MELBOURNE

Backs Tom McDonald James Frawley Sam Blease

Half backs Clint Bartram Jared Rivers Colin Garland

Centreline Jamie Bennell Jordie McKenzie Nathan Jones

Half forwards Jack Trengove Jack Watts Brad Green

Forwards Neville Jetta Stefan Martin National Draft Picks #14 and 23

Followers Mark Jamar Cale Morton Brent Moloney

Interchange (from) Rohan Bail Matthew Bate Jack Fitzpatrick Jeremy Howe Joel Macdonald Tom McNamara Daniel Nicholson Luke Tapscott

In Rohan Bail Matthew Bate Jack Fitzpatrick Jeremy Howe Tom McNamara Daniel Nicholson

Out Liam Jurrah (wrist)

New Jack Fitzpatrick (Western Jets)

Tom Scully, Matt Thomas for Port Adelaide - two out and replaced by Joel MacDonald and Jason Davenport respectively.

-Patrick Keane on Twitter, "withdrawals". Scully - soreness, Thomas - knee.

I reckon hell play..... Why name a new player for the last game and take him to Adelaide and not play him? and yes....leave him at FF all day....

Interchange:Bail

Howe

Fitzpatrick

Tapscott

Love it WWS - "leave him at Full Forward all day" and you start him on the bench!!!

MELBOURNE

Backs Tom McDonald James Frawley Sam Blease

Half backs Clint Bartram Jared Rivers Colin Garland

Centreline Jamie Bennell Jordie McKenzie Nathan Jones

Half forwards Jack Trengove Jack Watts Brad Green

Forwards Rohan Bail Stefan Martin Neville Jetta

Followers Mark Jamar Cale Morton Brent Moloney

Interchange Matthew Bate Jack Fitzpatrick Jeremy Howe Luke Tapscott

Emergencies Joel Macdonald Tom McNamara Daniel Nicholson

In Rohan Bail Matthew Bate Jack Fitzpatrick

Out Liam Jurrah (wrist) Tom McNamara Tom McNamara

New Jack Fitzpatrick (Western Jets)

OUT: Liam Jurrah (wrist), Tom Scully (hip-pocket), Tom McNamara

Someone had to say it

Very happy with that selection - great to see Fitzy there.

Someone had to say it

Very happy with that selection - great to see Fitzy there.

Yes, good on Fitzy.

dee-luded would be spitting chips, no doubt.

Good to see Fitz debut.

Joel Mac has come in for Scully, apparently.

Good to see Fitz debut.

Joel Mac has come in for Scully, apparently.

he came into the squad of 25 to be an emergency.

Great to see Fitzy Debut, all the best. Bate should be sub.

Brad Green and James Frawley are the only players from our Demonland masthead who are playing on Sunday v Port Adelaide.

Pick 4 & Wooden spoon or Pick 6 ? hrmmm. I think they'd rather win myself.

I think they're gonna have to settle for pick 4.

Tom Scully general soreness. Whatever. We should make him play and if he hurts himself further its not our problem. Let GWS and there brilliant medical team deal with him.

I guess that will have people talking. Anyway glad to see Fitzpatrick debut.

We should make him play and if he hurts himself further its not our problem.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the club can't do that.

We should make him play and if he hurts himself further its not our problem.

Yeah thats the spirit. Lets get him.

It's an incredibly inexperienced squad.

I'd start Bate and have Bail as sub. Stick Bate in the midfield and put him on notice that there is a nice red vest waiting for him the moment he is not contributing strongly. Give Bail a shorter game time after his layoff and Casey ressies x1 - Casey seniors x1 return. Let him add speed when we need it.

That's what I mean.

Port coming off a near miss against Essendon. Playing in Adelaide, albeit at Adelaide Oval. Sending off Dean Brogan. Desperate to get off the bottom, since draft picks are compromised by GWS.

Melbourne struggled to beat the Gold Coast at the MCG. Playing without much confidence. Haven't won in Adelaide for 10 years.

If Melbourne starts favourite, the footy punters will have gone mad.

They HAVE gone mad. I don't think the broader footy world understand just how bad Melbourne are at the moment. Port Adelaide by 6 goals minimum, and in a canter.

WHAT'S NEW by JVM

Melbourne by 8 points.

Right result, wrong team.

If only they could have kicked straighter early in the game.