time to bring in mirkov with pitto

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Absolutely not.

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

R: Pittonet Cerra Walsh

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

In - Boyd, Kemp, McGovern, Pittonet
Out - Acres, Carroll, S.Durdin, TDK

I’m not a fan of Cerra in our back seven. So I would bring in either Kemp or Marchbank, put Cerra back in the midfield and drop Carroll (who did OK against NM but is still developing). I’m leaning towards Kemp over Marchbank because Kemp is coming off a good VFL game, but there’s not much between them IMO.

For team balance, I think the sub needs to be one of Kennedy, Hewitt or Cerra. I’ve gone Hewitt on this occasion, but Cerra needs a good game soon. If Kennedy’s not right, then Hewitt comes into the 22 and Carroll plays as sub.

I would back Cottrell to play the Acres role, with Cunners as the extra wing/forward. I feel like Martin needs another week in the VFL and I’m assuming Williams will be sidelined for awhile.

The only way I see Binns coming in is if Walsh doesn’t come up - in that case, Cunners and/or the Hollands boys will need to spend more time in the stoppages and Binns goes to the outside.

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No way Hewitt sub. Hewitt is a strong support in the midfield. Would rather Kennedy if anyone, as he goes missing a lot.

yeah me too. hewett made a big difference to our mids. he just extracts the ball and doesn't ever drop off a tackle. he's that little bit of starch we need.

Can we really still win the Premiership without TDK??

Its going to be tough, pending other future injuries we might get. He is the one player apart from Curnow that we could ill afford to lose

i think we can ... pitto needs to stay healthy. he's a quality tap ruck. needs to lift around the ground, if he's not marking it, he needs to be hurting his opposite with knees and elbows and grinding them into the dirt etc


pittonet can do this. he's wanted to be the guy all season, and now he's got it.

Thank you guys for explaining more about Binns... I am amazed that he can get such high numbers for a Skinny built Winger!


O.Hollands have been out of form for weeks. He is just not doing enough and not getting enough ball. I really want to see Binns have a crack for one full Game without being named the sub and then given only 1 Quarter to play and back to the 2's.

Pitto was useless last year. Couldnt do anything apart from tap Rucking. But this year, he has improved a lot. He is running harder and taking more contested Marks. I have faith in him to keep going.

For sure . Was our best player in the first half against North . I would go as far to say that he kept us within striking distance to North . Best shutdown player in our side if not the whole comp . Glue , starch , sorta the same thing . George knits things together . Just love the way George goes about things .

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We need Kennedy in 22 too because he can cover so many gaps. Whilst that's handy for a sub too we often need to switch things around on the field. He's probably named on the bench though.

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The thing I noticed about George yesterday, is that he is a one touch player. Such a strong core, so he can grab the ball almost as he is falling and dish it off. That's a rare skill (Crippa has it too). Must play every week and not as a sub- particularly in finals when the heat is on.

so, you're calling him a potato????

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I said last week that Pittonet is only a “break glass” option.

Unfortunately it’s time to “break glass”.

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100% Agree. Without George we would have smashed in the 1st half. Left him out for 2 weeks and our defensive pressure in the middle went with him

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Everyone complains that Ollie is too small and gets pushed aside to easily at AFl level - Binns doesn’t offer much more in height/weight dept.

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I’m a fan of Hewitt too, but it’s about team balance. I think we need to get Cerra back into the midfield and Kennedy is too valuable as a swing man to leave out of the 22 IMO.

What they might do is leave Kennedy as a permanent defender (instead of bringing in Kemp or Marchbank), which opens a spot in the midfield for Hewitt. Personally, I would rather not lock Kennedy into our back seven - I prefer to see him mid/forward/3rd ruck - but that is another option if they see a specific role for Hewitt against Port’s mids.

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Ollie is Glen Archer compared to Binns.

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No doubt you could see the Clarkson effect coming out, North players often continued on in the play with knees and elbows. The AFL are all over the hard tackles I reckon the falling on players with knees, body, elbows is far more of a concern as there is a real intent to hurt. To me this really stood out against North. They make it look clumsy but it was obvious what their intent was, several sore bodies from it.

1. I hope we have taken footage straight back to league headquarters and asked questions.
2. We needed to counter punch some of these ‘clumsy’ efforts. I’m sure the umpires would have paid the frees against us, but a couple of statements / payback deep in their backline wouldn’t hurt! The fact a bunch of kids executed such physicality, doesn’t sit well moving forward as others have taken note.