Match Day Thread Rnd 23. Sydney

[Monty]

Hewitt rolled his ankle. He was walking around post game no issues, no ice.

As for the performance of the midfield the main reason we lost the first six was no Mitchell and no support for Joey. We had a few injuries but it took them a while to sort out who was going to go in and get the ball out to our runners.

[AnnieH]

Was ruthless injured in the second quarter?

Glad he got back on the ground.

Really can't afford for ruthless to be off the ground for one second during the next month.

[YvonneH]

Was ruthless injured in the second quarter?

Glad he got back on the ground.

Really can't afford for ruthless to be off the ground for one second during the next month.

Who is ruthless?

[goswannies]

Who is ruthless?

Ruthless is an attitude

[AnnieH]

Ruthless is an attitude

Yep.

[YvonneH]

Ruthless is an attitude

Sorry, I missed the meaning behind 'ruthless'.

[neilfws]

The crowd is always a bit subdued at the end when they announce there's no kick-to-kick .

Poor ambiguous wording on my part. Acknowledgement *of* the crowd is what I thought was lacking. Seemed like the players were keen to get off the field.

[Untamed Snark]

Was ruthless injured in the second quarter?

Glad he got back on the ground.
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Glad to see he brought his friends Accuracy with him too ?

[barracuda]

What do you guys think about Hayward. I think he had 3 goals from 3 touches. 2 goals were gifts, I think one was from an out on the full. 1 goal was a good contested mark. I think the 3 goals mask what was another poor game. Personally I would drop him.

[barry]

Depends on Sinclair strangely.
Nainsmith will replace tippet. The tippet experiment for 2017 is over. His ankle is stuffed.
Papley will come in. I think horse would want to go with Sinclair as the other forward which means Hayward out. If Sinclair not fit, Hayward stays.

[The Big Cat]

AFL website saying Grundy likely to get a week for an incident with Casbolt.

[barry]

AFL website saying Grundy likely to get a week for an incident with Casbolt.

With Grundy's good record and finals I'd be very surprised if he misses.

[AnnieH]

Glad to see he brought his friends Accuracy with him too ?

Ruthless and Accuracy are formidable when they're both on the field.

I'm still lamenting the 22 behinds per game at the beginning of the season.

[ugg]

Grundy cleared!

Heath Grundy cleared contact LCasboult. Grundy braced for contact as Casboult sought to lead. Actions not unreasonable in the circumstances.

— Patrick Keane (@AFL_PKeane) August 28, 2017

[longmile]

What do you guys think about Hayward. I think he had 3 goals from 3 touches. 2 goals were gifts, I think one was from an out on the full. 1 goal was a good contested mark. I think the 3 goals mask what was another poor game. Personally I would drop him.

Depends on Sinclair strangely.
Nainsmith will replace tippet. The tippet experiment for 2017 is over. His ankle is stuffed.
Papley will come in. I think horse would want to go with Sinclair as the other forward which means Hayward out. If Sinclair not fit, Hayward stays.

Agree with Barry on this one

I'd see Tippett (too unreliable and injury prone), Hayward and Cunningham out for Naismith, Papley and Hannebery

Towers gets a reprieve but I'd love to see him as second ruck man in the finals, it's when he looks his most electric and dangerous, but it'd never happen