Changes for Rnd 12 v The Cats

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Out Matner

[DA_Swan]

A job for Mr Shaw I think....

Annoy him he would - however the last couple of weeks has shown how important the run that Shaw provides to the team can be - keep him running and let Mcveigh be the tag - he did a good job on Stanton with some help so maybe he goes to Johnson who is not super quick - just very good.

[DLBIA14]

Out Matner

Yes lets just drop the man that constantly saves our arse in defence. He's not perfect, but he's got courage Marty, and he's got desperation and the intelligence to know when to leave his man. He's always the player making the contest 2 on 1 instead of 1 on 1.

Honestly some people don't appreciate what they have until its gone...

[swansrule100]

Out Matner

Mattner? What? Ur kidding right?

[GongSwan]

Yes lets just drop the man that constantly saves our arse in defence. He's not perfect, but he's got courage Marty, and he's got desperation and the intelligence to know when to leave his man. He's always the player making the contest 2 on 1 instead of 1 on 1. Under-appreciated.

Honestly some people don't appreciate what they have until its gone...

Exactly right, he's not flash, but he busts a gut every week and those third man to the contest efforts are amazing sometimes. It wasn't long ago we were calling him SuperMarty. Still plenty to offer in my book. He made one bad error last night and some would crucify him for it, but really, his run and long kick out of defence saves us a lot of the time. Armstrong needs a few game to get up to seniors pace, but I think he stays in the 21, going forward, he'll only get better, might wander into the weights room at some point

[Gezball]

I thought Marty played well... Very solid.

[Captain]

Out Matner

This is surely a troll.

[barry]

Its heartening that while we all conceed our forward line has been poor this year, we potentially have McGlynn, Spranger, Goodes, Morton to come in. Not to mention sudden form finds in White and TDL.

If all the stars aligned, and Horse was brave with selection, we could have one of the most potent forward lines around by finals.

[DLBIA14]

Its heartening that while we all conceed our forward line has been poor this year, we potentially have McGlynn, Spranger, Goodes, Morton to come in. Not to mention sudden form finds in White and TDL.

If all the stars aligned, and Horse was brave with selection, we could have one of the most potent forward lines around by finals.

You think those players make 'one of the most potent forward lines'?

White hasn't been playing, neither has Morton while Spangher and Goodes have had long injury stints. TDL has been serviceable, but hardly 'potent' and McGlynn's form prior to his suspension hasn't been brilliant either.

Might need to remove those rose coloured glasses.

[barry]

You think those players make 'one of the most potent forward lines'?

White hasn't been playing, neither has Morton while Spangher and Goodes have had long injury stints. TDL has been serviceable, but hardly 'potent' and McGlynn's form prior to his suspension hasn't been brilliant either.

Might need to remove those rose coloured glasses.

Picture this:

F: Morton, S. Reid, TDL/???
HF: Spranger, Goodes, McGlynn

Pretty hard to stop if Spranger plays as he did last year, and Morton lifts to his best at RIchmond.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I'd prefer Goodes, Reid, TDL

We're likely to see that against Geelong.

[GongSwan]

I wanna know for sure that Goodes is actually playing, it's the SCG against Geelong, we usually win these, even when we're not supposed to, would we risk rushing him, or trot him around in the 2's for an easy run. I also want a vivid description of Cats ruck setup. The only certain change right now is McG in and Eski out

[liz]

I wanna know for sure that Goodes is actually playing, it's the SCG against Geelong, we usually win these, even when we're not supposed to, would we risk rushing him, or trot him around in the 2's for an easy run. I also want a vivid description of Cats ruck setup. The only certain change right now is McG in and Eski out

Goodes playing in the reserves? LOL. If he's right to go he will be in the senior team. If not, another week of training. He can just be parked in the forward line if necessary, in much the same way as Mummy is being eased back in.

[GongSwan]

Can we afford to park two semi fit players in the fwd line? Didn't having semi fit players from the ressies hurt us in the last quarter. Seriously, a game in the ressies is half a game at that pace. We have Mummy back from injury, Armstrong, Everitt and Pyke all struggling for top level fitness, although to be fair not that many players ran the game out that well last night. We have been notoriously slow back from the bye as it is. While Goodes is a superstar, does this entitle him to different treatment and if anything should we not be more careful with him coming back from his first real injury, a nice trot in the 2's might be good for him, he's humble enough to handle the facts, if we play Goodes against Geelong, we probably have to drop pyke and use LRT in the ruck, is Mummy fit enough, in the post match he said he needed a few more games, big men take longer. It sounds absurd I know, but it's a usual pathway from 6 weeks out of the game

[liz]

. It sounds absurd I know, but it's a usual pathway from 6 weeks out of the game

Not for Goodsey, it's not.