Round 8: West v North - Saturday 14 May @ City Mazda Stadium

West (10th 0-6 32.30%) v North (8th 2-4 46.41%)
Saturday 14 May
City Mazda Stadium

Reserves: 11:25am
League: 2:10pm

West continued their premiership hangover going down to Port, while North lost to the Crows at the last minute. Who will come away with the win this week?

Based on current form you would have to say North. But Wests may be due for a win and it could be this game.

North should win.

North on current form should win, although West are bound to have a win at some point, this may be there best chance so far a home game against North.

West Adelaide star Jason Porplyzia will be sidelined for between 6-8 weeks with a knee injury, ruling him out of Saturday’s clash with North at City Mazda Stadium.
The former Crow will next week undergo an arthroscopy on his knee, to repair a small tear in his meniscus, in a major blow to the battling Bloods.
‘’We’re not sure when he did it as it could be a recurrence of the injury he had during the pre-season,’’ West football manager Andrew Marks said.
‘’We will certainly miss his leadership as Jason is an integral guy who the other guys follow closely.’’
Goalsneak Shannon Green will return from his one-match suspension while running defender Brad Helbig could play his first League match of the year.
Helbig has now played two games – one for Waikerie and one for the Bloods’ Reserves – while building match fitness from a serious thigh strain.
Nick Favretto has also been added to the 23-man squad while speedy former Murray Bushrangers wingman Murray Waite (183cm and 74kg) looks set to debut after being trimmed from the squad for the past fortnight.
Impressive forward John Noble has been sent back to the Reserves to find form.

League
F: Silverlock, Middleton, Fielke
HF: Stubbs, Slattery, Haysman
C: Waite, Schiller, Schmidt
HB: Green, Hardy, Wasley-Black
B: Hill, Klemke, Caire

R: Weeb, Tuck, O’Brien
INT: Agostino, Stevens, Willits, Helbig, Favretto
IN: Waite, Favretto, Helbig, Green
OUT: Porplyzia (knee), J. Noble

Reserves
Cua, McPherson, L. Ryan, Vick, Taheny, Inglis, Majok, Holliday, Scott, J. Evans, Male, J. Ryan, Burgess, Stevens, G. Hampton, Karpany, L. Evans, Fitzpatrick, Turner, J. Noble, O. Johnson.

Under-18
Pillion, Goldner, Eichner, Rodman, O’Driscoll, Crump, Wagner, Bahrkelly, Smith, Moore, Walton, Beard, West, Heitmann, Johnson, Coats, McCulloch, M. Johnson, Binnion, Badcoe, M. Noble, Baldiserra, Cameron.

Great win Cockaleechies, just too good !

That is 2 teams out of the finals race.

waddayamean wrote:That is 2 teams out of the finals race.

West one of them, who are you referring to as the other?

Port mate.

waddayamean wrote:Port mate.

Sure.

Do you think they can make it ?

waddayamean wrote:Port mate.

Norwood

waddayamean wrote:Do you think they can make it ?

Doesn't take much for more AFL players to get back into the SANFL side, they get a run on, win a few games by big margin, boost their percentage and then they are back aroundf the mark in 4 or 5 weeks and knocking on the door of the five...

There is still so much unpredictability about the AFL Reserves sides...

I don't think they will get there in the end, but you never know...

Your mob are ticking along nicely, under the radar...

Top 3 a realistic chance, yeah?