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03-14-2019, 02:25 AM
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Even with reduced availability SpecialK still should have been AA 2 or 3 times over the last decade!
The fact AA voting is often dominated by some blokes who wouldn't vote for a Carlton player to even save their mothers life is the main problem! I believe a similar accusation was put to Darcy and Ling a season or two back which was followed by a moment of uncomfortable silence then a quick and spirited defensive burial! I thought this was the second worst thing I've heard in recent years, just marginally less offensive than Watson Snr begging the media to identify a concerned mother so "The Club can put her mind at ease!" aka "The Mother Hunting" incident!
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(03-14-2019, 02:06 AM)JonHenry link Wrote:Or do a Clark Keating and just play half a year
Or maybe our new found terrier will finally get Kreuz back on the park consistently?
The bloke's only (soon to be) 30 and has spent a fair amount of time on the sidelines...his body should be pretty fresh.....let's not forget Harry M. played until he was 35 and he wasn't half the athlete that Matty K is....
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(03-14-2019, 02:36 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Or maybe our new found terrier will finally get Kreuz back on the park consistently?
The bloke's only (soon to be) 30 and has spent a fair amount of time on the sidelines...his body should be pretty fresh.....let's not forget Harry M. played until he was 35 and he wasn't half the athlete that Matty K is....
Yes, and with the latest medical technology careers are being extended provided the mind is strong enough the body can be repaired. I suspect it might not be that far off before we see a 40 year old AFL player.
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(03-14-2019, 04:50 AM)LP link Wrote:Yes, and with the latest medical technology careers are being extended provided the mind is strong enough the body can be repaired. I suspect it might not be that far off before we see a 40 year old AFL player.
Indeed, look at tennis, basketball, American football....
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(03-14-2019, 04:50 AM)LP link Wrote:Yes, and with the latest medical technology careers are being extended provided the mind is strong enough the body can be repaired. I suspect it might not be that far off before we see a 40 year old AFL player.
Harry Madden played 330 odd games across his career.
Kreuzer is about 150 games short of that.
I hope the Terrier is good at pulling off miracles. I think we should massage Kreuzer along for a couple of years getting him fit without running him into the ground, and unleash him for a finals series if we manage to make one.
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(03-14-2019, 05:50 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Tigers by 6 goals.
I reckon 3 goals. Keep with them all game and they pull away late.
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(03-14-2019, 06:02 AM)jeza link Wrote:I reckon 3 goals. Keep with them all game and they pull away late.
I'd be happy if it panned out like that. As far as honourable losses go, that's pretty respectable.
Tigers had a terrific H/A season last year, and will be smarting after their PF loss. Just too experienced, too well drilled and too hungry for us at the moment. Plus I don't see too much wrong in their off season. Even their injuries will not be enough to give us the edge.
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I think we can beat Richmond, they are injury hit but probably feel they can take us without much effort....their JLT form was based on comebacks led by their star players.
Midfield control is where it is at and we can no longer let players like Martin run past tackles etc and play schoolboy footy vs this mob, there has to be a line in the sand where the intimidation ends, you can have all the skill in the world but in the past we have folded up very meekly when the tigers have flexed some muscle ie Martin, Caddy, Rance etc and that needs to end next Thursday.
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B: Lachie Plowman, Jacob Weitering, Nic Newman
HB: Kade Simpson, Liam Jones, Dale Thomas
C: Marc Murphy, Patrick Cripps, Sam Walsh
HF: Paddy Dow, Charlie Curnow, David Cuningham
F: Mitch McGovern, Harry McKay, Alex Fasolo
FOLL: Andrew Phillips, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Zac Fisher
I/C: Michael Gibbons, Ed Curnow, Jarrod Garlett, Will Setterfield
EMERG: Jack Silvagni, Lochie O'Brien, Matthew Kennedy, Cam Polson
NEW: Mitch McGovern, Sam Walsh, Nic Newman, Alex Fasolo, Will Setterfield, Michael Gibbons
UNAVAILABLE: Matthew Kreuzer (knee), Sam Docherty (knee), Darcy Lang (foot), Caleb Marchbank (back), Harrison Macreadie (back), Tom Williamson (back), Jarrod Pickett (knee)
NOTES: It appears likely Andrew Phillips holds his spot in the ruck due to a combination of his impressive JLT form and Matthew Kreuzer's injury-interrupted summer. Alex Fasolo is tracking well to be fit, with Polson or Silvagni a chance to take his spot should he not be given the all-clear. Matthew Kennedy should be fit following a shoulder injury, but is unlikely to make the side after failing to feature in any JLT games. Sam Walsh has clearly done enough to earn a debut, while new recruits Michael Gibbons and Will Setterfield work their way into the team based on solid JLT form. Jarrod Garlett narrowly edges Lochie O'Brien for a place on the bench to provide some dash from half-back. - Riley Beveridge.
PRETTY HARD TO ARGUE WITH THAT LINEUP AS SUGGESTED ON AFL SITE. PROBABLY THE ONLY CHANGE I WOULD MAKE IS SILVAGNI IN FOR GARLETT...INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT OTHERS THINK.
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