Changes for Round 6 v Geelong

[AnnieH]

Both Buddy and Hanners have been ruled out. Buddy with a bruised heel and Hanners with a groin issue.

Just shoot me in the eye now.
At least we won't be Buddy-centric.

[stevoswan]

Buddy's injury.......definitely the fault of that 'super' new stadium. Super my arse!

"Longmire admitted that the controversial surface in Perth played a part in the injury.

"I think that can be a reasonable conclusion to draw from that," he said on Tuesday.

"We had the most amount of players we've (ever) had cramp in that game.

"The feedback that we got was that it was pretty firm and our boys were pretty sore afterwards."

Explains the lethargic team performance against the Power.

[Danzar]

Just shoot me in the eye now.
At least we won't be Buddy-centric.

For 'multiple matches' at least.

[aardvark]

Maybe time to debut O'Riordan and move Mills up the ground.

I'd like to see that. McCartin, Cameron or Aliiir in for Buddy. I hope we don't get the regular fill ins like Newman, Foote, Rose and Robinson but I don't hold much hope.

[Flying South]

Something just doesn't smell right with me about Bud's injury. Apparently been an issue since Rnd1. Yet he hasn't shown any obvious outward signs of pain and now he is potentially going to miss multiple weeks. I maybe clutching at straws and I have no evidence what so ever but suspect there may be more to this. Maybe shoulder or ribs from previous week against dogs. Also I saw some worrying vision of Buddy in qtr time huddles last week, he seemed to be a million miles away. I remember thinking to myself that may explain some of his decision making. I'm hoping he is well in his mind.

[aguy]

The thought about buddy and depression had crossed my mind too during last weeks game. I agree and hope all is well for him.

I think this is going to force the coach?s hand and play at least one new tall forward or maybe even two. I would like to see Cameron and Mccartin come although I suspect it will be Cameron and Aliir. We will see soon

[jono2707]

If we're going to play any debutants, I'd guess Ronke and Cameron would be the two most likely.

[707]

If Melican is fit he's one in, if not it's two new players. Do we do something truly out of left field, Joel Amartey!

Let's go for a highly mobile forward structure? Tune in Thursday 6.25pm to see what masterstroke Horse pulls :-)

[aguy]

This is a terrible position in one way but fascinating at the same time.

[Mark26]

This is a terrible position in one way but fascinating at the same time.

Agreed aguy. Anything could happen. We could crumble or do pull a Crows over the Swans ala last week. Hope we uncover another unexpected gem in the process.

[Sandrevan]

We all knew Hanners was carrying an injury but not Buddy. The clubs keeps these things very quiet. We've become accustomed to having Buddy running around and winning games for us. What now? You'd think they would need a tall target in the forward line. Aliir or Cameron to come in. From what i've read on here Cameron to get the nod and debut. However, the MC seems to err on the side of caution so it might be Towers at CHF and Rohan at FF. Will Gary play though - it's an away game? Not having a tall target like Buddy might mean a change of game plan. Hopefully, they'll be more concerned about retaining possession rather than 'just kick it to Buddy'

To replace Hannebery- Newman, Fox, Robinson or maybe a debutant. I think Newman will get the nod and play flanker/forward.

Joel Duckwood is appealing his ban - i hope it's unsuccessfull. It might make Geelong less likely to start Dangerfield in the forward line.

[Chilcott]

Disappointing to hear about injuries to Hanners and Buddy and what is even more mystifying is that we played them injured over the past few weeks. Poor judgment by MC and medical team. Allir, Melican and Newman in for Buddy, Hanners and Hayward. Mills to play further up the ground and Newman to HBF. No talls left in the forward line, so I would play Grundy deep forward with Allir and Melican key backs. Towers and Rohan to play as higher forwards,

[Billericay]

Disappointing to hear about injuries to Hanners and Buddy and what is even more mystifying is that we played them injured over the past few weeks. Poor judgment by MC and medical team. Allir, Melican and Newman in for Buddy, Hanners and Hayward. Mills to play further up the ground and Newman to HBF. No talls left in the forward line, so I would play Grundy deep forward with Allir and Melican key backs. Towers and Rohan to play as higher forwards,

Hanners groin injury is a fresh one, unrelated to the earlier one apparently, picked up during the Crows game. I think Buddy was doing a pretty good job of playing injured / leading the Coleman etc, but he has been getting worse and now they can't play him. I would imagine if Reid had not got injured they might have given him a spell sooner. Still it means opportunity for other young forwards.

[neilfws]

Both Buddy and Hanners have been ruled out. Buddy with a bruised heel and Hanners with a groin issue.

Hard to see this as anything other than very bad news, given our current forward structure. Cycle Sinclair + Towers between ruck and forward, or put one of them forward, or debut a tall forward?

[The Runner]

Something just doesn't smell right with me about Bud's injury. Apparently been an issue since Rnd1. Yet he hasn't shown any obvious outward signs of pain and now he is potentially going to miss multiple weeks. I maybe clutching at straws and I have no evidence what so ever but suspect there may be more to this. Maybe shoulder or ribs from previous week against dogs. Also I saw some worrying vision of Buddy in qtr time huddles last week, he seemed to be a million miles away. I remember thinking to myself that may explain some of his decision making. I'm hoping he is well in his mind.

Ever tried to play multiple weeks of footy with pain killers to an injured area? It takes a toll on the area. Might seem ok to start, but gets continually worse.
Long bow to draw on his metal state, and irrelevant to his decision making.