Round 1 team

[ESKIE]

C4 - Surely no chance of Hampson and Warnock/Kreuzer, as well as O'hAilpin and Waite?

A bit topheavy?

I think slightly top heavy there, Warnock, Krueze, Irish & Waite, but we'll know shortly...

 

[Jimthegreat]

I think slightly top heavy there, Warnock, Krueze, Irish & Waite, but we'll know shortly...

Waite wouldn't cause top-heaviness in any case given how he plays. A FF, CHF, 2 rucks would be a normal team.

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

I think Blueseque was suggesting that adding Hampson on top of that would cause a bit of an imbalance.

 

[Blueinblood]

Kane Lucas wont debut.

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

Argh! This is driving me crazy - the deadline is 5pm yeah?!?!

Oh - and Kelvin (?) Moore thinks it's payback time supposedly...

 

[blues2010]

Kane Lucas wont debut.

This was on afl.com
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/90937/default.aspx
so he might

 

[Blueinblood]

He wont.

 

[Charbzilla]

doesnt mean much blues2010.

article != truth

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

Ratten just confirmed this in his interview - "three debutants in the Navy Blue" - no mention of Lucas

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

Argh! This is driving me crazy - the deadline is 5pm yeah?!?!

Oh - and Kelvin (?) Moore thinks it's payback time supposedly...

Gotta love hearing stuff like this.

 

[BlueTouchPaper]

Official Team List

B. Thornton, Jamison, Joseph
HB. Bower, Waite, Russell
C. Houlihan, Murphy, Scotland
HF. Carrazzo, Henderson, Simpson
F. O’hAilpin, Kreuzer, Betts
R. Warnock, Gibbs, McLean
INT. Anderson, Robinson, Walker, Yarran

Emerg. Grigg, Jacobs, Lucas

Kudos to GoReds on the early tipoff on Anderson!

Quite a bizzare structure for mine - well off what I was expecting.

 

[blues4flag]

Final team:

B. Thornton, Jamison, Joseph
HB. Bower, Waite, Russell
C. Houlihan, Murphy, Scotland
HF. Carrazzo, Henderson, Simpson
F. O’hAilpin, Kreuzer, Betts
R. Warnock, Gibbs, McLean
INT. Anderson, Robinson, Walker, Yarran

Emerg. Grigg, Jacobs, Lucas

 

[THE BRICKMAN]

EDIT: beaten to it

 

[Blueinblood]

No real surprises. Anderson is simply taking Armfields spot until he can get fit. Grigg unlucky.

 

[TOPBLUE_25]

I can see the logic in Anderson playing, might just be thinking he can be an option to play on 1 of Richmonds several small forwards or even in the middle if say murphy runs out of gas a bit.

 

[philthie blues]

we were all pretty close.

the club announcement that 'classy lucas to debut' threw most of us.

surprised to see both hadley and grigg overlooked and anderson getting a run

overall looks like a pretty solid team. happy if waite plays at CHB. We looked much better against Adelaide a couple of weeks ago when he went loose man across half back

 

[Blueinblood]

The thinking may be that Anderson is a good matchup for Mitch Morton. Hopefully he can play on a lesser light such as Roberts and use that dash weve heard a bit about.

 

[juddsentant517]

how come Garlett isn't in the equation?.

 

[Juddbemetron]

Is hampson going to feature in our starting 22 this year
bit suprised to see jacobs over him in the emergencies

 

[shell23]

What is up with Hampson is going to be heading to GC17??

 

[Audrey_Horne]

Does anyone else think we'll give Richmond an absolute thumping?
I don't know who half of their team are

 

[Charbzilla]

MC just didnt feel hammer had a match up. thats all.

 

[Charbzilla]

Does anyone else think we'll give Richmond an absolute thumping?
I don't know who half of their team are

i hope this is not the mentality the players are using

 

[Audrey_Horne]

I thought Hampson was injured?
That's what someone on the board said.

 

[blue gunslinger]

No real surprises. Anderson is simply taking Armfields spot until he can get fit. Grigg unlucky.

he is fit but not match fit - will see him rnd 2