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Changes for Semi

A look back at round 4 teams v Saints where we lost by 26 points:

Nank and Marshall went head to head and both were good, Nank 118 AF points and Marshall 89.

A lot of our players had howlers:
Stack who will be replaced for example only had 27 fantasy points and i think turned over several goals that day.
*Highlighted are the players in that side that were not in our side against Brisbane on the weekend.

Butler, Steele, Membrey, Lonie, Billings, Long, Battle where the Saints best

Butler and Membrey kicked 3, Marshall 2 and their late in for managed Ryder, (Dean Kent kicked 2 o_O ).

Saints
FB [33] Ben Paton,[44] Callum Wilkie,[2] Jake Carlisle
HB [21] Ben Long,[20] Dougal Howard,[11] Hunter Clark
C [8] Bradley Hill,[6] Sebastian Ross,[15] Jack Billings
HF[16] Dan Butler,[12] Max King,[4] Jade Gresham
FF[25] Dean Kent,[28] Tim Membrey,[43] Jonathon Marsh
FOLL[19] Rowan Marshall,[9] Jack Steele,[3] Zak Jones

IC[1] Nick Coffield,[10] Dan Hannebery,[13] Jack Lonie,[26] Josh Battle

Richmond

FB[1] Nick Vlastuin,[2] Dylan Grimes,[12] David Astbury
HB[7] Liam Baker,[44] Sydney Stack,[14] Bachar Houli
C[33] Kamdyn McIntosh,[3] Dion Prestia,[22] Josh Caddy
HF[13] Jack Higgins,[10] Shane Edwards,[11] Jason Castagna
FF[4] Dustin Martin,[19] Tom J. Lynch,[8] Jack Riewoldt
FOL[25] Toby Nankervis,[9] Trent Cotchin,[23] Kane Lambert

IC
[5] Jack Ross,[15] Jayden Short,[29] Shai Bolton,[35] Nathan Broad

Omitted from our lineup that day were:

Daniel Rioli (Omitted),Ivan Soldo (Omitted),Jack Graham (Omitted),Marlion Pickett (Omitted)
So assuming we replace Chol with Lynch changes from that team to this week would look like:
Out
Stack, Higgins, Ross, Broad, Caddy
In
Balta, Rioli, Graham, Pickett, Aarts

Bit more confident with Balta at CHB than Stack!
 
I suspect it will be Lynch for Chol and Caddy for Aarts assuming Caddy is fit.

Would be good to somehow fit Broad in as we need some sort of back up ruck.

However, given Chol did more ruck work in the last quarter from memory, it wouldn't overly surprise me if he stays in but only as back up ruck and maybe some other role when not helping out Nank. Rucks these days seem to be undersized unless they are at least 198cm or so, we are short of decent rucks without Soldo. Still, how many teams wouldn't be short with one main ruck (Soldo) out and a backup (CCJ) also unavailable?

DS

I thought Balta needed to be CHF against Brisbane and our 3 backs broad grimes Astbury.
 
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Just got my tickets.

I'm a big in. Havent seen us lose a game since 2016!
Yes, I blame you for last week!

On selection......absolute NO to Chol no matter what.

Lynch, Caddy and either Broad or Markov. Ross unlucky still.
Interesting with Balta and DTLD...but Saints have two tall forwards so both stay in defence I guess. If so Broad will miss again.
Does slow our side with Caddy but to be honest the small s are not giving much with teams now altering their setup against us.
Arts out for Caddy. If Picklett out then a problem. Saints wingers are very fast..maybe Markov but lose Picketts hard defence.
 
In Lynch, Caddy, Markov

Out Chol, Aarts, Pickett

Think we need Markov’s pace and line breaking. Pickett’s disposal is not up to scratch and Markov is an upgrade on that
 
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PS..Nank can cover Marshall all night with the odd chop out.
No need for a second ruck in this game.
 
Out: Chol, Pickett.
In: Lynch, Caddy.

I wouldn't necessarily say Pickett deserves to be dropped, but I think we need Caddy's bigger body and cooler head.

Just got my tickets.

I'm a big in. Havent seen us lose a game since 2016!

out of curiosity, how are they selling tix? 1 per membership? 2 per membership? Is it true the capacity will be 16,000? We should be able to outnumber them 3 to 1 at least.
 
Carlisle officially out. Not sure what else they've got to bring in. Battle comes in, Roberton?

Nathan Brown retired a couple of months ago after not playing a game this year. Might've been a handy replacement for Carlisle and allowed them to keep their structure.

Think Battle is touch and go.
 
Out: Chol, Pickett.
In: Lynch, Caddy.

I wouldn't necessarily say Pickett deserves to be dropped, but I think we need Caddy's bigger body and cooler head.

And marking ,

was a weakness against the lions .

Lynch and Caddy in makes us much stronger in the air
 
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So assuming we replace Chol with Lynch changes from that team to this week would look like:
Out
Stack, Higgins, Ross, Broad, Caddy
In
Balta, Rioli, Graham, Pickett, Aarts

Bit more confident with Balta at CHB than Stack!

Yep but Aarts may be vulnerable IMO.
 
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Tigers 2019 GF lineup
B David Astbury, Nathan Broad, Dylan Grimes
HB Bachar Houli, Nick Vlastuin, Jayden Short
C Josh Caddy, Dion Prestia, Brandon Ellis
HF Daniel Rioli, Trent Cotchin, Kane Lambert
F Jack Riewoldt, Jason Castagna, Tom Lynch
Foll Toby Nankervis, Shane Edwards, Dustin Martin
I/C Shai Bolton, Liam Baker, Marlion Pickett, Ivan Soldo

Those highlighted did not play against Brisbane. See who replaced them...
Balta replaced Broad,
McIntosh replaced Caddy,
Graham replaced Ellis,
Chol replaced Lynch
Aarts replaced Soldo! No good, we were down one tall c/w our GF team, too many smalls.

How about this Semi Final team v Saints...
B David Astbury, Dylan Grimes, Noah Balta
HB Bachar Houli, Nick Vlastuin, Jayden Short
C Josh Caddy, Dion Prestia, Kam McIntosh
HF Daniel Rioli, Trent Cotchin, Kane Lambert
F Jack Riewoldt, Jason Castagna, Tom Lynch
Foll Toby Nankervis, Shane Edwards, Dustin Martin
I/C Shai Bolton, Liam Baker, Nathan Broad, Jack Graham

Out: Pickett, Aarts, Chol
In: Caddy, Broad, Lynch. Can't find a spot for Markov, pity.
These changes give us more height and experience. Houli, Prestia, + few others need to find some of their pace and acceleration.
Broad (192cm) 2nd ruck chop out for Nank or interchange for back 6 rotations. Remember Grigg was 190cm.
Lynch to do ruck duties in fwd 50. Gee we miss Soldo!
 
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Perfect changes. The only other one I’d seriously consider is dropping Dave Ashbury for Markov. More pace