Teams v Melbourne / Are Melbourne tanking?

[DST]

At the end of the season decisions on many reserve players will be made, players like MOD, DOK, Laidlaw, Braba, with out having seen them play more than a game or 2 of seniors. Yet even with a perfect opportunity, like this game, we don't play them. ...For a club that is looking to rebuild...? Extremely puzzling to say the least.

Don't agree at all with that statement.

The decision to keep both DOK and Laidlaw will be vastly differrent to de-listing both MOD and Brabazon.

Both MOD and Braba have been relatively injury free in the reserves and have been given ample time to show whether they can play at senior level. In both cases their decision making and disposal probably means they will not be retained (although it's line ball for Braba and will depend on retirements).

In the case of both DOK and Laidlaw, they have not been able to play regulalrly due to injury but both have shown enough promise (DOK only of late) that with further football and less injuries they can make it at senior level.

With the way our list is at present and under the likelyhood that we will have atleast 7 spots to fill even without de-listing someone, any young player who has shown ability to play at senior level but for injury is going to be retained.

DST

[573v30]

Hopefully we can win this game...

[Donners]

Hopefully the bench is Bird, Buchanan, Pyke and Vezpremi, though I wouldn't mind Moore being in there.

[Frosty13]

That is disgraceful. They might as well have changed the whole team.

If you actually looked at the outs you would see all bar one are injured. What would you like them to do? PLay injured players for the sake of not making many changes?

We should win but the Melbourne kids will have something too proove.

Sydney by 3 points.

[Plugger46]

If you actually looked at the outs you would see all bar one are injured. What would you like them to do? PLay injured players for the sake of not making many changes?

We should win but the Melbourne kids will have something too proove.

Sydney by 3 points.

Get your head out of the sand Frosty. Tanking big-time the Dees.

[Frosty13]

Get your head out of the sand Frosty. Tanking big-time the Dees.

And how do we know that they are not legit injuries plugger? I was talking about "bloody hell's" comments that they may aswell change their whole team. There clearly not going to play injured players.

[ugg]

Umpires
9. Stevic
15. Nicholls
32. Mollison

[Primmy]

Anyone else thinking Melbourne are Tanking?

The reason I ask this is the loss of key senior players for the upcoming game, and end of season. Or am I being ungenerous and overly suspicious.

[kangle4]

(PS. What's a scaphoid?)

wrist injury

[ScottH]

wrist injury

Limp?

[Go Swannies]

Limp?

In my circles the word that follows is not "wrist" . . .

[ugg]

Final teams

MELBOURNE v SYDNEY SWANS
Melbourne
B: Lynden Dunn, Matthew Warnock, Matthew Whelan
HB: Brent Moloney, Jared Rivers, Cameron Bruce
C: Clint Bartram, James McDonald, Aaron Davey
HF: Jamie Bennell, Michael Newton, Cale Morton
F: Brad Miller, Matthew Bate, Liam Jurrah
Foll: Stefan Martin, Ricky Petterd, Nathan Jones
I/C: Paul Johnson, Kyle Cheney, Jordie McKenzie, Shane Valenti
Emg: Rohan Bail, Jake Spencer, Simon Buckley
In: Cheney, P. Johnson, Miller, Newton, Valenti, Whelan, McKenzie
Out: Brock McLean (knee), Mark Jamar (quad), Brad Green (scaphoid), Jack Grimes (back), James Frawley (back), Neville Jetta (flu), Russell Robertson
New: Jordie McKenzie (Geelong Falcons)

Sydney Swans
B: Ed Barlow, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Craig Bolton
HB: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Martin Mattner
C: Nick Smith, Brett Kirk, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ryan O?Keefe, Adam Goodes, Luke Ablett
F: Jesse White, Michael O?Loughlin, Daniel Hannebery
Foll: Darren Jolly, Kieran Jack, Jude Bolton
I/C: Kristin Thornton, Mike Pyke, Amon Buchanan, Jarred Moore
Emg: Patrick Veszpremi, Craig Bird, Paul Bevan
In: Buchanan, Moore, Pyke, Thornton
Out: Ted Richards (ribs), Paul Bevan, Craig Bird, Patrick Veszpremi

Note that Frawley and Jetta were in the 25 man squad yesterday, both totally omitted now replaced by Spencer and Buckley

[Robbo]

Melbourne tanking it to a new level here. Tanks very much for posting the teams.

[alison.z]

Sydney Swans
B: Ed Barlow, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Craig Bolton
HB: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Martin Mattner
C: Nick Smith, Brett Kirk, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ryan O?Keefe, Adam Goodes, Luke Ablett
F: Jesse White, Michael O?Loughlin, Daniel Hannebery
Foll: Darren Jolly, Kieran Jack, Jude Bolton
I/C: Kristin Thornton, Mike Pyke, Amon Buchanan, Jarred Moore
Emg: Patrick Veszpremi, Craig Bird, Paul Bevan
In: Buchanan, Moore, Pyke, Thornton
Out: Ted Richards (ribs), Paul Bevan, Craig Bird, Patrick Veszpremi

very disappointed ... wouldn't think they deserve to be dropped ... especially bird!!!!

[royboy42]

[B]MELBOURNE v SYDNEY SWANS

Sydney Swans
B: Ed Barlow, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Craig Bolton
HB: Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Martin Mattner
C: Nick Smith, Brett Kirk, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ryan O?Keefe, Adam Goodes, Luke Ablett
F: Jesse White, Michael O?Loughlin, Daniel Hannebery
Foll: Darren Jolly, Kieran Jack, Jude Bolton
I/C: Kristin Thornton, Mike Pyke, Amon Buchanan, Jarred Moore
Emg: Patrick Veszpremi, Craig Bird, Paul Bevan
In: Buchanan, Moore, Pyke, Thornton
Out: Ted Richards (ribs), Paul Bevan, Craig Bird, Patrick Veszpremi

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Roos has said earlier this week that he preferred to replace young guys with young guys and older with older, and that will probably be what he's gonna do till the end of the year.
Buchanan replaces Teddy, Bevan hopelessly out of form, and the two young guys replace two young guys. He's doing just what he said he would!