09-07-2024, 12:35 AM
(09-06-2024, 10:23 PM)Baggers link Wrote:As is my want and somewhat irritating to some, I look through a psychological lens at our changes for this game and ask myself one simple question... how confident in their bodies to go flat out for 120 minutes will Doc, Williams, Cerra, Fantasia and Gov be? And that is central to my questioning of these changes. We can reasonably assume that Cinc, Lord and Binns would be confident in their bodies to go hard for 120 minutes. But I get the romance of Doc and the idea of going into the game with your biggest names.
I reckon Durdin is possibly the highest risk. His shoulder pops out when the breeze changes direction. Otherwise Cerra who is out of form and not fit.
Overall, i think we've gone 'safe' with selections.
Safe is a relative term, and i use it in terms of attempting to put our best side out there.....and hoping they hold up.
It would be much braver to leave out some of the 'regulars' and push the kids a bit more, but that would cop more backlash from the larger AFL world....including blues fans.
I've already mentioned, but i think we've gone too many underperforming small forwards and would mich rather sacrifice one or 2 of them for the unabashed enthusiasm of a kid or 2.
I thought Moir as sub would be perfect.
Lord i think is a little undersized, but taking the place of a small forward means we don't lose much.
If we are to win this game, i expect some breakout games from our small forwards to get us over the line.
That currently is our weakest point, and its the area that needs to lift the most.