106 thoughts on “Game Chat – GWS v St Kilda”

  1. Evening all . looking forward to a huge Anzac long weekend.

    It took me all week to decide but welcome to the team..

    Pipe Dream Pruess and Bailey Smith. ( Grundy and JHF gone. ) I may add Sicily ( for Hinge ) later in the weekend also.

    That quick cash Pruess can make is just too tempting. The potential rewards makes it worth the risk . I do have him (E) on the bench looped with Xerri (through Dixon) just in case something goes bad early.

    Bailey Smith is a risk I know. His pedigree, massive time ground and the success of Walsh ( they were 1and 2 that draft ) give me confidence he’s ready to Breakout. He’s super cheap if he can at least maintain his current form. The Dogs have a dream run until the byes and I need to try something different if I want to make a move up the rankings.

    So Whitfield, Cogs, Pruess and Hayes for me tonight.

    Its all on the line for GWS tonight and with Captain Toby back I can see them getting up in a close one.

    Best of luck to all this weekend!

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    1. Preuss in?!? Tell me it isn’t so FT.

      Love the trade-ins though. Rate Bailey Smith as a POD. Doesn’t look to be slowing down, high TOG and no Hunter only aids his scoring capacity i’d think.

      Hinge -> Sicily also a very strong move. Making that myself!

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      1. I know Abs

        After all the talk preseason and 2 suspensions it’s been a big decision to get in Pruess. To be honest if Grundy hadn’t stunk it up so badly I probably would of passed. Feeling ok with a ruck line of Gawn Pruess Dixon. with both Xerri and J Hayes forward for cover.

        Let’s hope Sicily can keep up his form. They love his use there at The Hawks and he’s been in everything down back this year. I considered DeGropey but even at that cheap price I think I would rather take Sicily.

        Best of luck this week Abs!

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    2. LOL! You sell out, FT!

      Nah. Real talk, Preuss has to come in. Going to have some insane cash gen.

      Smith pick is right up your alley, habib. Should go well.

      Tonight I’ve just got Cogs, Preuss and the Man of Steele.

      Have tipped the Giants. Loss and their season is over.

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      1. Ha ha thanks GD.

        I think Greene and Steele go head to head. Steele should go pretty well in what should be a pretty tight game.

        Maybe Ash goes to Sinclair to try and stop his run from defence ?

        God I hope Whitfield does something. Its about time !

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        1. Yeah, they’ll do something defensive with Ash I think.

          Also ty for getting to the of questions in the comments. Just sat down.

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  2. TU – Rowell and Chapman – Rosas and Steele/Oliver

    TD – Rowell, Chapman and Berry – Rosas, Oliver and Baz

    Like Baz but also want to keep Berry not sure what to do!

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    1. Harry

      You could go Rosas and Baz this week and Oliver ( BE 174) next week.

      Oliver should be cheaper and you get another price rise from Berry.

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  3. Alright looks like I’ve locked and loaded the trades in this weekend .

    OUTS: English, ward & hinge

    INS: Welcome bailey smith, sic and Preuss!

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      1. I think they’ll serve us well FT!
        For me it hasn’t been the ins but who to axe! Bowey, Rowell and JHF were all names that were on the trade table but I’m backing them in over hinge and ward.
        Expect JHF and bowey to hit there BEs and praying for Rowell to turn back into that pig we saw in preseason and Rd1

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        1. I would personally keep Ward over Rowell.

          Wards BE is much lower and Rowell looks terrible.

          Rowells best game was V West Coast over a month ago.

          He hasn’t done much since. I wouldn’t bet surprised if he re aggravated that OP injury from last year. He just looks so slow and just can’t spread to get outside ball.

          Ward has taken a while to get going but his best game was last week and The Hawks have persisted with him at Centre bounce. I think he’s got a good game coming soon.

          Just my 2 cents anyway.

          Best of luck Mav whatever you decide.

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          1. Thanks FT.
            That’s a solid 2 cents.
            And your probably right.

            Would you put up the same case for hinge too stay then and move on bowey? Hinge isn’t named is all. I Like boweys role and believe he has another 90-100 is all. But if hinge returns next week he still has plenty too make I think

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            1. Keep Bowey.

              Not sure Hinge is even best 22 at this stage. As you said..Not even named as emergency. Bowey has shown a ceiling and only has one more week with that small score in his system. Hold Bowey for me.

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  4. Trying not to trade in Preuss as not wanting to lose my DPP swing but liking the $270K in the bank by doing it. Can surely trade out Preuss after he’s made some extra cash which is all important. So now thinking that I will go –

    Out – Chapman, Hinge & Rowell
    In – Sicily, Rosas & Preuss

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    1. I like it Lisa.

      Preuss can make such fast cash I just can’t pass. Remember when ROB made all that cash the year he was a Rookie Ruck ? . If Preuss does something similar and you miss it you will kick yourself !

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  5. To Preuss or not to Preuss…

    TU: Preuss this week
    TD: Hayes next week

    Preuss costs more, but scores more, more likely to be injured or suspended.
    Hayes great JS, much cheaper, but scores less so won’t make as much money.

    Still can’t decide – HELP!

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    1. As long as he didn’t learn all the “how to miss games through suspension” pieces Mummy showed him, he’ll be alright.

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  6. Evening All !
    Holding Grundy so no Pruess….. The League long game is on.
    Steele, Gresham, Hayes & Cogs in this one. Sweating on the Sunday Hawks line up.
    Need one of McDonald or Long to be named so have mid cover.
    Looking Forward to THE Anzac Day Game & what sort of magic Truck will conjure up for my Mighty Bombers !

    Have a good One All … Lest We Forget.

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  7. What the actual f*ck is that free against Preuss. Fml.

    Umps clearly grabbed Hayes from Port instead of Preuss at R3.

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  8. Thankfully I have looped Preuss with Dixon and can bring xerri too R2 but this still isn’t gonna be great for his cash generation! C’mon Preuss lift we can’t have you dropped next week

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  9. Pruess 40 at 1/4 time.
    The supercoach GODs are finally blessing me with my pick of Pruess.

    I’m going early as they’ll likely punish me before the end of the game.

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    1. That sucks – in the rush of reversing trades and re-doing trades, Hayes is on-field at F6 instead of as my emergency where he was meant to be. That’s gunna hurt.

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  10. Not watching the game. Just scores on my phone. Can anyone tell me why Whitfield dropped from 20 SC points to 10?

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    1. Making umpires look like sooks! Don’t point your finger at me, really. Losing respect for umpires across the board not gaining any respect.

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      1. yep – did you watch the front bar last night? Mick Molloy went to town on them / the rule … he also made the point, if they are wanting to bring the rule in to get more respect for umpires, across the grades … then they better think again because if they make these types of calls in suburban grounds they may not make it safely to their car!!

        It was funny … and not something to encourage … but this is just plain rubbish … and as they said in the call in the 2Qtr … god help it if a GF is decided on this sort of trash … everyone needs to write in as fans … its the only thing they will listen to … numbers of complaints …

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  11. Half Time – Giants by 11 points and J Hayes out with suspected ACL, Lienart into the game.

    GIANTS
    Callan Ward 79
    Matthew Flynn 71
    Braydon Preuss 62
    Josh Kelly 59
    Isaac Cumming 53
    Tom Green 53
    Stephen Coniglio 50
    Toby Greene 44
    Nick Haynes 40
    Connor Idun 40
    Harry Perryman 38
    Finn Callaghan 37
    Sam Taylor 36
    H. Himmelberg 31
    Adam Kennedy 25
    Ian Hill 24
    Lachlan Keeffe 22
    Tim Taranto 21
    Tanner Bruhn 20
    Lachlan Ash 20
    Lachie Whitfield 19
    Jake Stein 15
    Matthew de Boer 1

    SAINTS
    Rowan Marshall* 90
    Brad Crouch 65
    Jack Steele 61
    Josh Battle 53
    Jack Sinclair 48
    Ben Paton 48
    Dougal Howard 48
    Seb Ross 46
    Jack Higgins 44
    Callum Wilkie 42
    Jade Gresham 40
    Tim Membrey 34
    Max King 28
    Bradley Hill 28
    Ben Long 25
    Daniel McKenzie 25
    Daniel Butler 23
    Jimmy Webster 21
    Jack Hayes 19
    N. Wanganeen-Milera 14
    Marcus Windhager 13
    Mason Wood 12
    Jarrod Lienert 7

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        1. for many, only if Hayes gets dual … which he won’t for several weeks … he is ruck only and many may already have Preuss as an R3 now …

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  12. What the heck is up with Whitfield?? 25 points in 3/4 of a game of football? I don’t care if he drops $50,000, I am SO trading out his ass this week – probably MULTIPLE times, just to get the satisfaction. Should have done it this week, but had other issues to deal with. At this rate, I need 3 trades every week!

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    1. I try to remember if he has burnt me in other seasons as if that is the case he is getting close to the ‘Never Again’ list

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      1. I’m fairly sure he was on my “never again” list but in the late stages before Round 1, decided on him instead of Sicily/Hewett as it seemed like everyone had him and there was that fear it will hurt more NOT having him when everyone else seemed to have him. I will start a NEVER NEVER again list for next season. He will probably be the only player in it.

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    2. I feel yah Lisa – same for me … he was gone for me this week until English went down … just a pity he has played first game as I wanted to see what Preuss would offer up first before deciding whether to hold English or not …

      Probably should have found a way to ditch Lachie anyway … and now as I type it I know how I could have … serves me right for being too busy with work and no time to look / make decisions …

      And yes Nato, he was already on my never again list (along with other GWS players) … but somehow he still made it into my side.

      Something is not right with him … and not just injury wise … his head is not in footy … he seems lost / disinterested every week …

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      1. So glad to discover that other right-thinking SCers are also discarding Whitfield forever (and ever, amen, FD). I too wish I had burnt a boost just to be rid of him, but time zones got the better of me.

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  13. Marshall spending a lot of time on the bike. The way it is looking is that it is a corkie and shouldn’t sideline him for future rounds.
    The way the rucks are going this season, who will be the next one to cause havoc for Supercoach?

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    1. He has looked pretty polished in a few moments GD.
      Impressive.
      Elevated price tag and a couple other cheaper rookies floating around probably might mean giving him a miss though.

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    1. His hitouts in the 2nd half were barely to advantage. It was just stoppage after stoppage with Saints winning a few so they were sharking his hitouts

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    2. 38% DE and 6 clangers (3 frees against) killed his score from going big … and one of his clangers late was a handball going 2M that missed its mark and cost them a goal …

      If he cleaned up his act in that regards and some of his frees … he’ll score big scores each week. Saints were also stealing his taps a lot and Giants really need a better inside mids to pick those taps up … or work better with him …

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    3. Did you watch the game, his hit outs went to the same spot every time and st kilda were waiting for them . He’s big with no football smarts..

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    1. Ummm…what game you were you watching, Bruce?

      Preuss and Flynn both very good tonight. 3 goals between them, dominated HOs (77), early HTA work was sharp, leading contested possession getters with 12 and 10 and good line marking.

      Problem was connection with the midfield who, for mine, looked flat as f*ck.

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      1. Well i watched a game where 2 big ruckman couldn’t overcome 193cm Josh Battle when game was on the line.

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      2. Gd , tell me how can a team win ho 77 to 19 and lose the game . Because the werent to advantage I would guess.

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        1. Pruess won the tap, hits to a gws mid. They bang it forward. Turnover. Saints playing two behind the ball while gws had their numbers at the contest.

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  14. Looks like Whitfield will only show up if his team is in winning form. He also only seems to show up for 1 term as rounds 4 and 5 were 1 11 disposal quarter in each game to get no more than 25 as a total.
    He is looking like a never again player

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  15. Should l take score of Preuss via a loophole?

    To do this I would need to trade Grundy and loophole Dixon into rucks. This will gives me 540k plus a hinge trade and I could bring in any premo.

    TU yes
    TD no

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    1. This is my dilema at the moment. Was going to see if Grundy stunk it up on Anzac Day, which I reckon is unlikely as he is up against Draper (sorry Bombers fans) before making my mind up next round.

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  16. Actually, I can take Preuss score by trading out Grundy and Rowell and bring in Heeney and Sicily by using the 1.07m to spend on these 2 premos

    Yes or no

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  17. Jack Hayes.
    Starting price $102K
    Rd. 6 BE -22
    Scored 16
    Rd. 6 $242k->$259k(+$17k).

    Tough luck. Cruel game.

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  18. Probably cost my season. Reversed my trades this afternoon and got distracted with life forgetting to bring Preuss in before the bounce. Shattered

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  19. Missed the game last night, disappointing news for Hayes,

    Finally makes the big show and then this. Hope he can bounce back.

    And of course last week on the bench this week on field. Rookie Roulette strikes again.

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