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Thread: Changes for Round 5 v Tigers

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    Quote Originally Posted by MattW View Post
    I'm not sure why we're making it difficult for ourselves by playing two specialist tall defenders. It's forcing us to play Heeney and Reid back to stem the tide. It's also constricting Rampe. Melican should play. Blakey needs a break. McCartin play forward.

    Sinclair looked a bit injured on Thursday. Certainly gassed. Perhaps it's time to consider playing Cameron, particularly against ruckmen. May not be necessary against Richmond.

    Finally, clearly McInerney won't play. Happy for whoever plays better tomorrow out of Rowbottom and Rose to come in.
    * decent ruckmen

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    Im happy to take any players that are willing to work their butts off for 4 full quarters. I can put up with the clangers and poor kicking if the effort is consistent over 4 quarters.

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    OUT : Blakey, Mc Inerney, Ronke, Thurlow

    IN : Rose, O'riordan, Rowbottom, Cameron

    We are an ordinary team, we need to sift through the list to find out what we have.

    From the evidence presented, Thurlow and Clarke are right up there with Scotty Russell and Nick Gaffy....

    Desperate unnecessary trades, simply because nothing else was on offer to us....We should of kept our powder dry...

    Easy in hindsight I know, but hey, we have full time recruiters who should be able to sift through the chaff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ernie koala View Post
    OUT : Nick Gaffy
    Even more forgettable than Nick Daffy!

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    They moved Mills back because of our backline injuries to plug a hole. In the coaches eyes he has the form back there ahead of others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ernie koala View Post
    OUT : Blakey, Mc Inerney, Ronke, Thurlow

    IN : Rose, O'riordan, Rowbottom, Cameron

    We are an ordinary team, we need to sift through the list to find out what we have.

    From the evidence presented, Thurlow and Clarke are right up there with Scotty Russell and Nick Gaffy....

    Desperate unnecessary trades, simply because nothing else was on offer to us....We should of kept our powder dry...

    Easy in hindsight I know, but hey, we have full time recruiters who should be able to sift through the chaff.
    Yep, gone back to the Eade era of recruiting stop gaps. Menzel looks to be the Nick Daffy of this era. Will he play a game is the big question. Probably should have drafted a few more kids.

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    I can't see Mills leaving the backline while McVeigh & Smith are out. I agree that McInerney was picked too early and Blakey looks like he needs a break but it's just rearranging the deckchairs beyond that. If someone knocks the doors down in the NEAFL tomorrow then great. Otherwise you can't just make changes for the sake of it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Auntie.Gerald View Post
    My assessment of the midfield Mills fiasco is that we can’t play him much in the midfield with Parker and kennedy at the minute because we are already vulnerable to fast exits from the centre clearance

    Kennedy, Parker and Mills makes us too heavy inside players without a dominant ruckman

    If we had a dominant ruckman and less injuries in the backline it could change the options available

    with no smith, macca, Grundy etc we need every bit of cohesion and regular voice/leadership down back

    I have always seen Mills as a Luke Hodge style player ie 50/50 midfield HBF

    Ps the games where nsw played qld and Heeney was in yr 12 and Mills was in yr11 was the game that a lot of us supporters thought wow check out mills as he dominated the game and was BOG as an inside hunting mid
    Too heavy!!!! We have gone from a tough inside team to a timid outside outfit. Too much bull dust about not enough outside run and they flip the team on its head. I don't believe the rhetoric that our style is no longer relevant. You only have to see where Gold Coast have improved. Hardness at the contests and clearances. I would rather see us as a hard inside team than a pack of gimme, gimme gimme players. Up until the last couple of weeks I would say to people, at least we get a run for our money every week. Can't say that anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barry View Post
    I wouldnt throw the young guns out just yet. Last night, the ground and conditions were terrible. Its never going to suit young light bodied players.
    Melbourne won because they have stronger bodies and probably a bit more desire to win considering their expectations for the year.
    We were also coming off a five day break and I think it showed in the second half.

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    Rowbottom playing really well in the NEAFL - he has already kicked 2 goals in the first 15 minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foreign Legion View Post
    Rowbottom playing really well in the NEAFL - he has already kicked 2 goals in the first 15 minutes.
    That decison is made then!

    Out Blakey, McInerney In Rowbottom COR who both should have come in last week. Lucky to survive Ronke

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    Quote Originally Posted by ernie koala View Post
    OUT : Blakey, Mc Inerney, Ronke, Thurlow

    IN : Rose, O'riordan, Rowbottom, Cameron

    We are an ordinary team, we need to sift through the list to find out what we have.

    From the evidence presented, Thurlow and Clarke are right up there with Scotty Russell and Nick Gaffy....

    Desperate unnecessary trades, simply because nothing else was on offer to us.
    ...We should of kept our powder dry...

    Easy in hindsight I know, but hey, we have full time recruiters who should be able to sift through the chaff.
    I agree that Thurlow and Clarke were not the preferred recruits we had hoped for, but they are still better than the alternative, which was to take another couple of picks toward the end of the draft.

    I thought Thurlow would be a real chance and he's disappointed with his disposal so far, but was known as a good kick, so let's see if he can regain that part of his game. Clarke always had a question about his disposal skills, but it's still more probable that he will fix up the weaknesses in his game than a pick in 70s in the ND. It's just about probabilities when making these decisions; most won't work out whatever you do, so you just take the more likely alternative.

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