Elimination Final v Carlton - Including Teams

[Captain]

IMHO the guys least likely to hold their spots would be Rohan, Reid (in spite of a very impressive debut), Moore and White.

Surely Meredith must be in that list.

I think changes will be:

In: Hanners, Kennelly, Mumford
Out: Rohan, Meredith, White/Reid

[ScottH]

Reid must stay!!!

I'd like to think so too, but given some of the expected ins may struggle to hold his place.
Did some good work out there tonight.

[ScottH]

Surely Meredith must be in that list.

I think changes will be:

In: Hanners, Kennelly, Mumford
Out: Rohan, Meredith, White/Reid

I thought Meredith was pretty good tonight.

[neilfws]

I thought Meredith was pretty good tonight.

So did I.

Reid was very impressive, but not sure if they'll risk him in finals. Thought Rohan was a bit down on last week, but still good.

I guess Hannebery, Kennelly and Mumford are not guaranteed to return - they have to make it through tests and training, though their condition doesn't sound too serious, mostly soreness.

Bradshaw sounds far from certain, so you'd think that would keep White in, but I wonder how much longer he can hold a spot.

[aardvark]

Reid is already far ahead of White although he made a few nervous mistakes and White will hold his spot. Reid will be great next year.

[cruiser]

Bradshaw wont be back this year (see other thread). Hanners, Kennelly, Mumford and McGlynn (?) hopefully ins.

Sunday arvo an interesting choice for playing the game.

[Captain]

I thought Meredith was pretty good tonight.

He was good. But 3 have to go out and he will be one of them.

[Wardy]

it might just be me - but I feel we did better without Kennelly, we flowed alot more smoothly - I thought that we missed Hanners - and Mummy, but not Kennelly (I dont know what it is - anyway) I thought out kids did so well - Jack - what a terrific player he has turned out to be.

[Captain]

it might just be me - but I feel we did better without Kennelly, we flowed alot more smoothly

So true, we didn't miss him at all.

I would be happy giving a kid a run ahead of him (Rohan or Meredith). Will never happen though.

[swans_premiers]

You can't just one win against a cellar dwellar in Brisbane on the importance of kennelly. He has been one of our most important players for a long long time. His win ratio would be enormous. No surprise we've gone from 12th to 5th this year with him back.

[gloveski]

3 changes at most I can't see us including up to 5 players returning from injury in a do or die final

[stellation]

On a different note in terms of pre-match thinking, tonight showed yet again that Adam Goodes is clearly more effective for us playing through the midfield and that's where he will need to play most of the game next weekend, regardless of other ins/outs.

I completely agree, and that's why I expect that (assuming Bradshaw doesn't come up) White will hold his place. I mentioned it in another thread, there's little doubt in my mind that the reason for Goodes camping in the F50 for the majority of last night was because White was playing as backup ruckman and they wanted to maintain a big solid body in a key position to crash packs in the F50.