Who would have thought at the beginning of this season, or even halfway through, that we would be playing for 2nd spot in the final match of the regular season? Not me!
If we beat St Kilda, we are guaranteed 3rd place. Second will depend on percentage. For example, Melbourne could gain more than 0.6 percentage points with a big win over Brisbane, and/or we could lose percentage if we have a high scoring low margin win vs the Saints (e.g, 100-90). Best result for us is if Brisbane win as they are a few percentage points behind, and then we can take second spot with a wider range of winning scores.
But if we have a huge win, it won't matter at all what Brisbane or Melbourne do before us!
As for the team selection, hard to change a winning team that has been on a six game winning streak. Clarke butchered the ball and caused turnovers, but strongly reduced Daicos' influence.
Reid was ferocious in the first half even though he didn't impact the scoreboard. McDonald was strong apart from his set shot at goal (I think they showed stats of 7.13 set shot accuracy for him this season?).
I think it will be no changes, except who they might put in as medical sub.
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