Changes for Round 23 v Gold Coast Suns

[Faunac8]

Well apparently there are certain players who are playing who arent fit anyway , might as well be Chad !

Such as?

[TheBloods]

Such as?

Not going there

[Faunac8]

Not going there

You opened the door you now need to walk through it and provide some evidence maybe name some names or, and this is very simple and easy to understand stop your vacuous posting.

[TheBloods]

You opened the door you now need to walk through it and provide some evidence maybe name some names or, and this is very simple and easy to understand stop your vacuous posting.

No because every time i bring this player up i get my head bitten off , over it

[ugg]

Very puzzled with the Fox omission. I thought he could be one to fill Blakey’s shoes as a running half back.

[i'm-uninformed2]

Well apparently there are certain players who are playing who arent fit anyway , might as well be Chad !

He’s right. Rowbottom is apparently playing a bit under duress. Horse apparently said so at a press conference. Apparently this is public available information. Apparently that was obvious to most people on here for a long time, even people who like Rowbottom. And someone apparently wants to still query this. And never mind, because the match committee can apparently make informed judgements about it.

Anyway, it’s all good because I’m confident Chad and Rowbottom will be part of our premiership window. Apparently.

[TheBloods]

He’s right. Rowbottom is apparently playing a bit under duress. Horse apparently said so at a press conference. Apparently this is public available information. Apparently that was obvious to most people on here for a long time, even people who like Rowbottom. And someone apparently wants to still query this. And never mind, because the match committee can apparently make informed judgements about it.

Anyway, it’s all good because I’m confident Chad and Rowbottom will be part of our premiership window. Apparently.

Ok so what if he is , they are both under duress , choose Chad .

[i'm-uninformed2]

Very puzzled with the Fox omission. I thought he could be one to fill Blakey’s shoes as a running half back.

Yep. I can’t see what he was doing obviously wrong so maybe they’re going to push Dawson back to the role, albeit the trade off is even better foot skills (though Blakey’s kicking was very good) for bit of a drop in pace and kamikaze dare.

[Ludwig]

We made the right choices for a dead rubber game ahead of finals.

[crackedactor 01]

Only possible reason is Warner's fitness. Otherwise he is surely straight in.

What may it more weird was the Sydney Swans posted a photo of Chad training on twitter. If he is going to play in the finals he definitely needs a hit out first. Cannot understand the Swans team decision to leave him out.

[SwanSand]

Ok so what if he is , they are both under duress , choose Chad .

It’s like saying let’s choose Blakey because he is best 22 even though he is injured or for that matter Kennedy. Ridiculous argument for the sake of an argument.

None of us sit on match committees or are privy to health issues. All we do is speculate. Obviously I am not talking about the people here who are experts who just seem to know EVERYTHING !

[Steve]

Changes for Round 23 v Gold Coast Suns

I think all the selections make sense.

As it is Melican and Fox shouldn’t play in the same side - the preference seems to be to go small (Fox) if we can get away with it, but better to give Melican another run in a dead rubber game I’m case we need him during the finals.

I think Reid is straight back in next week, but strategic to hold him back and get another game into McLean in case he’s needed. Have the option to play McLean for longer in the ruck as that workhorse type as well if we want to put Hickey on ice at any point during the game.

I like the idea of Warner as the sub through the finals, like Parker in 2012 - still think it would have been an idea to play him in the 22 this week to guarantee him a run.

It’s a shame re: Blakey but I would have been nervous about his defending against top teams in the finals, albeit he was giving some x-factor to break games open.

[mcs]

I think all the selections make sense.

As it is Melican and Fox shouldn’t play in the same side - the preference seems to be to go small (Fox) if we can get away with it, but better to give Melican another run in a dead rubber game I’m case we need him during the finals.

I think Reid is straight back in next week, but strategic to hold him back and get another game into McLean in case he’s needed. Have the option to play McLean for longer in the ruck as that workhorse type as well if we want to put Hickey on ice at any point during the game.

I like the idea of Warner as the sub through the finals, like Parker in 2012 - still think it would have been an idea to play him in the 22 this week to guarantee him a run.

It’s a shame re: Blakey but I would have been nervous about his defending against top teams in the finals, albeit he was giving some x-factor to break games open.

Despite the religious like flagellation of some on this thread, the changes make some degree of sense to me as well.

I'm suprised they haven't gone with Warner, but I'm comfortable in the knowledge that by far the best judges of whether he should be selected are the coaches and the selection panel. But it would now be a big call to bring him in for the first final off no really serious hit outs.

I don't necessarily agree that Reid is necessarily straight back in for the final - given his tank, if Mclean can have a good game on the weekend, he might do enough to hold Reid out (The trade off here is McLean's ability to run hard with a big tank vs Reid's versatility in terms of being able to go back if need be and be a spare man, and also his experience too). But I lean towards him quite possibly being a back in for the elimination final unless Mclean manages a 'must pick me' performance this week.

[stevoswan]

Well apparently there are certain players who are playing who arent fit anyway , might as well be Chad !

I will concede this is a clever and relevant post. Credit where it's due....

[longmile]

Fox is unlucky. He is so much better than Melican it’s not funny.

Agreed. Melican is too slow and unskilled to play in a finals side.

I think Fox is severely underrated in defence. Hopefully he comes back next week, he provides great drive off half back to which is needed in absence of Blakey.

Also there must be something up with the Chad?