Changes Round 6 V Gold Coast Suns

[Maltopia]

Out: Prime time Saturday night games, calls to scrap our Academy as we fall out of the top four/six

[graemed]

After losing Hickey, Franklin and possibly Papley, I doubt there’ll be any unforced omissions.

With that in mind, and following, the form I saw in the VFL prematch, I believe we’ll see:

Sinclair for Hickey
McLean for Franklin
Rowbottom or Clarke if Papley injured.

Doubt Bell will go in ahead of the other two, although he did a lot right on Saturday the others were far more effective.

[The Runner]

Wow

[The Big Cat]

18, 41,5,8,2 for 16,3, 23,6, 31, 30

[i'm-uninformed2]

So Brand, Heeney, RB, McLean and Sincs in.

McCartin (tight hammy), Bud, Hickey, McDonald and Campbell out.

Tom Mac a bugger, the young guys make sense and I thought Brand looked ok in his two matches last year.

[707]

In Heeney Brand, McLean, Rowbottom, Sinclair
Out: Campbell, Stephens, Franklin McDonald, Hickey, McCartin

Heeney - are we desperate to win this?
McLean at CHF
Sinclair to ruck
Rowbottom a no brainer
Brand a lock down defender for King

Outs are very interesting, some resting going on and McCartin has hammy awareness so shouldn't be on a plane

[The Big Cat]

Heeney in is a surprise. McCartin out is likewise. (inj)

[MattW]

Wow

Which bit do you reckon is the wowiest? I'm going with the Heeney selection.

[dejavoodoo44]

So Brand, Heeney, RB, McLean and Sincs in.

McCartin (tight hammy), Bud, Hickey, McDonald and Campbell out.

Tom Mac a bugger, the young guys make sense and I thought Brand looked ok in his two matches last year.

Surprised that McCartin is out, but glad it's only a minor thing. On the other hand, surprised that Heeney is back so quickly. Sure that Campbell and McDonald will look a class above in the reserves, especially Campbell, and will soon be back, once they've built up their tanks.

[dejavoodoo44]

And, looking a class above in the reserves, should also apply to Stephens. I thought Brand's defensive work was good last week, but his disposal was a little clunky.

[707]

And, looking a class above in the reserves, should also apply to Stephens. I thought Brand's defensive work was good last week, but his disposal was a little clunky.

At 198cm with long reach and good spoiling technique Brand is there to foil King at FF. Plenty of good users to do the kicking.

This is now an official danger game!

[Aaron]

Swans
B [7] Harry Cunningham, [43] Lewis Melican, [44] Jake Lloyd
HB [34] Jordan Dawson, [2] Kaiden Brand, [29] George Hewett

C [13] Oliver Florent, [14] Callum Mills, [22] Nick Blakey

HF [1] Chad Warner, [5] Isaac Heeney, [9] Will Hayward
F [11] Tom Papley, [20] Sam Reid, [21] Errol Gulden

FOL[18] Callum Sinclair, [26] Luke Parker, [8] James Rowbottom

INT [41] Hayden McLean, [12] Josh P. Kennedy, [27] Justin McInerney, [45] Sam Wicks
EMG [16] Braeden Campbell, [6] Logan McDonald, [32] James Bell, [4] Ryan Clarke

[The Runner]

Which bit do you reckon is the wowiest? I'm going with the Heeney selection.

Yeah particularly given they said in the injury report this week he was 1-2 away.. what changed?
Also, I struggle to see why Stephens conditioning would be an issue. Missing a game doesn't have that kind of impact. Would have kept him in.

[Aaron]

Bull Dog makes 5 change and we have 6 (including Stephens )! Guess Mills may have to play HB for some period of time if required. With Campbell not listed in the reserve team, he will be the medical sub most likely.

Guess we can still win this if everyone play the role.

[Thunder Shaker]

In Heeney Brand, McLean, Rowbottom, Sinclair
Out: Campbell, Stephens, Franklin McDonald, Hickey, McCartin

Outs:
Campbell - Is he being rested or getting a run in the 2s?
Stephens - Needs more game time. 17 minutes is not enough.
Franklin - Forced due to injury. 3-4 weeks?
McDonald - Is he being rested or getting a run in the 2s?
Hickey - Forced due to injury. 3-6 weeks?
McCartin - Forced due to injury. An interesting omission that demonstrates how far sports science has advanced in the last 20 years. In the past, the tightness would not have been recognised as a warning sign. Now it is, and he'll go to the physio for treatment.

Ins:
Heeney - A broken hand takes a few weeks to heal, and about two months to heal properly. Being back after only one week out is a bit risky IMO.
Brand - In for McCartin.
McLean - In for Franklin.
Rowbottom - In for Campbell?
Sinclair - In for Hickey.

Six out, five in. We've got four talls out but only three talls coming in. Are we tweaking team balance here? Or are we taking advantage of the Suns' lack of talls to rest McDonald this week? Will we have a tall player as a medical sub?