Sorry for the belatedness of this! Does someone with the logo template add it? Can’t find it myself atm.

Will add draft order and stuff to the end of it later on. Remember there’s a trade period during the AFL finals.

Also as an aside, interesting to note that there have already been 3 Wizards leave the tower despite a round of football to go. Will there be more? (The answer is most likely yes, since Fletch still hasn’t made an announcement).

tail.

Nice walesy.

Wouldn't it be a fairy tail if a Menzel ton got the Hammerheads over the line.

Disney-esq.

Here we go!

Just letting everyone know the squads - think it will help people to check the different matchups and how the general could make a real impact later today.

These were the squads from last week's matches and of course things will change after tonight.

SAR v (HDH)
D: Ibbotson Taylor Simpson Williams Kelly
(D: Mackie Smith Laidler Wright Moore)

M: Mundy* Lewis Boyd JP Kennedy Christensen
(M: Shiels Guthrie Neale Macrae J Daniher)

R: Naitanui
(R: Jacobs)

F: Harvey Mayne JJ Kennedy T Mitchell Waite
(F: Gray Jetta Carlisle Gunston Menzel)

INT: Goddard Sloane Everitt
(INT: Hunt McKernan Garlett)

OTH: Duffield Lycett Steele Prestia Lester Henderson Rivers
(OTH: Shiel K Mitchell Seedsman Boston Aish Scharenberg Freeman)

Will now be underground until the armageddon of team selections.

Homonym fail is usually my trademark

Amazing, Sarah Island must've sent a few all-expenses junkets out to get Ibbo and Harvey to still be playing. Just as well really. Be disappointing if the ORFFL GF was over on Thursday.

SARAH ISLAND
IN: Steele*
OUT: Waite, M.Boyd, Mundy, Mayne, Williams
Avail: 16


HUMPTY DOO
IN: Seedsman*
OUT: Wright, Smith
Avail: 19

Given I only have 5 original Hammers, I'm pretty sure quite a few teams are contributing to the HDH grand final squad. Unless it was all thanks to the Thunda/Seagulls.

I've done my expected teams and on season averages: 1363 SAR v 1353 HDH
That's obviously including 119 for Menzel for HDH (without which it'd end up being 1288)

Last 3 game form for expected teams (assuming Duffield emg and Steele in)
SAR 1361 v HDH 1438.3 (or 1389.7 Menzel adjusted)

This week it's all about muscle/points memory (how well performed in a season) vs form.

Hypothetical:

If Ross Lyon walked into a bar at Sarah Island, what would happen?

Scott didn't have anything to do with Freo players though.

Makes it all rather anticlimactic really.

This has been a rather interesting day! Hammerheads streaked way in front early and had a comfortable lead but in the premiership quarter the Savages have pulled back the margin and are now ahead. Amazing

Current scores:

SAR 1308/14 v HDH 1104/12
Goddard v Carlisle, McKernan, Garlett

Can't see Savages losing from that position, but stranger things have happened!

1408 v 1359 - well played win for the Savages.

Menzel 19 was a painful performance, but no use of any other available personnel (Moore/Scharenberg/Daniher) would have been enough to bridge the gap. The substitutions of Neale and Menzel were probably enough to swing the tie, with Harvey's sub being cancelled out by Jetta.

Sarah Island players performed to above-average scores where Humpty Doo were at average - considering that so many players were taken out at the selection table this is a credit to both organisations but also testament to Sarah Island's depth across all positions. The loss of two starting defenders hurt HDH more than the loss of two starting midfielders for SAR.

And...onto next season.