Tough midfielder David Swallow says Saturdays clash with West Coast will make or break

Gold Coasts season as they fight to keep their flagging finals hopes alive.

The Suns are poised to swing the selection axe on the back of last weeks horror second-half
fadeout against Melbourne, when they conceded 14 of the last 18 goals to lose by 35 points.

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Coach Rodney Eade forecast up to seven changes, with dual Brownlow medallist Gary Ablett
a confirmed starter at Metricon Stadium after overcoming a shoulder injury.

Former Eagles midfielder Matt Rosa is almost certain to return from a bout of concussion
against his old side and talented first-year midfielder Jack Bowes is available after being
managed.

Rory Thompson (hamstring) is expected to be declared fit, though Jesse Lonergan (shoulder)
and Jarrad Grant (knee) must get through todays main training session before putting their
hands up for selection.
The Eagles have now lost two games in a row and are out of the top 4

Senior midfielder Michael Rischitelli (knee), WA forward Callum Ah Chee (back), Ben
Ainsworth (corked thigh) and Mitch Hallahan (hamstring) are not far away, but wont play
senior football this week.

Gold Coasts wildly inconsistent form has left them precariously placed with a 3-6 win-loss
record ahead of the clash with West Coast, who they have not beaten in eight attempts.

The Eagles have won seven of those clashes, while the teams drew in their most recent
Metricon Stadium game almost two years ago.

Our season hasnt gone the way we wouldve hoped, so this games pretty make-or-break for
us, Swallow said.

The boys understand that.

Well be giving it a red-hot crack this weekend, thats for sure.

These examples of Jason Johannisen's line-breaking and long-range goals show he could add
another dimension to the Eagles if they manage to snare him.
Barry Cable was retrospectively awarded the Simpson Medal for this stand-out display
against Victoria in their State of Origin clash in 1977

Far-sighted Subiaco official Leon Larkin has rightfully been given credit for creating the
State of Origin concept in 1977 but the spark for the idea came at the MCG nearly a decade
earlier when Barry Cable was denied the chance to play for WA.
Cable, a legend in the Australian football Hall of Fame and one of the greatest footballers
produced in this State, was playing for North Melbourne in 1970.

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Victoria were due to host WA at the MCG that season but Cables bid to represent his home
State was dashed when the VFL refused to give him permission.

Victoria won by just six points with Cable adamant the result could have been different had
he been allowed to play.

It remains one of most disappointing things in my career that I was not allowed to play that
day, Cable recalled.