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Matera to miss Bombers clash
3:06:38 PM Sat 31 May, 2003
Mic Cullen
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Phil Matera has not travelled to Melbourne as part of the West Coast Eagles team to play Essendon at Telstra Dome on Sunday.

Matera, the competition’s equal-leading goal-scorer this season with Melbourne full-forward David Neitz, pulled up sore after training during the week and West Coast has decided not to risk him on the trip east.


West Coast took Chad Morrison and Kane Munro as its emergencies, and will decide which one will play just before the game.

The pocket dynamo has averaged nearly four goals a game this season, and West Coast assistant coach Peter Sumich, West Coast’s all-time leading scorer, said at the airport on Saturday that the midfield would need to improve on last week’s performance to compensate.

“No, he won’t play – he’s pulled up sore so he won’t travel today,” Sumich said.

“We’ll take Munro and Morrison and decide tomorrow who gets a guernsey.”

“We’ve got to make sure we look after Phillip – after yesterday’s training, he did most of it but he just pulled up a little bit sore, and we’ve got to make sure we look after him because it’s still a long season, and we don’t want him out for three four or five weeks.”

After last week’s poor scoring return from the midfield, Sumich said the chance was there for the other forwards to show what they could do.

“It probably gives them an opportunity, I suppose that because Phillip’s been going that well that (David) Haynes, (Ashley) Sampi and probably (Daniel) Chick back into the side, maybe going up forward, could help them to … and you’ve got Jako (Glen Jakovich) - all those players up forward have got to stand up now.”
 

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thats a huge loss for us, but i feel that munro (i presume he will come in) can still hold up his end of the bargain as his replacement. lets hope that the loss of matera will not to be to damaging to our overall forward setup.
 

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Munro will come in for Matera. It'll be ok, Sampi is more than capable of covering Fido. We will miss him but the club is doing the right thing by letting him have a break. If he's feeling sore its better he stays home this week rather than risk missing a month out of footy. If he's still sore then ive him next week off too!
 

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Originally posted by chrisjudd3
no lynch ? :mad: :eek:

oh well, I hope Lynch makes a debut this year before the Hulk comes out in the cinema this year.
I know I know! Youd think that Woosha would use all these tall blokes but to be honest this small forward line is working well and as the old adage is going...if it aint broke dont fix it!
 

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Huge acid test for Sampi. No Matera means he'll get the bulk of the crumbs, but it also means he'll have a quality small defender in Mark Johnson on him. Should be good to see how he pulls up.
 

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This is a great opportunity for Sampi. We may miss Fido, but Samps has the ability to kick 4 or 5 today in Fido's absence.

Best to rest Fido so the players will be match fit and ripe for the bottom end of the season.
 
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