Well said. Gartlett = Gun

This is what Ratten said in the post match press conference: "Michael Jamison looks like he'll probably play [against Hawthorn] so that will be fantastic for us. We'll have to wait and see what happens with Thornton. [Jarrad] Waite will be an 'assess.' He's a day-by-day, a bit like Jamo, but Jamo has probably made a bit more improvement last week."

So it looks like, In: Jamison

Davies has been solid and has showed his potential. However, we are two games away from the finals and it is vitally important that we are now putting our best 22 on the park.

Fair to say that the MC will be looking for Jamison, Waite, Russell to all come into the side. Given that, guys like Davies may miss out. Nice to know that we have some decent back up should the need arise.

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Why is Waite a "day-to-day" proposition? What does that even mean?

Excited to see how the coaching staff handle Hawthorn's ball movement from defence to attack.

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One day he is injured....the next he is not....what's so hard to understand?....

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Russell has struggled all year and shouldn't be considered just on 2010 form.
Davies has been selected to perform a role which he has done and if there continues to be a role for him to play he should continue to be selected.

I thought it was a hilarious joke from CarltonClem

So when fit jamo in for Davies, if thornton fit who Waite replaces? Touhey?

Need to get Jamo, Waite, Rusty into the side
therefore
Davies, AJ, Army,Tuohy, Ellard in the gun.

Great situation to be in where guys playing good footy and fulfilling their role will miss out.

Can we be successful when we're relying on Jarrad Waite? Year to year he struggles to play more than 2/3 of a season.

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re: team selections for the finals

I think the MC is happy with the team balance, so if a Jamison and Waite are to come in they would replace other KPP players. I don't agree with the view that Henderson / Jamison is the ideal defensive KPP duo and think that if Jamison comes in, Henderson would need to be moved. The half-back line is working well mainly due to the flexibility of Laidler and the selflessness of Duigan, among others.

For Waite to come in I think Thornton would be in the gun notwithstanding a great game against the Dockers. Thornton as a swing-man is pretty dangerous and may be saved depending on how the remaining defences work.

I'd see from here:

Jamison <> Henderson
Waite <> Thornton (but he does bring something else so perhaps the utility mix changes here)
Hampson <> Warnock
Russell <>Davies

Lucas is an interesting one as he was good defensively last year but can run through midfield, so perhaps
Lucas <> Joseph

Armfield stays. He annihilated Hill and still kicked a goal. He's had a good month of footy.

In recent weeks, Garlett:

vs. Fremantle - 1 goal, 2 tackles, 1 goal assist
vs. Melbourne - 2 goals, 4 tackles, 0 goal assists
vs. North Melbourne - 1 goal, 6 tackles, 0 goal assists
vs. Essendon* - 1 goal, 4 tackles, 0 goal assists
vs. Collingwood - 1 goal, 2 tackles, 0 goal assists
vs. Bulldogs - 0 goals, 3 tackles, 0 goal assists

In comparison to Betts:

vs. Fremantle, 6 goals, 5 tackles, 0 goal assists
vs. Melbourne, 1 goal, 6 tackles, 4 goal assists
vs. North Melbourne, 1 goal, 2 tackles, 2 goal assists
vs. Essendon*, 8 goals, 3 tackles, 1 goal assist
vs. Collingwood, 1 goal, 0 tackles, 3 goal assists
vs. Bulldogs, 1 goal, 0 tackles, 0 goal assists

I'd say that a lack of genuine competition for his role is probably keeping him in the side at the moment. Too much lairizing at the moment, makes me tear whats left of my hair out. That passage of play on the wing was impressive, but a greater reflection of Silvagni not killing the contest when he could have. He's that x-factor that every team needs in September, but right now, even if its just for one week, either this or Saints game, give Kerr a game, send Garlett back, perhaps with a view to bring him back in, but a quiet reminder that his spot isn't certain. I wonder if Kerr being the travelling emergency may have been with this in mind.

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Agree, I don't think Hendo can go with Buddy all day and Bower has done reasonable well on him in the past.

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Hendo had a big game against Buddy against the Hawks at Launceston when Brisbane beat them there in 09.

Also thought the brief amount of time he spent on him last year was fairly decent.

I'd give him first crack at him, with instructions for Duigan to play a few metres ahead, similiar to how we played Cloke. Franklin isn't that big a threat overhead or in a pack, ergo, if we cut off his leads, we go a long way to shutting him down. Look how much better we looked in the Pies game when we realised so many of their leads went to Cloke, and we played Joseph a few metres ahead.

Jamo plays, he goes to Hale. Laidler to Breust if he's not the sub.

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Ratts said that Jamo would play this weekend - didn't say where though.

I would be inclined to give Thornton the week off - he's going to be pretty sore - and bring in Bower.

I'm a lot more confident of Jamo returning this year than Waite. Waitey looked like he had op - hope not.

I was being serious.

The guy can play; most of this board have such short memories that they can't remember what he is capable of and are basing their views on a game this year when the midfield got smashed and SOS would have struggled against the supply coming in.

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There was also a passage of play where he snapped it, followed it up, then snapped it again. Both were sky-balls that 75% of AFL players would have steered through the pegs.

Day-to-day simply means he has some inflammation flaring up that's making things difficult to assess. If Jamo is ahead of him then perhaps they both could come in. If that doesn't work out then we do have options, including moving Henderson forward or bringing in Setanta.

Jamison, Bower & Austin are all on the selection table. Bower supposedly had a good game in defence yesterday.

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