Fair enough Jim..I agree with your assessment above, what if both Kruiz and Warnock were both equally Fit, what would you do?

Two things...

Menzel has played very good footy for the NBs and with Yarran and Betts out (a change to my side above of course) we can give him a go and I'd say he is ready for a crack. Called rewarding form.

Secondly, you don't need two ruckman. One and relief is plenty. Kreuzer play very well late last year rucking 85% of the game. Gave him freedom around the ground to do his best work. Casboult certainly can ruck adequately enough, we've seen that, and that's all that's needed given it's just 10-15% of the game. He provides marking around the ground and well as aggression at the player and the ball smashing a few bodies. Plus he's certainly the best of them up forward. As they Warnock and Kreuzer are both no.1 ruckman, and next to useless when no,t means we have two ruckmen for 50% of the game that will provide no value. Two rucks are ok if you could interchange them off the bench but we don't have that luxury anymore.

Something only form would guide down the track. Looking to the great tap ruckman or the ruckman who would do very well with the freedom of running around the ground like another mid in a way. Could well go with the latter. Means someone would be unlucky but when you're talking "balance" you can't play them all. If you do you're worse off.

I have tossed up the pros and cons of playing Kreuzer as an old style ruck rover. On one hands not sure how it would afftect our greatest strength of speed and he could get run off. On the other hand he'll provide strength in the clinches, and be very handy floating back in defence and very dangerous to his opponent floating forward. Have to think about that one more as it could work well or backfire.

Interesting comments by MM on CCTV today.

Forward line structure needs to be adjusted as not kicking enough goals over last few weeks and need more ball winners and looking to bring in a ball winner and drop a tagger.

Fairly happy with defence.

Said these are the issues to be discussed at Match Committee this week.

*Paul Roos also questioned us trying to play 3 "Genuine" ruckman in one line up!


Given those comments we may well look at:

Out: Betts Yarran Ellard Jamison Hampson Curnow

In: Bell Gibbs Carrazzo Menzel Waite Laidler

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Id let Menzel play ressies abit longer....
he hast done the full pre season and if he isnt playing 100 minutes he isnt adding to his tank

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finally - agree.

Its ok.. you dont need to.. its unimportant to have my stuff ratified by you Surrey

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Good teams have stars who are leaders.
When the team is challenged these genuine stars act like leaders and step up.

Stars are never sleeping!!!

So far we only have had a couple or three who have consistently not gone to sleep when the going was good or not.

Walker McLean and Armfield... slowly being joined by guys like Henderson/Garlett ....

But we do need the Judds/Murphys/Robbos to really step up when were challenged and show some leadership for the others to follow into that slipstream..

a handful of guys is not enough!!!...

Weve got to stick together out on that field.!!!...no weak links.. no guys not chasing and hussling and some hardness at the conest!!

We will be tested by Port...!!.. we are putting ourselves into this position.. and we must FIGHT as a group through it..
But the frontliners must lead the way.. and the rest need to do their bit!!!

Half a dozen guys doing everything they can week in week out is not enough!!!... soone ror later the tone of the group will dictate to them to let go of caring also.

Need more leaders out in the middle...on the field .. in the heat of battle...!!!

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Maybe we need to add Duigan, Bell, Rowe, Casboult to the side to get a bit of bulk and physicality to our side?

These guys have a physical presence. At the moment we lack that trait.

Tuohy on the ball may help as well.

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You need strength speed agility and skill with want to succeed and sacrifice in equal parts.
Youd get 2 of those components with those guys but you wont necessarily have a balance.

You look at Geelong they have all of those in equal parts.They lacked speed but they addressed it.
Its what they seek out
Its how they execute
Its what defines them now

Ablett got hamered by his team mates ... he was told he was only being half hearted and he could be the best player in the comp if he ramped it out.
He did and he was and still is even if he is at a team full of kids.

Selwood early in his captaincy was rubbed out and again he got the treatment from his peers.
Stevie Johnson the skillful one...was dropped and even up for trade.

All of this adds to their aura and preparation as a team and club...and helps bring flags!!!

Geelong dont put up with weakness...!!!

You need it all!!!,, not just some of it..!!

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Oh there was a time when they were weak and flaky.. and dishonest with themselves and one another... on the ground

But at the top they were anything but that and sorted that problem out with the players .

They havent looked back since.

Nor have they stopped to rest on their past... theyre still hungry!!!

Whats to stop Selwood from winning FIVE flags by the time his career is up???

He has the appetite to do something in the modern era people thought would be impossible.....
but it doesnt come by not being committed!!!

Port will come at us this weekend!!!...

KILL THEM!!!!

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What's important is that you didn't “waffle on about nothing in particular” but made your point clear and concise.
Unimportant has nothing to do with it unless you want to debate yourself. Hang on....

That thesaurus studying has not improved a thing.

Go learn Socrates and his Elenctic method

here for starters..



Much more helpful.....not only in footy... but also life...



Thesaurus pftttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

I reckon Rhino in here is also a disciple of the method....

The club needs some on its board!!!

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No thesaurus would help trying to filter and dissect that rubbish.

See this is where you have no clue about so much surrey.

A thesaurus is full of synonyms ... you would be getting what i tell you but with different words to the ones im using......message the same

So what would be the point of reading your thesaurus ???...

Ok wait...!!!look up the word "synonym"

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please stop your killing me

Hilarious, you've both cracked me up , sitting here writing a boring paper and haven't been able to stop laughing at your posts for the last hour , lovin it lol, thanks so much to the both of you

informative but good natured humor by the both of you... Excellent

Surrey im not "killing" you.... go check your thesaurus.... your thesaurus would say im " murdering" you!!!

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