What does the oracle (@westozziebomber) think will be the outcome?
I would be going with
Hooker - Cox
Hurley - Mihocek
Saad - Stephenson
Ambrose - De Goey
Redman - Elliot
I take Wimâs point about Stephenson maybe being too tall but I think Saad is a good one on one defender and Stephenson doesnât really damage you that much in muscle on muscle contests. We need the closing speed.
Ambrose v De Goey gives me nightmares and I can see turning horrible for us, really relying on third and fourth man to come in and offer help.
I rate Elliot (unfortunately) so itâs a big task for Redman, but Iâd rather McKenna has less responsibility and can focus more on rebounding. Redman just seems more composed one on one than McKenna, which isnât a slight on McKenna at all (I just really fkn rate Redman).
On the flip side I canât see them controlling our forward line either, and I would back our starting midfield against just about anyone now.
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Tight tussle
We kick away at the end
Essendon by 3-5 goals. Hurley or stringer medal
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I have to watch the game with MrHeff. Iâm counting on your premonition.
Stephenson works hard up the ground and back so we need someone with good endurance. Iâd prefer Redman but not sure of his/Saadâs tank. Stephenson is dangerous.
Yep, could be right. I donât know much about Redman other than heâs been really â â â â â â â good.
I think a lot of the match ups are more dependent on where they line up and who we want where. For instance I doubt we want Hooker and Hurley up on the wing, so they will most likely take some players that are staying deep.
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On paper, yes.
Letâs do well against an in-form team first.
I thought you would have loaded him into your canon this week, but then let him back when the kids notice heâs missing.
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No doubt theyâll tag Zerrett. Theyâll know Shiel will get the inside ball and run and Heppell will just gather and kick. Zerrett can hurt them with his kicking, so theyâll definitley tag him.
That GOT episode did not put me in a good frame of mind for this game.
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Why would he wait for two years to play senior footy? Missing most of two years will affect his contract enormously. Plus foregoing the $5000 a game that he isnât playing in the seniors.
Is the right mindset really âIâm going to wait in the seconds at this club - maybe until a player contracted for two more years retires - when I could play in any of a dozen other teams in the AFL?â. Is that the competitive mindset we want? Is that even admirable?
Remember, hereâs a guy that wants to play football. If our football club wonât let him, then it makes sense for him to go to another football club.
To be clear, this isnât a comment on whether or not we should pick him if it doesnât make sense to for our team. The club can have different interests than that of an individual player. The fans can have different interests than that of an individual player. I just think the idea that he owes it to us to wait around for two years totally fails to empathise with the fact that he is a footballer that wants to play football.
Edit: I donât know how to quote stuff
Collingwood are really really impressive.
I feel they are top 4 certs and if it we get their scalp it will be a sensational win.
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If we play like our game like we did against the Lions, we will give ourselves every opportunity.
Collingwood wonât be allowing that to happen, as we saw in their form against the Lions a few days ago.
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â â â â it. Go all in and try to match up head to head. Take them on
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Your calculator doesnât alter my memory.
We will need to go up another level at least. We are capable of it.
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Yep. But we have known that from the results last year.
Looking forward to seeing if we have achieved the step up or not.
Someone run of the line and flatten the front running â â â â sidebottom
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I think this game will be an absolute cracker. Both forward lines have the ability to kick big scores and quickly. Both teams have a quality backlines as well. I think out midfield rotation of Merrett, Shiel and Heppell breaks even with any one their rotations with Sidebottom, Adams, Beams, Treloar and Pendlebury. But it will be up to our second string when we have Myers, Parish, Zaharakis, McGrath to match them.
Both teams are the same number of wins and losses. Collingwood have a greater percentage due to our first couple of games.
The only team both teams have played is Brisbane and we had a very similar score line. We havenât beaten anyone of note and the only team of note Collingwood beat is Richmond (in a game that Rance and Riewoldt went down in).
The prospect of a Smith and Zaharakis in for Baguely and Hams means we could line up with our strongest team in years.
Cannot wait for this match!
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