Bizkit, both you and I would like to believe that Sutcliffe got dropped for poor form, but I think it was more to just give a few of the younger players on the list a run. Freo need to get games in to the young fellows prior to 2017. Peel had a bye. Resting Sutcliffe for a week and playing a young player (eg. Hughes) may have been the reason for that. You'll notice that when they play Hughes, he gets maximum Time On Ground. Whereas somebody like Blakely in the midfield, is still being nursed and developed much slower.
Again, I'm no fan of Sutcliffe and given the choice of the current Sutcliffe or Morabito, I'd take Mora, but I can still understand why the Freo list managers would go the other way. Just because I claim to understand it and make a case for it, doesn't mean I like it.