Changes V Hawthorn

[Robbo]

Assuming Kennelly and Bradshaw miss with injury......

Outs: Pyke, Bradshaw, Kennelly, Bevan
Ins: Mumford, White, McGlynn, Veszpremi

[Melbourne_Blood]

I dont agree on dropping Pykey. He was good today . It would be good to see him rucking in tandem with Mummy.

[Margie]

Don't think Pyke will be dropped.

[aardvark]

Pyke was one of the few who did better than expected

[swansrule100]

i heard white rolled his ankle today? and he was sent to get confidence, so unless he kicked a bag i havent heard about then he needs to stay put. Pyke did a good job today and deserves a go as 2nd ruck

Presuming bradshaw and kennelly are out id bring in mumford and mcglynn for those two.

I would also bring owdyer who i heard dominated in for bevan

[Robbo]

Do we need 2 ruckmen against Hawthorn?

[swansrule100]

Do we need 2 ruckmen against Hawthorn?

true didnt think of that, or do we try to exploit the weakness?? I cant imagine roosy dropping pyke after todays effort, nor can i imagine mumford will play in canberra

[stellation]

Definitely agree with Patty in for Pauly. I think McGlynn should have a run in the magoos before coming straight back into the seniors, I don't know how much fitness work he will have been able to do with a quad injury and his hustle is one of his biggest assets.

Agreed that it would be pretty tough to drop Pyke after the job he did today, if Seaby was the one coming back I'd have no issue as I think he's a pretty handy tall forward option but Mummy doesn't quite seem to have that in his arsenal to the same extent.

[liz]

Pyke certainly deserves plaudits for the way he stood up to Sandilands but he doesn't offer much around the ground. Against Hawthorn, I'd be inclined to use Playfair as the pinch ruckman, though with Bradshaw and now White injured today, maybe we can't afford not to have him in the forward line. TDL's bag against Belconnen might bring him into the reckoning to be our 4th debutant for the season next week.

Assuming Kennelly doesn't come up for next week, I'd love to see MOD get a chance. He has been consistently good - sometimes brilliant - for the reserves this year and I reckon he deserves a go.

[swansrule100]

are kennelly and bradshaw a chance to come up at all? or are these season ending injuries?

[KirkysSocks]

If there was such a thing as a pinchhit tap ruckman pyke would be a superstar. he is really good at tap work, really good but doesn't know what to do afterwards. It would be good if we could get him to contest the general ruck duties and then sprint off as soon as he wins the clearance..kinda like the punter in NFL.

And mumford can do the stoppage work and the rest of the ruck work!!

[BSA5]

Pyke to stay, but only play 40 or so minutes overall. 10 minutes a quarter. Mumford to ruck the rest of the time.

I'd love to see O'Dwyer in after dominating in the ressies. He just seems like a natural footballer, and the kind of player that can win a match for you. Also, TDL booted 7 goals today apparently. Could be an inclusion. It would be nice to see how he goes, especially if McGlynn doesn't come up again...

[Donners]

Agree with the OP, except for White/Pyke.

Then again, I note that McGlynn did not appear in the goal kickers or best for the reserves, and Vesz did not do a lot, so they are far from walk-up starts.


I worry that Goodes needs a week or two off. He is kicking like somebody carrying an injury.

[ugg]

McGlynn didn't play reserves, he was at the SCG today.

Will wait until the injury diagnosis before considering who to bring in/out.

[redhugh2525]

veszpremi is the answer to take the opposition on and Jetta should look and learn!