With tiggers looking to play 3 talks (riewoldt, lynch and balta), do we need to consider Lewis Young? Or does Gov play on balta?

Nankervis will beat Pitto easily but I can't see them going into the Richmond game without him. TDK has to play.

Just thinking outside the box ... any chance TDK could be turned into a CHB?

I say we rely on Guv, Oscar and Weiters. Young would make us too slow if he was added to the others.

Think I agree with you. Balta 194cm. Thought he was closer to the 200 mark when I suggested it.
Not convinced I'd go in with TDK though. Think I'd prefer another runner.

Think I agree with you. Balta 194cm. Thought he was closer to the 200 mark when I suggested it.
Not convinced I'd go in with TDK though. Think I'd prefer another runner.

Nankervis will beat Pitto easily but I can't see them going into the Richmond game without him. TDK has to play.

Just thinking outside the box ... any chance TDK could be turned into a CHB?

Selection of the back 7 looms as the most intriguing selection debate in my view
Based on the pre season matches, Voss has gone with Weitering, Oscar, Gov, Saad, Williams, Newman and Boyd
Young played last week but seemingly only due to Weiters missing
Williamson overlooked last week and only played a half as a sacrificial lamb in the forward line
Plowman also overlooked last week for a spot in the back 7
Stocker still seemingly weeks away
Doc had a good game in the 2s but query whether they rush him back for Rd 1. Ultimately he’ll slot straight back in to the back 7 but it’s a matter of when. Ideally he would have a full hit out vs an AFL team prior to round 1 but he may be good enough to play regardless.
Looks like Boyd is firmly in the selection frame unless the club deems Doc as ready to go

The word on BF is that Grimes will miss …

Kane Lambert, Hip

Kane's been managing a chronic long-term hip issue for a while now, the last couple of years. But, it's been manageable and he's been able to play quite a lot of footy. Last year, he missed a few games and was managing some other issues as well. But this pre-season, the hip has become a little bit more of a problem for him. At the moment, he's doing two running sessions a week in the rehab group and a little bit of football training. We just haven't been able to progress to the next level with intensity in our football drills. At the moment, Kane's getting some alternative therapies to help with his hip and is seeking various pieces of advice from professionals around his long-term management of that. At the moment, we're just finishing a course of some therapies with it. Today, he did two drills with the main group and looked quite good. So, we'll just go through that process over the next couple of weeks and we'll keep everyone informed as to how we're going and how it's progressing."

Jack Graham, hamstring

"Jack's going really well. Jack resumed footy skills this week. Jack's had a number of complaints over the pre-season, he's had a hip, a back issue, a glute issue, and then a little hamstring issue on the camp. So, he's missed quite a bit of football skills training, but he's done quite a lot of conditioning. It's that transition from the conditioning to the football training now that we're trying to get a bit more rock-solid, get back-to-back football sessions, and then ultimately some game time. He's not going to play this week against Hawthorn and then we'll be assessing closer to Round 1 what his match play return looks like. But at the moment, he's just working really hard doing the football sessions and we're doing some extra work this weekend, he won't be playing so he'll be doing a pretty big session with a few other guys this Saturday."

Nick Vlastuin, hamstring

"Nick had an incident in the practice match against Geelong last Saturday in the last 30 seconds of the game, where he got a shove in the back and in the same motion within a few steps, kicked the ball quite long and just came to the bench after the game and said he felt a little bit of an issue with his lower hamstring. He started running against last Tuesday, and today he was running and kicking the ball again. It's pretty minor but it's just enough to rule him out of this week (against Hawthorn). I expect he'll be back to full training next week and have a pretty smooth transition into Round 1."

The word on BF is that Grimes will miss …

I agree. We will require 1 shutdown defender. Boyd appeared their preferred option the past couple of weeks.
It will be interesting to see if he makes the cut for round 1.
That could push Docherty to the wing.

LOB and Setterfield were on their respective wings all game.

I would have Williamson ahead of Boyd at this stage of Boyd’s career. I’m not a huge fan of Williamson but Boyd appeared to struggle with the tempo at times over the past couple of weeks. When the whips are cracking on the big stage, I’m not confident Boyd will be up to it. I’d be more inclined to play Williamson on the understanding that this is his last chance. Boyd should get a crack at it at some stage during the season.

I tend to agree about Boyd but based upon practice game selections, he seemed a preferred option. The bonus is he seems to defend well, he just needs to adjust tom the increased tempo. I did think that he was much better against Melbourne than against the Saints.
Personally, I'd play Doc and Plowman and leave Boyd, Newman and Williamson out.

I’d be more inclined to play Williamson on the understanding that this is his last chance. Boyd should get a crack at it at some stage during the season.