Changes for Rnd 4 V Fremantle
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I am hoping we have a few strategy tricks up our sleeve in our forward line to make Freo's plans for nullifying Buddy a total waste of time.
I think it is a bit sad that Towers could not be fitted in this week. I liked his game combining with Buddy, Gaz and Isaac up forward.
For me it will depend on our mids at least breaking even.Comment
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I can't imagine that they'd take an emergency for the sake of experiencing a trip; if something goes wrong he'll have to play. So maybe Hiscox is a little further on than some of us think.He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)Comment
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Midfields are pretty evenly matched, either group could be better on their day. I think if we get enough supply they could struggle to cope with Buddy and Tippett ( and Heeney of course) . No Ballantyne and No Crowley hurts them. It should be a good game but if we play at our best I think we're a better team.Comment
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It's just like old times. We went to Adelaide with all the experts predicting we'd get a footy lesson from Port. Now we're in WA to spectate the greatest midfield playing the game in 2015. I much prefer us as underdogs as we seem to rise then, and drop when victor is expected (GF2014 anyone?).Comment
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Changes for Rnd 4 V Fremantle
So important for interstate games to take the crowd out of the occasion so a good start is vital.
The midfield battle will be an absolute cracker. If we break even there I think Buddy and friends can kick a winning score.
Tip: Sydney by 9 (in other words put your life savings on the Dockers - I couldn't tip a winner in a one horse race at the moment)..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC
Here it is Again! - Huddo SENComment
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I've come to the conclusion that Mitchell and, to a lesser extent, Jones have been tasked by the coaching staff with demonstrating that they are rounding out their game and the only way they can do that is by playing regularly in the reserves. Like Goodes, naming them as emergencies (or sub) for interstate games actually denies them a chance to prove themselves and robs them of valuable match fitness and touch.
If Shaw runs into poor form I think Jones will get a shot. If we get a midfield injury, Mitchell is the obvious call up. Until then, it's hard to tinker with a winning formula, especially when you haven't had a loss.Comment
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For me the interesting thing is the battle of the coaches. Both seem to have the same intensity of the Roos era but even Lyon seems to have added a more offensive element to the game plan.
Is there any 'history' between them from their time together under Roos?Comment
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IIRC Longmire was the favourite for the Saints job but the Saints plumped for Lyon instead on the back of his presentationComment
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I've thought it was the other way around. Lyons has just taken the Roos defensive game to the Saints and now Freo while Horse developed better rebound attack a couple of years ago. But obviously Freo has now developed better attack for this season as they worked out they just weren't kicking enough goals. So we are a couple of years ahead of him, I reckon.Comment
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We have done this before on trips to Perth. Hiscox has been playing regularly in the reserves so they'd rather the guys closer to the first team get a full game at home rather than fly all the way over there and not play. Towers is the obvious inclusion if there's an injury.Today's a draft of your epitaphComment
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