Rnd 14 vs Brisbane Lions at the GABBA, 5:50PM Friday 16 June

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  • caj23
    Senior Player
    • Aug 2003
    • 2462

    #31
    Originally posted by ugg
    Bit of a throwaway line in the article



    Franklin, Amartey, or McLean?
    My money is on Amartey, coming on as a sub after multiple weeks out with No VFL games is asking for trouble

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    • Vonsteinman
      Warming the Bench
      • Sep 2008
      • 366

      #32
      Gerard Healy just mentioned that Heeney might be the injury….

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      • Kafka's Ghost
        Regular in the Side
        • Sep 2017
        • 903

        #33
        Originally posted by Vonsteinman
        Gerard Healy just mentioned that Heeney might be the injury….
        Wouldn’t surprise. He’s been a shadow of himself this season; clearly not right, and probably only been playing because of the injuries elsewhere.


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        • liz
          Veteran
          Site Admin
          • Jan 2003
          • 16772

          #34
          Originally posted by Kafka's Ghost
          Wouldn’t surprise. He’s been a shadow of himself this season; clearly not right, and probably only been playing because of the injuries elsewhere.


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          It wouldn’t surprise to hear Heeney was injured. It would surprise me that Buller is considered the logical replacement for him.

          A forward line of Franklin, McLean, Amartey and Buller doesn’t strike me as the most mobile ever…

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          • Markwebbos
            Veterans List
            • Jul 2016
            • 7186

            #35
            Is it wrong to say I hope Buddy is the one to miss?

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            • Vonsteinman
              Warming the Bench
              • Sep 2008
              • 366

              #36
              Originally posted by Markwebbos
              Is it wrong to say I hope Buddy is the one to miss?
              There’s no right or wrong here, but I hope he’s able to play every game for the season. Jam a few more highlights into the bank.

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              • Jimitron5000
                Warming the Bench
                • Oct 2006
                • 455

                #37
                If it is Heeney, hopefully they give him sufficient time off to recuperate, not a token week. He hasn't been himself this year and I doubt whatever injury he has (assuming he has one) can be sorted in one week.

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                • ugg
                  Can you feel it?
                  Site Admin
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 15970

                  #38
                  Heeney is also out but the key forward is Buddy

                  Those two plus Clarke are out. Parker and Buller in with Amartey coming into the starting 22

                  Arnold McAndrew Warner Stephens the emergencies
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                  • waswan
                    Senior Player
                    • Oct 2015
                    • 2047

                    #39
                    Nothing surer than Longmire describing a new player as a competitor

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                    • Roadrunner
                      Senior Player
                      • Jan 2018
                      • 1480

                      #40
                      Originally posted by ugg
                      Heeney is also out but the key forward is Buddy

                      Those two plus Clarke are out. Parker and Buller in with Amartey coming into the starting 22

                      Arnold McAndrew Warner Stephens the emergencies
                      Happy with the changes- may as well throw young Buller in now rather than later. Heeney needs a good rest as does Bud. Dyl or Corey as sub, but it would be amazing if young Arnold were to get the job!

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                      • 707
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                        • Aug 2009
                        • 6204

                        #41
                        May as well give Buller a taste of senior speed, pressure and the best defenders and just see how he goes. Ran out of puff in the ressies but won't have to spend as much time on ground tomorrow night.

                        Lose tomorrow and we're definitely gone so need to make use of the rest of the season like it's a prelude to 2024. Soon be time to put players out for "off season" surgeries early, try the most promising of the young players like Arnold if he shows well at ressie level, try players in other positions, like Stephens at CB's

                        When do the ressies play?

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                        • liz
                          Veteran
                          Site Admin
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 16772

                          #42
                          Originally posted by 707

                          When do the ressies play?
                          Saturday morning. Top of the table vs very-nearly-bottom-of-the table.

                          Without our "new found structure" up forward, likely to be a smashing.

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                          • wolftone57
                            Veterans List
                            • Aug 2008
                            • 5857

                            #43
                            Originally posted by Roadrunner
                            You’re spot on there Wolfie! It’s a bit ironic that it was reported that the team commenced preseason training concentrating on skills! We certainly haven’t seen much of that this year: field kicking missing targets, handballs to teammates under the hammer, dropping marks and diabolical kicking for goal. Otherwise not too shabby………

                            Re: Wicks. Yes, he had a good season. Mind you, I didn’t rate him even then, but people said he had a role to play so I will go along with that. But since then he has been a passenger at best and a liability at worst.
                            We simply need better if we are to make top 4 regularly and give ourselves a chance for a flag. There are 6 forwards and they need to score better than shown in your post, and to do that they need a thing called TALENT. Unfortunately Wicks (and Clarke) don’t show enough of this with any consistency.

                            I think one of the problems is relying too much on a 36 yo fading star. Even though he is probably one of the greatest players to play the game he is now past his best by date. To go to him on average 52%of the time is astounding and a waste of good footy.

                            If we are to score our forward line needs to be diverse to be dangerous. We need to also have a synergy between mids and forwards, which has been truly missing since Joel and Logan got injured. The last time they played together they kicked 9 between them. We kicked over 100 points and looked truly dangerous. Even with players back and talls back we do not look dangerous because we spray the ball all over the park.

                            I don't know what they did in those skills sessions, maybe sat around and discussed the science of skills? But for all the good it has done they should have spent it getting fit. Our game plan relies on high fitness levels and we just don't have that. So players get run down or the next player in the chain is just not there because he ran out of gas. Solution please? Increased Fitness programs might help?

                            As for this match, I think the ins are good. It is good that players who have been ill or carrying injury are out. Buller might just straighten us up like Amartey does.? I hope the young guy has a great debut

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                            Last edited by wolftone57; 15 June 2023, 07:35 PM.

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                            • wolftone57
                              Veterans List
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 5857

                              #44
                              Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
                              Daniel Rich and Jack Gunston stand down indefinitely (sen.com.au)
                              The players approached the Brisbane coach and felt they were not playing well enough to warrant selection. They will be training with the side but not playing competitive football.
                              At least they did the right thing by the team.

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                              • wolftone57
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                                • Aug 2008
                                • 5857

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Markwebbos
                                Is it wrong to say I hope Buddy is the one to miss?
                                No. He has not exactly been lighting up the place.

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