Changes for elimination final v Essendon, Saturday 9 September

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  • dimelb
    pr. dim-melb; m not f
    • Jun 2003
    • 6889

    Originally posted by Billericay
    nice.

    Listening to the Age Realfooty podcast yesterday. They all agreed that Tippett should make way for Naismith because he couldn't be relied upon and he wasn't good at playing through injury. Words to the effect that the doctors thought he should have been OK to play on but Tippett didn't (not sure if this was the Carlton game or earlier in the year). I agree that Tippett should make way. Don't know if the match committee will agree though.

    I also think Towers stays in over Hayward. Think Towers is harder (than an 18 yo skinny first year player).

    So I still think its

    IN: Naismith, Hanners, Paps
    OUT: Cunningham, Tippo, Hayward
    Well tipped!
    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)

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    • Blood Fever
      Veterans List
      • Apr 2007
      • 4044

      Originally posted by Hotpotato
      Strong team. Now just have to come out forcefully and put The Bombers away.

      Happy with the changes. Glad to see Sinclair rewarded. Strong Swans like decision to leave Tippett out due to him being injury prone.

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      • stellation
        scott names the planets
        • Sep 2003
        • 9718

        Really disappointed for poor Horse that Hayward was dropped, he must be gutted.

        Edit: Wait- drop him so he can play in a magoos premiership THEN bring him back in for the run to the seniors premiership. Way to go, Johnny!
        Last edited by stellation; 7 September 2017, 06:59 PM.
        I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
        We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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        • O'Reilly Boy
          Warming the Bench
          • Feb 2014
          • 474

          Originally posted by barry
          I'd pick him of his form warranted it, but with a strict warning that if he f's up again, it's over. We won't tolerate losing grand finals, and 3 in a row is a trend.

          Depends where he plays but I'd say 12-15 possessions would be bare minimum. 20 possies and a couple of goals would make up some ground on what he's done previously.
          I think that we have to remember the injury Rohan picked up in the semi against Adelaide last year. He shouldn't have been picked for the two remaining games, as he was clearly impeded. Hobbled. Given his record of soft tissue injuries, if he's not 95% plus (on the assumption that by the end of September very few players are at 100%), of course he's going to be tentative, especially when his game is all about frenetic chase pressure. I'm very happy to stick with him, as he has been terrific this year.

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          • annew
            Senior Player
            • Mar 2006
            • 2164

            THe "experts" say Essendon are quick and quick teams get Swans so tell me from the last 16 rounds only Hawks have beaten swans so which teams exactly are the fast teams that have got swans?

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            • O'Reilly Boy
              Warming the Bench
              • Feb 2014
              • 474

              What a position for the team to be in: quality players with recent Firsts game time under their belts hanging out to break back into the team. So does Tippett get a game with the Twos? I'm still hoping he'll come good, but Billericay's comments about the Age Realfooty podcast make me wonder whether we're getting to the end of the Tippo experiment. I just hope that Sinclair and Naismith deliver something up front this weekend. Swans by 23.

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              • 707
                Veterans List
                • Aug 2009
                • 6204

                Our strongest line up for the year?

                You just need to have a strategy to counter quick teams. We let them run away from us last encounter but I'm sure that vision has been carefully dissected in preparation for this. If we beat them inside, their outside runners aren't a danger.

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                • dejavoodoo44
                  Veterans List
                  • Apr 2015
                  • 8578

                  Originally posted by annew
                  THe "experts" say Essendon are quick and quick teams get Swans so tell me from the last 16 rounds only Hawks have beaten swans so which teams exactly are the fast teams that have got swans?
                  Yes and Hawthorn aren't exactly renowned for their pace.

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                  • Nico
                    Veterans List
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 11337

                    Originally posted by ugg
                    Paps Hanners and Naismith in for Cunningham Hayward and Tippett

                    Fantasia Hurley for Laverde Hooker

                    Emg Aliir Robinson Cunningham
                    Emg Hocking Laverde McKernan
                    Surprised Will is not an emergency. Way more value than Robinson. Cunningham loses his spot due to lack of hardness = finals footy.
                    http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                    • dejavoodoo44
                      Veterans List
                      • Apr 2015
                      • 8578

                      Originally posted by 707
                      Our strongest line up for the year?

                      You just need to have a strategy to counter quick teams. We let them run away from us last encounter but I'm sure that vision has been carefully dissected in preparation for this. If we beat them inside, their outside runners aren't a danger.
                      Quite possibly our strongest line up. Certainly I don't think there's been a time this year, when we've had less players out injured. And there's quite a few players running around in the ressies, who would be getting regular games at a number of clubs. Actually, the way the Dockers and the Suns finished the year, I'd probably back our NEAFL side to beat them.

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                      Originally posted by stellation
                      Really disappointed for poor Horse that Hayward was dropped, he must be gutted.

                      Edit: Wait- drop him so he can play in a magoos premiership THEN bring him back in for the run to the seniors premiership. Way to go, Johnny!
                      Two premierships in one year would be a fairly unique way to start a career.

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                      • Thunder Shaker
                        Aut vincere aut mori
                        • Apr 2004
                        • 4187

                        Eight players from the 2012 premiership will be playing Saturday night: Grundy, Hannebery, Jack, Kennedy, McVeigh, Parker, Reid, Smith.
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                        • Ajn
                          Draft Scout
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 711

                          No need to fear but: Razor Ray, S.Meredith (2016 GF) and B.Hosking from the Essendon football league umpiring.

                          Going to up against 25 again!
                          Staying ahead of the game...

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                          • RogueSwan
                            McVeigh for Brownlow
                            • Apr 2003
                            • 4602

                            Originally posted by Nico
                            ... Cunningham loses his spot due to lack of hardness = finals footy.
                            Maybe previously but not this season.
                            He was average in the first two rounds, didn't play against the Pies and then came back into the team and was consistently in the top tacklers (except the Saints game but they never had the ball to be tackled ) until his injury against the Blues.
                            I was hoping he could get back to full fitness for these finals and could easily see him stepping up like our much loved Fearless Fosdike
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                            • crackedactor
                              Regular in the Side
                              • May 2012
                              • 919

                              Originally posted by Ajn
                              No need to fear but: Razor Ray, S.Meredith (2016 GF) and B.Hosking from the Essendon football league umpiring.

                              Going to up against 25 again!
                              Hosking from Essendon Football league? I don't understand why it is so hard to arrange umpires from neutral states/ i.e. WA/SA/TAS/QLD etc. If we get away to a lightning start i.e 5-6 goals ahead, the umps will have little influence. If its a close one, that when the trouble will start.

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                              • snajik
                                Senior Player
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 1115

                                Originally posted by annew
                                THe "experts" say Essendon are quick and quick teams get Swans so tell me from the last 16 rounds only Hawks have beaten swans so which teams exactly are the fast teams that have got swans?
                                And in that first loss to the hawks we kind of got ourselves, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory with some blatant errors.

                                The best strategy for beating quick teams is 'win the ball.'
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