without hewett, cerra or walsh have to be that getting dirty, extracting the ball mid, when cripps can't get to the ball drop. and walsh and cerra don't seem to be as good at that as hewett.

cerra is so far from it, right now, i'd playing george in the middle with sammy and paddy.

kennedy is really slow. glacial. he must be the second slowest in the team behind pittonet, and that really hurts his effectiveness, imo

I dont get it with Kennedy. He seems to be going in at 50%. He is slow. Is so far away from his opponents all the time. Seems to be jogging around.

Its sad as I once thought Kennedy was one of our berometers. A strong Kennedy makes us better.

Is it because he is thrown around everywhere?

I believe he should be in the midfield. And i dont buy that he and Hewitt cannot be there at the same time. Footy smarts and strength beats speed in my opinion. Kennedy cant seem to get out of 5th gear right now.

Kennedy is banged up but is versatile with his height.

B: Newman Weitering Kemp
HB: Saad McGovern Boyd
C: O.Hollands Cripps Cottrell
HF: Fogarty Harry Cincotta
F: Motlop Charlie Owies

R: Pittonet Hewitt Walsh

Inter: Cerra, Cunners, E.Hollands, Kennedy
Sub: Cowan

Emergency: Martin, Marchbank, Binns

Almost with you Sue. Except.......Hewitt is a must. He is too good and too consistent not to pick. Cowan, Kemp, Marchbank for that 6th defender role. I think Vossy wants to get Marchy in when he can. I wouldn't rush Martin in. Another VFL for mine. He is too valuable at the back end. Get him back for 2 or 3 games before finals.

Sure TDK is a big loss but this team still looks good. Squash Rozee the punchy Butters and we go along way.

Regards Cazzesman

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cinc straight to butters and wear him like a glove. by the early stages of the 3rd, butters will be ready to pop!

We would have won one, if not both, of the previous two games if George had played.

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As limited as S Durdin was, I have a feeling they’ll pick him again as he plays lockdown on a tall and frees up Weitering. They’re probably also betting he will improve as he adjusts back to AFL pace.

I was pretty disappointed with his apparent urgency in chasing when caught out of position though.

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My interpretation of Voss's comments in the after match press conference was that he might get another chance.
He did look slow and appeared to lack urgency and physical presence. There were a few occasions where he was in position to take a contested mark but it went to ground instead.

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show's how much it's hurt us by young not coming on. he peaked in the early games of 2022 and that was that.

Yeah absolutely. As it stands we still haven’t found a replacement for Liam Jones. I think we’re undersized with Kemp and McGovern as 2nd and 3rd defenders. Way too much reliance on Weiters


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But Kennedy does not play tall, nor use his body lately. His best is when he charges like a bull. Hasnt done that with any enthusiasm for a while now. And you notice when a player has the ball around him, he stands like a statue.

Yeah if that's the contest I'm thinking of then I felt the same. I think he got caught between 2 free opponents with the ball coming in, & momentarily didn't know which one to go to.

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I like that team Cazzesman. My only query is - who is the 7th defender in your team? Under Voss, we always have a 7th defender rotating off the bench.

If it’s Kennedy - then I’m not completely opposed to it because I think Kennedy has improved as a defender. But personally I prefer to have the flexibility to use him in various mid/forward roles.

But if it’s Cerra, then I can’t agree. I think it’s midfield or bust for Cerra. At his best, Cerra is an elite mid or close to it. I’ve never seen it work when we use him in defence.

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Happy to swap out Cunners for Cowan/Marchbank. Either or. I guess it depends on Cinca's role.

The speed of Rozee, Butters and Twodads on the outside worries me. I thought Cunners might add some speed.

Regards Cazzesman

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I agree with you about run, especially if Acres doesn’t come up in the short week. I think Cunners or Fantasia will need to play in that event.

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CFC Injury list - I suspect Acres will be okay.

Tough selection calls.

Regards Cazzesman

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Out for 4-6 weeks with a calf strain.
I remember him going off during the game with an injury.

Kennedy spent the best part of a quarter isolated at full back on a player 10cm+ taller than him on the weekend.
He is our most versatile player which works against him. Midfield, ruck, full back, full forward, half forward, half back etc. Who else puts up with that shit? But he does it because the team needs it sometimes. No doubt he's prefer to play mid rotation but when injuries, match up problems etc occur, he's the coaches" go to" player. Because he does whatever it takes for the good of the team.
He's in my best 22 every week.

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It will be interesting to see if Cincotta goes to Houston or Butters on Friday.
Not saying he'd be in our ball park but Houston is keen to head back to Victoria.
Good mates with JSOS but contracted which will make it difficult. Hopefully Cincotta lowers his value Friday night.

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