Port Melbourne vs. Sandringham Sunday 24th June at TEAC Oval

Seniors at 2:00pm

Port Melbourne

B Pinwill Baird Debruin

HB Obst Pleming Milhuisen

C Spriggs Hazell Cotchett

HF Rowe Dukes Shaw

F Smith Pitt Robbins

R Fanning McMahon Nahas

Int (from) Bloomfield Bonaddio Brewer Cain D Kelly Langford B Nixon Pearce

Sandringham

B Whelan Biddlecombe Buckley

HB Brown Warnock Lamb

C Garland C Liddell Gallagher

HF Poyas Crowe Miller

F Dunn Sautner M Newton

R Neaves Summers Yze

Int (from) Bode Ferguson Jamar C Johnson T Johnston Monaghan Paterakis Valenti

Note: Port Melbourne is a stand alone VFL club. Only 12 MFC players can play in this game.

Reserves at 11:10am

B Collyer McGettigan Weetra

HB Paule Dean Monaghan

C Tregear Gilchrist Neville

HF T Johnston Gribbin Martyn

F S Martin Dunne Hayes

R Ott M Johnston Zarra

Int McKenzie Ferguson Gibb Gileno Liddell Lyall McKenzie Roberts Turcarelli

Yze playing for Sandy! T.Johnston maybe as well. Whelan can't get back in! Dunn, Miller, Ferguson and Brown as well!

The Dees must be traveling well to not get some of those names back in!

I'm finding it hard to get used to the new look Dees team- I guess the future!

Sandy should win by a huge amount if many of those Dees players are in. ( noted only 12 can play)

whose going to stop dukes???

kicked 6 last week, saw him on the tv, looked very dangerous.

could be an interesting task for warnock. also have to cover smith and pitt. the backs will be stretched.

anyone know how wheels is looking out on the field? i'm getting worried that he's not walking straight into the team as he always, deservedly, has.

anyone know how wheels is looking out on the field? i'm getting worried that he's not walking straight into the team as he always, deservedly, has.

i think because of the reoccurring injuries he has been getting they are taking the cautious approach with wheels to get him match fit once again before he is brought in...i have read he has been doing reasonable jobs without being spectacular. but sometimes thats part and parcel of being a backman.

yeah dukes look great last week.

think he will be too strong and experienced for Warnock. will be a great test for him.

i think because of the reoccurring injuries he has been getting they are taking the cautious approach with wheels to get him match fit once again before he is brought in...i have read he has been doing reasonable jobs without being spectacular. but sometimes thats part and parcel of being a backman.

tis what he's done his whole career really. (anyone read ball saying wrecker's hit on him was the worst injury he's had?)

i mean moreso how he looks running around, is he crisp?

Dont get me wrong....i have alot of respect for wheels, but his form this year has been a big disappointment.

i know he has suffered from injuries, but when he has been out on the park this year he has looked slow and played far too loosely on his opponent.

i hope he can get back to peak fitness and play the footy that we all know he is capable of, but his time may be passing by.

still hot though

yeah dukes look great last week.

think he will be too strong and experienced for Warnock. will be a great test for him.

Who the hell is dukes?

whelan struggled a little last week but seriously, he was one of 22!!

at the moment, he is not playing well enough to warrant promotion to the seniors, especially in light of the job bell has been doing...

he is a good player and needs to regain his confidence!!

ferguson or lamb would play on dukes....

Who the hell is dukes?

Jeremy Dukes

" Dukes was taken at 80 in the first round of the 1999 AFL draft by the Carlton Football Club, signing to a two-year deal at the tender age of 17. After one year on the senior list at the Blues, Dukes was delisted and picked up by Essendon where he spent 2001 on the club's supplementary list. " a quote from the article linked by CHAMP.

picked at 80 in the first round? signed a two year deal and then delisted after 1? does that sound a bit strange to you?

Dukes was on fire for Port last week, marking everything in sight, had 5 upto half time. He then had Chris Grant shifted onto him and barely gave a whimper after that, when his team was running riot. Expect Lamb or Biddlecombe to start on him.

I dont think Whelan has yet grasped a Sandy game by the throat as a player of his experience and ability should, and I think the club has done the right thing by not automatically putting him back in the Melbourne side. Everyone should have to earn their recall (as Yze has already discovered this year).

Good luck to the Dutchess in the reserves too in his comeback from a broken thumb. Fergs really needs a slice of luck in his career, every time he breaks into the Melbourne seniors, he breaks down, whether it be from friendly fire (Sylvia in '06) or bad luck (At Subiaco in '07).

Good luck to the Dutchess in the reserves too in his comeback from a broken thumb. Fergs really needs a slice of luck in his career, every time he breaks into the Melbourne seniors, he breaks down, whether it be from friendly fire (Sylvia in '06) or bad luck (At Subiaco in '07).

Not like it was a big loss, the way he was going he was going to get dropped after that game anyway. He won't be on our list next year...

He won't be on our list next year...

Out of interest, what is our out of contract list at the end of this year?

For those interested the umpire from last week's game who reported Jace Bode for misconduct withdrew the charge which is just as well because you surely can't be suspended for standing your ground in a contest.