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Checkers and Cameron seem to be available....so who comes out????inxs88 wrote:The ins and outs shall be interesting for the Port match. Port don't have great ruck stocks and you wonder whether having Cox, Cameron, Frampton, McStay may make us too top heavy.
Exactly, all we need to do is keep banking the W's. 1 point or 100 it makes no difference. We just need to get that top two finish with the least amount of injuries. We have a tough six weeks ahead, with the Hawks game the only easy game in this block. The rest of the teams are in the eight or trying to get in, so they will be tough.Pies2016 wrote:Yep, Right now is all about the long game in a gruelling physical season that goes on for six months through the dead of Winter. Even Fly has repeatedly mentioned this is the toughest time of the season to get players motivated to perform at their best. Players aren’t robots either, you can’t program them for four quarters of perfect footy. By round 18 and sitting on top, it’s human nature to just do enough to get the job done and then go into a self preservation mode for the following week. If you reckon we have problems, imagine the concerns at the other 17 clubs below us on the ladder.
We will all learn a little more about how good we are or aren’t over the next few weeks when we play some quality opponents. Surely it makes sense for players to prepare to be at their physical best for that block of games, rather than focussing on beating Freo by 12 goals instead of eight.
I’ve been a critic of Johnson but I don’t think he can do anymore than what he’s done in the last two games. His test will come over the next few games where he needs to keep hitting the scoreboard against better opposition.masoncox wrote:Checkers and Cameron seem to be available....so who comes out????inxs88 wrote:The ins and outs shall be interesting for the Port match. Port don't have great ruck stocks and you wonder whether having Cox, Cameron, Frampton, McStay may make us too top heavy.
Personally I think Frampton should go back.
So who gives way for Checkers......like AJ?????
He has kicked 6 in the last few weeks
Cox?????
Can't fit them all in.
Well big fella, after the bad knee injury it seemed a lot of creativity went out of the game, for both sides, and it became more of a tick the box game. In 1990 we would have pushed and pushed and won by 100... but these are the days of managing loads to ensure peak performance week in week out. In our science and coaching I trust.piedys wrote:But nobody here showing any concern about our putrid 2nd halves at the MCG of late, against mid-table interstate teams, who outscore us?
And WHY are we, the outright top side, allowing them to dictate so many quarters against us?
I'm not sure i'm buying the "conserving energy for next week" theory like many of you; our meagre return on 4 goals in the 2nd half today i'm putting down to ball slaughtering approaching F50 by experienced senior players.
Jezza wrote: Brayden Maynard looked like he re-aggravated his shoulder in the first quarter. Is that something he will have to manage?
Bruzzy was speaking on the Saturday Rub on MMM before the game. I forget the technical term he used for his shoulders, Hyper something, but it means they pop out easily but pop in by themselves. They're structurally sound but when they pop in an out, the ligaments stretch and it hurts a bit. (probably more than a bit, but Bruzzy is a tough boy."Yeah, I don't think that's going to change. I think that's he's had it for a couple of years. It's just grumbling along. I'm stepping outside my expertise here, but I don't think it's a typical shoulder that pops in and out that needs a full reco like some get. It's certainly causing a little bit of grief here and there. It's something he's managed for a couple of years now".
