Too mentally strong for us and big reason why they have beaten us 19 out of the last 23 times.
McCrae will outcoach our man and will come up with a system to beat us regardless who they field. They got within a goal of Freo who are a top 4 team by trying to strangle them and it will be like shelling peas for him to come up with tactics for the 16th placed team to get the job done. As usual Voss will have no answers to counter it on match day.
Add in Nicks 100 game and they will get the 4 points.
I’m tipping the Pies, just hoping I’ve got it wrong.
Cookie, Won't get a better chance of beating the Pies with their average form and key players missing or sore. We have to win this one or else I can see the pressure on the club ramping up both internal and external.
J Daicos needs manning up too, have this funny feeling your boy Billy Wilson might get picked this week...
He might, but I'm not sure he's a 'minder'..he's more of a Saad type of half back I wonder whether they might try something really outrageous with the brothers like Frank... at least on Josh. Problem is, I'm not sure Frank has the 'tank.'
Agree on Frank, think we might need him down forward.
Lord before Hewett Reidy before O'Keefe Derksen forward-Kemp back Flynn Young in- Byrne a few games in the 'reserves' Yep Hayward -VFL...he needs to find his mojo
Daicos?
J Daicos needs manning up too, have this funny feeling your boy Billy Wilson might get picked this week...
No Sidebottom for the Pies joining DeGoey on the injured list, Nick Daicos and Pendlebury are still sore too so we really dont have any excuses and should win this week and not just fall in either.
One thing i heard during the broadcast on Kayo, and i had to rewind to confirm i heard it properly was that....
1. Pittonet is ranked the 3rd best ruck in the game thus far - Behind Gawn and Grundy 2. Pittonet is ranked the 9th best player in the league thus far.
Now they didn't dive any deeper than that, but that is super surprising to even me, and i've been a fan of his work for a while.
In what has been a terrible year for most of our players, Pittonet has been a shining light in what could've been a huge issue (losing TDK) and its turning into a strength.
Agree, he has been good and stepped up his game and dare I say it but shown some leadership too..
That's right, we often see things differently. We have set ideas about what we look for in players and sometimes their good is maginfied as is the bad depending on those perceptions. I'm finding that seems to be magnified for some reasons this year...and there is a lot of difference of opinion over individuals.
Agree on the magnification of opinions this season, think its such a crunch year for the club, players and coach that hardcore fans in particular are more critical and less forgiving about failure and impatient about where the direction of the club is going. I know I am ....
I think Billy is a lot better value than you make out EB, at least he has pace, something out list has very little of. That puts him ahead of plonker like Boyd et al
Thats fair enough Prof, each to there own with opinions on players, Im probably swimming against the tide with regards my views on Billy but we will see how he works out for the season.
Sorry but Wilson would be delist material if I was list Manager, wouldn't get a game at any other club imo. Getting cheap possessions in the VFL and then picking him and playing on the best player in the comp would be the type of lunacy our MC and coaching staff specialize in...
It would be a huge ask in his first game for the year. I see him as more an attacking defender. He has the pace...match fitness and defensive ability may be an issue.
Daicos would take him where the ball is though
Pity it will be a couple of minutes later than Daicos did, that move would last about 15 mins...
I'm assuming that everyone wants lasting peace, EB, how is this attainable without killing a stack of people and perpetuating the cycle of violence?
Unfortunately Prof, there are some who just want to keep fighting to the last man on both sides and with the weaponry available now the bodies will just keep piling up and this tit for tat revenge attitude the theme with no winners. It's spreading to other countries too and that's the danger..
That mob do my head in EB, just de-railed another attempt at peace, for what end? Another land grab?
Prof, I get they want to wipe out every terrorist organisation like Hamas that's attacked them and the like but they take it too far and create chaos and needless destruction that other countries have to cleanup and provide for the refugees they create. The old Israel would seek out their enemies and the Mossad would take care of business in a more calculated low key manner avoiding mass destruction but the present regime don't care where they lob their missiles or what collateral damage occurs and with Trump throwing fuel on the fire it's the worst I have known the middle east to be and without a normal USA President to bring some control to the table it won't get any better.
Agree with MBB, Probably our best chance of a win looking forward, Pies are banged up with injuries and sore players and dont have any depth to cover with. I dont rate them as a top 8 team either and have them as a mid pack struggler, they dont score heavily and as we all know rely on rebound goals by punishing mistakes so we need to keep the errors minimal and look after their prime movers. Id bring Hewett back in as I think the game will be a bit more of a grind and give Cripps some relief so he is a bit fresher for later. Pies have two rucks with Cameron and newbie Steene so we may stick with Okeefe, be happy to break even given Cameron usually BOG's against us. Saad might have to comeback despite having a very old looking backline with him Newman and Haynes down there as he isnt a bad ball user and I believe the stats were two scores from 80 opportunities generated from the back half. Some of these stats are mind boggling given how the modern game operates but we operate with no method still and dont have the talent so its all about grinding out wins with our contested players leading the way.
Not as bad as Florent who had another 7 turnovers and is the leading turnover merchant in the comp. His disposal is killing us and we got sold a lemon by the Swans...
I know he had two bad clangers at critical times, but 7 turnovers isn't a genuine thing, I think you are exposing some bias.
Even if he did he was far from our worst, I'd be more focussed on the spectators than the blokes winning the footy and not using it. For example, Boyd went into full terrier mode, running around the back of the big dogs barking like a goalkeeper snapping at heels from behind, while leaving SF opponents free to snap goals from front and square roving. You know front and square, the basics, the very same thing absent from H's contests at the other end!
Leading the turnover count in the comp and calling it bias and nothing to worry about is a bit like saying Erin Patterson had a bad day in the kitchen when she knocked off her inlaws. Florent was brought in to improve our run and carry off half back not make it worse and we now have him on a long term contract. This is what happens when you get ok role players from good clubs then expect them to be able to lift the standard at lesser struggling clubs ie Florent and Haywood and they get exposed at their new club. I never thought much of Dean Cox as a coach but he has played us like a fiddle...
And another bloke who gets away with it on this site is Cerra. Sure the numbers look ok, but when can anybody ever remember him cutting a side up or being damaging? 150 AFL games...when are we going to see what we paid for?
Not as bad as Florent who had another 7 turnovers and is the leading turnover merchant in the comp. His disposal is killing us and we got sold a lemon by the Swans...
Agree on Frank, think we might need him down forward.
