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  • Blue Sun
    Senior Player
    • May 2010
    • 1440

    #16
    Originally posted by mgrogan
    Should Tippet have played after half time? Head knock from Ward, then sling tackle from Mumford.
    No, he shouldn't have. And neither should have Kennedy. Both of them were out for the count. Rolling the dice with head injuries is incredibly irresponsible bordering on negligence, IMO. I was very surprised to see them both return to the field.

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    • Meg
      Go Swannies!
      Site Admin
      • Aug 2011
      • 4828

      #17
      Originally posted by Blue Sun
      No, he shouldn't have. And neither should have Kennedy. Both of them were out for the count. Rolling the dice with head injuries is incredibly irresponsible bordering on negligence, IMO. I was very surprised to see them both return to the field.
      I too was worried about both of them. And before we beat up on the team for the end result, it's worth keeping in mind that we were well in the game at half time - but then had to play the second half with one less rotation and two key players who had been seriously hurt. Made a huge difference against a fast-running, athletic opposition.

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      • Plugger46
        Senior Player
        • Apr 2003
        • 3674

        #18
        Not too many changes. We played a very good side who trouble us. We're still a decent team.

        Teddy for Mills and Towers for McGlynn.
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        • Doctor
          Bay 29
          • Sep 2003
          • 2757

          #19
          We need another tall defender. Aliir isn't playing as the 2nd tall and it's too much to ask of Rampe IMO. If Ted can get back to his best today, bring him back in. With the Crows boasting Walker and Jenkins, we'll need him.
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          • ugg
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            • Jan 2003
            • 15970

            #20
            Aliir was marking their tallest player on the field yesterday! Surely that qualifies him as a tall defender. If you brought Ted in against the Crows who would you match him up on? Walker really troubled him in Round 4 and I can't see him playing on Lynch

            What the GWS forwards did well was to make sure they didn't run to same spots as Cameron leaving him one out with Rampe for most of the day
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            • ugg
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              • Jan 2003
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              #21
              Nankervis and Laidler withdrawn from the NEAFL GF side. Looks like Tippett is in doubt for next week
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              • Meg
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                • Aug 2011
                • 4828

                #22
                Originally posted by ugg
                Nankervis and Laidler withdrawn from the NEAFL GF side. Looks like Tippett is in doubt for next week
                Mumford: mission achieved? Now if Mummy gets suspended ......

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                • goswannies
                  Senior Player
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 3049

                  #23
                  Originally posted by ugg
                  Nankervis and Laidler withdrawn from the NEAFL GF side. Looks like Tippett is in doubt for next week
                  Has Tippett being in doubt been officially reported somewhere?

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                  • ugg
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                    • Jan 2003
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                    #24
                    No but if he wasn't in doubt I don't think they would take Nankervis out of today's game. How much doubt we don't know
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                    • Faunac8
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                      • Mar 2014
                      • 1548

                      #25
                      Apart from being out tackled completely ( 50% more tackles ) another damning statistic was the number of bounces 16-2 in favour of the interlopers. I assume this is as a result of a lack of tackling pressure that lets the opposition run more freely.
                      Jones and Towers can bring both of those facets to our game and should come in for Mills and Mcglynn and probably in hindsight should have been in the team yesterday.

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                      • goswannies
                        Senior Player
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 3049

                        #26
                        Originally posted by ugg
                        No but if he wasn't in doubt I don't think they would take Nankervis out of today's game. How much doubt we don't know
                        I think, given Tippett's history of concussions, his head knock & sling tackle on Saturday, Sam Naismith's ok, but not stellar performance in the ruck & around ground (he's young, it's not a criticism), the fact that the every senior final from now on is an elimination, and that the Ressies are playing a dominant GWS, even if Tippett was fully fit, it would be prudent to rest Nank, as an injury to our next best ruckman could prove too costly.

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                        • GongSwan
                          Senior Player
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 1362

                          #27
                          Originally posted by ugg
                          Nankervis and Laidler withdrawn from the NEAFL GF side. Looks like Tippett is in doubt for next week
                          Wouldm't you want them to have a run this week if they are going to play? Seems like panic stations

                          I'd bring Laidler and Jones in for Mills and Marsh, Towers or Cunners for McGlynn who plays well against witches hats, but not actual footballers. Hopefully Adelaide don't send someone out to hobble our most important player. I thought that was gone from hte game and Johnson should be retired
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                          • Beerman
                            Regular in the Side
                            • Oct 2010
                            • 823

                            #28
                            The question in my mind is what do we do with Rohan? We desperately need his run and carry and his closing speed to chase down and pressure, but he didn't show any@of that yesterday and has a reputation for going missing in big finals. He was played like Jetta at his worst - never got above a medium jog. So we can't drop him, but we can't carry him either. One of the coaches needs to have a good talk with him and get him performing again.

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                            • annew
                              Senior Player
                              • Mar 2006
                              • 2164

                              #29
                              Why can't we play Nankervis and Naismith in the ruck and Tippett (if he is not an out due to concussion) as the Full Forward with Buddy up the ground?

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                              • barry
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 8499

                                #30
                                Why would we rest nanker for a game next week ?

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