5 matchups that will decide the Grand Final

[ugg]

The way I see it:

Barry-Lynch
LRT-Hansen
CBolton-Embley
Kennelly-Armstrong

Glass-Hall
Hunter-O'Louglin
B.Jones-O'Keefe
Wirrpanda-Schneider

[Xie Shan]

Originally posted by ugg
I'm not saying that we shouldn't try to stop the likes of Judd, Cousins, Cox etc. I was trying to highlight the lesser profile matchups which I think could be important even if the big guns on either side are stopped.

I like your thinking. Excellent summary - the interesting thing is that all of the Weagles mentioned are in form and have had good games since the QF, but this is offset by Buchy, Kirk and Jude, in particular, all being in good form last week. Slight question over LRT but Hansen, while a good player, is not of the calibre Pavlich is.

But who from the Eagles is going to stop Malceski and McVeigh? With the usual suspects from last year of Buchy, Kirk, Jude, NOG, Fossy all doing well in the midfield, the injection of these two into the team this season could be a big factor in determinining which midfield comes out on top. We know how well Eski can deliver the ball into the forward line, and McVeigh has been a dangerous goalsneak all year.