Changes for Round 4 versus Kangaroos

[Matt80]

Rohan sub again I reckon and a handy one at that.

Rohan did a good job as Sub last week, but you can't continue to keep playing a young player as the Sub every week. They will lose fitness and confidence if you continue to only give them 20 minutes of game time a week. He needs game time to keep developing his capability.

It's a different story with older guys like Gia from the Western Bulldogs. Gia is not going to get any better, and 20 minutes of high intensity football is good for his older body.

If Adam Goodes knee can't get up to the intensity of a full game, I think he could be a handy high impact sub later in the year.

I would put Tom Mitchell as the sub this week. He has not been in good form, and the rest may be good for his body.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Mcglynn is playing Birds tagging role, but with a bit more of an edge, and Harry is playing the small forward role of McGlynns. Doesn't appear to be room for Bird if Both these two continuing performing those roles as well as they are? Or maybe he just needs another week?

[aguy]

I would have liked to see bird back in. Maybe instead of laidler

[DLBIA14]

I hope the SCG crowd gives Ray the dwarf a hard time. I don't want him officiating another swans match again. To top it off, the guy was (And most likely still is) a hawk supporter.

I still vividly remember the Freo game. Almost single-handedly sabotaged our 2011 campaign.

Swans fans are a fairly docile bunch, but I genuinely thought some were about to jump the fence that day! He absolutely copped it on his way off the ground and rightly so.

[707]

Rohan sub again I reckon and a handy one at that.

[ugg]

No changes for us
Firrito in for MacMillan for them

[bloodsbigot]

I hope the SCG crowd gives Ray the dwarf a hard time. I don't want him officiating another swans match again. To top it off, the guy was (And most likely still is) a hawk supporter.

I still vividly remember the Freo game. Almost single-handedly sabotaged our 2011 campaign.

[Aaron]

Is it a concern?
UMPIRES: Ray Chamberlain (18) !!!!
Simon Meredith
Ben Ryan
What's our winning record with Ray in charge?

[rojo]

I would say that the Interchange Bench will come down to Derickx, Rohan, Cunningham, Laidler and Bird. One of those will have to go and another sit on the bench. I would keep Derickx in, one reason being that if we want Pyke to be firing at the end of the season we have got to look after him now, and Derickx needs game time to develop and learn his role. Of the others I think it will depend on the needs - if we need another tagger, Bird would be in but if we need maximum run, both Rohan and Cunningham stay in. I would probably leave Laidler out but what a difficult decision. If Reid and KT were available it would be a whole lot more 'painful'.

[O'Reilly Boy]

Anyone know who's in and out yet?

According to the site I'm looking at we have:

IN: Craig Bird, Toby Nankervis, Dean Towers
OUT: ?


Very happy to see Dean Towers there.

Final 22 and emergencies to be named this afternoon at 5pm.
I'm looking forward to having another look at Derrickz, this time on the smaller paddock. It would be great to see Towers get a run, but I can't see who he replaces (barring injury concerns) especially with Bird to come back in?a no-brainer given the likely conditions.

[bloodsbigot]

Anyone know who's in and out yet?

According to the site I'm looking at we have:

IN: Craig Bird, Toby Nankervis, Dean Towers
OUT: ?


Very happy to see Dean Towers there.

[bloodsbigot]

Our record so far this year:

Round 1 - Wet - Loss
Round 2 - Wet - Loss
Round 3 - Dry - Win


I don't like that pattern.

[R-1]

Luckily North are mostly pants in the wet too. Something to do with Etihad.

[DLBIA14]

Wet weather ? Oh @@@@ .....

Eugh. How many wet home games have we had over the last few years? You'd think with all the practice, we'd be better...

[Jeffers1984]

Cunnington is in excellent form....gotta stop him.