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Plenty of highlight moments.

Lets get things started shall we.
A few questions to ask:
1.. Will Walshy get up?
Possibly.  I believe that his back injury will be ever present and has to be managed by lighter training loads than normal.  It could be a line ball but I suspect we'll be conservative.

2. Will Motlop miss?
It was reported at the time that he was taken out of the game as a precaution.  As Vossy often says, it will depend on the results of the scans.  I'm tipping that he'll play.

3. Do Williams and Kennedy come in?
Probably not on the back of limited pre-season minutes.  Kennedy looked good though.

4. Do we play TDK and Pitto or TDK and H?
I can't see how we could play Pitto on Wednesday's form.  Short of a gallop and didn't really get near it.  The King and Harry for me.

5. Does/Can Marchy come in or is he hurt also?
Marchy is recovering from a virus (long COVID?) and is a couple of weeks away.

A lacklustre performance tonight to say the least, but I'm reliably told its a praccy match and so just ignore it.

From what I saw of Young tonight, Durdin plays if he is fit.
Tall Durds has played in one VFL practice match and I don't think they'll take a chance with him.  I thought Young and Kemp did OK.

Despite H hurting my eyes in the ruck, Pitto made him look like Big Nic.
Harry must have spent a lot of the summer working with Matty K and he provides so much more around the ground than Pitto.

I think Williams and Kennedy need to come in for sure.
Kennedy possibly but I doubt whether Zac is ready.

Cant see us beating the Lions up there, but Ill wipe tonight from my memory and say you never know.

Lij Hollands is an out and Kennedy is a possible replacement, depending on his match fitness.  I'd prefer to see Binns get a run.  He was lively when he came on.  I would be tempted to play Moir in the Jack Martin role.

It's going to be a tough ask without Weiters, Walsh and Martin and with Brisbane close to full strength.  The temperature and humidity won't help either but we've had similar conditions for training and our practice matches.

Midfield need to get it together - they are doing okay just not connecting with backline.
Need a general in the backline to orchestrate things - maybe Doc needs to fill a leadership hole there until Weits returns

Docherty hasn't played as a defender since midway through the 2022 season.  When we were short of medium defenders last season, Cerra and Hewett were preferred over Docherty ... or he was preferred as a midfielder ahead of them. 

If Docherty was to be played in defence, which defender would he replace and who would take his spot in the midfield?

Newman and Marchbank are Weitering's "deputies" so we need McGovern and Saad, as our other senior defenders, to step up and support Newy.  More importantly, we need all players to switch on defensively, trap the ball in our forward line, slow Brisbane's ball movement and force them to go down the line.