Team Changes

[swansrule100]

SYDNEY
B: Leo Barry, Craig Bolton, Martin Mattner
HB: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Ted Richards, Tadhg Kennelly
C: Paul Bevan, Jarrad McVeigh, Nick Malceski
HF: Ryan O?Keefe, Adam Goodes, Jarrad Moore
F: Darren Jolly, Barry Hall, Jared Crouch
Foll: Peter Everitt, Brett Kirk, Jude Bolton
Int: Luke Ablett, Amon Buchanan, Kieren Jack, Patrick Veszpremi
Emg: Craig Bird, Ryan Brabazon, Heath Grundy

No change

[ugg]

WESTERN BULLDOGS
B: Dale Morris, BrianLake, Tim Callan
HB: Lindsay Gilbee, Ryan Hargrave, Jason Akermanis
C: Nathan Eagleton, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross
HF: Robert Murphy, Mitch Hahn, Brad Johnson
F: Josh Hill, Will Minson, Scott Welsh
Foll: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen
Int: Jarrod Harbrow, Shaun Higgins, Daniel Giansiracusa, Stephen Tiller
Emg: Andrejs Everitt, Farren Ray, Callan Ward

In: Tiller
Out: Farren Ray

[reigning premier]

WESTERN BULLDOGS
B: Dale Morris, BrianLake, Tim Callan
HB: Lindsay Gilbee, Ryan Hargrave, Jason Akermanis
C: Nathan Eagleton, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross
HF: Robert Murphy, Mitch Hahn, Brad Johnson
F: Josh Hill, Will Minson, Scott Welsh
Foll: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen
Int: Jarrod Harbrow, Shaun Higgins, Daniel Giansiracusa, Stephen Tiller
Emg: Andrejs Everitt, Farren Ray, Callan Ward

In: Tiller
Out: Farren Ray

Added a bit of height at the expense of speed!

[TheMase]

I am not convinced Roos was angry at an individual, moreso angry that we (as a team) allowed a late goal (if we are talking about the 3rd quarter).

[hammo]

Bring Playfair in next week, to destroy his old side.

Fair point. He was responsible for their second most recent loss.

[cruiser]

Fair point. He was responsible for their second most recent loss.

Bitchiest comment on RWO so far this season!

[BSA5]

SYDNEY
B: Leo Barry, Craig Bolton, Martin Mattner
HB: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Ted Richards, Tadhg Kennelly
C: Paul Bevan, Jarrad McVeigh, Nick Malceski
HF: Ryan O?Keefe, Adam Goodes, Jarrad Moore
F: Darren Jolly, Barry Hall, Jared Crouch
Foll: Peter Everitt, Brett Kirk, Jude Bolton
Int: Luke Ablett, Amon Buchanan, Kieren Jack, Patrick Veszpremi
Emg: Craig Bird, Ryan Brabazon, Heath Grundy

No change

Bird is unlucky, but otherwise that's fine. I don't think Grundy should have been dropped last week, but I don't think he should be playing against the Dogs, for team balance, especially if O'Keefe plays forward.

[hammo]

Bird is unlucky, but otherwise that's fine. I don't think Grundy should have been dropped last week, but I don't think he should be playing against the Dogs, for team balance, especially if O'Keefe plays forward.

I think Bird just got injured / sick at the wrong time of year. Tough luck considering he had played all but one game.

[Nico]

Roos was quoted on radio saying that Bird trained well and Ablett was a bit sore and there could be a late change.

Could be right because we always have a late change, trouble is it is usually not the one quoted.

[Nico]

I think Bird just got injured / sick at the wrong time of year. Tough luck considering he had played all but one game.

Suspect he may have been rested last week if he trained well today.

[BSA5]

Hope you're right Nico. Ablett is out of form, and while his finals experience is handy, surely getting finals experience into a young potential star is more important in the long term especially in a finals series in which we are almost certainly going to lose to Geelong in the Preliminary, even if we do manage to knock off the Dogs.

[thedoc]

Hope you're right Nico. Ablett is out of form, and while his finals experience is handy, surely getting finals experience into a young potential star is more important in the long term especially in a finals series in which we are almost certainly going to lose to Geelong in the Preliminary, even if we do manage to knock off the Dogs.

Cannot agree. Finals footy by definition means we are one or two games away from a GF! Selections cannot be made assuming future finals series. What though the odds be great or be small ...

I know I could be wrong and maybe we are a better show in 2010 and the cats are right up there, but we need to pick our best team for this week

[Jewels]

Cannot agree. Finals footy by definition means we are one or two games away from a GF! Selections cannot be made assuming future finals series. What though the odds be great or be small ...

I know I could be wrong and maybe we are a better show in 2010 and the cats are right up there, but we need to pick our best team for this week

I find I cannot agree with you. Picking players on past finals experience and not the best available option is a recipe for disaster. Ablett has been sadly lacking any form all year and Bird offers so very much more, finals experience or not.

[BSA5]

Cannot agree. Finals footy by definition means we are one or two games away from a GF! Selections cannot be made assuming future finals series. What though the odds be great or be small ...

I know I could be wrong and maybe we are a better show in 2010 and the cats are right up there, but we need to pick our best team for this week

Sorry, reading over my first post, I probably didn't word it very well. I was suggesting that Bird, on recent form, is probably equal at least to Ablett. What I was basically trying to get across is that we should not pick Ablett on finals experience, all else being equal.

[thedoc]

Sorry, reading over my first post, I probably didn't word it very well. I was suggesting that Bird, on recent form, is probably equal at least to Ablett. What I was basically trying to get across is that we should not pick Ablett on finals experience, all else being equal.

Got it BSA5, I agree with your point.