West v Norwood

This is a must win if we hope to avoid another wooden spoon.
Ellem does not appear on the injury list so presumably he comes in. And Obst should get a run.
Outs probably come from Redfern and Thackeray.
We've clearly improved this year, it'd be a shame to see us end up the same way as last year.

Well my take on it is that not many sides that are bottom and playing the second last game of the year against the reigning premiers and are five goals down at half time would rally like we did and salvage a draw. Even if several players aren't up to standard, they really are a resilient bunch. Obviously we butchered too many shots at goal, and conceded too many contested marks in their forward 50, the latter being a regular issue over the past month or so.

I thought Corbett helped get us back into the game. His form and ruck work in the last two weeks is much improved on what he showed earlier in the year, and he was responsible for several good centre clearances.
I thought Park was outstanding, he ran himself into the ground. Mattingly and Kobe Ryan were again solid on ball, Johnson had his best game for a few weeks and Morrish did a lot of work down back. And Ned Stevens took 3 contested marks in our forward 50, something rarely done by one of our players this year.

And after all that, Norwood should never have scored their last point because Callow should not have been awarded that mark on the grandstand wing which came off Corbett's hands.