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Changes vs Sydney Swans
- Thread starter Smoking Aces
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I mute a fair few during the match day threads, so I reckon Qtr time is about right for the Brightsiders to pull the dud delist line
Proud of you boys, bring your best games always and play for the team. Long careers with honours.
Mini's cut to the chase style. Looks like Steely Green's waiting too. Tiger brothers.
Reckon they will give him a week on the track before bringing him back. But could be wrong
Whilst excited by these debuts I also wonder if privately the club has recognised there will be no premiership this year so future planning becomes the priority. The news on Lynch this week would have amplified what was already a highly unlikely scenario. They’d never say never but the priority shifts.
Hard to say until you see the outs but Banks or Brown were the likely replacements for Short.
In Banks, Bauer, Martin and Prestia.
Out Cotchin Riewoldt managed,
Short injured, Graham and Ralphsmith (sub).
B Young (Buddy) Grimes (Heeney) Vlastuin
HB Baker Broad Rioli (Papley)
C McIntosh Martin Banks*
HF Hopper Miller Cumberland
F Clarke Balta Bauer*
R Nankervis Taranto Bolton
I/C Pickett Prestia Ross and Ryan.
Sub Cotchin.
Out Cotchin Riewoldt managed,
Short injured, Graham and Ralphsmith (sub).
B Young (Buddy) Grimes (Heeney) Vlastuin
HB Baker Broad Rioli (Papley)
C McIntosh Martin Banks*
HF Hopper Miller Cumberland
F Clarke Balta Bauer*
R Nankervis Taranto Bolton
I/C Pickett Prestia Ross and Ryan.
Sub Cotchin.
Nah, as WT said, i reckon Banks is just next in line for a spot across half back. Ralphsmith is probably the only other option, but i dont think playing Banks over Ralphsmith is a sign we are giving in.
Likewise Bauer up front (assuming that is where he will play) couldnt possibly make as any worse than either of Ryan or Miller at this point.
Feels a bit this way, reckon we,ll see a few more debutants and a younger team for the rest of 2023.
jack has kicked 5 goals from 8 of last 9 games
no goals in 5 of them
jacks 3 qtr pace ball demanding leads are telegraphed & allow oppo talls time to multi spoil.
team mates seem unsure of roles, timing of leads ...almost afraid to offend
time to coach fwd line off field jack
You can make any stats look like that. I could say that Ben Miller has only kicked goals in 1 game if you ignore the St Kilda game.
Let me ask you a different question. If Jack isn't playing, who takes the best defender, and therefore who else will kick goals for us? We have relied on midfield recently as we haven't had our forward setups right.
I'm not saying that Jack doesn't appear to have some burnout (the bye came at the right time for him, just the problem was we were so poor on Thursday that he didn't stand a chance), but who else do we have that will be able to kick multiple goals.
Bauer we need to be on a weaker defender (surely you don't want to give him their best defender?), Miller (has kicked goals in 2 of 9 games this year)? Ryan? (not strong enough yet).
The facts are that we don't have a lot of options and Jack is still the best that we have to play that role, and we need to acknowledge that he won't kick as many goals. He was expected to play as a 2nd or even a 3rd forward this year, with Lynch's injury he is having to play a role that he maybe isn't well suited to play, but he is our best option at that role right now.
