Pre Match. Pies v. Cats - All comments please.

[Damien]

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

Pendles has amazing recuperative powers so he'll be right. I would have preferred a bit more height on the backline but otherwise it's a good side which gives us the best possible chance of knocking off Geelong. Blair and Crocker have nothing to be ashamed of for being dropped. They both did their job last week.

[Damien]

Plenty on here reckon Blair has been better than Mayne. It’s a tough one but I’m really confident that our selection committee are doing a good job in the match ups, determining who are the best 22 from week to week. Still woulda liked to see Faz in there though. Hope he comes out in the VFL and has a blinder and continues to smash the door down.

[swoop42]

One of Crocker or Mayne had to be omitted.

Was surprised they both played last week tbh.

Would have much preferred Fasolo in also at the expense of Mayne.

People say Blair is playing okay and that might be true but if you cast your mind back to 2010 the likes of O'Bree and Lockyer were going alright also but they just didn't feel all the damaging with the ball in hand.

Enter Blair who just felt more dynamic and impactful with his disposals.

Fast forward to now and that's the way I see it when comparing the likes of Blair to in this instance young Brown and potentially the likes of Daicos or Sier also.

We just have better options available and they should be used.

[AN_Inkling]

Our biggest concern this week is our rebound from defence. It's been dropping off with the loss of Maynard, Aish and Langdon. Appleby gives us little here.

Adams is usually a hindrance to this as well, need to see him either playing a strong contested ball and clearance game or spreading more than we've ever seen from him.

Brown does help, but adding Langdon, Maynard and Greenwood would help more.

Fatigue has also had a part to play, so hopefully that's behind us.

[Magpietothemax]

Agree with the observation made by Inkling that we are lacking in rebound power now from defence due to the absence of Langdon and Maynard. Both these players are guns, in opposition to the negativity of some here displayed to these two guys. Whatever errors they inevitably make under extreme pressure, their rebound energy is massive, and is precisely what we have been lacking against Brisbane and also against Richmond. Maynard is a bull, and Langdon's deceptively slow and graceful interception and anticipation is really a massive loss.
I don't agree with our selections for this game. While i understand the rather rigid "logic" that has underpinned them ( Brown is a like for like swap for Blair, and Wells comes in to bolster the midfield, while Crocker has been somewhat ordinary of late), i don't agree with the decision to keep Mayne and get rid of Blair. I would have kept Blair, because I thought he impacted the game more than Mayne last week, and I would have replaced Mayne with Faz.
I think we should have played Faz, because with Wells playing, and his precision delivery, Faz could perhaps bring an X factor and chaos element into our forward set up. Faz reminds me of a Menzel. We are glad Menzel is out. Geelong supporters might well be happy that Faz has once again been overlooked.

[Damien]

[Magpietothemax]

Just tuned into the game Swans vs Hawthorn and saw that Ben Rourke, (who??) kicked 7 goals.
WTF,
The game has totally changed, and we need to get our heads around this. the old algorthms are now obsolete. It is not simply the qualities of any individual player.
It is what any individual player can bring to the team combination.
It is, whatever individual attributes of strength any player has, how can these enhance the team structure?
That is why it is no longer just "consistent stars", who just keep starring game after game, now it is role players, who slot in with just the necessary attributes. to win the game.
It means that team selection becomes absolutely critical

[Raw Hammer]

Ronke. 7.0

What the actual F?

[qldmagpie67]

[Magpietothemax]

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