Changes for Elimination final V St Kilda

[Nich]

Out: Lewis Jetta
In: Leigh Tudor

[royboy42]

It appears to me that White was playing under difficulty which effected his marking and one on ones.With LRT Fit and Reid coming back he may be dropped because of his unofficial injury.
Grundy's mystery virus seems to explain his not so sharp form this year.
Kennelly will not be dropped.
LRT slots nicely into the Grundy hole and gives us back the 2005 premiership CHB.(Not bad depth). With Richards playing well at FB and Johnson to take on another tall we have good quality talls in defence.

IMHO most likely it will be Reid and LRT for Jetta and White.

LRT looked good at training , but didn't play the 100 minutes at the 2s last weekend...maybe still a query on his match fitness for a final?
However, assuming he is regarded as 100%, I believe he nad Reid for Jetta and White sounds practical.

[Nich]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/young-sydney-swan-sam-reid-ready-to-roll/story-e6frf9jf-1226131554986

Reid is all good - straight from the Horses (Sam's) mouth.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Whats the word on Pyke? If they have Gardiner, Kosi, Big Mac, we may need an extra Giant ( particularly if we have no Reg ) even with LRT.

[royboy42]

Whats the word on Pyke? If they have Gardiner, Kosi, Big Mac, we may need an extra Giant ( particularly if we have no Reg ) even with LRT.

They were happy with him last week in the 2s.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Excellent, would love to see the big Canadian out there. Liekwise Seaby, but that just does not seem likely after the events of this year.

[Jewels]

Boy O boy you guys are planning lots of changes to a team that's been playing so well for the past three weeks!
I can't see Tiger being dropped, he was better then he has been for a long time last weekend and I think that while he's halfway performing on the field, the coaches will let him play the season out, however long that will be, and retire with dignity.
Therefore the only changes I see are Jetta and Mal out, Sammy and Reg (or LRT if Reggie doesn't come up) in.

[Rod_]

Ok my outs and in's are, and why:

Kennelly, Out (because we need to give a young player a go = finals experience) Thanks for the service!
Jetta either plays a full game (or most of it) or he is out. Not an impacting player off the bench.
Grundy needs to be fit or he's out.
Malceski On the edges - depending on match ups - Out

Reid In - Obvious
LRT in if fit. Extra Height
Seaby to be considered if Gardener is playing. Either LRT or Seaby would be first choice..

Also in the mix

Gordon, Lewis Johnstone (if Reg doesn't come up) and Moore

Lucky

This week only Mattner (Was not at his best last week - hopefully he was saving himself for this week).

Bird Stays in because he is a run with player and can rotate through the middle.

ROK - Please be fit (or at least 85%)

Big Raspberry to Monty - Tried to take out Goodsy and ROK late in the game. This is why you will be delisted soon. (I used to like your efforts - on last weeks game, your a thug! Get over it you were traded)

Rod_

[Bas]

Big Raspberry to Monty - Tried to take out Goodsy and ROK late in the game. This is why you will be delisted soon. (I used to like your efforts - on last weeks game, your a thug! Get over it you were traded)

Rod_

On AFL Insider last night (Alistair Lynch) they did a report especially covering this topic and criticisms of people. Lynchy pointed out the Monty has only played 4 games this year. The hit he did was 100% legal and within the spirit of the game. Lynchy said that that hit on ROK may have just extended his contract by 12 months.

At the time I thought it was a bit rough but ROK does NOT pay Monty's bills or live his football career. He isn't a thug any more than Schneider, Hall or Dempster. I noticed that he has changed his body shape since being at the Lions and personally I hope he does get another year at least on that list or gets picked up by GWS.

If anything what was ROK doing carrying on like a precious princess. I thought he was tougher than that.

[Big Al]

Big Raspberry to Monty - Tried to take out Goodsy and ROK late in the game. This is why you will be delisted soon. (I used to like your efforts - on last weeks game, your a thug! Get over it you were traded)

Rod_

This is over the top.

Monty did nothing wrong. To call someone a thug for a legal bump in a contact sport is extraordinary. As much as I like ROK I was disappointed in his reaction. HTFU certainly came to mind at the time.

[Rod_]

On AFL Insider last night (Alistair Lynch) they did a report especially covering this topic and criticisms of people. Lynchy pointed out the Monty has only played 4 games this year. The hit he did was 100% legal and within the spirit of the game. Lynchy said that that hit on ROK may have just extended his contract by 12 months.

At the time I thought it was a bit rough but ROK does NOT pay Monty's bills or live his football career. He isn't a thug any more than Schneider, Hall or Dempster. I noticed that he has changed his body shape since being at the Lions and personally I hope he does get another year at least on that list or gets picked up by GWS.

If anything what was ROK doing carrying on like a precious princess. I thought he was tougher than that.

I understand the comment that Roosy made was one in on the end of year trip and the other is looking towards the finals..

You don't want to be taken out by a "mate" late in the game. Princess possibly..?

When I watched it live, Bradman stand, Monty charge in from CHB and atempted to clean Goodsy up (or tried to, and Goodsy pivoted out of the way - near miss #1) about 5 minutes from full time. The second was the ROK hit, I guess you could call it another near miss #2 I suppose Monty had plenty to play for being 50 odd points behind.... Thug moment's IMO

Rod_

[Bas]

I can't recall the the Goodes miss. The comment Roos made is not really relevant. Why should Monty have played differently, he came on, made an impact and hopefully gets a contract extension.

How do you assume they were "mates". Possibly by ROK's reaction.

The Rugby League State of Origin was founded on one player (Beetson) playing for Qld belting his teammate in the weekly comp playing for NSW.

If ROK had done it on Monty last Saturday night, would that make it better or would ROK be a thug?

[Big Al]

I understand the comment that Roosy made was one in on the end of year trip and the other is looking towards the finals..

You don't want to be taken out by a "mate" late in the game. Princess possibly..?

When I watched it live, Bradman stand, Monty charge in from CHB and atempted to clean Goodsy up (or tried to, and Goodsy pivoted out of the way - near miss #1) about 5 minutes from full time. The second was the ROK hit, I guess you could call it another near miss #2 I suppose Monty had plenty to play for being 50 odd points behind.... Thug moment's IMO

Rod_

A thug is someone who goes out to hurt a player illegally. Didn't see the Goodes one but the ROK one was a perfectly legal hit. Tell me, if this was in the first 5min of the game in say Rd1, is he still a thug??

[Bas]

Rod, the spot light is on you, we've even dimmed the lights in the room!

[DLBIA14]

A thug is someone who goes out to hurt a player illegally. Didn't see the Goodes one but the ROK one was a perfectly legal hit. Tell me, if this was in the first 5min of the game in say Rd1, is he still a thug??

Nothing wrong with his bump, but Amon did punch Kennelly in the side/stomach when he was getting tackled. It was a pretty cheap, unneccesary shot. Mummy quickly made sure he got his just deserts though, and put him down on his backside. haha