RD 7 : Blues V Giants (Pre-Match Pre-Amble)

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INS : Jamison, Carrazzo, Warnock, Ellard, Kreuzer, Tutt, Simpson, Barker 
OUTS : Buckley, Boekhorst, Whiley, Smith, Graham, Wood, Jaksch, Malthouse

Line-Up

B : Tuohy, Jamison, Docherty
HB : Simpson, Rowe, Everitt
C : Carrazzo, Gibbs, Curnow
HF : Armfield, Kreuzer, Thomas,
F : Tutt, Jones, Casboult 
R : Warnock, Judd, Murphy

I/C : Ellard, Bell, Cripps, Walker

I don't think you will get all of your wishes, Sheik, but some definitely.
Jamo will come in if he is fit.
Carrazzo will come in if he is fit. We will need his ability in the middle of the ground.
Simpson will come in if he is fit. We need his run from defence.
Yarran will be back. He has done his time.

Whiley will go back. He hasn't had a good 2 weeks.
Buckley and Boekhorst will go back. They had real opportunities today and could not deliver.
I think Smith will go back, but this was his best game by some margin. He may survive, but I really think he needs more time in the VFL.

I can't see us changing our rucks significantly. Warnock is a maybe, but Kreuzer needs time. Wood is doing his best, even though we know it isn't what we really want.
I can't see Ellard being promoted as he didn't appear to do a lot down at Frankston. Holman has a better chance. Tutt did OK at Frankston, so he can't be ruled out yet.

I think Watson must be some sort of chance. He did as well as he could in the conditions while Jones disappointed again.

However, I have demonstrated often enough that I do not have the Match Committee's Ear. Otherwise our team this week would have been very different.