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Mcgovern, kennedy, yeo, shuey, redden, jetta will all miss for the eagles, and hutchings is very unlikely
Eagles were sh!thouse against north, ordinary against the saints the week before, did what they had to do against the hawks, and needed intervention form the maggots to turn the momentum and get over the line against carlton before that. So they are not exactly flying heading into finals. Pies have been getting better week by week, and could easily have beaten both bris and port in the last 3 weeks - bris especially was lost by us rather than won by them. A bit more composure going inside 50 and that game would have been won pretty comfortably.
This has all the makings of a famous finals win
Appleby is injured, brown offers nothing and hopefully sier is ready ahead of willsOut: Stephenson, Thomas, WHE
In: C.Brown, Wills, Appleby
Can they quarantine at home?2 weeks for eagles.
7 days for the visiting team
I am in the pro Stephenson camp. But even I wouldn’t play him. Put a fork in him, you saw him look distraught after his first couple of touches, it would be negligent to expose him to an intense finals environment imo.Out: Elliott
In: Sier
IMO we could have won last night, there was a patch of around 10 mins, we had just kicked a goal and threatening for another. Elliott took too long to make a decision multiple times:
- Centre bounce, we won the tap, handballed back to Elliott who couldn't decide what to do. Tried to loop over the top and it got taken away by the Port midfielder (SPP I believe).
- That awful decision inside F50, out on his own, couldn't work out weather to kick it to a 1v1 with DeGoey or have a shot himself
- Fumble in front of goal, top of the goal square, ball quickly taken away by Port.
Indecisiveness is a coach killer & if Elliott is being played as a mid then he needs to perform like one.
I'd bring in a bigger body in Sier to throw his weight around. He's somewhat of a September specialist and with a softened WCE midfield coming back from injury, his frame could make them second guess their attack on the ball. Not saying it 100% will, but who knows a few big hits could sway momentum.
As for Stephenson, he keeps his spot. Not sure what dropping him achieves at this point and as has previously been mentioned at least he's kicking goals. Don't play him out of position, I don't want to see him in the backline - in fact with his lack of confidence there's nothing worse for both the club and him for him to be down there. Leave him deep inside F50 and hope he can kick himself back into some form.
If we are serious about Stephenson long term, he needs to be played this week. Let him know we still think he's an important part of this club!
Yes they are at their homesCan they quarantine at home?
I think Yeo and Redden are the only doubtful ones. McGovern and Kennedy the WC are confident they will be available and l also think Cripps is back.
Do the Eagles have to quarantine as well or will McGowan give them special dispensation??I think Mark McGowan said he would be Ok reducing the quarantine to 7 days?
Nope, they'll all still be there next yearWe finished 8th, deserve to be there, can’t complain about playing eagles regardless of the quarantine. Win last night we don’t travel. You reap what you sow. If we were a flag threat, we would be playing in Queensland.
Biggest issue I have is the defencies we have are blatantly obvious, but does anyone expect the following to be gone under bucks?
Sanderson
Harvey
Rocca
Yeah it sucks when the favourites all winPretty much every single result we needed to go our way last round went against us. In saying that if we had have won last night it would have been a moot point.
Oops! I see that they can quarantine at home. We are definitely for the chop me thinks!Do the Eagles have to quarantine as well or will McGowan give them special dispensation??
Oops! I see that they can quarantine at home. We are definitely for the chop me thinks!
Monitored by WA State Police I believe.How do you apply for border exemptions to get into WA? Someone should fill in the application for Steele and his family. I don't even trust that the club would've tried
How do you apply for border exemptions to get into WA? Someone should fill in the application for Steele and his family. I don't even trust that the club would've tried
Swinging 5 changes before a final seems over the top for BuckleyOUT:
Varcoe
JT
T.Brown
WHE
Elliott (has to be held accountable for being a liability)
IN:
Sier
Ruscoe
Mayne
Broomhead (last chance to prove he's still up to the level)
Murphy (been emergency enough times to at least have a chance)