08-21-2023, 01:21 AM
If Cerra, Walsh and McGovern are fit they need to play. Cripps looks like he is playing hurt so I think he would benefit from a couple of weeks out. Dow, Hewitt and Docherty are doing the heavy lifting in the midfield at the moment, and with Cerra and Walsh coming in we can afford him being rested. Cuningham also looks like he could use a break so if Fogarty is ok we should interchange them. McGovern for Marchbank is the obvious choice. I think Ed Curnow might drop out and Hollands could move to being substitute.
With Kennedy and Silvagni likely to be available for the first week of the finals there are a number of players who are going to be unlucky at selection. The two things that counts against sides making runs in the finals from outside the top four is player attrition and the sides that finish above you have been better than you throughout the season. I think we have the depth of squad and we have beaten three of the top four and four of the other top six in recent weeks so I am not sure the other teams in the finals are better than us.
As for this week we must turn up with the same attitude that we have played with over the past nine weeks. If we do this we will be ok.
With Kennedy and Silvagni likely to be available for the first week of the finals there are a number of players who are going to be unlucky at selection. The two things that counts against sides making runs in the finals from outside the top four is player attrition and the sides that finish above you have been better than you throughout the season. I think we have the depth of squad and we have beaten three of the top four and four of the other top six in recent weeks so I am not sure the other teams in the finals are better than us.
As for this week we must turn up with the same attitude that we have played with over the past nine weeks. If we do this we will be ok.