West v Central at City Mazda Thursday night

A new look Central take on a settled West side.

West have lost some players, while Central will have some debutants.

Looks like a good contest.

Westies at home for mine, will make a final judgement after looking at the named teams

Can you bet each way?

I'm torn between picking West by 5-6 goals or Central by 1-2 goals.

howthewestwaswon wrote:Can you bet each way?

I'm torn between picking West by 5-6 goals or Central by 1-2 goals.

margin wise you could be wrong twice in the same game

West by 11 points.

Harder to pick than a broken nose this one.

Both West and Central are unknown quantities this year for mine.

West had a great year but I suspect the competition will rise this season and they have lost some key players.

Whilst everyone is hoping the dynasty is over we won't know for sure for a while ... underestimate Central at your peril.

Central by 29.

LEAGUE
F: Gray, Webb, Mangan
HF: Silverlock, Keough, Ezard
C: Beech, Schmidt, Birss
HB: R. Anderson, Ferguson, Bricknell
B: Slattery, Tippett, Caire.

R: Nelson, Macreadie, Fielke
INT: Laird, Cassisi, Crouch, Homburg, Rankine

Flag No.9 wrote:LEAGUE
F: Gray, Webb, Mangan
HF: Silverlock, Keough, Ezard
C: Beech, Schmidt, Birss
HB: R. Anderson, Ferguson, Bricknell
B: Slattery, Tippett, Caire.

R: Nelson, Macreadie, Fielke
INT: Laird, Cassisi, Crouch, Homburg, Rankine

If this is the correct side (Cassisi & Crouch on the bench ?) West to win.

Thanks to CDFC sponsor SEW Eurodrive, here is the Doggies squad for tomorrow night...

http://www.cdfc.com.au/season-2013/season-2012/fixtures-and-results/league/view/2013-03-28/89

Could be up to 8 debutants make their League debut for the Bulldogs...

And here is the Dogs Reserves as well:

Bradley Bain, Luke Barmby, Luke Buckby, Matthew Claughton, Thomas Dunne, Caleb Edmead,Joel Foster, Tyson Irlam, Kyle Jenner, Jai Kovatseff, Jake Martin, Cameron Milne,Sam Milne,Jay Nash,Thomas Ryan, Travis Schiller, Cooper Stoll, Jarrod Traynor, Josh Vater ,Matthew White, Dylan Wise

bayman wrote:Westies at home for mine, will make a final judgement after looking at the named teams

looked at teams, i haven't changed my mind, Westies to win, they'll get first use of the ball & look a far more settled side

Flag No.9 wrote:LEAGUE
F: Gray, Webb, Mangan
HF: Silverlock, Keough, Ezard
C: Beech, Schmidt, Birss
HB: R. Anderson, Ferguson, Bricknell
B: Slattery, Tippett, Caire.

R: Nelson, Macreadie, Fielke
INT: Laird, Cassisi, Crouch, Homburg, Rankine

**** thats not a bad bench
westies by 5

No Sibenaler for Central?

His knee didn't recover?

I'm impressed with Hill and both Castree and Meulendyks look O k.

redandblack wrote:No Sibenaler for Central?

His knee didn't recover?

Slight medial strain - out for 4 weeks...

West by four goals. Apart from lacking depth in the ruck, looks a good side.

At last the footy is back and this match up is two sides out for redemption after disappointment in the finals series last year.

Westies have had the recent wood on Centrals, winning 3 of the past 5 (including the past two at City Mazda Stadium). Westies will look to continue their good form against Centrals while Centrals will be looking to break their nighttime duck at City Mazda Stadium.

All that said and done, I will tip Centrals by 15 points.

Should be a good game.Going for West at home by 17pts.

You were bloody close BirdofPrey

how many of the almost 3,000 people went to Richmond because they saw the West mascot on South Road this morning promoting the game, great gimic but did it work ?

when was the last time West had a 9 goal quarter ? well done to Westies for taking the game on playing attacking footy & this for r&b

West Adelaide 16.9 105

Def

Central District 13.12 90

I think it was a 10 goal quarter, Bayman.

Some wonderful footy, too, with coast-to coast goals and some exciting play.

Very entertaining game. Boyd and Symes dominated the first half, but Collins moved Fielke to Boyd and put Ferguson forward and it all clicked.

Ferguson is a champion.

i stand corrected, i thought i heard the boys on the radio say ''9 goal quarter''....versatility is a great asset to have with a team

When Fergy hangs up the boots it will be interesting to compare his career with Mckenzie from the Eagles.

Both very versatile and if Coad had played more in a Double Blue jumper, he too would have been in this mould.

Not many still around like that.

if not for a bad run with injury i'm sure he (Ferguson) would have played 150+ games in the AFL

Ryan Ferguson is an outstanding player and leader.

The best recruit the bloods have had for many many years.

Loved the third qrt outstanding stuff by the bloods with quick direct ball movement through the corridor.
Brad Crouch and Rory Laird were outstanding.

Biggest problem for the bloods is in ruck Peter. Nelson is still young by SANFL standards and he needs to be more agressive at the centre bounce. We badly miss Willits and Borholm both would have been handy this yr.

I hope like hell that Lobbe comes back to us As ruck is a major weakness

All in all a great win and great game to watch with good fast open footy.

Loved Sam Colqhoun's game for Centrals he will play for the power very soon