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September 01, 2005
Team Selections For The Final
Well its Thursday Night and the Swans have named their team to face the Eagles tomorrow night at Subiaco. For me the excitement for this match has been building all week and by 8.30pm tommorrow night I will be drained of all emotional energy and will be forced to watch the match running upon the fumes of a oily rag. Still for the team they clearly have thought hard about every little detail and set off for Perth on Tuesday to get ready for the match and soak up the pressure from the Eagles public.
Still to the teams for this week and yet again the Swans have gone with an unchanged 22 man squad, showing continued faith in the team that has got them this far. On the other hands the Eagles have done likewise making only the one enforced change that has been a big news item all week (how could Roos get 3 matches and only have to serve 1 match?? Beats me, proves how stupid the system really is I guess).
Anyway here are the teams for the first final of 2005:
SYDNEY
B: Crouch, Barry, C.Bolton
HB: Mathews, Roberts-Thomson, Kennelly
C: Goodes, Ablett, Dempster
HF: O’Keefe, Hall, J.Bolton
F: Davis, O’Loughlin, Buchanan
R: Jolly, Kirk, Williams
Int: Ball, Fosdike, Schneider, Vogels
Emg: Bevan, McVeigh, Powell
NO CHANGE
WEST COAST
B: Wirrpunda, Glass, Hunter
HB: Stenglein, Staker, Banfield
C: Embley, Cousins, Braun
HF: Chick, Gardiner, Kerr
F: Matera, Lynch. Seaby
R: Cox, Judd, Fletcher
Int: Hansen, B.Jones, Nicoski, Sampi
Emg: Butler, Green, R.Jones
In: B.Jones
Out: Selwood (concussion)
My tip, well you should know by now I don't give out tips. But anyway my heart says Sydney while the head says West Coast. Could and should be a cracker of a match.
Enjoy the match wherever you watch it, be it at the ground, at home or at the local pub.
Posted by robbieando at September 1, 2005 09:10 PM
Comments
There doesn't seem to be a lot of hype in town at the moment, amongst Eagles supporters I speak to - it seems to vary between quiet confidence and abject pessimism. The form question has knocked the stuffing out of those who were making idiotic predictions a few weeks ago.
The predicted thunderstorms haven't materialised and it should be a perfect night for footy, albeit a little slippery.
Will be a beauty. Absolutely cannot wait.
Posted by: carneagles at September 2, 2005 02:35 PM