Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

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Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

April 21, 2014, 11:27:31 am

Couldn't find a threasd so.....

WCE have some injury issues:

http://injuryupdate.com.au/afl-west-coast-eagles-injury-list.php

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Name    Injury    Onset    Return
Tom Barrass    Hip joint tear   Pre-season    Round 6
Darren Glass    Hip tightness   Round 4    Round 5
Shannon Hurn    MCL strain (right knee)   Round 2    Round 8
Mark LeCras    Fractured forearm   Round 3    Round 9
Chris Masten    Hamstring strain   Round 3    Round 5
Nic Naitanui    General soreness   Round 4    Round 5
Matthew Rosa    Illness   Round 4    Round 5
Beau Waters    Shoulder surgery   Pre-season    Season

Definitely no Hurn, Le cras,, Waters. Possibly Xavier Ellis, maybe Nic Nat a doubtful?

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #1 – April 21, 2014, 12:48:39 pm

In: McLean, Graham, Jammo,

Out: Judd, Curnow, Cripps,

Cripps: give him a breather

White will again be needed for match ups, probably Darling 191cm 93kg (scary thought). Dougherty unfortunately would not be big enough. Graham has more pace than Cripps at this stage.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #2 – April 21, 2014, 12:53:27 pm

The luxury of playing three tall forwards may not be available to us again this week because there is no way known that we can hope to win with Rowe & White minding Darling & Kennedy. Those two will run riot unless we use Henderson in defence which also snookers the forward plan from last night.

If we had another key tall we could solidly depend on, we may be able to get away with it.

Could Jamison be brought in to take Kennedy and just hope that one of the others can hold Darling in check ??

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #3 – April 21, 2014, 12:56:39 pm

Quote from: flyboy77 – on April 21, 2014, 11:27:31 am

Couldn't find a threasd so.....

WCE have some injury issues:

http://injuryupdate.com.au/afl-west-coast-eagles-injury-list.php

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Name    Injury    Onset    Return
Tom Barrass    Hip joint tear   Pre-season    Round 6
Darren Glass    Hip tightness   Round 4    Round 5
Shannon Hurn    MCL strain (right knee)   Round 2    Round 8
Mark LeCras    Fractured forearm   Round 3    Round 9
Chris Masten    Hamstring strain   Round 3    Round 5
Nic Naitanui    General soreness   Round 4    Round 5
Matthew Rosa    Illness   Round 4    Round 5
Beau Waters    Shoulder surgery   Pre-season    Season

Definitely no Hurn, Le cras,, Waters. Possibly Xavier Ellis, maybe Nic Nat a doubtful?

No Glass either. Will get at least 2 for that charge on Wingard.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #4 – April 21, 2014, 01:03:00 pm

The right time for Warnock to start showing some form.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #5 – April 21, 2014, 01:51:34 pm

Quote from: townsendcalling – on April 21, 2014, 12:48:39 pm

In: McLean, Graham, Jammo,

Out: Judd, Curnow, Cripps,

Cripps: give him a breather

White will again be needed for match ups, probably Darling 191cm 93kg (scary thought). Dougherty unfortunately would not be big enough. Graham has more pace than Cripps at this stage.

Bell is out for 3-4 as well. Bring Robbo in for him.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #6 – April 21, 2014, 02:52:57 pm

The game will be won in the guts.

We'll miss Belly and Curnow.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #7 – April 21, 2014, 03:33:02 pm

3 automatic outs...
Judd (hamstring strain) 5 wks
Curnow (fractured fibula) 6 wks
Bell (fractured finger, surgey req) 3-4wks

Reckon we can bring Buckley back in, knowing he'll have the same determination of the 22 that ran out yesterday.
Ditto Armfield, reckon we've missed him this year.
Hopefully McLean has recaptured the form he had lost and comes back in to the engine room as well.

If Cripps needs a rest, swap him with Graham.
If Docherty is ready, bring him in, i think another week might be in order though.
Garlett should be dominating the VFL, but he is not. One more week.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #8 – April 21, 2014, 04:03:35 pm

Cachia for Curnow
Robinson for Bell
Menzel for Judd
Jamison for White

One good game from Garlett and Armfield is probably not enough for a recall although I'm not sure what happened to Mitch Robinson this week?

Jamison, Rowe and Everrit should be ok to cover Kennedy, Darling and a resting Ruckman.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #9 – April 21, 2014, 04:15:34 pm

Quote from: JonDorotich – on April 21, 2014, 04:03:35 pm

Cachia for Curnow
Robinson for Bell
Menzel for Judd
Jamison for White

One good game from Garlett and Armfield is probably not enough for a recall although I'm not sure what happened to Mitch Robinson this week?

Jamison, Rowe and Everrit should be ok to cover Kennedy, Darling and a resting Ruckman.

The 3 in bold did not play in the VFL this week and i'd doubt all (if any) are available for selection this week.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #10 – April 21, 2014, 04:41:46 pm

How do you pick a result with both sides shadows of their full strength outfits.
We've had a bit of a discussion about the effect of injuries on a club's season in the last few weeks.
Five weeks in... and this year's injury toll is creeping right up there to rival some of those.

Curnow is a huge loss and critical to our plans.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #11 – April 21, 2014, 04:49:35 pm

Quote from: Lods – on April 21, 2014, 04:41:46 pm

How do you pick a result with both sides shadows of their full strength outfits.
We've had a bit of a discussion about the effect of injuries on a club's season in the last few weeks.
Five weeks in... and this year's injury toll is creeping right up there to rival some of those.

Curnow is a huge loss and critical to our plans.

Curnow will certainly be a major loss - we have Carrazzo or Cachia as cover. I don't know whether Carrots still has the run now to go with a gun mid all day, and we'd likely have to bring Brock back in to cover him at the clearances. May be better to go straight to Cachia, at least as a starter.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #12 – April 21, 2014, 05:13:56 pm

Quote from: TheSheik – on April 21, 2014, 12:53:27 pm

The luxury of playing three tall forwards may not be available to us again this week because there is no way known that we can hope to win with Rowe & White minding Darling & Kennedy. Those two will run riot unless we use Henderson in defence which also snookers the forward plan from last night.

If we had another key tall we could solidly depend on, we may be able to get away with it.

Could Jamison be brought in to take Kennedy and just hope that one of the others can hold Darling in check ??

Good to see a fellow supporter who is not blinded by bias.

Rowe and White are liabilities. BUT, we are stuck with them.

Rowe just doesn't have it.

White, if he applied himself and concentrated more, showed far more determination than he does, and had confidence in his ability to mark the footy, and he is a good mark, could become a decent defender. At the moment, he is showing none of those aforementioned qualities. But, at least, he will provide a second effort. Once the ball hits the ground, Rowe is stuffed.

So he tries to manoeuvre his opponents off the ball. that's free kick territory every time. He does it, because he lacks the confidence, and more importantly the ability to beat his opponent in one on one contests and continues to be out marked by his opponents in those one on ones.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #13 – April 21, 2014, 06:18:33 pm

Injuries are going to hurt us but how we cover them and with whom is going to give a clear indication of how good our depth is at present.

Given that Cripps had that youthful temerity to go in and stick up for White as well as laugh in Crameri's face should be seen as a strong pointer as to why we need to keep giving the younger guys a game.

We have nothing to gain from continually turning over the same players who keep making the same mistakes, our future is dependent on the next group of young players stepping up to senior level.

This is not to say 'gift' games when unwarranted, just feel that some young guys in the team will add a new psyche to the group and hopefully some much needed vocals as well.

Re: Round 6 - Blues vs. West Coast Cokers

Reply #14 – April 21, 2014, 06:27:39 pm

Quote from: TheSheik – on April 21, 2014, 06:18:33 pm

Injuries are going to hurt us but how we cover them and with whom is going to give a clear indication of how good our depth is at present.

Given that Cripps had that youthful temerity to go in and stick up for White as well as laugh in Crameri's face should be seen as a strong pointer as to why we need to keep giving the younger guys a game.

We have nothing to gain from continually turning over the same players who keep making the same mistakes, our future is dependent on the next group of young players stepping up to senior level.

This is not to say 'gift' games when unwarranted, just feel that some young guys in the team will add a new psyche to the group and hopefully some much needed vocals as well.

Agree Sheik. My way of thinking is this, there is not a shadow of a doubt Cripps will play many games of AFL and is part of our future. It is not gifting games AFAIC, its a hands on apprenticeship. He is a bull of kid, seems to be mentally tough and is leadership material. We got a good one here, play him, he can handle it.