I would personally love to see Yarran match up on Jetta. I think Chris has the ability to hurt him running forward.

Assuming there's no late changes, you'd think the three to miss out will be T-Bird (unlucky, IMO), Ellard and Lucas.

1. That's all fine saying that and I'm fine with it as long as the guys have the fitness levels to see the games through.
e.g. I can see Casboult running out of steam sooner than Bell will, given his base and the games he has had.
There is little point playing a player that your fitness staff don't think will see the game out. Management again is the key. Geelong for example are currently doing this well.

2. Again, if your best players have been given the time to get fully fit, why would you keep them out. We didn't with Carrazzo and Murphy, nor will we put Judd through a week at a lower level.

3. Casboult should be pleased to have been given games as should Watson.

4. Lucas would be livid. Most of us would be under the same circumstances and I'm not sure that was a great move by us, irrespective of the end result.

I think you are on the money with the final changes, I could not imagine Mc Lean being left out of the side, Lucas still needs to prove that he really wants to play senior footy (IMO)and would only play if Simmo dosen't come up for some reason, Ellard is a little stiff but apart from Joesph who had a good game last week, who would he be replacing?

Its all about development with them.

How about Garlett on Jetta?

FINALLY played up the field last week. Running with Jetta would show him what it takes.

I see Ellard in our best 22. IMO he is better value than Curnow & Joseph.

I don't know how people can say Lucas "needs to prove he really wants to play senior footy". Should of seen him when he was told he was out last week. The kid wants it badly but when you are in and out of the side and playing foreign roles when you are in its hard.

I agree that it would have been heart breaking for the kid, but I think that the change was made purely on hardness and second efforts, I just get the impression that Kane could be suspect when a game is physical and that may be OK when we have the hardness to cover him and just allow him to run but at the moment where everyone needs to be that little bit harder, he may be found wanting.

Good call on Ellard, it is definitely a toss up between the three of them, Joseph did a good shut down job last week, Curnow went OK, but I wouldn't be unhappy either way and I do think Ellard would be stiff to miss out.

The last two weeks, although good for effort, don't tell me a lot about the playing group. This week is different, playing a top side that is disciplined, well drilled and hungry will show us a lot about our players.

Personally, I am looking forward to this one. I want to see our kids really stand up when needed.

I dont quite understand why would Casboult look like he is running out of steam? He had a great pre season then missed a couple of months with a knee. He has now had 3 games back. He should actually be feeling fresh and getting better with games under his belt.

Logic would suggest that this will be a comfortable win for the swannies given our very poor record against organised teams....

Maybe they will be more Collingwood type organised than Hawthorn type organised.

Fingers crossed.