Pre match. Pies v. Dees - All comments please

[Mossi]

[mackasmatt]

You just dont win games on the back of 5 changes.

[Donny]

Saturday.

Collingwood v. Melbourne

MCG. 2.10

Let's hear ya !!

[DT]

[yin-YANG]

Clearly Pies need a confidence boosting win…

Reid needs another week. If Reid does come back Witts will need to be dropped. His form is poor.

Adams comes back in and takes the spot of Oxley who needs a rest. The young guys - De Goey, Maynard and Moore all showed some good form and should keep their spots.

BK was poor as was Faz and White and our fwd line generally however stick with em and give the young guys a crack. Give BK a few more weeks but eventually we need to look at a few others.

Tooves/Goldsack need a good game otherwise we should be looking at Marsh, however.… *If the weather is wet and conditions slippery bring in Marsh for Witts and play Goldy up forward.

OUT: Oxley, Blair, *Witts
IN Adams, Seedsman, *Marsh

[Lazza]

[Mountains Magpie]

[SwansWay]

Many of us keep saying that there isn't room for two ruckmen in our side. We bemoaned the folly decision to play Witts and Grundy against Port in wet conditions. He could turn out to be a great player but right now he can't execute much around the ground. I'm tired of the ball slipping through his hands. We can forgive mistakes but if it's a regular occurrence then he needs to go back and work on it until he improves.

Kennedy is starting to reveal why it is that he's been getting overlooked at selection. So much potential but terrible disposal.

Blair had no impact and his spot might be in danger. I know he's a favourite of Bucks.

Oxley needs a rest.

Maynard should have been dropped after the West Coast game.

Making five changes isn't a great idea but we want to win games of football and we really can't afford to have that many of our players make so many basic skill errors. We're playing great football which is why these losses have been hard to swallow. I haven't seen Hawthorn dominated by any other side around the ground as they were against us that night. As a reward for all our great footy we find ourselves outside the eight. I'm thinking we have to win every game from here to make the finals.

If we were to get there, I think this year is the kind of year where a team outside the top four could be a threat. I'm thinking back to 2007. First we'd need to make it of course but we're just the kind of team that could hit our straps come finals.

[Pies4shaw]

Nah - if we win every game, we finish 6th. If we win 4, we make the finals.

[RudeBoy]

I was a bit harsh on Oxley, but I think he definitely needs a rest to freshen up. Blair, however, has run his race imo. Furthermore, Witts should be dropped to the VFL for a couple of weeks to allow us to play Grundy as the sole ruckman. While Kennedy failed to impress on the weekend, the kid deserves another week or two to find some form. Seedsman can do with another week in the VFL as penance for his sins. Hopefully, he finally wakes up to himself and soon returns to consistent good footy.

So for mine, it's 3 changes.

In: Adams, Marsh, Dwyer

Out: Oxley, Blair, Witts

[Dave The Man]

This is a Chance to Kick-Start the Season hopefully with a Win.

Though I say we are no Certainties to win

[Leggie]

[didick]

[SwansWay]

Hear hear!

[The Life of Pie]