No major news to come out of the naming of Thursday nights teams for the massive clash at the MCG between Geelong and Collingwood.
Matthew Stokes has retained his spot, while Dale Thomas returns from the flu. Shannon Byrnes and Trent West will play their first games for the year. Some good news for fantasy coaches, Dayne Beams is listed on the ground, after a decent display last week
Geelong
B: Andrew Mackie, Matthew Scarlett, Darren Milburn
HB: Joel Corey, Harry Taylor, Max Rooke
C: Jimmy Bartel, Corey Enright, Cameron Ling
HF: James Kelly, Cameron Mooney, Mathew Stokes
F: Paul Chapman, Tom Hawkins, Steve Johnson
Foll: Mark Blake, Joel Selwood, Gary Ablett
Int: Trent West, Shannon Byrnes, Travis Varcoe, David Wojcinski
Emg: Ryan Gamble, David Johnson, Tom Lonergan
In: West, Byrnes, Stokes
Out: Brad Ottens, Simon Hogan, Gamble
Collingwood
B: Shannon Cox, Simon Prestigiacomo, Heath Shaw
HB: Harry O’Brien, Nathan J. Brown, Nick Maxwell
C: Marty Clarke, Alan Didak, Dale Thomas
HF: Dayne Beams, Travis Cloke, Paul Medhurst
F: John Anthony, Leigh Brown, Shane O’Bree
Foll: Josh Fraser, Tarkyn Lockyer, Scott Pendlebury
Int: Leon Davis, Ben Johnson, Dane Swan, Brad Dick
Emg: Anthony Corrie, Anthony Rocca, Alan Toovey
In: Thomas
Out: Toovey
If you haven’t
already traded hold off! The rest of the weeks teams are listed tomorrow at 5pm.
So many coaches were hurt last week when they traded Travis Tuck and Michael Hurley into their sides, neither were named for their respective teams.
the dud
April 8, 2009 at 9:42 pm
was scared for a while as i did not see beams on the bench or in the emergencies.
Heater
April 8, 2009 at 9:46 pm
More than happy Laser Beams is playing. He’ll play plenty of games this year.
Andy
April 8, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Hogan “general soreness”?
Simon
April 8, 2009 at 9:56 pm
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT RE: CATS
Thompson suggested the team that is picked tonight may not be the 22 that takes the field tomorrow night the MCG, with the team’s five-day turn-around presenting selection difficulties.
“There will be a couple of other changes, I think it’s important we put fresh people in,” he said.
“If anyone hasn’t pulled up to play this game, then they probably shouldn’t be playing, so there’ll probably be two or three changes.
“It’s a five-day turnaround, so we can’t really be clear on your side after four days. Don’t read too much into the team and just understand it might not be the team that lines up tomorrow night.”
Ash
April 8, 2009 at 10:04 pm
i think the pies will win this one. Due to the 5 day turn around!! Beams for Rising Star, dunno whether to have ablett my captain
craig
April 8, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I really do hope Tuck is named this week… still pissed i jumped the gun and traded him IN after his Round 1 performance for Liam Anthony….. >:(
Mitch Cleary
April 8, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Ash the Pies and Cats had the same turn around :S
PlayEr
April 8, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Gonna jump the gun again craig? Thinkin of tradin in both Gibbs and s.johnson. Doubt Gibbs will do a Tuck.
Denim Dan
April 8, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Would anyone like to davel in Leigh Harding?
Lee
April 8, 2009 at 10:23 pm
What about all these rumours about Ablett having an ankle injury? Thompson’s comments don’t make me feel any easier about the chances of him being a late withdrawal. Ordinarily he’d be my lock as captain for both DT and SC but this week I am wary. Thinking of opting for Stevie Johnson, Dean Cox or maybe even deledio as captain instead. Thoughts?
Lee
April 8, 2009 at 10:25 pm
@ Demin Dan – “davel in Leigh Harding”? WTF does that mean?
craig
April 8, 2009 at 10:33 pm
I already had Gibbs and S. Johnson in my team from prior to NAB cup… 😛
drFaust
April 8, 2009 at 10:42 pm
What the heck are you talking about Lee “Davel” is a perfectly kromulant word.
GiftedGilbee
April 9, 2009 at 12:13 am
Lee, in SC you have your ViceCaptain option so why wouldn’t you have Gablett as your Capt anyway. If he doesn’t play then Cox or StevieJ can take his place as Vice.
same as last week
April 9, 2009 at 12:15 am
Daisy and Tuck made my dt life a wee bit difficult last week. Takes an injury to give Beams a chance, should have been in for toovey from the start of the season. Hats off for the Simpsons quote
Denim Dan
April 9, 2009 at 12:56 am
Does anyone know where I can get a Canadian Tuxeudo? OR some information on whether Leigh “Rodent” Harding is going to be a good pick up this year?
Certified
April 9, 2009 at 12:58 am
Rance, Rance, he’s our man,
If he cant do it.. we’ll give him another chance.
sam
April 9, 2009 at 1:23 am
hogan “general soreness” my ass
wats the real deal wif hogan?
Dan
April 9, 2009 at 1:29 am
@drFaust: i lol’d
benno
April 9, 2009 at 2:22 am
drfaust and your friend in denim, you are both very amusing gentlemen.
i hear ryan gamble is also generally sore.
lee, more information about your ablett injury claim. hints do us all no good.
simonoz
April 9, 2009 at 2:38 am
Benno – this ‘strange’ tidbit popped up a few days ago here in FF:
LATEST NEWS FROM FANFOOTY – Sun 5/4, 11:03AM Ablett Injury by twinks
NEWS: Ablett is off on Monday/Tuesday for scans on the ankle he hurt last year against Freo. Rolled it at recovery this morning.
*** Has been nothing mentioned anywhere else though – at least what I have seen ***
m0nty
April 9, 2009 at 2:49 am
simonoz: that was a troll. Pay it no mind.
drFaust
April 9, 2009 at 11:08 am
General Soreness is geelong speak for omitted. Brynes will make a flog of himself soon enough and one of Hogan/Gamble will replace him.
Simon
April 9, 2009 at 11:09 am
Thanks Mont
Superfist
April 9, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Did fake monty’s post that Ablett had done a hammy get deleted?
kimber
April 9, 2009 at 1:58 pm
@ monty
i will not be able to make changes to my team later than now
i have hill on field and raines on bench
do u think i shud make trades or prey for hill to be selected??
cheers
vic
April 9, 2009 at 4:18 pm
with stokes back in the team how do you think johnsons numbers will be affected?
haryscary
April 9, 2009 at 4:22 pm
MONTY – I would be very interested to see how your team projections compared to the actaul round 1 teams. I feel you got it pretty wrong in many cases. Rather that positions perhaps list your projection against the actual teams to see how close you were.
What do you think>?
drFaust
April 9, 2009 at 4:26 pm
@ Vic. Stokes coming back won’t effect SJ’s numbers at all. SJ finds his own ball up the ground enough to ensure he’ll score well most weeks…shame I don’t have him this year 🙁
vic
April 9, 2009 at 5:44 pm
coz on the team sheet stevie J is listed at forward pocket and stokes is half forward flank
but i guess i shouldnt be reading too much into the team sheets
Tim
April 9, 2009 at 6:57 pm
haryscary – what was the point of your post?
Monty had a crack and most of his projections were an accumulation of opinion from various fan sites. It was the perfect summary of possible inclusions. Saved me hours trawling individual team sites as I put my team together. It mattered not if they ended up being right as we all got a chance to see the final teams.
Is that what you do all day – hide in the shadows then shoot people down who’ve tried to help others?
Palmer10
April 9, 2009 at 7:12 pm
can someone PLEASE tell me a good trade for bock ive got enough for anyone
Charlie
April 9, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Don’t trade Bock.
1. I don’t think you should anyway because I think he’ll only miss a week or two (two donuts not worth wasting a trade on a gun), but even if you do…
2. There’ll be 2-3 uber-gun backmen heaps cheaper next week (Goddard, Hodge etc.), while Bock’s price stays the same.
Dicko
April 9, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Palmerio – Why trade him? He’ll be back next week or the week after, and probably eager sto do the right thing by his team and all of us that have kept him!
Palmer10
April 9, 2009 at 7:37 pm
yeah but i only have one playing bench player and he is on for raines
Robin Bancs
April 9, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Then trade the other bench player who isn’t playing
2 trades for me:
Out: Malceski, S Hill
In: Gibbs, Houlihan
Should have made those trades before the season started!
Charlie
April 9, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Palmer10 – in my opinion, a gun would need to miss 5 at this stage of the year to be worth sacrificing a trade. DO NOT TRADE BOCK.
Quinny
April 10, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Palmer10, trade out Bock definately. trade lots early and then cruise home at the end of the season…
Jacko
April 10, 2009 at 3:57 pm
i traded out bock for lockyer, quite happy actually, prefer 104 to steven hills possible single figure
Doc
April 10, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Anyone know when the final teams get released?
Quinny
April 10, 2009 at 9:00 pm
tomorrows teams are out on afl.com
Mitch Cleary
April 10, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Also up on FanFooty as well