Melbourne

B: McDonald, Warnock, Rivers

HB: Frawley, Johnson, Moloney

C: Jetta, Cheney, Bartram

HF, Petterd, Miller, McLean

F: Sylvia, Martin, Davey

Foll: Spencer, Bruce, Green

I/C: Bennell, Jones, Morton, Bate

EMG: Dunn, Meesen, Newton

In: Martin, Sylvia

Out: Garland (foot), Buckley (groin)

Melbourne

B: McDonald, Warnock, Rivers

HB: Frawley, Johnson, Moloney

C: Jetta, Cheney, Bartram

HF, Petterd, Miller, McLean

F: Sylvia, Martin, Davey

Foll: Spencer, Bruce, Green

I/C: Bennell, Jones, Morton, Bate

EMG: Dunn, Meesen, Newton

In: Sylvia, Martin

Out: Buckley, Garland

Collingwood

B: Shannon Cox, Simon Prestigiacomo, Heath Shaw

HB: Harry O’Brien, Nathan Brown, Nick Maxwell

C: Martin Clarke, Alan Didak, Alan Toovey

HF: Dale Thomas, Travis Cloke, Paul Medhurst

F: John Anthony, Leigh Brown, Shane O’Bree

Foll: Josh Fraser, Tarkyn Lockyer, Scott Pendlebury

I/C: Leon Davis, Ben Johnson, Dane Swan, Brad Dick

Emg: Dayne Beams, Anthony Corrie, Tyson Goldsack

In: L. Brown, Dick, Shaw

Out: Chris Bryan, Tyson Goldsack, Ben Reid

New: Leigh Brown (North Melbourne)

Another 2 injuries... the list just keeps on growing.

good to see martin in, he deserves to be in the 22.

Garland & Buckley.. Run we can't afford to lose...

Garland has a foot injury, Buckley the dreaded groin.

Just noticed: Martin at FF. There's something new. Some posters here will be happy to see that.

Edit: And Cheney in the middle. And Johnson at CHB.

surely thats not how they will line up in those positions

Martin names at FF.

I like it.

Damn shame about Garland and Buckley.

Another 2 injuries... the list just keeps on growing.

Was Garland's injury publicised anywhere? If so, I must have missed it.

Good to see the 4 from last week retain their spots.

Garland out....bugger. Buckley was a strong possibility to be dropped anyway. I hate seeing any player out with a groin!

Time to pull the finger out Col.

You can be sure the team will not line up as selected.

Buckley struggled last weekend for any run, so no huge surprise.. whenever groin is mentioned, well you hope for the best!!

as for garland, one of the club;s rising stars, this is not needed at this time of the year or this time of his contineud development...

but again, it creates opportunity - we have kept the four debutants... we bring in stef martin who is as exciting as anyone...

sylvia, well enough has been said about this bloke but i personally am expecting him to step up!!

been calling for Stef to play forward before round 1 when it was clear we had too many key defenders... maybe I should apply for a job on the demons coaching staff...

Buckley had groin probs in pra-season I thought.

Garland is annoying as hell!

I like Martin but his disposal frightens me. I wonder who we'd play him on as I know little about c'wood's forwards. Missing Garland is doubly annoying 'cause I guess he would have got one of the pies free-kick seeking, swan-diving hardball shirking lumpy-spunk small forwards.

What is with our defenders and injuries?!

Martin, while it would be good to play him as a forward, will definitely be needed to take one of Collingwood's talls.

Good to see all 4 debutants get another chance.

I just got the team changes for Saturday via SMS. Didn't get it last week like that but I like it. Nice touch MFC.

MARTIN FORWARD !

new it would hapen eventualy

Sad to see Garland out like that.

Might as well put 200cm Martin in the Forward line, Rocca ain't playing.

Buckley had groin probs in pra-season I thought.

Garland is annoying as hell!

.... pies free-kick seeking, swan-diving hardball shirking lumpy-spunk small forwards.

You mean Didak!

Interesting that Collingwood will only have one ruckman....Fraser in action. Now if he pulls a muscle early....

Its also good that the four new players are included again.

Garland & Buckley.. Run we can't afford to lose...

Well Right Now they obviously can't Run so its great to put some new Blood in the team i say.

Col here is your chance to cement ya spot. Take it playing against the pies in front of a Big crowd. I Dare You!!

Leigh Brown is a very ordinary footballer. Presume he will pinch hit in the ruck to relieve Fraser.

Might as well put 200cm Martin in the Forward line, Rocca ain't playing.

Also davey named in the FP next to him. With pettard and miller contesting I would suggest davey might be in for a busy day being frount and centre

Also davey named in the FP next to him. With pettard and miller contesting I would suggest davey might be in for a busy day being frount and centre

He better I'm sick and tired of him under performing. He and Sylvia have to pull their fingers out of their ass. NO EXCUSES.

Happy the debutants stayed in.

Bloody upset about Garland, but it does let us see what Martin can do - possibly up forward though I doubt it.

Johnson at the back is interesting, he had a go up forward last week but couldn't get into much.

Sylvia had better pull his finger out, doesn't seem to have had to earn his spot, so hopefully he makes the most of it.

Is he injured, coz he wasn't our worst on the weekend. Made a couple of mistakes, but didn't think it was enough to be dropped.