Changes for Round 19 v Freo

[Aaron]

Teams confirmed, Reid and Ronke into the 22. Suddenly Gould listed as one of the emergencies(1st time?) instead of Taylor

[Aaron]

Latest line up from AFL site:

FB [42] Robbie Fox, [24] Dane Rampe, [27] Justin McInerney
HB [29] George Hewett, [30] Tom McCartin, [44] Jake Lloyd

C[22] Nick Blakey, [13] Oliver Florent, [21] Errol Gulden
HF [45] Sam Wicks, [20] Sam Reid, [11] Tom Papley
FF [5] Isaac Heeney, [23] Lance Franklin, [9] Will Hayward
FOL[31] Tom Hickey, [12] Josh P. Kennedy, [26] Luke Parker

INT [34] Jordan Dawson, [8] James Rowbottom, [32] James Bell, [25] Ben Ronke

EMG [3] Dylan Stephens, [41] Hayden McLean, [17] Will Gould, [6] Logan McDonald

[Aaron]

Last time we met in R10, Hickey got a PCL during the match and Blakey had to be the ruckman. Fox also injured his eye with Clarke sub in . Hope that we have better luck this time.

[ugg]

Gould replaces Taylor (injured) on the emergencies

[waswan]

Is it right in saying Stephens, gould, dawson and hewitt all SA yet to put pen to paper ?

[i'm-uninformed2]

Ronke in, while keeping Bell, suggests more time for Heeney in the midfield.

[Matty10]

I’m excited to see Ronke have a run. I hope he does well.

[longmile]

Weird team selection

[Ralph Dawg]

Is it right in saying Stephens, gould, dawson and hewitt all SA yet to put pen to paper ?

I'll be surprised if we re-sign all of the above mentioned.

[The Runner]

I'll be surprised if we re-sign all of the above mentioned.

I'd be surprised if we didn't to be honest.
Hewett attracted no interest on the open market last year, so will probably get a cheaper reduced contract (currently one of our top 10).
Gould and Stephens won't be high demand either, should be cheap 1-2 year deals.
Dawson will be a big and long deal.

[Bangalore Swans]

I'll be surprised if we re-sign all of the above mentioned.

I can’t see why Stephens would commit to the Swans. He gave everything last week and seems to get more harshly treated compared to other players. He never does a lot wrong and never gets two games in a row to build his confidence.

Stephens must ponder why Bell, Rowbottom and now the one hit wonder Ronke are ahead of him.

[joeykanga]

I’m excited to see Ronke have a run. I hope he does well.

I am too ..I’ve liked what I’ve seen of him since he’s come back from the long term injury..
I feel like in the vfl he’s been playing a little more on the ball so he and Bell could possibly also go through the midfield a little more