I prefer washed up former player
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Potaytoes, potatoes
Fair umpiring would be a lovely change.
A thumping win would be even better. Not a huge fan of tights losses against Swans, had enough of that.
Letās go, 2 in a row.
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Iād say terrible and it now seems the people running the club agree.
So many key players who havenāt been available or close to match fit until after the bye. Thatās half a season missing key players like Stringer, Jones, Langers and Snelling just from reoccurring injuries.
There is absolutely no way weād be 2 and 6 if this wasnāt the case.
Mine wasnāt a comment about fitness or whatās happened previously. It was purely a reference to what our injury list will look like this week with a number of players becoming available.
Wasnāt anything deeper than that.
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Ridley, Waterman, Guelfi
Smith, Ham, Lord
Happy to have Kelly sit this one out, I wanna see our backline without him and see if the cohesion is better this week.
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I think we will see the following changes;-
OUT: Zerk, Baldwin, Smith, Ham
IN: Ridley, Waterman, Guelfi, Durham
Team;-
Laverde Reid Kelly
Redman Ridley Hind
Durham Parish McGrath
Martin Francis Perkins
Waterman 2MP Guelfi
Draper Caldwell Merrett
Bench: Shiel Hobbs Heppell Bryan
SUB: Cutler
Swans not in great form - theyāve dropped their last 2 and only managed to beat North last month by 11 points so if we bring effort we have to be some sort of chance to win this gameā¦Comon Donsā¦!!
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Ridleys the only rolled gold best 22 player coming back in.
Ridley comes in for Zerk.
Weāre a smidge too tall up forward, so Frang or Baldwin come out, probably for Guelfi
And I guess Smith comes back out, probably for Durham
Assuming thereās no further injuries, that is.
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If Waterman comes in one of Francis/Baldwin will go out.
They aināt going with Wright, Baldwin, Francis and waterman all in the same forward line plus 2 rucks
Iād offer that Guelfi and Durham have earned their spots already through performance and Rids is an auto in.
So to me itās a relatively easy swap of Zerk, Ham, Lord out for those aforementioned 3. Injuries/forced changes notwithstanding. Guelfi to sub.
Agreed on the others. Cutler/Baldwin/Francis/Waterman all margin calls in reality.
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I agree with you.
Kelly would also be an auto in I would think.
Team selection will be very interesting.
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I thought Iād missed oneā¦ yes definitely, absolutely required to play on Papley.
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Hereās a post I made (five years) earlier.
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Due to recent history, i hate these farktards more than the Pies. Hard to believe.
Whoever we put out, I hope they play with the determination of last weeks Q4 and that we bury them in front of their sombre home crowd.
Dons by 7 in a tight tussle.
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Kelly magically appeared? Or Cutler to sub and Kelly an in
Might be able to field a VFL side!
Thatās exactly right and exactly what the changes should be. Keep it minimal. Smith out for his mini Pre season and Zerk with his knee/fringe player dropability.
And Ham
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Iām concerned about bringing back so many players that have just recovered from the flu. My experience with flu/COVID is that it takes a while to blow out the cob webs. Iād be making no more than 2 changes to a winning side.
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