We need to make more than the 1 change.Not expecting many changes this week. Brisbane are a really good team and were red hot. It's the first time this year we played reactive football and stopped being aggressive in both defence/attack. Putting Rozee into the centre square is great but don't have him lined up on Neale with a defensive mindset. Rozee needs to play on instinct, tell him to get on ball and win the ball, best way to stop Neale getting it. We have to get the midfield balance right, single biggest issue we've got. I look at Bailey Smith dominating in the midfield for Bulldogs and think Rozee can do that if given the chance. I'd also love to see DBJ get a squirt in the midfield, he has the sort of explosiveness our midfield lacks. So based on the fact it's our only loss for the year against a very good team I'd make one change, Burton in for Rockliff. If we get towelled up then it's time to give Bergman, Williams and Ladhams a run.
You are right though, Brisbane are a really good team and the problem is we didn’t go down in a tight game, they made us look second rate. That was our first big test of the year and we failed poorly.
Now we are coming up against another good team in GWS and we need to learn from last week, we need to make changes that make us better and put us in a better position to beat those really good teams (that is if we want to win the flag this year). Our next test comes at selection, can Hinkley make a couple of big changes that make us better and then can that team get up and win ?
Last year we’d get Farrel out for Burton and that would be all.
Let’s see if anything has really changed.