Team vs Collingwood

[Dpw]

or they could drop Ablett for one of those three if they feel they want to keep the option of a slighty taller side, IMO there isn't alot gained by continuing with Ablett and its quite clear he isn't up to it.

just another option but I think they will drop Powell for one of those three.

[ScottH]

according to www.injuryupdate.com.au buchanon will be ok for Rnd 13.

Player Injury Onset Estimated Return
Amon Buchanan hamstring strain Rnd 12 Rnd 13

[barry]

Very much doubt whether Ball will be back for the collingwood game. In fact I would be nursing him so he's primed for the finals.

Doyle. O'loughlan, Barry the big names to come back. With Fixter maybe getting a game.

I have us finishing 4th or 5th - all coming down to the Melbourne game in round 19.

I cant beleive people think we have a hard draw for the rest of the season. Compared to the first half, its a breeze!

[NMWBloods]

                  1H         2H
Brisbane         Gabba       SCG       [i]Easier[/i]
Fremantle        SCG         Subi      [i]Harder[/i]
Geelong          SCG         SS        [i]Harder[/i]
Kangaroos        Manuka      SCG       [i]Easier[/i]
Melbourne        TS          TD        [i]Harder[/i]
Essendon         MCG         TS        [i]Easier[/i]
Richmond         SCG         MCG       [i]Harder[/i]
West Coast       Subi        --- 
Port Adelaide    ---         AAMI      [i]Same[/i]
Hawthorn         SCG         --- 
Carlton          ---         Optus     [i]Harder[/i]
Bulldogs         SCG         --- 
Adelaide         ---         SCG       [i]Same[/i]
StKilda          SCG         --- 
Collingwood      ---         TS        [i]Easier[/i]

I don't think it looks significantly easier.

If you consider some of our "easier" games:
Essendon and Collingwood @ TS where we have a poor record
Brisbane @ SCG - Brisbane in better form than we played them in rd 1

If not for the Richmond debacle, we should have had 7 wins in the first half. I can't imagine we would pick up more than 7 in the second half.

[sharp9]

I Know the team will be out shortly but I'm twiddling my thumbs!

Davis is out so......

Backs: J. Crouch C. Bolton P. Bevan
Half Backs: L. Barry A. Goodes T. Kennelly
Centre: S. Maxfield P. Williams B. Mathews
Half Forwards: R. O'Keefe B. Hall J. McVeigh
Forwards: B. Fixter, M O'Loughlin M. Nicks
Followers: J. Ball, J. Bolton, B. Kirk,
Interchange: S. Doyle, L. Ablett , H. James, M. Powell,
Emergency: S. Dempster, J. Thewlis, L. Roberts-Thomson

Fixter in for davis in the forward pocket, and dempster into emergency.

[dendol]

Originally posted by hammo
I admire your optimism Penga

how can picking Brisbane to beat us in the GF be called optimism?

I think we have a tough run going into finals. If you look at the draw for other teams around our ladder position, you will see (on average) they have it slightly more easily in that they get to play more teams lower than them (currently) on the ladder and, more significantly, more teams in the bottom four.