Next week

[james rose]

If at a minimum Goddard comes in next week

who goes out?

it's very difficult

maybe gilbert?

then you have the added issue of;

Goose- still think he'll be a couple weeks off

Jones- missed his fwd pressure at times

Gardiner- allows mobile target without becoming top heavy

Armo- Showed form when played

and someone everyone has forgotten when mentioning how hard it is to pick our team...

after rnd 6 Baker.


I personally want 2 of Goddard, Jones and Gardiner back in the team

and 2 of

Gilbert, Fisher, Raph (hopefully not him), Blake (again hope not)

I expect to be the unlucky ones to make way.

[LaUrEnCe]

are we assuming Geary whos been very impressive is safe?

[mad saint guy]

I hate to say it but of that group I think Geary would be the first to go.

[james rose]

why Geary?

too outside?

18 touches 4 contested no clangers.. or is it just the others impress more...

[linz]

Isn't it great to have these selection problems?

[Oh When the Saints]

We desperately need the pace and run in our side.

BJ isn't the most pacy or agile player, so IMO we can't drop a runner for him.


Koschitzke, Raph, Fiora, Blake and Gilbert are all in line to be dropped.

[Huzzad]

My guess would be Geary, Raph and Blake. Maybe Gilbert, been dissapointing so far. Would also like to see C Gard, Jones and Goddard back in ASAP. Geary has been pretty good I admit, but I think the above players have earned their spot. Geary is young and we can afford to cut him and let him develop in the seconds. I'm sure he will come into our 22 with the retirements we will inevitably have over the next 2 years.

[Iceman234]

Heard a conversation tonight with BJ - said if all goes well he WILL be back next week.

Very good news.

[james rose]

so what about

jones and goddard in

gilbert and geary out?


jones a bit more pace and a bit more inside than geary

goddard to add more skill to the gilbert roll..

like both gilbert and geary.. but think the rest could do them some good anyway, allow them to focus on improving their game with less pressure and have them coming into the team with injuries or just putting pressure on those in the team.

[Pwoit]

We will need a bit more pace next week Bullies have good run and Jones and CGard will give a bit more for us. C Gard will free Roo up. Jones will be needed to add forward pressure.
Dunno who to drop hard decisions ahead.

[Ralphy]

so what about

jones and goddard in

gilbert and geary out?


jones a bit more pace and a bit more inside than geary

goddard to add more skill to the gilbert roll..

like both gilbert and geary.. but think the rest could do them some good anyway, allow them to focus on improving their game with less pressure and have them coming into the team with injuries or just putting pressure on those in the team.

what about
jones & goddard & Gardiner in

OUT:
RAPH CLARKE he is useless.
gilbert Needs a rest,

[LENNY LEADS THE WAY]

so what about

jones and goddard in

gilbert and geary out?


jones a bit more pace and a bit more inside than geary

goddard to add more skill to the gilbert roll..

like both gilbert and geary.. but think the rest could do them some good anyway, allow them to focus on improving their game with less pressure and have them coming into the team with injuries or just putting pressure on those in the team.

what about
jones & goddard & Gardiner in

OUT:
RAPH CLARKE he is useless.
gilbert Needs a rest,

That's 3 in and 2 out MATE and Raph is better then u ever will be

[The_Dud]

in Goddard

out Raph

purely because he is worse than Gilbert, Blake, Geary and Fiora when he gets the ball

[Huzzad]

so what about

jones and goddard in

gilbert and geary out?


jones a bit more pace and a bit more inside than geary

goddard to add more skill to the gilbert roll..

like both gilbert and geary.. but think the rest could do them some good anyway, allow them to focus on improving their game with less pressure and have them coming into the team with injuries or just putting pressure on those in the team.

what about
jones & goddard & Gardiner in

OUT:
RAPH CLARKE he is useless.
gilbert Needs a rest,

Raph is better then u ever will be

No need to state the obvious. I do not think Ralphy claimed to be a better player than Raph, he seems to think that Jones, Goddard and Gardiner are though.

[widereceiver]

Jones cannot dispose of the ball properly. Very brave last week.

Leave Blake alone FFS

[Ralphy]

so what about

jones and goddard in

gilbert and geary out?


jones a bit more pace and a bit more inside than geary

goddard to add more skill to the gilbert roll..

like both gilbert and geary.. but think the rest could do them some good anyway, allow them to focus on improving their game with less pressure and have them coming into the team with injuries or just putting pressure on those in the team.

what about
jones & goddard & Gardiner in

OUT:
RAPH CLARKE he is useless.
gilbert Needs a rest,

Raph is better then u ever will be

No need to state the obvious. I do not think Ralphy claimed to be a better player than Raph, he seems to think that Jones, Goddard and Gardiner are though.

actually ...im a s*** kick lol, cant play, never tried, not allowed,

but still i am entitled to my opinion arent i and dont deserve to be put down aye, raph is a s*** player i am 2 IM NOT A PLAYER,

but i was at the game tonight he was to focast on the player and not the ball he wasnt watching the ball he could have marked it and he chose to punch it insted which resulted in a goal to carlton on several occasions,

[Ralphy]

Jones cannot dispose of the ball properly. Very brave last week.

Leave Blake alone FFS

Theres Nothing Wrong with blake

[widereceiver]

Blake gets absolutely the most out of his ability. You can't say that about everyone else in the side tonight.

[bigcarl]

in goddard. out fiora or geary.

[Ralphy]

in goddard. out fiora or geary.

neither of them deserve to go out

Raph does though

[benengel14]

Brilliant Point:

Blake gets absolutely the most out of his ability. You can't say that about everyone else in the side tonight.

Agree 100%, that's exactly why he gets the amount of games he does. Hopefully RL does everything he can to keep him in the team for exactly that reason.

Has anyone seen Raph enthusiastically command/call for the ball? I think he dreads the pressure situations where it might be a tough contest. He doesn't look to be enjoying the game, and seems to be relieved when he manages to dispose of the ball without costing the team too much.

This is all from a spectator's point of view, anyone else agree with this impression?

[bigcarl]

in goddard. out fiora or geary.

neither of them deserve to go out

Raph does though

i thought raph was very good tonight

[MasonCJ2]

Methinks that is why Raph has struggled the past couple of years (aside from the injuries). He honestly looks terrible at times, but really smacks of someone who is down on confidence. Somehow, I'm still confident that by years end he will be a very different player than he is now. He has quite a deal of upside to his game, but nevertheless it's a nice dilemma that we have. The other side is that we have so many poor disposers that we are debating. Prob highlights the importance of BJ.

[Dan Warna]

much better side without jones.

he's a top up player at best.

birss would be in before jones.

birss maybe slower but he hits his targets more often than not.

and goddard has the ability to split the lines with his booming kicks.

hbf to HFF and a leading reiwoldt over the midfield.

jones running off the HBF the ball may go anywhere.

again with goddard coming back not expecting miracles but still.

Blake had a solid game.

[Brooksy_Babe_24]

I think only one change should be made.
Goddard in and either R Clarke or Gilbert out.
both had bad games tonight. Gilbert looks very out of sorts but it's nothing that a run in the 2nds can't fix.
Raph looks very low on confidence so dropping him will do more bad than good.
So out of the two i would be more inclined to drop gilbert.