jimmae wrote:
Out: Rowe, Phillips, Graham, Murphy
In: Jamison, Cuningham, DVR, Jaksch
Thinking more about this, and being a little more tentative on Murphy's injury, I'm more inclined to go with:
Out: Rowe, Phillips, Casboult, Graham
In: Jaksch, Gorringe, Everitt, CuninghamOther potential changes are Graham staying put if Murphy doesn't come up, DVR for Murphy or Thomas (reported as having issues with his left knee and right ankle at the end of the game) and Armfield for Buckley.
If the YT footage and previous weeks are anything to go by,
Jones is getting closer, and thankfully it's not purely through attrition: he's looking much more confident and getting incrementally better at his patterns and ball use with each game. Good on him for recognising things that he can and can't control and working to improve them.

He's still a little sluggish dishing the ball off in traffic, so I'd rather get
Jaksch in for now to play that second/third tall up forward.
Everitt should come straight back in, and hopefully offer much more pressure and run now that he's injury free. He can play the deep forward target and impact the game at ground level more than Levi has been able to.
Gorringe was brought in as insurance for Levi, and it's probably time we cash it in. I half-want to give Levi time in the forward/ruck role that Phillips has been afforded, but some of the 2nd efforts Levi showed last night were unacceptable, no matter how frustrating some of the umpiring was. Combine that with him being bereft of confidence in front of goal and it's time for him to go back the VFL.
Gorringe's pressure at ground level, as well as his ability to get goals on the burst due to his ability to work over an opponent should be a handful for some secondary AFL defenders, and it seems he helped lead the charge in the second half of the VFL match with his spread and pattern running in a 3-tall forward line.
It then becomes a choice between
Phillips and
Kreuzer, and I still think Kreuzer takes the spot; something's not right, but if it were up to me I'd be willing to try him as lead ruck against an undermanned Freo ruck division. If it fails, it probably doesn't affect the outcome and he can be rested and Phillips given the chance.
Finally,
Graham was found out last night after some quieter performances. We have better options inside the bubble and off half-forward, and he's not really getting space outside the stoppage right now. He can go back and work on some things, as well as helping out our new guys at that level.
Cuningham brings something different to our clearances, as well as being dangerous off HF.
Jamison and
DVR are unlucky in some ways, but I figure if they want Jamo to work on something, they should probably let him play a VFL game. DVR will get his chance very soon, possibly even in lieu of injuries, but falls victim to the need to re-engineer our tall stocks and give some other running types a chance.