Team V Pies...No Kennelly/Buchanan

[Layby]

Buchanan will play

[Chookbilly]

drop crouch.... please drop crouch.... he's offered us nothing since coming back, and in my eyes is past it.... Time to retire.

[woo]

and crouch had a shocker in the last game against the pies...umm..I love the guy but...its see you later time

[NMWBloods]

Buchanan for Crouch would reduce the defensive nature of the team as it is.

[Robbo]

Even though he played well last week, Cheese will make way for Amon because of the reputation factor.

[giant]

We'll obviously miss Tadhg - the lack of run from the back vs the Pies in r21 was excruciating. Still, we'll know quickly if Jude gets run down within the first few minutes by BurnsLockyer like he did last time whether they've come to play or not.

[Nico]

If Buchanan doesn't play then surely he is paying price for poor disposal and poor decision making. Against the Collywobbles he was woeful in these departments which was really a culmination of such indiscretions over a good part of the season. No one disputes his ball getting ability but he really lets the team down time and again.

[Nico]

Thornton picked as an emergency for a final. That is an interesting one.

Is it to say you are the next to be promoted and we want to keep you, or is it, take a look other clubs this bloke has trade value. I go with the promotion theory.

[swans song]

Buchanan must be dirty to be dropped.
If we lose season over
what a way to go!!

[reigning premier]

There will be changes tonight.

Buchanan will play.

[gossipcom]

I'm predicting Buchanan will come in as a late change but the big question is who will go out?

[NMWBloods]

I expect Buchanan for Barlow, or maybe Crouch.

[ugg]

Buchanan played in the reserves today as did Schmidt. Strange that both played and neither was the travelling emergency for such a big game (unless Thornton was it which is highly unlikely).

3quarter time score
13.14 to 0.8! Wowsers.

http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=23700480&c=1-1051-0-51449-0&pool=1001

[hammo]

Buchanan played in the reserves today as did Schmidt. Strange that both played and neither was the travelling emergency for such a big game (unless Thornton was it which is highly unlikely).

I find it extraordinary and stupid that we would have Buchanan and Schmidt in Canberra instead of Melbourne.

Who will come in if there is a problem in the warm up?

This might mean that Tadhg actually is in Melbourne and might come in

[lwoggardner]

Luke Ablett seemed to be the first off the team bus on the news footage. Why would they take him to Melbourne?