With nearly a full list to choose from, Football Manager Peter Rohde said the Power’s selection committee had a welcome challenge ahead of them when they met on Thursday afternoon.
“It’s great to have a full list to choose from,” Rohde said. “With Chad and Shaun back in the side it gives us added flexibility and with the return of Josh Carr we’ve added more depth to the midfield.
“Peter Burgoyne will also rotate through the midfield more in 2009 and along with Shaun and David Rodan, we feel we’ve got some great clearance players.
“Nathan Krakouer has arguably had the best form of the group over the pre-season and he’ll take Peter’s place in defence. He’s had an uninterrupted pre-season for the first time, as has Robbie Gray, and we think they’ll be important additions to the team this year.”
The Power’s squad of 25 to face the Bombers, as named at 4.30pm on Thursday, is as follows…
B: Michael Pettigrew, Alipate Carlile, Jacob Surjan
HB: Nathan Krakouer, Troy Chaplin, Dom Cassisi
C: Shaun Burgoyne, Chad Cornes, Steven Salopek
HF: Robert Gray, Justin Westhoff, Peter Burgoyne
F: Brett Ebert, Warren Tredrea, Daniel Motlop
R: Dean Brogan, Kane Cornes, Danyle Pearce
Interchange: Travis Boak, Josh Carr, Brendon Lade, Tom Logan, David Rodan, Wade Thompson, Toby Thurstans
New: Josh Carr (Fremantle), Wade Thompson (North Adelaide)
