Hickey not playing anywhere this weekend?
Surely there's a nagging injury otherwise I'm super confused.

Being part of a sports competition that does not have extra time in Grand Finals.

Assuming Longer holds his spot (and it seems he's undroppable) he'll be up against Gawn this week. He really needs to win the head to head contest, and I don't mean just get more tap outs, which is unlikely as Gawn is 209 cms so more than likely will gets first hands to the ball. Gawns also played o...

Our small forwards are invisible today. Longer again getting little of the ball. He gets his hands to many marking contests but cannot drag them in. Team winning plenty of ball but very wasteful with it. As bad as longer is..hickey is worse Play Longer key forward and see how he goes! Longer is cur...

People, fans and the media alike, go on and on about Franklin & Cameron, the Bulldogs pay Boyd 1 million a year, we spend our number 1 pick on a player we hope can average 2.5 goals a game over his career. What was Lockett compared to these modern day hero's? 10 times the player of all of them c...

If the stats are anything to go by, maybe CURLY is onto something and the umps really do hate us. Such a big differential in a two horse race is hard to justify. I'll lean towards incompetence, let others make up their mind.... HOME GROUND ADVANTAGE? Free kick win/loss at home against interstate sid...

If our midfield gets annihilated it won't matter if we have Silvagni, Jakovich, Spud and Barker in the back 6, we'd get opened up and scored against heavily, such is Hawthorns precision and skill.

We hold our own through the middle, guys like Schoenmakers won't be as much of an issue.

Think it'll be Ray, Savage and Ross the in's.. Unless they go with Curren in the tagging role that Weller left open.

Will be going in very short down back..

We probably have had the most in the last few years. Gram, Raph, Dawson, Gilbert, Schneider, Eddy, Geary, Mini, Shenton, Lee, Siposs, Billy Longer, most of the picks we have had in the last three years that don't play regular footy. I think we might be the biggest %$#@ of fans. I think we should pr...

ins Membery, Lee, Curren Out Longer Mav Shenton 2nd ruck? Don't care. WB didn't even play one against the best ruck in the AFL and they nearly got up and won. Tap work is completely overrated. Maybe they can chuck Membery in there for 5 minutes quarter and actually have him playing as a true mid. L...

plugger66 wrote:ins

Membery, Lee, Curren

Out

Longer Mav Shenton

2nd ruck?

If Hickey is out (injured) and Lee is brought in as his forward/2nd ruck replacement, after playing well in defence all year, I'll be very confused. In saying that, would not really want to 2nd ruck Bruce, even though the Hawks ruck is clearly not formidable. Weller out, Seb Ross in to follow Mitche...

Where's st_Trav? Haven't seem him around here for a while.

Agree absolutely with the OP. Really think Hickey has been thrown to the wolves by being played almost exclusively as a forward, when he is unquestionably a ruckman. He has battled well to make a fist of it but seems he is on the outer. Especially odd considering Longer has done pretty much nothing ...

Not to mention the umpires on top of the heat.

A wonder we were able to take the field, let alone win.

Birchall a really good comparison.

Longer plays 95% of the qtr in the ruck, zero possessions. Direct opponent half a dozen already. But but but, he's good at the taps, right?! Yep they are so important. And Hickey gets burnt because he isn't really a forward but Longer cannot play anywhere else. Needed to drop Longer, ruck Hickey an...

Longer plays 95% of the qtr in the ruck, zero possessions. Direct opponent half a dozen already.
But but but, he's good at the taps, right?!

Savage injured?

Thought he was starting to hit his straps after an inconsistent start to the season.

Think we'll win this match.

Already a thread on this topic titled "changes for this week" Don't think we need another but I could be wrong. You're right, you are wrong. This thread is a weekly tradition. Although P66 did stipulate earlier in the season that the thread should also include changes we'd want v changes ...

How old are Connor Harvey and Tyson Milne?

Does anyone know if they play football?

Im assuming they'd be getting to the age where it would start to become a bit more serious.

Im completely baffled by the love Longer gets and the lack of it for Hickey. Longer is developing, at a very slow rate mind you, and is good at the hit outs. Hickey is a miles better player as it stands right now, actually gets the ball, both in the air and is very competitive on the ground for a gu...

Shocked by who started this thread. Great input into a thread clearly many agree with. Don't like to blame umpires myself, but it was a deplorable display. The high tackle free kick in the 3rd from memory where if the Saints player went any lower he'd be done for tripping was the most wrong decisio...

Learn the rules about rookies you bozzos.( At least some of you are)!! Sinclair was the rookie upgraded for Ross. Seb Ross is now able to be selected to play (Sandy or Saints), so Sinclair has to go back onto rookie status....not Schneider or Saad. Wait until June 11......... then see who is the ro...

Where would Jack Watts play in our side? As a permanent wingman? I'd take him for a third round pick or as a FA. Sandringham.. :lol: :wink: But in all seriousness, I'd also take him as a 3rd rounder, but it has Fiora MkII written all over it in the back of my mind. I honestly would play him key for...