He had more than enough good reason to include him against Geelong. He could have found room easily based on our last few weeks.
He is either hiding him from other suitors or something else is going on.
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He is either hiding him from other suitors or something else is going on.
Be a tough week for the MC , a lot of the boys had poor games, however with no VFL impossible for the Kids to put in a claim .
Grimes in and Shedda out is the only locks I’d say
The one thing I’d like too see is take this opportunity to give some genuine midfield time to the likes of Ross, RCD, Dow an Martyn , definitely be having Bakes start in a few centre bounces
Grimes in and Shedda out is the only locks I’d say
The one thing I’d like too see is take this opportunity to give some genuine midfield time to the likes of Ross, RCD, Dow an Martyn , definitely be having Bakes start in a few centre bounces
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Agree can't see CCJ coming in. Our midfield was a huge issue and dropping a mid for a ruck doesn't solve that. I have no idea what we'll do other than Grimes in and Edwards out is a certainty. Might be time to start looking at Stack as an option. Think I'd like him above all of Castagna, Rioli, Aarts atm.
AFL/umps could have easily put this to bed a long time ago. Drop the shoulder to force opponent's arm to go up around the neck, no free play on. Selwood is a master at this and if you get away with it you'll get away with it. Best I saw at doing this at the Tigers was Miles.
I agree this year is our last roll at the dice. This time next year, Houli is 34, Edwards is 33, Reiwoldt 33, Cotchin 31, Astbury 31, Dusty 30, Grimes 30, Lambert 30, Pickett 30, Caddy 29, Prestia 29, Lynch 29, Broad 29.
A few of those have been more susceptible to injury lately. Age is a definite factor which I don't think will go away. We can expect more injuries. You just can't easily replace this depth of quality players.
sign of the times and advancing years
of the Geelong games I'd seen previous to Friday night I'd seen Selwood going in as a 2nd or 3rd tackler
and doing little jumper punches or pressing his forehead or shoulder into the guys face
hes trying to get that guy to retaliate and give away a free
it shows he's slowing down and he's doing that stuff to compete with the young fast guys
of the Geelong games I'd seen previous to Friday night I'd seen Selwood going in as a 2nd or 3rd tackler
and doing little jumper punches or pressing his forehead or shoulder into the guys face
hes trying to get that guy to retaliate and give away a free
it shows he's slowing down and he's doing that stuff to compete with the young fast guys
Interesting question. The theory was that after his breach with Stacka last year he was read the riot act re alcohol intake n some decision making. Supposedly he'd learnt the error of his exuberant youthful indulgence.
Could simply be getting left out because there was bugger all footy last year and the Magoos footy this year started much later with a bye this week n he simply hasn't quite been able to get the game time n development needed.
Nank playing lone hand beast mode probably hasn't helped him that much. From memory Nank was somewhat underwhelmed when Soldo was playing ruck ahead of him early last year n might prefer to be the big kahuna in the ruck. We also don't seem to be overly interested with a three tall less mobile forward line so Cujo might not get a look there unless there's an injury.
I'm against Stack at this point in time. we need him to increase his game fitness. Sit around waiting for a run, will not make him better. If in the next two VFL matches, he proves his fitness, then we bring him in.
Our biggest weakness against quality backline was the lack of a third tall. Grimes in, then Mansell out makes sense.
if Ross goes out, then we lose 2 mids (Edwards and him) and we replace one. We need the additional runner.
for me, its CCJ & Grimes out Edwards and Mansell. Throw in Ralphsmith as medical, Nash back to VFL for match fitness.
Yeah, it's always unclear in this thread if it's what we want or what we think will happen... to me anyway.
We have a tall option with good hands that can ruck play forward but for some reason despites Dimma's comments otherwise, the MC won't pick CCJ to see what he can do in the big league. I agree playing a non ruck as a second ruck is not working right now but dropping the likes of Astbury after one bad game is counter productive and damages our ability to defend
I don't think it does because it allow Pickett to stick to the wing and close down space, which is his forte. Our problem at the moment is defending turnovers in our F50, we need our mids and fwds to run harder and provide the first wave of defense.
One philosophical change we have to make is place greater value on clearance, especially centre clearance where the 6-6-6 rule should work to our advantage if we get the forward mix of players and set up right. First step to that is playing two rucks.
In the last few home and away rounds and then in the 2019 finals, Soldo and Nankervis were fantastic and complemented each other. We actually did well in clearance. Who knows if Coleman-Jones will be a player, but at least we need to find out. Plus he has to be a better second ruck option than using Pickett or any other stop gap measure, including Lynch who just can't jump and is a poor user of his body (very disappointed at this deficiency in his game).
Playing a second ruck also helps defend with a bigger body to push back to help out the defenders - we were left exposed when Pickett was on the ball on Friday as he wasn't the physical presence to help thwart Hawkins and Cameron.
In the last few home and away rounds and then in the 2019 finals, Soldo and Nankervis were fantastic and complemented each other. We actually did well in clearance. Who knows if Coleman-Jones will be a player, but at least we need to find out. Plus he has to be a better second ruck option than using Pickett or any other stop gap measure, including Lynch who just can't jump and is a poor user of his body (very disappointed at this deficiency in his game).
Playing a second ruck also helps defend with a bigger body to push back to help out the defenders - we were left exposed when Pickett was on the ball on Friday as he wasn't the physical presence to help thwart Hawkins and Cameron.
Surly you could rotate ccj with lynch,jack and also he could do a second ruck roll.
Pickett into the midfield,naish or caddy into wing.
Pickett into the midfield,naish or caddy into wing.
