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Two scratches done now.


Round 1:
FB: HIne-Baston, Preston-Coates, Sing

HB: Taylor, Scoble, John

C: Davis, Constable, Catchard

HF: Parfitt, Schlensog, Thorne,

FF: Stubbs, A. Clarke, Paton,

Followers: Edwards, Bryne, Randell

Bench: Watson, Wills, McClean, Phillip,

Injured: R. Clarke, Derksen, Johnston, Hill, Dellamarta, Poole, Simpson

Unlucky not to be selected: Coniglio, J. Clarke, Kemp

Work to do: Quartermaine, Williams,

Query on the outer: Brogan-Henry, 

Weakness of team selected:
Height in the backline. Preston-Coates doing a pretty good job and will get better, but still developing. 
Very young and inexperienced Bench - Maybe swap one out for J Clarke,
Stubbs in the forward pocket - Gotta bring balls he cant mark to ground  whilst staying on his feet and locking it in.

Solid Reserve players that I know of (could be more) - that we have to keep motivated in case we play finals and get a late injury:
Gray, Bodle, Moore, Jacques, Evans, Al-Shuweli, Murray

Not sure that Coniglio will miss the line up.

Ditto Simpson unless he's injured

Worm Burner wrote:

Ditto Simpson unless he's injured

I forgot about Simpson, have seen so little of him. I will add him into the above teams injury list.

I just thought Bodle would be better than Stubbs and Q

I'm concerned av=bout injuries yet again. Potentially going into round 1 q - R Clarke, Johnston, Simpson and Poole are best 22. Dellamarta, Derksen, Hill, and Broadbent are handy for depth but also suffering injury. What is wrong with Clarke? I don't regard Bodle as a league quality player. I'd also give Gray a starting berth. I like tagging as a concept, especially against a good midfield like SF. However, the fact that Gray has played reserves in pre season may suggest that Stone doesn't rate him. Coniglio should definitely be in the best 22. 

Preston-Coates is never going to be a top player, but he needs to be steady until Johnson comes back. I am worried that he may get monstered by Keitel in Round 2. We need to be prepared to swing Schlensog onto Keitel if he is getting off the chain.

Ted Nugent wrote:

I'm concerned av=bout injuries yet again. Potentially going into round 1 q - R Clarke, Johnston, Simpson and Poole are best 22. Dellamarta, Derksen, Hill, and Broadbent are handy for depth but also suffering injury. What is wrong with Clarke? I don't regard Bodle as a league quality player. I'd also give Gray a starting berth. I like tagging as a concept, especially against a good midfield like SF. However, the fact that Gray has played reserves in pre season may suggest that Stone doesn't rate him. Coniglio should definitely be in the best 22. 

Preston-Coates is never going to be a top player, but he needs to be steady until Johnson comes back. I am worried that he may get monstered by Keitel in Round 2. We need to be prepared to swing Schlensog onto Keitel if he is getting off the chain.

The difference I feel between Bodle and Stubbs/Q is that he is slightly down on talent in the first case and muscle in the second, BUT he has a big desire to do his best and the best for the team.

Good call about Keitel - though hopefully the supply not going to get to him and it shouldn't matter.

Regan Clarke has been in concussion protocol so should be available. Poole the same but probably won't play round 1. Brogan-Henry has a 2 week suspension to serve.

DD wrote:

Regan Clarke has been in concussion protocol so should be available. Poole the same but probably won't play round 1. Brogan-Henry has a 2 week suspension to serve.

Just remembered that Brodie Gray has a two week suspension from the Ressies final last year too. 

Just noticed Broadbent is no longer listed. If we have injuries to our tails we could be badly exposed. 

Ted Nugent wrote:

Just noticed Broadbent is no longer listed. If we have injuries to our tails we could be badly exposed. 

I saw him there on Saturday. Maybe on the injury list. He is on our list on the WAFL site.