Team List Team Selection: R20 v Giants

[KSAS]

IN: 4 quarters of hard contested footy
OUT: Lapses of bruise free footy

Player changes are secondary. but for mine:

IN: Cootee, Dattoli, Kyle
OUT: Rosas, Bice, Cunningham (conc).

i'm tempted to rest/manage Heeney if he's still feeling back soreness. Too valuable to risk as we get closer to the finals. Replaced by either Co Warner or Snell.

Willing as most have suggested, for Mills to play more midfield.

Hoping Cox finally gets asked why Sheldrick is only playing 60% game time.

[SwanSand]

Out Bice, Cunningham and Rosas
In Cootee, Kyle and Melican.

Move Campbell in the forward role for Rosas.
Give Rowbottom more time in the middle.

Move James Jordon to the half forward swapping with Rowbottom. He should tag the half backs. He is the other one whose influence is dropping. He did a good job on Dawson for the first 2 quarters but then Dawson got away.

I think Edwards is spoiling more than marking Backman. Melican can help McCartin to mark. I would move Blakey up a bit to get him more of the ball. Or atleast give him the license to run

[chalbilto]

Out Bice, Cunningham and Rosas
In Cootee, Kyle and Melican.

Move Campbell in the forward role for Rosas.
Give Rowbottom more time in the middle.

Move James Jordon to the half forward swapping with Rowbottom. He should tag the half backs. He is the other one whose influence is dropping. He did a good job on Dawson for the first 2 quarters but then Dawson got away.

I think Edwards is spoiling more than marking Backman. Melican can help McCartin to mark. I would move Blakey up a bit to get him more of the ball. Or atleast give him the license to run

I agree with your selections. As well as Rowbottom, Mills should be spending more time in the middle.

[wolftone57]

IN: 4 quarters of hard contested footy
OUT: Lapses of bruise free footy

Player changes are secondary. but for mine:

IN: Cootee, Dattoli, Kyle
OUT: Rosas, Bice, Cunningham (conc).

i'm tempted to rest/manage Heeney if he's still feeling back soreness. Too valuable to risk as we get closer to the finals. Replaced by either Co Warner or Snell.

Willing as most have suggested, for Mills to play more midfield.

Hoping Cox finally gets asked why Sheldrick is only playing 60% game time.

I really feel for Mal Rosas. He is a crumbing player and our talls didn't bring the ball to ground to advantage. Our talls, were frankly, dreadful.


These are the players who have been terrible over thae last 2 weeks;

Rosas (1 game)
Sheldrick (average Game time 50%)
Edwards
Jordan
Lloyd (1 week)
McDonald (1 game but returning from injury)
Rampe
Serong

Of those players, Rosas, Lloyd have only played one bad one each. Whereas the others have all played two stinkers or not great games. On those figures you would drop all bar Lloyd, McDonald and Rosas plus Harry, who is going through concussion protocols. So 6 players. Then who comes in?

Cootee
Dattoli
Snell or Melly
Green (not because of disposals but because he murdered them in the ruck. He played well against two specialist rucks. matching Henry Smith with 36 HO.
Kyle
Last week I would have said Phillipou but he was quiet last week.

But I can't see any of that happening. Maybe this week Cox will get the defensive match ups right? Maybe he will run more players through the mids instead of exhausting Heeney, Gus and Chad? Maybe we will play the footy we are good at not not what they are good at?