Listened to Brenton Sanderson this morning explaining why he would rest Cripps Curnow Docherty Weitering Saad etc this week. Some good reasoning especially as we likely play GWS 2 weeks in a row

Players don't lose game plan in two weeks
Players don't lose fitness in two weeks
Stops GWS planning and trialling things this week against us
It's as much a mental rest as it is physical after longest season
No risk of injury
Allows others to get full games, play roles and prove themselves before finals. May well be hungrier
Carlton have proved it is as much about structure as it is personnel
Creates a better "Club" mentality

Have to agree

In that case, it looks like the replacements for Walsh and cerra either dont run hard enough or not good enough to fill the void.

I'm sure we will see a difference to our running gane with 2 of our best midfield running machines.

What happened to Marchbank?

Too many changes for me, Fogarty, Young and Boyd don’t really need game time. Pittonet, Cincotta and Doc don’t need a rest beyond the finals first week break.

I’d add Kennedy as sub to replace Ed (that’s where you lost count I think).

I am hoping Walsh, Gov and Cerra get us back playing the way we did earlier in our run. We have gone off the boil a bit lately and gone back to kicking long rather than that short passing risk taking play with overlap that had us looking a million bucks. I am sure teams have adjusted to stop us from doing it and maybe with injuries the replacements are not quite up to it but it really does look like we have gone into our shell a bit with the risk/reward stuff.

The way I see it as we lacked the class and polish to finish off all our hard work. You can't beat class.

Cerra especially created a lot of opportunities

I think we will make changes and I believe we will win.

Full games into Cerra Walsh McGovern McKay Kennedy maybe Boyd are vital. Fogarty should be back in

Many players are fighting for finals spots and many need game time. That should ensure a good effort let alone we haven't achieved anything yet

I just hope we can get them all to sync for the finals.

Hope so farmer! Is there any word on us playing a scratch match on the bye weekend. I heard talk that we could with the saints, given they are also out of the VFL finals.

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I have been reading the debate on the pros and cons of resting players and giving other players a run.

But the only ones who really know the condition both mental and physical of each player is the player himself
and presumably the MC.

Therefore in Voss I trust and I wait for the team sheet this evening.

Out: Curnow (sub) Docherty (inj)

B: Newman, Weitering, Kemp
HB: Acres,McGovern, Saad
C: Walsh, Cripps, Cottrell
HF: Martin, McKay, Hewett
F: Motlop, Curnow, Owies
Foll: De Koning, Cerra, Dow
Int from: Hollands, Cuningham, Fogarty, Cincotta, Marchbank, Pittonet, Durdin

Doesn't surprise me about Docherty. I think a few more including Cripps may be rested if results make our game a dead rubber
Dow in 18
Good side

My Call:

Out: Curnow (sub) Docherty Cripps (inj)

B: Newman, Weitering, Kemp
HB: Cincotta,McGovern, Saad
C: Acres, Hewett, Hollands
HF: Martin, McKay, Cottrell
F: Motlop, Curnow, Owies
Foll: De Koning, Cerra, Dow
Int: Walsh, Fisher, Fogarty, Pittonet (Cuningham)

Heck of a side missing Doc & Cripps

i sure hope Cerra and Walshy aren’t being rushed back in. last thing we want is a two jury like JSOS seems to have got in the VFL.

Harry looked rusty last week. i guess better for the run but didn’t contribute so much. should players be training at a very high level before returning to the side?


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