Agree, he’s playing if fit.
Carroll might be super unlucky if both Williams and Hewitt come up. Maybe Newman could be nervous too

I thought Newman was good.

Ditto, and I'm not a huge fan.

his experience should only be replaced by a player in great form.


I know players need "development time" in the seniors because the VFL does not reflect the speed of the game at the highest level, but right at this minute our primary objective should be Wins

Stocker came in for Parks. Plowman came in for Williams.
So Williams will come in for Stocker if fit and Plowman will retain his place (rightly so) IMHO.
We've played a back 7 for a number of years now so I cant see one of them suddenly being the sub and we go in without a backline rotation.

I'd suggest Carroll or Durdin are most likely to get the sub vest, at the expense of Hewitt. Both would be very unlucky. It's not been very often we've said that the past 20 years.
The other option (which I've been keen on all season) is to run a 4 position rotation off the wing. Wing/midfield/half forward/bench and drop Newnes or LOB to the sub vest. The complication is I'm unsure if Carroll has the endurance to be included in the wing component.
If so, we could run Walsh/Cerra/Fisher/Carroll. Walsh and Cerra doing most of the midfield/wing rotation and the other 2 pinch hitting to add a difference.

This week’s injury update has Hewitt & Williams still both as ‘tests’ (no certainties to play).

Wouldn’t surprise me if they give Hewitt another week off. Calf injuries can be a bugger to shake.

In that case, it’s-
In: Williams, Setterfield
Out: Stocker (inj & susp), Newnes.

(Cottrell out of the 23 and Newnes as sub).

If Williams doesn’t come up, I guess Boyd is the logical replacement for Stocker.

If Setterfield isn’t ready, I would keep Newnes in the 22 and bring in Dow as sub.

The AFL's legal counsel Andrew Woods argued Young could have avoided a collision with Zurhaar altogether.

"What I submit is Young slows his body in a manner that makes forceful contact and one of the things he could have done to avoid contact is he could have veered to his left and accelerated out of the contest," Woods said.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/754029/the- ... young-bump

Is Mr Woods familiar with football? If Young had ‘accelerated out of the contest’ he might as well have kept accelerating out of Marvel Stadium because he would never be allowed to wear a Carlton jumper again.

The AFL's legal counsel Andrew Woods argued Young could have avoided a collision with Zurhaar altogether.

"What I submit is Young slows his body in a manner that makes forceful contact and one of the things he could have done to avoid contact is he could have veered to his left and accelerated out of the contest," Woods said.

Exactly.

Why would a legal professional make such silly comments, unless they have no understanding of the game, let alone may have never played the game of Aussie Rules.

Gerard Healy agrees with Wood.