Pre-Match: Pies v. Suns - All comments please

Donny · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:13 pm

Saturday.

Collingwood v. Gold Coast

Metricon. 4.35

Let's hear ya !!

regan is true fullback · Joined: 27 Dec 2002 Location: Granville. nsw

good chance for that elusive win and a chance to stave off the dreaded wooden spoon.

Skids · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:33 pm

Would love to see Kirby given a run. Bring in Brown & Daicos too.

Time to string some wins together.

Go Pies!

RudeBoy · Joined: 28 Nov 2005

I expect another loss now. Seems like the players gave up yesterday and they sense that Bucks is cactus.

Wills and Kirby must come in. I'd also bring in Keeffe.

In: Wills, Kirby, Keeffe

Out: Cox (never to return), Greenwood (susp.), Treloar (inj.)

swoop42 · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:48 pm

Need to maintain our bottom 4 position.

Rest Treloar and send him in for surgery if required, play the kids and trial players in different positions.

It's Thomas the Tank Time.

thompsoc · Joined: 21 Sep 2009

Don't care much.
I just want the revolution to start.

What'sinaname · Joined: 29 May 2010 Location: Living rent free

Happy to lose to the Suns. W haven't built a rivalry with them so there is no emotional attachment to the result.

So, would rather lose to (i) expedite the coach removal and (ii) ensure we get the best draft pick.

CarringbushCigar · Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Location: wherever I lay my beanie

Ablett, Arron Hall and Rischetelli likely inclusions ?

Mugwump · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne

mudlark · Joined: 19 Mar 2002 Location: Maroochydore Qld

You may be right about Cox, but I spent most of yesterday tearing my hair out at the fact that we would not sit him in the square and bomb it high to a point 20m out. Instead he lumbered about like a light tower upfield of CHF, watching the play go around him.[/quote]
That's all well and good, but what are we going to do for a ruckman when Grundy goes back to Adelaide???

CarringbushCigar · Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Location: wherever I lay my beanie

melliot · Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Location: Bendigo

It's pretty sad when winning isn't the first objective. Play the kids. Drop anyone who won't be part of our next push. Rest any injured stars and get surgery if required.

Start developing some good simple plans for the kids to follow.

bally12 · Joined: 30 Sep 2010

Pies match committee, it's time to play the kids.

INS:
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Kirby - simply must come in.
Wills - we've been getting killed in clearances in the last couple of weeks.
Aish - played well in the reserves. Give him some time in the guts, swapping from half-back.
Brown - smart player. Let him develop in the 1sts.
Daicos - time to debut the kid.
Ramsay - play him as a mid, in Treloar's role, and swap him with Aish at half-back.

OUTS:
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Cox - drops easy marks, and very soft for a 7ft'er. He's got some work to do over the preseason to gain power and strength.
Adams - his kicking is killing the team. Something needs to be done, instead of sweeping it under the carpet. Over to you coaches...earn your money for once.
Smith - badly out of form. Needs to find a yard of pace over pre-season.
Thomas - no hurt factor
Greenwood - tribunal will give him a couple of weeks for being a Pies player.
Treloar - injured

Game Notes:
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- Take the game on and take risks.
- JDG, Wills, Pendles at most centre clearances.
- Grundy vs Witts will be an interesting battle to see. Grundy needs to maximise his ground advantage and spread like a midfielder.
- What's not to like with a forward line of Daicos, Reid, Kirby, Elliott, Fas, WHE. We play to our strengths, meaning the ball comes in low and fast to the forwards. No slow, high balls.
- Don't care if we lose. Show something Pies. Throw some punches. Most Pies supporters just sat there against the Dopers just watching a team going through the motions...was a sad sight to see.

makri · Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Location: Clifton Hill

The Adams would be nice but not going to happen. Just like Shaw had Jason Wild Buckley's pet is Adams. Also combined with the fact that the brains trust down at Collingwood have probably got him in the top 4 of the Copeland at this stage.

MatthewBoydFanClub · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: Elwood

When people like Dave post Go Suns, you know that Buckley's position is no longer tenable even for another week. Our campaign for the 2017 flag ended when we lost to Essendon. The campaign for the 2018 flag begins this coming weekend and that's why Buckley's tenure as coach of the CFC needs to come to an abrupt end now for the sake of the CFC. Members like myself are asking whether we should commit for another year. Memberships aren't cheap but I'm willing to pay the price provided the CFC provides me with the assurance that they will do what is necessary to launch an assault on the 2018 flag. I'm assuming myself and the CFC are on the same page which is about winning premierships. If I'm mistaken in that belief and see no indication from the club that they want to change, then painful as it is, I will be reviewing my membership.