The Old Dark Navy's
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It was said last week that the MC havn't set a foot wrong so far this year, and they hadn't, until now IMHO.
With 3 injuries already equaling 3 automatic omissions, I don't see the necessity for making a further two changes. We could have kept Bower and McLean in this week and, should their poor form have continued this week, they could have made way for another two players against GWS - a game I think we are certainties to win. That gives us an extra week to settle a team with 5 changes.
Making 5 changes to a team who, bar last week, was in very good form, dangerously flirts with our form and can unsettle the team balance.
Not so confident in this game anymore.
I reckon SUB: Walker.
Look at it this way. 3 changes were forced on us. Armfield after a week off, comes in for McLean who only played a week so hardly a loss of cohesion there.
So it is really Thornton for Bower. Given they would both only play a third man role in defence and Thornton is equally adept in this role as Bower is, albeit Thornton is stronger one on one and with his marking and Bower has more run, but Thornton's hands make him more of an asset up forward. It has been painful watching Jamo and Bower running around absolutely clueless up forward when we needed to mix things up the past couple of weeks.
Henderson, Waite and Thornton are all tall swingmen. Many contingencies there.