippett (if he can give us his best).

[Auntie.Gerald]

A huge percentage of the Hawks contested marks was when they had two or three on our one

We can learn from this but we have not so far against the Hawks

Let's see our tactics against the cats

[707]

Dangerfield out, not appealing. Evens up the missing and potentially missing players.

Hodge is appealing his strike on Papley. Hope he gets suspended, been a sniper for a long time now, as indicated by two previous fines this season before this latest hit.