Changes for Round 14 Vs Port at Adelaide

[Thunder Shaker]

When discussing team changes for this game, please remember this is our fixture for the next four games:
Saturday 29/8/20: Port Adelaide
Thursday 3/9/20: Melbourne
Tuesday 8/9/20: Carlton
Sunday 13/9/20: Brisbane

That's three five-day breaks in a row. That means we will be resting ("managing") players at some point.

I would like to see Gold make his debut (assuming he is ready) in exchange for resting another defender.

[The Big Cat]

I would like to see Gold make his debut (assuming he is ready) in exchange for resting another defender.

What about Silver and Bronze?

[Aaron]

Port has already announced "Ryan Burton, Connor Rozee, Xavier Duursma and Todd Marshall, who were all selected within the first 19 picks of their respective drafts, will be named, as will Cameron Sutcliffe." They will replace "Steven Motlop, Sam Mayes, Jarrod Lienert, Boyd Woodcock and Mitch Georgiades". There will be the likes of Dixon, Lycett, Westoff and Marshall who are taller than Melican, our tallest defender last week.

[Bond007]

The game is tomorrow when are we announcing a team?

[The Big Cat]

The game is tomorrow when are we announcing a team?

6.30 tonight

[ugg]

In: Aliir, Clarke, McInerney
Out: Foot, O'Riordan, Stephens (all omitted)
Emg: Warner McLean Stephens Foot

In: Burton, Duursma, Marshall, Rozee, Sutcliffe
Out: Georgiades (injured) Lienert (omitted) Mayes (omitted) Motlop (omitted) Woodcock (omitted)
Emg: Mayes Hayes Woodcock Lienert

[Melbourne_Blood]

From the AFL site it looks like :

In : AA, Clarke , Mcinerney

Out: Stephens , Foot , Rampe


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[Melbourne_Blood]

From the AFL site it looks like :

In : AA, Clarke , Mcinerney

Out: Stephens , Foot , Rampe


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I forgot Rampe was already out last week, dum dum.


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[MattW]

Is O'Riordan's contract ending this year?

[i'm-uninformed2]

Shame re COR. Last year, I thought he was going to kick on but they are clearly seeing something they don’t like and he does seem to have lost the run and dare.

[Ludwig]

Is O'Riordan's contract ending this year?

No. 2021.

I wouldn't read too much into him being omitted. It's just a matter of taking someone out of defence to make room for Aliir.

These last few weeks of the season, there are likely to be changes that are motivated by factors other than putting the absolute best team on the field.

[MattW]

No. 2021.

I wouldn't read too much into him being omitted. It's just a matter of taking someone out of defence to make room for Aliir.

Ok. Sure. They don't seem to have a whole heap of faith in him.

[Blood Fever]

No. 2021.

I wouldn't read too much into him being omitted. It's just a matter of taking someone out of defence to make room for Aliir.

These last few weeks of the season, there are likely to be changes that are motivated by factors other than putting the absolute best team on the field.

Agree. Thurlow still in but reckon he might not be at club next year although not sure of his contract status.

[707]

No. 2021.

I wouldn't read too much into him being omitted. It's just a matter of taking someone out of defence to make room for Aliir.

These last few weeks of the season, there are likely to be changes that are motivated by factors other than putting the absolute best team on the field.

Like the motivation of pick 3 !

[Ludwig]

Ok. Sure. They don't seem to have a whole heap of faith in him.

If we're going to play Dawson in defence, it simply falls to dropping either COR or Fox. I think it's the right move to keep Fox in the side at this stage.

Despite having so many injuries, it's still hard to win a spot in the side. There are a lot of decent young players that are worth getting games in to. Still no Gould or Amartey, so we still have players waiting to get a look in.

I'm not putting too much weight on selection or week to week performances this year when evaluating the long term prospects of particular players. Even Gray and Taylor could be handy pickups when next year rolls in. It will be a fresh start when training resumes for 2021. It's not a normal season this year and the usual criteria for measuring performance should be moderated. It's particularly hard for the fans, being so far from the action and cut off from much of the typical flow of information about how players are going who are not in the senior side.