By Dale Tonkin
I THINK the game will start pretty intense with both teams working hard at it with high volumes of pressure as the game wears on.
I think the class of South will over run the Westies; West have a good attitude of not giving in and South don’t ever give in as well.
Maybe it will be a battle of nutrition from what I’ve seen so far.
However, South are coming off a very well orchestrated pre-season block and West really worked hard during this period but unfortunately for them they do not possess the playing list South have.
It’s the size of the fight in the Dog, I guess, that makes the difference.
The question I have is will Mitch Henderson play as that does change things.
Big Brownie can’t really expect to play ruck all the time however Jordan Holmes really impresses me.
With three talls of that quality it will make for a interesting season
So if Mitch does play it changes the whole dynamics of the Roos.
Shout out to Nug who I may of offended last week in the article I wrote about North.
I still stick by that but it’s up to players like Nug to change all that and Nugget is one guy you want to take to war with you as he gives everything.
I’m eagerly waiting to see South juniors perform this year, they could actually be the difference moving forward.
Daniel Milne from West also gives everything every time and I’m hearing Cody McEvoy is set for an extremely good season, while Patrick Attard looks to me he’s ready to grab the bull by the horns, so to speak.
So both teams have blokes that don’t ever give up, however I can’t shy away from the class of South.
I’m predicting South by 30 points.
Good luck to everyone and let’s make sure we respect our umpiring fraternity. Enjoy the footy, everyone.
