Changes for Rnd 13 V Carlton (The Mummy Returns)

[Lucky Knickers]

I think Bird played mostly on Cotchin.
Mummy in/Seaby out - unluckily but LRT offers more around the ground IMO.
Jetta as sub.

[Go Swannies]

Ins:
Mumford

Outs:
Mattner

Sub:
Mumford

Would love to see White return and kick a bag and silence the critics here.
18 mnths ago the same crew were calling him to be our great saviour.
The boy is 23 and will come good.

LRT is a complete waste in the ruck and I'm looking forward to seeing both Mummy and Seabs firing in the same team.

Despite the knickers - very winnable game coming up against the Blues.

Go boys, the Blues are still soft centered!!!!

Agree that we have a good chance next weekend. I found yesterday's game very relaxing - and funny. Did anyone really expect us to lose, even with our woefeul kicking. We so dominated throughout that we won the game kicking behinds for goals. Surely we can't kick that badly two weeks in a row - when Reid starts kicking straight he'll be a star (hopefully over the next two weekends).

I think you have as much chance of Tadhg being dropped as Marty. Both provide our drive out of defence and Marty was rock solid yesterday. And how good is our defence - start kicking straight and we can take our hard game a long way this season, never mind next. The Tigers are a good team, no matter recent results but we just stopped their run yesterday.

I think our selection next weekend will depend on match ups. Incidentally, can Keiren run out a whole game against Judd?

Another thought - how come the Blue beat the Brions well and are now in with a shot at the flag; we do the same the week before and it's "how woeful are the Lions?" and "Swans hang in the 8 but a long way below the teams above (and below) them". Our structures are so much better than the Dees that I'm even getting a bit excited about Olympic Park in a fortnight. Of course, it'd be handy if we kicked a few goals over the next two weeks as well as stopped the other teams.

[nomae]

Outs:
Mattner

No. Why do people keep on suggesting to drop Mattner? He is one of our most consistent players, week in, week out.

From what it looks like either Seaby or LRT will be dropped, a very tough decision. If Seaby is dropped he will definitely go to GWS, and I wouldn't blame him.

[Doctor]

Seaby HAS to play surely. Mummy will be short of a gallop after his injury so the back up ruckman will get more game time as it is. I highly doubt LRT will be dropped though. I don't think there's any easy way around it this week. In terms of talls, Pyke is still to come back too, and he was looking very handy before he injured his calf.

Jesse needs to kick a couple more bags in the reserves before getting picked for seniores IMO.

[Auntie.Gerald]

out: Mattner ??? not a chance

I still think Jetta gives us more flexibility on matchups then TDL but we have the luxury of most likely keeping them same team as my gut feeling is mummy is another weekend away

When Mummy comes back Seaby will be dropped as they will only bring back Mummy when 100% this time !!!

LRT is too valuable for matchups and versatility as our pinch hitter compared to playing Seaby and Mummy

SUB: TDL

[Nico]

TDL will go. He didn't like the hard contest at the weekend. He simply hates putting his body on a shepherd or meeting a pack. You can see at the last second where he looks like he is going to put his body on the line, but takes a last fairy step and makes either none or very light contact.

[Auntie.Gerald]

TDL will go. He didn't like the hard contest at the weekend. He simply hates putting his body on a shepherd or meeting a pack. You can see at the last second where he looks like he is going to put his body on the line, but takes a last fairy step and makes either none or very light contact.

Nico do you think we can carry Seaby, LRT and Mummy ? against a team like Carlton with so much run ?

[Nico]

Nico do you think we can carry Seaby, LRT and Mummy ? against a team like Carlton with so much run ?

Perhaps not, but is Mumford going to come up? It may not be wise to play him on the hard Ethihad Stadium ground first up, short of a gallop and against a top team. If Mumford plays then you must play one of LRT or Seaby and neither deserve to be dropped. I see that the best option is to drop a small forward, as they can always swing one of the other small up there if need be. As it is we are playing to Goodes and Reid pretty much as one out targets and we don't seem to get a lot of crumbers to the fall of the ball.

[gloveski]

Great problem to have we just don't know who to drop for Mummy. Jetta is a worry for me, he is going to be a very important player for us long term but his intensity is woeful at times. Would love to see him use his pace when he doesn't have the ball.

[wolftone57]

Great problem to have we just don't know who to drop for Mummy. Jetta is a worry for me, he is going to be a very important player for us long term but his intensity is woeful at times. Would love to see him use his pace when he doesn't have the ball.

Been saying that for a while, I think he still hasn't grasped the intensity of what is required at this level. He might need to go back & get some intensity training from Stewie & Henry

[GongSwan]

Jack to play on Judd, who is the match up for Betts? who has the speed? Jetta would be the only one who could run with him in a negating role. As for dropping Marty, that would be insane, we need the bigger bodies against Carlton's forwards. It is unfortunate, but I think if we bring mummy in, we have to drop LRT and keep Seaby, just in case Mummy can't run out the game, Seaby has attained the necessary match fitness now to stay on the field and go into the forward line when resting. I'm a big LRT fan, and the only other option would be to drop TDL and go tall all over, using Benny as our primary crumbing forward. It's a tough decision for team balance and match ups next week, good problem to have I suppose, glad it's not me making the decisions

[laughingnome]

If Jack is up to playing on Judd then who plays on Betts is simple: Shaw. Got the speed to match and can outmark him to boot.

[ernie koala]

Jack into the 21. Jetta to sub.
Mummy in
McVeigh out.
Even Jackson was taking the piss out of Mcveigh for a weak effort early in the game yesterday...not good enough from a captain, 3 touches to half time.
At least Jetta gives us some unpredicability

[Steve]

For me, Betts plays too close to goal for Shaw to be an option - Nahas drifts further upfield which suited Rhyce.

If Mumford plays you'd expect him to spend some time up forward, so Seaby has to stay in. We need TDL in the team, and he has been quite good in the last 2 weeks.

AJ has caused a major selection headache - I'm sure they originally expected to give him a couple of games and then be replaced by LRT. It probably should be LRT who makes way for Mummy - their rucks and tall defenders will expose him.

And how good will Reid be once we teach him how to kick?

[aardvark]

Jack into the 21. Jetta to sub.
Mummy in
McVeigh out.
Even Jackson was taking the piss out of Mcveigh for a weak effort early in the game yesterday...not good enough from a captain, 3 touches to half time.
At least Jetta gives us some unpredicability

Agree with EK. Macca just isn't doing enough, nowhere near his best atm.