We chose a totally cooked version of Cincotta who was horrible and Kennedy as sub who was horrible. Dropped fit, form players who brought much needed pace and run for other fringe players who were not fit and brought no run at all.
Fisher and Dow had performed well in a big game just prior to finals against Melbourne, a game that was practically a final so the not big game players goes out the window.
Voss did exactly the same thing this year. Went back to his favorites despite slowing the team down and them not having fitness or form. The only difference was we got smashed instead of scraping out two wins. Wins which came mostly because both opposition kicked horribly for goal.
I agree in principle, but there's speed and then there's quality speed. Dow has neither, and Fisher is a player with a sidestep who has bottled it in close games for two clubs now.
The H&A game where they were both decent may have been a finals for us, but the SF was an actual final with a different level of physicality.