It will be either Collins or Bootsma

Structurally the team is struggling, ceetainly if Melbourne line up as selected or similar with the 2 ruck/forwards plus Watts and the high-flying Howe. That forces us to use Jamo and Hendo down back presumably for Clark and Sellar, then leaving whoever else we choose to play back a significant height disadvantage to Wats and probably to Howe as well. It certainly seems to me to kill any chance of Hendo being played forward and forces us to use the two resting rucks as forward marking targets. There doesn't seem to me to be a lot of flexibility in the team as far as talls is concerned, unless we are prepared to go with Walker as our second marking forward and free up Kreuzer (or Hampson) to play as amid or even as a defender (we might simply need the height down back). We are clearly banking on the conditions helping to linit the impact of talls on the game.

On a dryer day I kmight be tempted to pack the midfield with some more pace but in the circumstances I think big bodies will be important in there today. I'd personally have Brock as sub (well actually if it was my call he wouldn't be in the team at all) as an option if we need an extra big body, but I'd try other options first.

In terms of mids or prospective mids we can classify them into those who are strong, those who are quick , those who are both and those who are not particularly either quick or strong, some of whom however are quality players none the less..

BOTH Joseph Judd Tuohy Walker
STRONG Kreuzer McLean Robinson
QUICK Armfield Betts Bootsma Garlett Simpson Yarran
NEITHER Collins Curnow Ellard Gibbs Scotland

Given the requirement for strong bodies and the desire for speed, I'm inclined to run the "BOTH"group as our starting midfield with Warnock as ruck. Joseph can tag Kones, who seems to be there most obvious gut to tag. That leaves one more midfield starting slot and given the likely conditions we could run with strength but Im more inclined to go for Simpson as a natural winger. I figure we need Kreuze forward given lack of other options, Eddie is a key there who I'd like to see thrown into the midfield more often that n=he is but he is just too structurally important up forward. Ratts is clear that he wants Gibbs behind the ball so he goes to the backline as does Bootsma simply because we need the height there - not that he's that tall, but he'd be the closest thing we have to a 3rd tall defender in the line-up, unless you threw Walker back. The rest is largely a matter of the old "scatter fellas"school of team placement, but there are some constraints. First, I'm minded to let McLean take the subs spot and bring him on later when some speed is out of the game. If we find we need his strength in the middle then we sub him on earlier, but I figure he can only go midfield and with Joseph, Tuony and Walker being given a crack as strong mids alongside Judd, and the plethora of other midfielders in the side, we can run through PLENTY of options before we have to turn to Plan Broke. Robbo and maybe even Kreuzer up forward, as strong bodied options to run through midfield, Scotland and Armfield down back who could go in there and don't mind getting their hands dirty (although Scotto has disappointed in that regard this season so far) and Curnow, Ellard and even Collins on the bench being smaller types who nevertheless get in after the ball as mids. With Garlett as a natural forward, that leaves Yarran as the only player not slotted into a position, and though you could play him down back and release either Armfield or Scotland downfield, I think it might be time to reunite the three amigos up forward - or are they now "Hammer's/Kreuzer's Little Helpers"?

Hence

Armfield Henderson Jamison
Gibbs Bootsma Scotland
Simpson Tuohy Walker
Robinson Kreuzer Yarran
Betts Hampson Garlett
Warnock Judd Joseph
Collins Curnow Ellard
McLean

Yeah we will win, which will epically upset some around here.

will be looking flights out of Australia we lose this one

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Well June 3rd was that infamous day a big money recruit put a nail in Walls coffin, will Mitch Clark do the same to Ratts!

Hmmm $6.50 the demons.

Might put 100 on & donate the winnings toward Paul Roos' salary

Ratten prefers Gibbs at HB. If Gibbs were a running half back with some speed, I'd agree. Bottom line is that Gibbs just cleans up without taking the game on.
It's a defensive, defeatist and conservative mindset

Back your mids, back your defenders and back the structure to get the ball forward of centre where Gibbs can dominate with scoreboard impact.

As it stands, his role is a 'nothing' role in the main (save for a dozen quality performances against Goodes Pendlebury et al)

Gibbs is nothing even close to a gun (Cotchin has overtaken him at a great rate of knots)

But.....a new role forward of centre may be the making of him

The thing bothers me though R2 is that if we're at least half fair-dinkum against Melbourne we should win comfortably. Then the punters walk away thinking whatever odd ball tactic or selection happened on the day is the answer to all our problems. I'm not convinced that so called "easy" games are the best places to experiment with tactics. I do like them to blood youngsters and players down on confidence though and they are doing that.