Agreed.
I'd be super cautious with Joey, he has been incredibly durable for us but maybe father time is starting to creep up slowly on him with soft tissue injuries.
It's a ripper of a position to be in at the moment. Joey will be the only player certain to come back in to the squad. Even Sammy, if Tippett and Sinclair keep combining well and doing the business, may not get back in. You've got a heap of players (Towers, Newman, Tippett, Sinclair, Hayward) playing for their spots every week so it's just impossible to see any complacency setting in.
I think our best 22 is almost set: for mine I see the us having the following four as emergencies come GF day - Towers (midfield), Harry C (small forward), Tippett/Sammy/Sinclair (Ruck/KPF) and Aliir (KPD). Any other changes and we have enough flexibility to move players around a bit.
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Naismith and Tippett gives us options too, for example if we need Sammy to go down back because either Reg or Lewis get knocked out in the first minute of a key final then Tippo can play as the key forward. I just think the extra tall gives a few more options if things go pear-shaped
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