Official team for Round 2 vs Pies

[mat073]

Horses for courses team

[georgies31]

No way no Balta should have been dropped he can give Nank a chop out so basically no one can now.

[taztiger4]

No way no Balta should have been dropped he can give Nank a chop out so basically no one can now.

theres a 200cm bloke in the forward line ?

[the claw]

Im assuming Vlastuin, Short and Markov will be responsible for their smalls because Broad and Grimes  who normally play on smaller players will have their hands full with DeGoey and Mihocek.

Shame Hardwick cant see past his favorites and kept Balta and gave Ross a run instead of Shatama pantsama Ellis.They probably should have given Stack a go as well instead of Markov.

[1965]

A late change methinks.

 

[big tone]

No way no Balta should have been dropped he can give Nank a chop out so basically no one can now.

theres a 200cm bloke in the forward line ?

So you want a guy who is 1 game in from a serious knee injury to take centre square bounces?

Sure he can do some ruckwork at throw ins in our forwardline but would you really want him doing much more than that?

Nank is going to need more help than that.

[taztiger4]

No way no Balta should have been dropped he can give Nank a chop out so basically no one can now.

theres a 200cm bloke in the forward line ?

So you want a guy who is 1 game in from a serious knee injury to take centre square bounces?

Sure he can do some ruckwork at throw ins in our forwardline but would you really want him doing much more than that?

Nank is going to need more help than that.

never said i wanted him to take centre bounces, no reason why he cant ruck around the ground

[Simonator]

dont forget shes gonna be wet ( likely ) maybe if its dry there will be a late change for balta or soldo

[Assange Tiger 😎]

Shame Hardwick cant see past his favorites and kept Balta and gave Ross a run instead of Shatama pantsama Ellis.They probably should have given Stack a go as well instead of Markov.

Yeah, who cares about form when it comes to an incredibly important match 
Why don't we drop your man Short while we're at it and give Ben Miller his first crack at senior footy. After all, he has some height! Maybe he can pinch hit in the ruck.

FFS what is Hardwick doing 

[big tone]

No way no Balta should have been dropped he can give Nank a chop out so basically no one can now.

theres a 200cm bloke in the forward line ?

So you want a guy who is 1 game in from a serious knee injury to take centre square bounces?

Sure he can do some ruckwork at throw ins in our forwardline but would you really want him doing much more than that?

Nank is going to need more help than that.

never said i wanted him to take centre bounces, no reason why he cant ruck around the ground

So how would that work?
Nank is sitting on the bench after rucking most of the quarter and a goal is kicked. Who takes the bounce after that?

[Hard Roar Tiger]

I’m going to be odd one out and say that I agree with the thinking but hate the execution.
Nank on Grundy is going to have to work.
I’m okay with Balta being replaced by Georgie - our f50 pressure was horrible last week. Buckley said it himself - our ability to force turnovers from our f50 was our one wood until about r15 last year.
We need the 3 amigos and Lynch will have to pinch hit in the ruck.
Both underdone and a risk imv
Olly is a huge gamble but actually we do need to replace Bachar with our best half back runner so he gets the gig.
I get the need for another runner over Rance as we have the luxury of defenders who are able to play talks and small.
But!
That runner should not be Bellis despite him appearing to be the best option on paper.

[WilliamPowell]

dont forget shes gonna be wet ( likely ) maybe if its dry there will be a late change for balta or soldo

No rain forecast for tomorrow going to be fine and warm

Rain due Friday arvo

[Tigeritis™©®]

So which Ellis are we gonna see?

History suggest more of the same with this pea heart.

I’d be expecting more run and carry at a minimum from him maybe some long kicks to advantage quickly deep into the forward 50 and not the stupid backward chipping sideways nonsense we’ve come to expect from him.


....... one can only hope he’s finally come to his senses.

[one-eyed]

dont forget shes gonna be wet ( likely ) maybe if its dry there will be a late change for balta or soldo

No rain forecast for tomorrow going to be fine and warm

Rain due Friday arvo

Yep, it's going to be 27 degrees tomorrow. The team that handles best and outlasts the other in the warm conditions will win. It could make the ball slippery like last week though from all the sweat. 

[strongandbold]

Weird changes but it wouldn’t have been done without heaps of thought.  Will back the coaching team here.

Think they brought in Markov/Ellis for the extra run which we could have used last week.