First and foremost, congratulations Scott Pendlebury on game 300.
The ins select themselves. The outs are pretty unlucky but you obviously can't play 25 players.
Sidebottom comes back in.
Who goes out for Sidebottom? I was sure Daicos was going to be Sidebottom's replacement and the swap would be fairly straight forward. I think Madgen can go out now that Moore has a game under his belt and we'll have DeGoey to command attention down forward should we need Roughy to have a dip down back.
DeGoey comes in.
Who goes out for DeGoey? Picking DeGoey is the easiest selection, but picking whom he replaces is the biggest challenge this week. DeGoey will need to replace a mid-forward and that for me means Rupert Wills, Josh Thomas or Callum Brown. Wills is clearly the best inside mid of the three, but the other two are much better forwards. On ability to go forward alone, Wills comes out in this instance. Wills is incredibly unlucky because he has actually been performing quite well since the GCS game and has really balanced our inside/outside mix. Very stiff.
Stephenson also comes in.
Who goes out for Stephenson? For me the decision on who comes out for Stephenson came down to Travis Varcoe or Josh Thomas. I think Josh Thomas is hitting some sort of form and the fact that he's got the extra string in his bow (see above: midfield minutes) it means that he keeps his spot. Although I've really liked Varcoe's game the past month, I just think Stephenson can do the forward position better.
Wait and see on injuries to Scharenberg (concussion), Moore (assuming hamstring) and Thomas (knee).
In short:
IN: Sidebottom, DeGoey, Stephenson
OUT: Madgen, Wills, Varcoe
You wouldn't believe it but this could actually be our strongest side of the year.
PS if Sidebottom isn't ready to return, Wills stays in. Otherwise we'll see what Wells does tomorrow.
The ins select themselves. The outs are pretty unlucky but you obviously can't play 25 players.
Sidebottom comes back in.
Who goes out for Sidebottom? I was sure Daicos was going to be Sidebottom's replacement and the swap would be fairly straight forward. I think Madgen can go out now that Moore has a game under his belt and we'll have DeGoey to command attention down forward should we need Roughy to have a dip down back.
DeGoey comes in.
Who goes out for DeGoey? Picking DeGoey is the easiest selection, but picking whom he replaces is the biggest challenge this week. DeGoey will need to replace a mid-forward and that for me means Rupert Wills, Josh Thomas or Callum Brown. Wills is clearly the best inside mid of the three, but the other two are much better forwards. On ability to go forward alone, Wills comes out in this instance. Wills is incredibly unlucky because he has actually been performing quite well since the GCS game and has really balanced our inside/outside mix. Very stiff.
Stephenson also comes in.
Who goes out for Stephenson? For me the decision on who comes out for Stephenson came down to Travis Varcoe or Josh Thomas. I think Josh Thomas is hitting some sort of form and the fact that he's got the extra string in his bow (see above: midfield minutes) it means that he keeps his spot. Although I've really liked Varcoe's game the past month, I just think Stephenson can do the forward position better.
Wait and see on injuries to Scharenberg (concussion), Moore (assuming hamstring) and Thomas (knee).
In short:
IN: Sidebottom, DeGoey, Stephenson
OUT: Madgen, Wills, Varcoe
You wouldn't believe it but this could actually be our strongest side of the year.
PS if Sidebottom isn't ready to return, Wills stays in. Otherwise we'll see what Wells does tomorrow.
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