samuraisaint wrote: ↑Sat 25 Mar 2023 10:30am
Vortex wrote: ↑Fri 24 Mar 2023 6:54pm
I've got a feeling the win against Freo will say more about them and how poorly they played.
Freo stuffed up a lot especially when they got on the outside and their F50 entries.
I think the Dogs will open us up this week, hopefully it isn't ugly.
The reality is we are probably missing nine of our starting 22, or 8 of our best on field 18, but at least it will mean that we as a club are going to get a good look at all of the players on the list. As RL said, all of the players currently in the senior side have done a full preseason and are match fit. So, the way I see it, it is a great opportunity for those players to start playing seniors straight after completing their first or second preseason, rather than going back to the reserves for half a season at least.
I don't know anything about human physiology or sports science or any of that, but I think it is going to be terribly hard for players listed as being more than six weeks away at this stage to come back and make a meaningful impact this season now. That goes double for those who were injured before doing much of a pre season. They could come in mid season and reinjure themselves again.
What I'll be looking for tonight irrespective of the result, is for Byrnes to back up his performance from last week which will amount for zero if he puts in a shocker tonight.
I'll also be looking for Carminati to get involved in the game and show a little, he was ok last week in terms of he didn't embarrass himself as he would have been like most debutants and would have been nervous as hell but needs to really crack in and put some more savings in the bank this week.
Be also looking at NAS closely, he was ok (ish) last week but needs to grow in confidence and keep improving.
Hopefully Windy's hand is good enough to allow him to hit the deck running when he comes on.
And finally I'll be all eyes for Mattaes as will everyone else, what our club really needs is for him to look at the likes as Daicos and Ashcroft and believe he can match them, if we get a player like those two then our list development finally gets a really boost with some steroids. I was drooling watching Ashcroft last night, I want Mattaes to make me drool.
But Byrnes is my big watch tonight, if he puts in a shocker I will spew up.
