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View Poll Results: How many changes for the Giants game:

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  • Stay STRONG (aka we were right last week): Unchanged.

    0 0%
  • Well, there was that injury: 1 change.

    0 0%
  • I guess they didn't ALL play well: 2 changes.

    4 20.00%
  • OK. We need to be seen to do SOMETHING: 3 changes.

    8 40.00%
  • Swing the axe (aka it's a short week and we had planned to make changes all along): 4 changes

    8 40.00%
  • Have you heard the story of the baby and the bathwater? 5+ Changes.

    0 0%
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    POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    I always enjoy Match Committee Bingo.

    As much as I have loved having Bevo as coach, since way (way) back in 2015 I have been perplexed, befuddled and generally confused at match committee almost on a weekly basis. Selections from left field, right field - and in several cases, the grandstand! - make every team announcement an event.

    Here's what I want to know: HOW many changes will be announced after two pretty disappointing games.
    What should I tell her? She's going to ask.

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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    3 changes with Cordy, Hayes & McLean coming in for Gardner, Gowers & Vandermeer.

    Insert comment about deckchairs & the shuffling of...
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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    There needs to 4 - 5 but I think it'll just be 3 changes if we're lucky. 2 would be classic Bevo.

    If Gowers and Gardner stay in then they may as well run me out on the ground with them.

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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    I think a sensible amount would be 2 or 3 changes. GWS are pretty mobile in their forward half with Cameron, Finlayson and Himmelberg; tallish players with decent running ability. So I'm not sure I'd bring in Trengove as a defender.
    Probably Young/Cordy in for Gardner, and Trengove/Sweet in for Dale to take the lions share of the ruck, but then what do you do with Tim (who did well in the final sans Jacobs). Forward/Ruck/Bench rotation maybe. With an eye on the long term goal of some stability.
    In the final we lost the contested ball by 42 which is a hiding, so that does move my thoughts to Libba but it would be a gamble.

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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    4-5, noting the 5 day turnaround. A surprise injury, a couple of omissions, 1-2 rested.

    I suspect Gowers retains his spot. Richards might be rested with a knee knock, Suckling rested because he's an older player with an ongoing achilles problem. Gardner out due to popular demand.
    Expecting Cordy, Trengove and Libba in for a start.
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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    Quote Originally Posted by mjp View Post
    I always enjoy Match Committee Bingo.

    As much as I have loved having Bevo as coach, since way (way) back in 2015 I have been perplexed, befuddled and generally confused at match committee almost on a weekly basis. Selections from left field, right field - and in several cases, the grandstand! - make every team announcement an event.

    Here's what I want to know: HOW many changes will be announced after two pretty disappointing games.
    No changes. All is fine.
    "It's over. It's all over."

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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    I think we'll have 3-4 primarily based off the short break but I have no confidence we'll make the right changes.

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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    Crozier training away from the main group sounds a helpful development.

    I genuinely have zero idea. Two? Five? Seven?

    Fascinated to see whether the match committee swallows their pride and makes some unforced changes.
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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    Why don’t we just make a name for ourselves and set a record. 18 changes

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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru View Post
    Why don’t we just make a name for ourselves and set a record. 18 changes
    Who are the four lucky (unlucky?) ones?

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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    There is also a scratch match planned for tomorrow against North, so that should help out those that miss out this week.
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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Who are the four lucky (unlucky?) ones?
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    Re: POLL: Our team for the Giants game will feature:

    Hopefully they will bring in Trengove and Cordy. The backline could really do with some mongrel, and it will at least keep some of us happy.
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