yeah, nah i'm not that much of a bogan. its either black jeans or black denim shorts to go with my richmond gear. leaning towards shorts.
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Changes v Lions qualifying final
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yeah, nah i'm not that much of a bogan. its either black jeans or black denim shorts to go with my richmond gear. leaning towards shorts.
Looks like Sarah Black on that website has used our PRE language on today's article re: Nanks and Soldo as Nando.
Royalties to Mr T and Rosy thanks.....
Anyway, I'll be looking forward to see these 2 ruck together.
Royalties to Mr T and Rosy thanks.....
Anyway, I'll be looking forward to see these 2 ruck together.
Yeah agree the matchups we had worked a treat but I suspect the pressure is now on the Lions to do something different. We back our systems in.
There is commentary on here and elsewhere that Cameron will roam further up the field at times but I actually expect him to plant himself as a deep full forward more often, engage Grimes in a one on one tussle off the ball with the aim of picking up a few cheapie frees which matches their off field umpire bashing campaign and also takes Grimes out of the game a little. They tried last game to open up space behind our defence but were unable to and I can’t see that changing much.
They will also put more effort into keeping their forward structures in place which is a bit easier if it is a typical final which is more one on one with less space given to either team.
I think the game will be won or lost at this end of the ground - they need to kick more goals to be in the game. For us, we are confident that our forwards will generate a similar number of opportunities week in to get us over that 80 pt mark regardless.
yeah but do these models include intangible factors such as finals experience? Its always a factor when most of your players are finals virgins. I reckon its a good 2 goal advantage to us. and what crowd factor for the home team? This game will be unique in terms of it being cancelled out by the tiger army. It will be much different compared to playing in Perth for example.
gabba playing dimensions almost identical to mcg,is a factor with our tradional playing the ground so well.
I'm assuming there will be one change to either side, with Nank coming in for Balta, and Christensen for Cox.
Finals experience:
Brisbane
23 Hodge
7 Neale, Cameron, Christensen
5 Robinson
3 Lyons, McCarthy
2 Rich (10 years ago)
0 McCluggage, Zorko, Berry, Martin, Witherden, Bailey, Andrews, Hipwood, Adams, Gardiner, Rayner, McStay, Answerth, McInerney
Richmond
11 Caddy
8 Vlastuin, Grimes, Martin, Riewoldt, Cotchin, Edwards, Houli
6 Lambert, Nankervis, Ellis
5 Prestia, Astbury, Graham, Broad, Castagna, Rioli
2 Short
0 Lynch, Baker, Bolton, Soldo
Finals experience:
Brisbane
23 Hodge
7 Neale, Cameron, Christensen
5 Robinson
3 Lyons, McCarthy
2 Rich (10 years ago)
0 McCluggage, Zorko, Berry, Martin, Witherden, Bailey, Andrews, Hipwood, Adams, Gardiner, Rayner, McStay, Answerth, McInerney
Richmond
11 Caddy
8 Vlastuin, Grimes, Martin, Riewoldt, Cotchin, Edwards, Houli
6 Lambert, Nankervis, Ellis
5 Prestia, Astbury, Graham, Broad, Castagna, Rioli
2 Short
0 Lynch, Baker, Bolton, Soldo
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Win: prelim final at the MCG.
Lose: semi final at the MCG.
We’ve effectively got a free swing this week.
We’ve Won our last 7 at the MCG and our last 8 at the Gabba.
Record streak for any visiting side. That's why they call it the "Gabbatoir".
Just got back onboard Majestic Princess in Singapore & surprise surprise the Foxtel AFL channel has come up on the TV monitor so it appears we will get the finals games in our cabins. Quite a lot of Tiger supporters onboard with a fanatic from Gippsland Lakes full on.
Hey Blokes here's some good ANALysis of the upcoming finals from Marc McGowan off the AFL website. I'm posting as it supports something I raised elsewhere. Stoppages are our weakness and Bear's strength. We need to tweak this.
LISTEN: The secret stats that will decide the week one finals
LISTEN: The secret stats that will decide the week one finals
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, Shai Bolton, Tom Lynch
Foll Toby Nankervis, Shane Edwards, Dustin Martin
I/C Jason Castagna, Liam Baker, Jack Graham, Ivan Soldo
Emg Daniel Butler, Jack Ross, Mabior Chol, Marlion Pickett
In: Toby Nankervis
Out: Noah Balta (omitted)
HB Bachar Houli, Nick Vlastuin, Jayden Short
C Josh Caddy, Dion Prestia, Brandon Ellis
HF Daniel Rioli, Trent Cotchin, Kane Lambert
F Jack Riewoldt, Shai Bolton, Tom Lynch
Foll Toby Nankervis, Shane Edwards, Dustin Martin
I/C Jason Castagna, Liam Baker, Jack Graham, Ivan Soldo
Emg Daniel Butler, Jack Ross, Mabior Chol, Marlion Pickett
In: Toby Nankervis
Out: Noah Balta (omitted)
Congratulations lynch soldo Baker & Bolton on your finals debut for this awesome club.
