He may well be follicly challenged, but he's a champion. I may find it hard to appreciate his talent and incredible work effort, but I have decided to not dislike him anymore. Watching him in the Qualifying Final of 2006 reminded me that he is an Eagles champion. When he retires he will be remembered as that, a man who captained the Eagles to a Premiership, who played 134 games and kicked 138 goals for the club and who made the horrible decision to move to Carlton where he failed to reach the summit again. That's 134 out of the 600 total games played by this great club. He is a huge part of our history. But he is part of the past and not the present, so let's get him.
By the way, we're playing Carlton this week. A team who were Premiership favourites (haha) and who have, as usual, failed to live up to expectations. They seem to have as much spirit as Judd does hair. Their problems are accentuated by the fact that they're playing 5:30 Thursday night at Subi, against us, off a 5 day break. Good luck.
I'm a little annoyed that we get the 'semi-bye' again, but we do get an extra break after this game. Carlton do have a couple of massive inclusions, in Scotland and Carazzo. We get back Shuey and the Butler, whilst losing Waters and Swift. Butler is the perfect replacement for the suspended Waters, probably not up to his level but a Premiership player, solid, capable and strong. Swift showed nothing against the Lions to warrant another opportunity. Perhaps he should use his Thursday night to get a haircut...just a thought.
West Coast Eagles
B: Will Schofield, Darren Glass, Sam Butler
HB: Shannon Hurn, Eric Mackenzie, Adam Selwood
C: Andrew Gaff, Matthew Priddis, Matthew Rosa
HF: Josh Hill, Quinten Lynch, Chris Masten
F: Nic Naitanui, Jack Darling, Daniel Kerr
Foll: Dean Cox, Scott Selwood, Luke Shuey
I/C: Patrick McGinnity, Brad Sheppard, Ashton Hams, Jacob Brennan
Emg: Mitch Brown, Thomas Swift, Koby Stevens
In: Sam Butler, Luke Shuey
Out: Beau Waters (Suspension), Thomas Swift
Carlton
B: Zach Tuohy, Michael Jamison, Matthew Watson
HB: Bryce Gibbs, Lachlan Henderson, Nick Duigan
C: Heath Scotland, Chris Judd, Kade Simpson
HF: Jeffrey Garlett, Matthew Kreuzer, Andrew Walker
F: Christopher Yarran, Shaun Hampson, Eddie Betts
Foll: Robert Warnock, Mitch Robinson, David Ellard
I/C: Andrew Carrazzo, Dennis Armfield, Brock McLean, Andrew Collins
Emg: Aaron Joseph, Kane Lucas, Joshua Bootsma
In: Andrew Carrazzo, Heath Scotland
Out: Aaron Joseph, Joshua Bootsma
We should win this game. Carlton do have a lot of talent, especially in the midfield. But I doubt this is the game they can pull it all together. Not against us. We're off the bye and we should be angry about the Lions game. You would expect Scott Selwood to resume his tagging role against Judd (who he kept to 17 possessions in both meetings last season).
Plus it's our 600th. It's our party and we will win if we want to.
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