Changes for round IX North

[Ralph Dawg]

Absolutely.What a waste of money he has been, injuries accepted.What is he on 600k ? Defender until he gets injured again. Can take a mark so should be able to punch and like a good defender cant kick straight for @@@@.

Rampe is such a penetrating kick and has good run and carry. We don't see it much because he's always taking the opposition's number 1 forward. With Maibaum and Grundy injured and the emergence of McCartain and Blakey, I think it makes sense to at least try Reid in defence. At very least he could get the ball to ground - I would back Rampe to win it at ground level too, he's as tough (and as stupid at times!) as nails.

[707]

Probably no change but KJ must be close to being dropped, giving us very little week after week, stats very similar to the game he didn't play :-)

[chuckie]

Rampe out for being stupid.
He is very lucky we didn't lose the game for what he did.
He has never been my favorite player but that was just a complete brain fade.

[sprite]

Rampe is such a penetrating kick and has good run and carry. We don't see it much because he's always taking the opposition's number 1 forward. With Maibaum and Grundy injured and the emergence of McCartain and Blakey, I think it makes sense to at least try Reid in defence. At very least he could get the ball to ground - I would back Rampe to win it at ground level too, he's as tough (and as stupid at times!) as nails.

Reid stays (providing he is fit) as he has been providing back up to Sinclair in the ruck and provides a reasonable contest. Allir had a run as ruck, which weakens the defence.

Buddy comes in for Jack and plays on a wing or high half forward, delivering the ball into McCartin, Blakey, Reid or Parker.

[AnnieH]

I'm going down so I'll be available to play.
I'll just wait for my phone call from Horse.
Allegedly, everyone else got one last week... I didn't.

[waswan]

Buddy Menzel for Jack and fox
Could see Clarke come in the play his old side

Menzel is fit has to play, dont waste games in Neafl and pushes Hayward up the ground

[Captain]

Reid to the backline.

In: Buddy
Out: Melican

[707]

Menzel not ready, only played 70 minutes on the weekend, has to have a minimum of one full NEAFL game before being considered. You can't take limited minute players into a senior game in case of an early game ending injury to a player.

[waswan]

i reckon Heeney rested

[Markwebbos]

i reckon Heeney rested

Maybe. Horse doesn't like to rest players, so they'd call him injured.

[Blood Fever]

i reckon Heeney rested

Agree with this. Love the club but a flaw we have is playing injured players. Maybe they've learnt their lesson with Buddy but clearly Hanneberry was not fit last year and Jack has often played injured. No need for heroics- just wait till a player is match fit. Also, Mills and McVeigh should not have played in 2016 GF. Irrational.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Reid to the backline.

In: Buddy
Out: Melican

Really ?? I thought melican played his best game for the year against the dons. Looked much closer to the 2017 version than he has in previous games. If he starts hitting his straps we’llbut a much better side for it. Would rather drop Reid to be honest


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[Markwebbos]

Buddy Menzel for Jack and fox
Could see Clarke come in the play his old side

Menzel is fit has to play, dont waste games in Neafl and pushes Hayward up the ground

I thought Menzel might sneak in too, but Horse said yesterday he needs more time in the NEAFL. Fox did a really good defensive job on Saad when we played the Bombers, so I think he stays.

Going to be an interesting selection as there are 3 players with possible injuries (Reid, KJ, Heeney), Buddy a question mark, not that many knocking down the door. And you'd think this would be a game we give ourselves a good chance to win.

I'm torn about KJ as he did seem to play better before his (non-concussion-causing) head knock.

IN: anyone but Clarke
OUT: one injured player

[waswan]

Or if they play Clarke let him get his own inside ball and stay on the ground for 90%
NEAFL is a fairway back but 47 and 40 are going to get hard to ignore
Good match up for Cunnington

Leave Jack out, we dont need him to play more than 15 games

[stevoswan]

Really ?? I thought melican played his best game for the year against the dons. Looked much closer to the 2017 version than he has in previous games. If he starts hitting his straps we’llbut a much better side for it. Would rather drop Reid to be honest

Agree. Harking back to his stellar 2017 form, Melican is a lock for the remainder of the season IMO. He was pretty good on Friday and is improving with every game.