Who misses out?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Who misses out?

Lake - Roo
Williams - Kosi
Morris - Milne
Callan - Schneider
Hargy - Eddy
Harbrow - Other

That to me looks like some good match-ups. Morris can be third man up provided he has support on the ground to make sure Milne doesn't get cheap kicks out the back. Some hard running back to help out would be good. We also have Gilbee up our sleeve to play back too, or move him forward and use his foot skills to hit forward targets as opposed to bombing.

With all that said, i don't see where Welsh fits in.

[PaddyWhack]

Re: Who misses out?

Welsh kissed his finals series goodbye on Friday night with winning the ball at the Punt Rd end, then meekly chip kicking straight to a Lion - Welsh's distraught reaction spoke volumes, I thought.
Callan might be hard at it, but he strikes me as a yard too slow for AFL seniors (esp finals) - if he's in to do a specific defensive job however, then so be it.

[yeah_sampson]

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I would prefer Reid over Williams. I'm not a big fan of wiiliams, but the height may be good down back for us over Callan. I think that's what Eade will look at Williams' height.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Who misses out?

Lake - Roo
Williams - Kosi
Morris - Milne
Callan - Schneider
Hargy - Eddy
Harbrow - Other

That to me looks like some good match-ups. Morris can be third man up provided he has support on the ground to make sure Milne doesn't get cheap kicks out the back. Some hard running back to help out would be good. We also have Gilbee up our sleeve to play back too, or move him forward and use his foot skills to hit forward targets as opposed to bombing.

With all that said, i don't see where Welsh fits in.

I like this! Have to be thinking match ups and game plan to win this week - not necessarily best 22. Having said that I think in the end it will be "No Change"

[Happy Days]

Re: Who misses out?

Lake - Roo
Williams - Kosi
Morris - Milne
Callan - Schneider
Hargy - Eddy
Harbrow - Other

That to me looks like some good match-ups. Morris can be third man up provided he has support on the ground to make sure Milne doesn't get cheap kicks out the back. Some hard running back to help out would be good. We also have Gilbee up our sleeve to play back too, or move him forward and use his foot skills to hit forward targets as opposed to bombing.

With all that said, i don't see where Welsh fits in.

Totally agree with all of this, and it should happen; but it won't. We all know Rocket's reluctance to drop experienced players, and guess who isn't one of them? Timmy Callan.

He doesn't deserve to be dropped, but he will be.

[Rocco Jones]

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I know Milne can be very dangerous but I wouldn't put a purely negating type like Morris or Callan on him. The Saints set the standard for defensive pressure but I think it's a weakness of Milne's. He has had 58 tackles this year, way behind his fellow small forward in Schneider (highest amount of inside 50 tackles in the league) with 106 and McQualter 99. I would take the risk and play Harbrow or Shaggy on him, with the aim of burning him going the other way. Harbrow beat him earlier in the year and Shaggy absolutely smashed him the game before that. It's the type of risk we have to take.

[neodog]

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If i was eade, i would have no change and would trust in Callan to provide the chop off hardness support infront of the goals.

[Mofra]

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I really want Callan to stay in. He's borderline psychotic and that's exactly the type we need in the side. Welsh is in trouble and Hahn would be escaping scrutiny after a 4 goal effort.

As an aside, is a half-fit Murphy better than a Williams finding his feet?

[BulldogBelle]

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Lets get ahead of ourselves. Assuming we win this week, and Geelong get over Collingwood (likely), Williams suddenly becomes more important. I'm sure if we played the Cats in the GF, we would have Mooney, Hawkins and Ottens all lining up in the forward line. We need Tom then. If the dogs are thinking the same way, sorry Welshy, your toast.

[LostDoggy]

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Williams has looked a little lost as to where to position himself / his timing can be astray when first returning from injury. So it is a gamble to include him.

Welsh allows flexibility and Callan, despite being a smidgen slow and occasionally error prone, can set the tone with his hardness and willingness to contest down back.

We need a small...does another tall make us top heavy and slower at spillages and back ups? Or does that mean we'll be too short? Maybe, but if Williams isn't fine tuned (and there are those who say he is ready to go), he'll get the run around. We can't afford any player to be off the boil or we will be exposed.

Welsh is a gamble also because he can contribute little but we do need flexibilty in a game like this...and he has been practising this for a while now!

I'll go the conservative route and say No change unless there are unexpected injuries such as to Murph.