Collingwood vs Roos, NAB Cup Round One Pre-Match Discussion

collingwoodjoe · Post by **collingwoodjoe** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:11 am

Here's my team;

Bryan Rusling Davis......Monster in FP, Lead Out FF in the Ruz, Crumber in Leon
Medhurst Cloke Thomas....Dangerous combination this IMHO, they can all mark, all crumb, all kick.

Egan Burns Lonie.........Still need a hard man in the centre, Burnsie or O'Bree, want to see more of Eags on a wing

Richards.................Needs to get game time into himself, get some confidance
Johnson..................Important year for Johno
Swan.....................Would love to see Swannie consolidate a spot in the middle (as opposed to off the bench)

Heath Maxwell Clarke.....Excited about having Heath and Clarke coming of the HBF's, Maxy gets a chance to lay a claim to CHB
Rhyce Presti Anthony.....would like to see Anthony play the Clement BP role of blanketing a tall or small

Licuria..................More toughness and hardness to throw into the contest
Stanley..................Hopefully finds inspiration from Burns and Licca and throws his weight around out there.
Pendles..................Important that he and Thomas get the opportunity to work off the second year blues early.
Iles.....................Bit of dash, option as a BP or run-with mid
Brown....................Provides flexibility, can play back or forward, fast, already pretty developed physically
Cox......................Still more Flexibility, big body, can play HBF/Wing/HFF/FF, good utility type.

Further Notes:
Nice mix of pace (Johno, Rhyce, Eags, Daisy, Iles etc) and height (Cox, Anthony, Lonie, Brown etc).
Hard bodies still there in Burns, Licca, Presti, Cloke, Maxy etc.
Excitement watching Brown, Clarke, Anthony, Cox, Meds and Stanners debut.
Resting most of the older boys, give some others a chance to press for Round 1 selection.
Most importantly, i think it's a side that could win a game or two.

If we win then I would look to bring Pebs in next week and start settling down our forward structure.

Millane42 · Post by **Millane42** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:48 am

I just checked the guide up here in Sydney and guess what?? It starts at the very early time of 1:25 am saturday morning!!

Great work Channel 7 promoting the game of AFL in sydney! what do we get instead a re-re-re-repeat of Species!

Culprit · Post by **Culprit** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:49 am

Millane42 wrote:I just checked the guide up here in Sydney and guess what?? It starts at the very early time of 1:25 am saturday morning!!

Great work Channel 7 promoting the game of AFL in sydney! what do we get instead a re-re-re-repeat of Species!

rofl

jackcass · Post by **jackcass** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:17 am

member34258 wrote:
magpie_1983 wrote:its on at 8:30 i thought, better homes and gardens hasnt been on for years.
Ah, daylight saving! In the words of Homer, D'oh!
Gotta get those drought tips off better homes and gardens. I assume this means that in the proper season, Friday night games played in Victoria will be on delay, not live.

Networks will continue to treat us like dickheads though and broadcast replays as if they are live!

jackcass · Post by **jackcass** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:21 am

collingwoodjoe wrote:Rhyce Presti Anthony.....would like to see Anthony play the Clement BP role of blanketing a tall or small

Anthony still recovering from a neck injury so unlikely to be risked. More like that Goldsack, Brown or Reid will be given a chance to play as the third tall defender.

Lazza · Post by **Lazza** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:34 am

jackcass wrote:
member34258 wrote:
magpie_1983 wrote:its on at 8:30 i thought, better homes and gardens hasnt been on for years.
Ah, daylight saving! In the words of Homer, D'oh!
Gotta get those drought tips off better homes and gardens. I assume this means that in the proper season, Friday night games played in Victoria will be on delay, not live.
Networks will continue to treat us like dickheads though

And in your case they would be right for once Dazza....

PeterWH · Post by **PeterWH** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:50 pm

Here we go.....normal story...AFL will be shown LIVE in NSW...yeah and pigs might fly.
Prime are showing the game at 1:25am saturday morning.......GOOD ONYA Ch7....at least with Ch9 we saw it at 11:30pm,BUT this is bloody rediculous................

I think that its time to email Prime and give em a bit of our mind!!!!!

pietillidie · Post by **pietillidie** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:31 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did I hear Paul Roos say somewhere that he was happy to play the recent praccy against us because last year they played Essendon who were more advanced in their preparation and took the game too seriously?

If that's the case, then you might suspect he and Malthouse chose to play each other because they both have philosophies of late preparations, which traditionally seems to be the case with both of them.

If the Roos really want this, they will be given it. The carrot will nonetheless be dangled to our youngsters and those needing to make a mark to see how far they can take it.

I would read nothing at all into it bar a classic Malthouse late preparation if we got hammered and looked a bit of a shambles. Late preparation for Malthouse usually means holding back the big bodies, having a bit of a trot about and experimenting with key structural changes--and it almost always looks ugly and causes us to be prematurely written off.

PieGal4eva · Post by **PieGal4eva** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:42 pm

pietillidie wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but did I hear Paul Roos say somewhere that he was happy to play the recent praccy against us because last year they played Essendon who were more advanced in their preparation and took the game too seriously?

If the Roos really want this, they will be given it. The carrot will nonetheless be dangled to our youngsters and those needing to make a mark to see how far they can take it.

I would read nothing at all into it bar a classic Malthouse late preparation if we got hammered and looked a bit of a shambles. Late preparation for Malthouse usually means holding back the big bodies, having a bit of a trot about and experimenting with key structural changes--and it almost always looks ugly and causes us to be prematurely written off.

Spot On...exactly how we are approaching it..will still be glued to the TV though

raymond35 · Post by **raymond35** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:20 pm

Luke, the pies graced cararras hallowed turf this time last year.

Will be training there on Thursday afternoon.

If Collingwood take the match seriously they should trounce a team considered a wooden spoon chance.

eddiesmith · Post by **eddiesmith** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:50 pm

Cant wait for this game, first time at Cararra, hope we smash the Roos, pre season or not we should be miles ahead of them

Fire Up · Post by **Fire Up** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:30 pm

its on channel 7 in melb i just saw the preview. at the time the game starts probz bout 30 mins before kick off

westernpie · Post by **westernpie** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:20 pm

RudeBoy wrote: Brodie out suspended.

Thought that a player that is suspensed from the previous year,and will miss H&A matches the following year,can still play in the NAB cup ?

favourites 2008 · Post by **favourites 2008** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:07 am

brodie is not fit enough full stop... he is on a revised plan so that he is ready by round 7 not NAB cup round 1. They wont play Brodie. And you are correct WP.

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Collingwood vs Roos, NAB Cup Round One Pre-Match Discussion