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May 26, 2005
Round 10 Team Selections vs St Kilda
Well there is some good news and there is some bad news with this weeks team selections. The good news is that Ball and Williams return from injury and re-enforce our midfield and ruck stocks, but the bad news and this I feel could be the difference between us winning and losing this week is that Dempster has been dropped when it should of been Bevan to get the chop, Schneider brought in to play alongside Buchanan when both should be in the side together and that Saddo has been dropped yet Schauble wasn't brought in to help the defence out. Also Jarrad Moore got the axe but that was likely just to give him a full match in Canberra this week.
Personally I think its a huge risk taking on the out of form, under pressure and injury hit Saints without Schauble or Saddo to help out in defence, leaving LRT as the only back up to Leo Barry and Craig Bolton who will now certainly get the jobs on Reiwoldt and Gehrig. For a match Roos has called a "must win", I can't help but think this weeks team plays into the Saints hands.
Team balance has been an important factor in our wins over the past three weeks and I believe Roos and the coaching staff have tipped the balance over the edge to a loss. I hope I'm wrong, but unless our midfield can stop the Saints from getting ball after ball kicked long, the defence is going to struggle and basically I think to rob Peter to pay Paul is going to mean Goodes will end up playing back and that just means our team make up is back to what it was against Adelaide and we all know what happened there.
I just have a sick feeling about this match now.
Anyway here are the teams
SYDNEY
B: Nicks, Barry, C.Bolton
HB: Mathews, Roberts-Thomson, Kennelly
C: McVeigh, Ablett, Crouch
HF: O’Keefe, Goodes, Williams
F: Vogels, Hall, O’Loughlin
FOLL: Jolly, Kirk, J.Bolton
I/C: Ball, Bevan, Buchanan, Schneider
EMG: Dempster, Moore, Saddington
IN: Ball, Schneider, Williams
OUT: Dempster, Moore, Saddington
ST KILDA
B: Fisher, Hudghton, R.Clarke
HB: Baker, Maguire, X.Clarke
C: Gram, Ball, Jones
HF: Dal Santo, Riewoldt, McGough
F: Milne, Gehrig, Voss
FOLL: Ackland, Hayes, Powell
I/C: Thompson, Peckett, Blake, Goddard
EMG: Schwarze, McQualter, Stone
IN: X.Clarke, Maguire, Thompson
OUT: Penny (knee), Fiora (hamstring), McQualter
Posted by robbieando at May 26, 2005 09:38 PM