A snippet about the Tigers in the West Australian“Joel would be the first to say his form hasn’t been where he’d like it,” Wallace said.
“In recent years he’s been there a few times early in seasons. His form wasn’t great at the start of last season and he worked back into a pretty strong year.
“Joel probably more than any has been a natural player who reads the game as well as most. If you start second guessing yourself in that reading game, that’s going to have an impact on your footy.”
The dropping of Bowden will set up a possible reunion between former Docker Graham Polak and Dockers captain Matthew Pavlich.
And Tigers midfielder Shane Tuck said despite their $5.35 outsider status, the visitors fancy themselves to cause an upset.
“We reckon we are a bit of a chance against Fremantle ... as a group we think we are good enough to beat them if we come with our best game,” Tuck said.
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