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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
We are playing Melbourne and I wonder if we are going to need that 3rd tall defender to combat them? With Grundy into the ruck it means Gawn will be up forward along with McDonald and Brown or maybe Van Rooyen
Zero Hangar predicted this as their starting line-up
Best 23
FB: Trent Rivers, Steven May, Harrison Petty
HB: Angus Brayshaw, Jake Lever, Christian Salem
|C: Ed Langdon, Jack Viney, Lachie Hunter
HF: Kysaiah Pickett, Tom McDonald, Charlie Spargo
FF: Brodie Grundy, Jacob Van Rooyen, Bayley Fritsch
FOL: Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca
Int: Tom Sparrow, James Harmes, Alex Neal-Bullen, James Jordon
Sub: Jake Bowey
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
We are playing Melbourne and I wonder if we are going to need that 3rd tall defender to combat them? With Grundy into the ruck it means Gawn will be up forward along with McDonald and Brown or maybe Van Rooyen
Zero Hangar predicted this as their starting line-up
Best 23
FB: Trent Rivers, Steven May, Harrison Petty
HB: Angus Brayshaw, Jake Lever, Christian Salem
|C: Ed Langdon, Jack Viney, Lachie Hunter
HF: Kysaiah Pickett, Tom McDonald, Charlie Spargo
FF: Brodie Grundy, Jacob Van Rooyen, Bayley Fritsch
FOL: Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca
Int: Tom Sparrow, James Harmes, Alex Neal-Bullen, James Jordon
Sub: Jake Bowey
Tom McDonald won’t be in for round one as I believe he’s taken the season off to fly to Romania to protest against their government over the imprisonment of Andrew Tate.
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
We are playing Melbourne and I wonder if we are going to need that 3rd tall defender to combat them? With Grundy into the ruck it means Gawn will be up forward along with McDonald and Brown or maybe Van Rooyen
Zero Hangar predicted this as their starting line-up
Best 23
FB: Trent Rivers, Steven May, Harrison Petty
HB: Angus Brayshaw, Jake Lever, Christian Salem
|C: Ed Langdon, Jack Viney, Lachie Hunter
HF: Kysaiah Pickett, Tom McDonald, Charlie Spargo
FF: Brodie Grundy, Jacob Van Rooyen, Bayley Fritsch
FOL: Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca
Int: Tom Sparrow, James Harmes, Alex Neal-Bullen, James Jordon
Sub: Jake Bowey
Surely they pick Josh Schache
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
Bulldog Joe
Surely they pick Josh Schache
Gawn, McDonald, Brown, Schache, Van Rooyen and they could throw Petty forward.
Most likely 3 tall forwards and while that can be problematic there is also a bit of work to do in curbing Fritsch, Pickett and Petracca.
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
Gawn, McDonald, Brown, Schache, Van Rooyen and they could throw Petty forward.
Most likely 3 tall forwards and while that can be problematic there is also a bit of work to do in curbing Fritsch, Pickett and Petracca.
Long way out but I think Gardner will play on Fritsch and we will concede some height on one of the talls probably whoever plays highest. We simply don’t have a match up for Fritsch in the same size and shape but Gardner is the closest to the attributes required.
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
dog town
Long way out but I think Gardner will play on Fritsch and we will concede some height on one of the talls probably whoever plays highest. We simply don’t have a match up for Fritsch in the same size and shape but Gardner is the closest to the attributes required.
I was throwing some names at the board and wondered if Baker could be asked to play on Fritsch?
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
I was throwing some names at the board and wondered if Baker could be asked to play on Fritsch?
Everything I have seen of Baker is as a runner and not a deep defender which is almost a specialist role. We don’t really have someone shorter than KP height who is suited to playing on a pure goal square forward like Fritsch.
Need to see more of Cleary this season.
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Duryea, Jones, Bruce
Dale, Gardner, JJ
McLean, Libba, Williams
Jamarra, Hannan, Macrae
Naughton, Lobb, West
English, Bonty, Weightman
Richards (back), Smith & Daniel (midfield), Darcy (everywhere), Garcia
Not confident Treloar will be match conditioned
Darcy instead of Keath - a race over the next few weeks
Close - Crozier, Scott, R Smith, VM
it all depends on who can stay fit for game 1
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
Treloar on the wing Stelio.
Smart!
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28-01-2023, 10:18 PM
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
meenies
Duryea, Jones, Bruce
Dale, Gardner, JJ
McLean, Libba, Williams
Jamarra, Hannan, Macrae
Naughton, Lobb, West
English, Bonty, Weightman
Richards (back), Smith & Daniel (midfield), Darcy (everywhere), Garcia
Not confident Treloar will be match conditioned
Darcy instead of Keath - a race over the next few weeks
Close - Crozier, Scott, R Smith, VM
it all depends on who can stay fit for game 1
Meenies, you've really thrown the magnets around. This will take a bit of a review.
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28-01-2023, 10:50 PM
#101
Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
dog town
Long way out but I think Gardner will play on Fritsch and we will concede some height on one of the talls probably whoever plays highest. We simply don’t have a match up for Fritsch in the same size and shape but Gardner is the closest to the attributes required.
What about Richards DT? I think he is our best option here.
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28-01-2023, 11:40 PM
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Re: Team, Round 1 2023
B: Duryea Jones Richards
HB: Dale Bruce Daniel
C: Smith Treloar Liberatore
HF: West Ugle-Hagan Hannan
F: Weightman Naughton Lobb
R: English Bont Macrae
I: Williams Garcia McLean Scott Gardner
I reckon it a given that Bruce will play CHB this year, and with Jones that’s a real key defender clean out. Gardner will play third tall defender this year, and Keith will be in and out as back up to Bruce and Jones.
We’ll have great depth this year. This will mean Darcy is brought along slowly, and guys not mentioned here will get regular games too. I predict we will have just about every guy on the list play at some stage, with the exception of maybe Busslinger who will really have to be knocking the door down to get a crack. Not worried by that though, he’s a 200 gamer in the making.
The depth is a double edge sword though. We'll lose a couple of good players to trades at the end of year as they look for more game time; which they’ll deserve.
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29-01-2023, 12:06 AM
#103
Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
mjp
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Agree and include B.Smith who shouldn't play wing
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29-01-2023, 07:05 AM
#104
Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Originally Posted by
The Doctor
What about Richards DT? I think he is our best option here.
He is our best interceptor and third man up player at the moment. That player tends to play higher so they can sag off and make those calls on when to help. I agree he has the attributes and when we play Heeney, Martin etc we will need to weigh our options.
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29-01-2023, 08:32 AM
#105
Re: Team, Round 1 2023
Gardner Jones JJ
Ed Keath Dale
Williams Macrae Treloar
Smith JUH Mckean
Weightman Naughton Lobb
English Bont Libba
Daniel West Baker Darcy Sub Garcia
i think JJ will go back and Caleb playing more midfield. New recruits often are given a run so think Baker will be chosen. Have selected West and Treloar even with limited preseasons. Bruce looks great but I think he needs to play a few vfl games as a defender before I choose him ahead of Keath. Keath has dropped 5 kilios and looks in great shape
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