Rd 5 vs West Coast @ Optus - Pre-Game Thread

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  • AB Swannie
    Senior Player
    • Mar 2017
    • 1579

    #46
    Originally posted by Nico
    I still maintain that Heeney is far better value as a forward. His ground ball gets and snaps are elite. He causes chaos to defences.
    I really like his current hybrid role. Very difficult to match up on when he roams between midfield and forward. 20+ possessions and 2 goals per game will do me.

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    • Ruck'n'Roll
      Ego alta, ergo ictus
      • Nov 2003
      • 3990

      #47
      Originally posted by AB Swannie
      I really like his current hybrid role. Very difficult to match up on when he roams between midfield and forward. 20+ possessions and 2 goals per game will do me.
      +1

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      • Aprilbr
        Senior Player
        • Oct 2016
        • 1803

        #48
        Originally posted by AB Swannie
        I really like his current hybrid role. Very difficult to match up on when he roams between midfield and forward. 20+ possessions and 2 goals per game will do me.
        Agreed. He is vital to us up forward. We need two of him. One in the midfield and one up forward! Cloning anyone?

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        • ugg
          Can you feel it?
          Site Admin
          • Jan 2003
          • 15976

          #49
          Big out for them

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          • liz
            Veteran
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 16786

            #50
            Ouch! (For them).

            That makes a huge difference.

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            • i'm-uninformed2
              Reefer Madness
              • Oct 2003
              • 4653

              #51
              Mammoth.

              I've watched a couple of their games this year. He has been back to his best (and better), reading the play like nothing, and plucking everything out of the air. They would have lost a couple of their earlier games by four or five goals more without him.
              'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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              • Maltopia
                Senior Player
                • Apr 2016
                • 1556

                #52
                I know we won the first few games without Franklin last year, but that was when we caught other teams by surprise with our game style and ball movement (plus excellent execution). And we had Kennedy in the guts last year instead of trying to fit him somewhere where he has been less effective.

                Was worried about this game with McGovern and Barrass vs Logan and Almartey/McLean with Hickey and Papley out as well.

                Am more hopeful of a good start to the Easter long weekend now!

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                • 707
                  Veterans List
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 6204

                  #53
                  McGovern out - does that mean we can again now bomb it into the forward 50?

                  On a serious note, that's a handy out

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                  • SeanM
                    Warming the Bench
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 304

                    #54
                    INS: Logan McDonald, Ben Ronke
                    OUTS: Lance Franklin (injured), Josh Kennedy (managed)

                    Emergencies: Josh Kennedy, Joel Amartey, Matt Roberts, Dylan Stephens

                    Team: Two changes to face West Coast

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                    • liz
                      Veteran
                      Site Admin
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 16786

                      #55
                      So Ronke and Bell. Fair enough I guess, in the absence of both Papley and Wicks.

                      It will be interesting to see if the team looks more naturally structured without the "managed" Kennedy.

                      I suspect Stephens will be the medi-sub, though they might sit Kennedy on the bench. If they want to rest him I'd have thought not cramping him on a long flight across the country would be the better bet. Amartey will probably also travel as an emergency. That's working on the assumption that Roberts won't debut as a sub.

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                      • 707
                        Veterans List
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 6204

                        #56
                        Want a bit more speed for the stadium in Perth, probably why Kennedy is being "managed".

                        Doubt they'll fly Kennedy to Perth and back, surely the speedy Stephens will be the medi-sub, Amartey flies as the tall insurance.

                        Edit: they might all go, in case of late breaking Covid cases - yikes!
                        Last edited by 707; 14 April 2022, 06:37 PM.

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                        • TheBloods
                          Suspended by the MRP
                          • Feb 2020
                          • 2047

                          #57
                          Stephens should ve left last yr

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                          • Roadrunner
                            Senior Player
                            • Jan 2018
                            • 1481

                            #58
                            Originally posted by TheBloods
                            Stephens should ve left last yr
                            He has improved from last year but not doing quite enough. A few weeks in the twos will help his confidence and he will be back soon and all the better for it. It just takes a bit of time, TB- let’s wait a little shall we?

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                            • Ludwig
                              Veterans List
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 9359

                              #59
                              Originally posted by 707

                              Doubt they'll fly Kennedy to Perth and back
                              What?

                              Do you think they'll just leave him there?

                              I know he hasn't been playing well, but that would be cruel.

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                              • Nico
                                Veterans List
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 11342

                                #60
                                Does "managed" really mean, omitted? He isn't injured and he didn't look tired or jaded to me.
                                http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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