Forgive
me for not being super-excited about the upcoming game against the Suns, but
there just isn't anything interesting or even in contention in this one. The
Suns haven't won a game, there's no history between the clubs, I don't like
their guernseys etc.
I do,
however, like Guy McKenna. I was fortunate to (co-incidentally) attend his
final ever match against Melbourne at Subi many years ago. We got placards
reading 'Thanks Bluey' or something to that effect. We got thrashed, but there
was a wonderful montage at the end of the game (or 3 quarter time) dedicated to
the legend. What was the point of telling you that? Well, it takes up space for
one and also, he's awesome.
Blogging
of awesome, last Saturday I was in the Claremont vicinity in a car when I saw a
man out of the corner of my eye, driving, he had a beard. I believe he was no
other than a certain Josh Kennedy, some of you might remember him from our
forward line...Anyway I stared at him for a few seconds and I think I may have
freaked him out. If it wasn't him than that poor chap would've been especially freaked
out by the gawking. I'm sure the real JJK reads this blog, so drop
me a line if that was you Josh. Cheers.
The game
is important though. As I alluded to in my recap of last week's agonising loss,
we are on the brink of being outside the 4. With the Pies guaranteed to win,
Essendon playing the Dogs and the Swans the GWS, a slip up here could be the
end of a top 2 chance. It may seem a bit of a reactionary comment but based on
my predictions we face a real fight in trying to lockup top 4, let alone the
highly valuable top 2 spot.
There is
one change to our team with Swift losing his place to debutante Murray Newman. I
don’t know much about Newman, except that he’s been in decent form. Also,
although his hair isn’t great and he does have a Swift-like moustache, he still
surpasses Tom in the follicle stakes.
West
Coast Eagles
B: Beau Waters, Darren Glass,
Patrick McGinnity
HB: Shannon Hurn, Eric Mackenzie,
Mitch Brown
C: Andrew Gaff, Matthew Priddis,
Brad Sheppard
HF: Josh Hill, Quinten Lynch, Chris
Masten
F: Nic Naitanui, Jack Darling,
Daniel Kerr
Foll: Dean Cox, Scott Selwood, Luke
Shuey
I/C: Matthew Rosa, Ashton
Hams, Jacob Brennan, Murray Newman
Emg: Sam Butler, Thomas
Swift, Koby Stevens
In: Murray
Newman
Out: Thomas Swift
Gold
Coast Suns
B: Alex Sexton, Matthew Warnock,
Taylor Hine
HB: Sam Iles, Steven May, Trent
McKenzie
C: Matt Shaw, Karmichael Hunt,
Harley Bennell
HF: Jared Brennan, Charlie Dixon,
Liam Patrick
F: Daniel Stanley, Sam Day, Brandon
Matera
Foll: Tom Hickey, Josh Caddy, Gary
Ablett
I/C: Zac Smith, Jarrod
Harbrow, Joel Wilkinson, Kyal Horsley
Emg: Jeremy Taylor, Aaron
Hall, Andrew McQualter
In: Jarrod
Harbrow, Charlie Dixon, Matt Shaw, Steven May
Out: Luke
Russell (Hamstring), Rory Thompson (Ankle), Michael Rischitelli
(Hamstring), Seb Tape (Knee)
We really need a decent win here. By decent I mean percentage boosting, especially as I expect most of the other top 4 aspirants to well and truly increase their percentage this weekend. A 75 point victory would be nice.
C'mon Eagles!
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In other
news, both Lycett and Butler have resigned for another 2 years. Lycett still
has a lot of development to undergo, but with a nickname like ‘Big Lychee’ I
can’t help but think he has a promising future. The Butler, as I’ve said on
numerous occasions, is a very solid and experienced backman.
Lecras has said he has a chance of returning for finals but it still seems very 'pie in the sky' stuff. He would need a perfect recovery from here and still it would be a risky decision.
Brad Dick also has aspirations of playing finals and tomorrow he will play his first Senior game for East Fremantle, after kicking 3 goals amongst 13 possessions last week for the reserves. If Dick is healthy then it's great news for him and us as he would provide another avenue for goals in our injury ravaged forward line. Still it's a big 'if'.
Finally,
as for the ‘chuckers’ thing, I’m not going to dignify those claims with any
response....except for this: yawn.
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