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Harder to pick than a broken nose but let's give it a go. Scratchies are over so as Bruce Buffer says in the UFC, IT'S TIME...

B.  Coniglio  Giblett Taylor
HB. Sinclair Hill Nicholas
C. Edmonds College Masten
HF. Byrne McInness Rogers
F. McPartland Jones Bird

Ruck. Baldwin-Wright, Langlands, Grey

Interchange. Smith, Eyres, Stubbs, Nyika John (to make his debut), Davis (sub) - are we having the sub in the WAFL?

Emergencies. Regan Clarke, Jye Clark, La Fontaine, Brodie Gray, Ugle

Unavailable. Richardson (I assume), Fisher, Hunter, Yeo, Elijah Taylor  

New: Doulton Langlands (AFL - St Kilda), Joshua Smith (AFL - Collingwood, WCE), Oscar Bird (Sydney - academy player)

So my question mark is to play Fraser at half forward or at FF and pinch hitting in the ruck. If at half forward I say leave him there and bring in DBW into the side to ruck with Eyres. 

B.  Davis Giblett Taylor
HB. Sinclair Hill Nicholas
C. Byrna College Masten
HF. Jones, McInness Bird
F. McPartland Rogers Langlands

Ruck: Eyres, Smith, Grey
Int:  DBW, Coniglio, Edmonds, R. Clarke,  Richardson (if ok)

As far as I know there is no sub in the WAFL. I hope not anyway.
Our side will look pretty good on paper but the big question is how strong will WCE be. They don’t have many injuries compared to Fremantle so I’m expecting a strong lineup. Our full forward line is a concern. I think Rogers and McInnes will both start across half forward but deeper forward we could struggle.
 

I look at it this way....

FB.  Coniglio  Giblett  Taylor
HB. Sinclair. Hill. Nicholas
C.   Smith  Colledge. Masten
HF.  Richardson Jones  R Clarke
FF.  Mcpartland Rogers  McInness
R.    Eyres. Grey  Byrne

INT. Langlands. Edmonds. La Fontaine. J Clark 
EM. Bird comes in if Richo unavailable

A squad of 35 listed in the budget, which can be found on the WAFL website.

1. Doulton Langlands, 3. Chris Masten, 4.Corey Byrne, 5. Josh Smith, 7. Michael Sinclair, 8. Regan Clarke, 9. Brady Gray, 10. Matthew Taylor, 11. Jack Richardson, 12. Brant Colledge, 14. Oscar Bird, 15. Connor McPartland, 16. Kristian Cary, 17. Corey Hitchcock, 18. Matthew Rogers, 19. Dakota Baldwin-Wright, 20. Jye Clark, 21. Christian Eyres, 23. Samuel Stubbs, 24. Jordan Reid, 25. Austin Davis, 26. Kasey Nicholas, 28. Clayton Giblett, 29. Marshall Jones, 30. Jayden Quill, 32. Zac Hill, 33. Brent Edmonds, 34. Mitchell Henderon, 35. Jacob Coniglio, 36. Fraser McInnes, 37. Jacob Peletier, 47. Brodie Gray, 48. Jack Steel, 55. Jaiden Hunter, 69. Kane La Fontaine.

Seems like a reasonable list on paper. I'd say only Fisher and Yeo are missing from our best 22. Pleased that Cary, Richardson and Hunter are named given recent reports as to injury. My team:
FB:   Coniglio     Giblett     Hill
HB:   Taylor        Sinclair    Smith
C:      Langlands   Masten    R Clarke
HF:    Richardson  McInnes  Rogers 
FF:    Stubbs         Cary        Jones
F:      Eyres           Grey       Byrne 
Int:   Colledge    McPartland  Davis   Nicholas

As everyone keeps saying, the forward line is a worry. If we really want a tall target, maybe Hunter or Reid, but I have no idea whether Reid is up to it. It's going to be a warm day - 34 degrees - so our fitness will be stretched. Depending on match-ups, it may be better to go with a smaller player in back pocket rather than Hill, maybe Taylor into a pocket and Edmonds at half back, someone who can give us more run. Goals from the midfield will be important. 

FB: Coniglio        Giblett        Sinclair
HB: Taylor            Hill             Nicholas
C:   Smith            Grey           Byrne
HF: Richardson   Jones         McPartland
FF: Rogers          McInnes     Bird
F:   Eyres            Colledge     Masten
Int: Baldwin-Wright    Edmonds    Davis    Langlands

If Richardson doesn't get up then you could bring in either Kristian Cary or Corey Hitchcock.

It is a bit odd that no teams listed for Perth or WCE at 8.15pm tonight ????

WTF Friday morning and still no team selections for our game.
Piss poor.
Not even on our own website.

DF it would be more about WCE playing silly buggers so that PA doesn't get a heads up on who's in or out for tomorrow's AFL game.