Backs: D.Ward, N.Carroll, C.Bruce

Half backs: P.Wheatley, C.Bizzell, D.Bell

Centreline: T.Johnstone, J.McDonald, A.Davey

Half forwards: B.Green, R.Robertson, S.Godfrey

Forwards: C.Sylvia, D.Neitz, M.Bate

Followers: J.White, B.McLean, N.Jones

I/C From: P.Johnson, R.Petterd, J.Frawley, N.Brown, B.Holland, A.Yze, S.Buckley

No Whelan.

Hope Yze makes the cut. He owns QBDAY.

no rivers or whelan again!

I/C From: P.Johnson, R.Petterd, J.Frawley, N.Brown, B.Holland, A.Yze, S.Buckley

Final bench prediction:

PJ, Petterd, Frawley, Holland

Buckely making it onto the extended bench means he'll debut in the next month. Exciting stuff!

no rivers or whelan again!

Ugh, if you had of looked at the injury list you would of known rivers wasn't going to play this week...

Final bench prediction:

PJ, Petterd, Frawley, Holland

Buckely making it onto the extended bench means he'll debut in the next month. Exciting stuff!

Don't reckon we'll go with 3 talls on the bench, but i agree Holland has to play to nullify Rocca. Maybe Frawley might be sent back to the 2s, although it wouldn't be my preferred option

well i guess that is my bad..

UGH

Would it really hurt the coaching staff to put Michael Newton on the extended bench?

[censored] hell, give the kid some reward

Buckely making it onto the extended bench means he'll debut in the next month. Exciting stuff!

I'm sure Buckley was named on the extended bench for a match a while ago, but never ended up surfacing on the ground.

I hope he does play though. Soon.

I/C From: P.Johnson, R.Petterd, J.Frawley, N.Brown, B.Holland, A.Yze, S.Buckley

hmmm

PJ will play , Holland will play on rocca , Yze must play...

Frawley Petterd buckley or brown?

i hope buckley makes his debut

can we drop petterd, bit stiff on his behalf

Whats the woods side?

i hear no bucks or no cement

Whats the woods side?

i hear no bucks or no cement

COLLINGWOOD

B: Tarkyn Lockyer, Shane Wakelin, Brodie Holland

HB: Heath Shaw, Harry O’Brien, Rhyce Shaw

C: Scott Pendlebury, Paul Medhurst, Leon Davis

HF: Nick Maxwell, Travis Cloke, Alan Didak

F: Dane Swan, Anthony Rocca, Ben Johnson

Foll: Josh Fraser, Shane O’Bree, Scott Burns

I/C: Dale Thomas, Tyson Goldsack, Alan Toovey, Shannon Cox, Paul Licuria, Danny Stanley, Chris Bryan

In: Shane Wakelin, Paul Licuria, Danny Stanley, Shannon Cox, Chris Bryan

Out: Simon Prestigiacomo (injured – foot), Guy Richards (omitted)

Match-ups:

Rocca- Holland

Didak- Bell (looking forward to this one)

Cloke- Carroll

We could probably drop Frawley, although it won't do us any favours in the long run.

Rather rest Yze for another week, and play Frawley... even if it means playing him on the wing in bursts to create some more run.

If Davey doesn't come up for whatever reason, I have a feeling we'll see Buckley debut.

Am looking forward to Neita giving Wakelin the run around. And no Clement means Robbo should be free to run wild.

whos in, probably dud medhurst

Our Buckley definitely wont play

Whats the woods side?

i hear no bucks or no cement

cement

I still shake my head each week when i see D. Ward in the run on side.. id much rather he played left right out.. surely were at the stage where frawley or another youngster is getting big game experience

i think holland is a better option than frawley for rocca at theis stage and it is a toss up between those two for the last tall defensive spot. has rocca been playing close to goal or CHF? perhaps carrol could take him if he is close to goal letting frawley play instead of holland?

PJ and petterd are certainties and i think the last spot is between brown and yze. i think yze may be risked if davey doesnt get up but otherwise he might not be, remember he had suspected OP.

I'm fine with that side but the one thing that really surprised me was NO DUNN. Dunn was pretty unlucky to be dropped in the first place having been experimented with outside the forwardline for a few weeks. And now after playing a fantastic game at Sandy kicking 4 goals and against a side with only ONE tradition tall key position back, we have decided to pass over Dunn and go with ONE big key forward. We should be trying to expose their weakness. And even if Presti was playing, Dunn still deserves it IMO.

No need to change the side too much. The team has momentum and should continue with that confidence into the break.

If we're bringing back Holland, then the only player to drop is Frawley. I don't like seeing it, but at least Holland has some history on Rocca.

Unless completely match fit, I wouldn't bring Yze in. If he is, Yze for Brown. However I suspect that due to fitness the bench will look like this

PJ, Pettard, Brown, Holland

In: Holland

Out: Frawley (sadly)

I still shake my head each week when i see D. Ward in the run on side.. id much rather he played left right out.. surely were at the stage where frawley or another youngster is getting big game experience

But we can still make finals remember, so until that thought is all but an impossibility (we know it is), we'll have to wait until we see a bit more of a youth policy..

Why play Holland. The game has changed. Forwards take marks on the lead. Hardly ever see a Rocca type take a big strong pack mark. Carroll has the pace and strength to match Rocca and will kill him on the rebound.

The trend is to play smaller backs who can cut the oppo up. This concedes some marks etc but on balance considered worthwhile.

Frawley if he can bulk up a bit and maintain pace will be really good up back.

Holland would be a match up for the really tall ruck type playing in the forward pocket, eg Ottens.

Seems ND is developing PJ into a ruckman who can match these types and play in the backline.

I would take a punt and keep playing Frawley.

i dont think dunn came in because we werent going to drop any of our marking forwards - neitz, bate and robbo all kicked goals and did alright. if he kicks 4 or 5 more this week he'll have a pressing case. there is also no way we could fit dunn and newton into that side...

Id be disappointed if Pettard was dropped, he's hardly done anything wrong .

petterd wont be dropped dont worry. he has been playing fantastic footy and none of the ins would play his position (except yze) and yze wouldnt do it as well...

Unless completely match fit, I wouldn't bring Yze in. If he is, Yze for Brown. However I suspect that due to fitness the bench will look like this

PJ, Pettard, Brown, Holland

Almost certainly Yze for Brown. "Horses for Courses" matchup versus Collingwood - great record. Otherwise bench looks very defensive.