Pre Match. Pies v. Port. All comments please.

[Bob Sugar]

Cox stays IMO, and he stays for the rest of the year, this is a development season now.

[58pie]

Thank God Toovey went off , that spoil in the second quarter was pathetic and he only had one disposal till then. [i]<snip, this is unhelpful and unessecary - bbmods>[/i]
Blair and Jessie can join him.
When is Bucks going to pick a real fair dinkum side on form, flaiir and class and not favorites.
Go Pies & Cloke must be coming back.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

[Presti35]

I dont think we'll see any omissions for this game. Just outs due to injury.

Replacing Toovey:
Tooves was one Pie, and this could be argued, that was probably on the verge of being left out of the best 22 this year.

Sinclair could come in to plug a spot in the back pocket, but he has had some concussion concerns of his own lately. Then you have Williams, but is he ready to come back into the seniors? Langdons ankle is probably not ready yet either.

Marsh, who was an emergency, will probably get the nod here.

Replacing Moore:
The obvious choice is Cloke. I cant see Bucks going in without brining Cloke in for Moore. Witts is another tall, but you cant play 3 ruckmen can you? Goldsack is another that could be asked to play in Moores place, but surly its Cloke.

So yeah, Cloke.

Replacing Adams:
Another tough task. Adams is central to our teams guts. Macaffer has the hard body and experience, but his form at AFL level early on was not good. He has been good at VFL level recently, but do we look to the younger Aish? Can Sinclair play a midfield role?

I think Aish, but I am concerned about replacing Adams hardness at the ball.

Replacing Fasolo:
Will be difficult to replace. He has been a shining light for us this year. I thought he would poll well in the Copeland, but we'll see how many games he misses, if any at all.

Who can kick the goals? I suppose Macaffer was a small forward back in his day. We haven't really seen him up forward for a while, it's an idea. Goldsack can play in the forward line too, it's just he is the wrong type of forward to replace Fas. I guess I'm feeling forced to pick Caff, who I guess could rotate with Aish if he were to replace Adams.

All the factors:
The emergencies from yesterday:
Witts, Marsh & Sinclair.

Been in good VFL form (Last 2 weeks):
Macaffer, Goldsack, Aish, Witts & Marsh.

Others playing VFL:
Wills, Phillips & Goodyear

Coming back from injury (& probably not ready for AFL):
Brown, Williams, Gault & Wills.

Still injured:
Broomhead (2 Weeks)
Langdon (2 Weeks)
Elliott (Season)
Ramsay (Season)
Scharenberg (Season)
Swan (Season).

So I have:
Marsh for Toovey.
Aish for Adams.
Cloke for Moore.
And Macaffer for Fasolo.

Sinclair, Witts and Goldsack unlucky. With Brown & Williams needing another week of VFL.

Hopefully some of our guys pull up ok and we arent force to make four changes, but what do you think? (Kind of expecting some grief for picking Caff).

[3rd degree]

[thompsoc]

[qldmagpie67]

Serioulsy how many more injuries can we get this is just cursed luck
Hope none of them are season ending but if Moore has fractured shoulder put him on ice until 2017. If Adams hammy is a bad one ice him down too
Hopefully Toovey comes up but I'm guessing not as we are super caution with head knocks
Maybe Fas will be ok might just be some bruising
We might need Cloke now even though he hasn't won his spot back the way the coaches wanted
Marsh is a logical in if Toovey misses
Maybe Sinclair gets a game as a small forward in place of Fas his run might be handy also if needed down back
No logical like for like replacement for Adams means we might have to get creative. Wouldn't mind seeing Maynard get a run in the centre his hard body and determination might be the tonic for our woe and give him a new look at the game
Port have been up and down so this winnable even with our injury concerns
Let's pray no one else goes down during the week or we might be in real trouble

[3rd degree]

If Nathan Brown is fit he has to be considered as Frost isn't strong enough for Dixon. Cloke should come in if Moore doesn't get up. I wouldnt mind seeing what Marsh could offer us with the odd run through the midfield as his size could hurt a few port players. Adams is a big loss and is always good against Port.

[John Wren]

[thompsoc]

[quote="John Wren"]

[On the March]

Goodyear would be very close to getting a game - his last game in VFL against quality opposition:


"27. Matthew Goodyear
Statistics: 15 kicks, 3 marks, 13 handballs, 28 disposals, 5 clearances, 2 inside 50s, 6 rebound 50s, 7 tackles
Notes: Goodyear has gone from being a part-time midfielder in his first year to now being one of the VFL Magpies’ most valuable players in the middle of the ground. He led all Collingwood player’s with 28 possessions, while also topping the tackle count with seven. Adding to his ball-winning ability was a knack of finding the goals. Twice he found something out of nothing to give the Magpies’ much needed majors."

[jackcass]

[RudeBoy]

Assuming Cox keeps his spot, here's my suggested changes:

Out: Toovey (inj), Fasolo (inj), Moore (inj), Adams (inj)

In: Brown, Sinclair, Marsh, Cloke

[3rd degree]

[jackcass]

Moore and Adams clearly won't be available but I'm still hopeful Faz and Tooves will be okay to play against the power. See how they go during the week. Might only be the 2 changes.