07-11-2016, 09:29 AM
(07-11-2016, 07:20 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Might be a few compulsory changes for this game...I doubt we will appeal, so Casboult is out.
Levi out.
Thomas possibly out with a calf.
Everitt out with chronic lethargy and DGAS.
Jones, Curnow & Buckley in?
I don't think we can afford to go in with 1 ruckman, but I'd like to see both Jaksch and Jones play. I don't think Charlie Curnow is ready. Give him a few weeks to find some form and fitness.
Gorringe will probably be available, but I'd start him in the VFL.
One of Everitt or Walker simply MUST be replaced. Both deserve to be dropped, although there is some question about Walker's fitness. Either way, Boekhorst MAY be lucky. Form would not suggest he is ready, but our options are limited.
It says something that Armfield and Silvagni look to be the forwards under the least pressure.
Daisy is a big question mark: I would not be playing him unless he were to prove himself 100% long before the weekend. I simply cannot see that occurring. I don't know that Buckley has done enough to get a senior game, but he is doing a lot more than his direct competition and must be favourite to come in if Daisy doesn't come up. His pace would be useful in itself.
We do have a lot of players off the boil at the moment, but I cannot see huge numbers of changes, nor is there the depth to replace the guys out of form. I am not sure that Cripps is 100% - he certainly isn't playing so. I would 'rest' him and get his body right, but we don't appear to work that way.
I would not like to be a selector this weekend.
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