Discussion 2023: Round 1 Teams & In Game Discussion - See page 1 for Teams and Final Subs

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Despite some of Rat's gaffes last night, he's a strong presence on the field. I think I should consider squeezing him on the bench, Geelong needs fresh legs like his, so he should generate some coin. How are you guys feeling about him? Not impressed?
For me it was an "Almost" game for him, Some good stuff shown, but 3 or 4 contested marks that he got his hands to first yet juggled them and missed on the second or third attempt.

He showed enough and won't leave my side atm
 
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And if you said that to people last season when Sicily and Sinclair went bang and people continued to fade them I'd be pissed. There are players I agree that would be first round wonders that nobody ever considered and I'd agree, but there's also a time to jump on value when it presents. I agree don't tear teams apart but I'm also pretty confident that most if not all of us will have players that aren't as good as a selection as we may have thought so I don't mind an early trade or 9.
Yeah the kid can play and he's a big reason we won last night. You could be right. The question for mine is: "How many clubs run forward tags and how many of those taggers are actually good at it?" Then the question is "How much will he score in those games and in other weeks?" 500k isn't much for a kid that looks like he has another 10PPG in him easily.

We know that Sydney did a number on him and the Saints have a guy. Was GWS the other? The rest of the comp have mere mortals in comparison. Even if they do sit someone on him, there's a good chance that he wins his position for the day anyway. Not only that but this isn't a Nathan Buckley coached team. We have half backs now that run and can kick (bless my heart). If Naicos is getting cooled, then the traffic can just go through about 3 other players - not a great result for us supercoaches, but oppo coaches will have to swing a magnet, potentially releasing Nick again. I mean ***... lost in amongst a lot of the heroics, John Noble got 29 touches at 82% last night. That's a lot for him but Fly has been training our squad to go through him andd at 70 games, he's starting to hit his peak zone. Maynard had his hands full trying to contain Cameron and still got 19 of his own. Quaynor isn't usually that quiet but sacrificed a lot of his own run and carry to mind Stengle.

Then again, Daicos might just go to the mids and pick up 40 touches and 3 goals like he did against Laird and co last year. I think that game either started or finished with him being tagged too.

Now I didn't start with Nick. I'm an old school Collingwood guy that's been scarred too often over the years to trust in good stories anymore and he is only a second year player. But fugg me he came back in good shape. I really, really don't want to put the mozz on him, especially in my 1,000th post (only took me 10 years), but at 500k he's started out looking like a real must-have.
 

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Interesting that people are losing confidence in mid pricers after the performances of Hopper and Bruhn, but are presumably replacing them with rookies despite the underwhelming performances of all the rookies so far.
Sufficient sample size has now been reached of relevant midpricers in the opening two matches to come to the conclusion to place all in the same basket, irrespective of role or score which then renders the remaining matches redundant given the inevitable result.
 
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Only in fantasy football could Eagles vs North be a blockbuster game that's far bigger than Pies vs Cats!

Does anyone know whether this is a fitness thing or something else ?
It's a guy who plays only one position well and is the junior member of the midfield group primarily.

That he ended up out on a wing in the 2nd half is the bigger concern for his scoring than the TOG, he was always going to be a bit limited in that area just by looking at their side.

Stewart injury was also a factor, they didn't really seem to have an answer for that, at times it was Smith, Atkins, Tuohy and a couple of others who swung back to try and cover. Also doesn't help that Parfitt is also a pretty pure inside midfielder who came on as the sub as he kind of messed up the rotations a bit for them.
 
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