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The Tigers hit the road again this week as we venture up to Sydney to take on the Giants in a Twilight clash in which they will be looking to solidify their position in the top 8, while the Tigers will be once again looking to play a competitive brand of footy as we reach the half way mark in the first real year of our rebuild under Yze.
Unfortunately the Tigers will be missing young gun Sam Lalor who succumbed to a hamstring injury against Essendon, while Thomson Dow is also likely to miss due to a dislocated patella in the same game. On the flip side we should get some reinforcements with Nankervis Lynch Prestia & possibly Lefau all chances of returning to the line up, while Tyler Sonsie has thrust himself into the mix after strong back to back performances in the VFL. Depending on how many changes we want to make we could even see Judson Clarke make his return to the senior side after 3 weeks at VFL level.
IMO the changes should be
Out: Lalor (inj) Dow(inj) Faull Trainor (both omit)
In: Lynch Prestia Nankervis Sonsie
B: Broad Miller Gray
HB: Brown Vlastuin Banks
C: Ross Prestia Ralphsmith
HF: Campbell Mansell Sonsie
F: Sims Lynch Rioli
R: Nankervis Taranto Hopper
INT: Ryan McAuliffe McIntosh Smith
SUB: Green
With the above line up, I believe we have a much better balance in terms of our ability to cover the ground with just toe 2 KPP at each end Gray & Miller KPD, Lynch & Sims KPF with 2 dedicated rucks in Nankervis & Ryan. Ryan playing takes some of the pressure off Nankervis who is carrying a knee issue, while also allowing Sims to stay up forward and provide support to Lynch.
In the midfield we change up the mix by adding the likes of Prestia into the starting mix, move Ross onto the wing where he played well in the 2nd half replacing Dow, we can move McIntosh out of the starting set up and can instead use him as a rotation for the wings and put more development time into McAuliffe and also Sonsie as part of the midfield mix.
As far as the result goes the Giants who comfortably beat Carlton in Melbourne should prove too strong for us on their home deck and all things being equal probably have a 5-7 goal margin at the end of the game. As per the rest of the season, the focus for us isn't necessarily on the 4 points at the end of the game, but it's more about the long term development of the younger players. With the bye a couple of weeks away giving the likes of Faull & Trainor a 'break' by sending them back to the VFL for the next couple of weeks and let them enjoy a bit of footy and recharge the batteries before a big 2nd half of the year where opportunities may come around again.
Unfortunately the Tigers will be missing young gun Sam Lalor who succumbed to a hamstring injury against Essendon, while Thomson Dow is also likely to miss due to a dislocated patella in the same game. On the flip side we should get some reinforcements with Nankervis Lynch Prestia & possibly Lefau all chances of returning to the line up, while Tyler Sonsie has thrust himself into the mix after strong back to back performances in the VFL. Depending on how many changes we want to make we could even see Judson Clarke make his return to the senior side after 3 weeks at VFL level.
IMO the changes should be
Out: Lalor (inj) Dow(inj) Faull Trainor (both omit)
In: Lynch Prestia Nankervis Sonsie
B: Broad Miller Gray
HB: Brown Vlastuin Banks
C: Ross Prestia Ralphsmith
HF: Campbell Mansell Sonsie
F: Sims Lynch Rioli
R: Nankervis Taranto Hopper
INT: Ryan McAuliffe McIntosh Smith
SUB: Green
With the above line up, I believe we have a much better balance in terms of our ability to cover the ground with just toe 2 KPP at each end Gray & Miller KPD, Lynch & Sims KPF with 2 dedicated rucks in Nankervis & Ryan. Ryan playing takes some of the pressure off Nankervis who is carrying a knee issue, while also allowing Sims to stay up forward and provide support to Lynch.
In the midfield we change up the mix by adding the likes of Prestia into the starting mix, move Ross onto the wing where he played well in the 2nd half replacing Dow, we can move McIntosh out of the starting set up and can instead use him as a rotation for the wings and put more development time into McAuliffe and also Sonsie as part of the midfield mix.
As far as the result goes the Giants who comfortably beat Carlton in Melbourne should prove too strong for us on their home deck and all things being equal probably have a 5-7 goal margin at the end of the game. As per the rest of the season, the focus for us isn't necessarily on the 4 points at the end of the game, but it's more about the long term development of the younger players. With the bye a couple of weeks away giving the likes of Faull & Trainor a 'break' by sending them back to the VFL for the next couple of weeks and let them enjoy a bit of footy and recharge the batteries before a big 2nd half of the year where opportunities may come around again.
