Lifting one's eyes from the teamsheet for a moment, this match between two lower-table teams offers an intriguing prospect of pitting Ross Lyon's coaching nous against that of rising star Brett Ratten.
Can Freo's younger brigade take their supreme defensive effort of last week up to a team chockful of high draft picks, that is being allowed to rediscover how to play football?
Can the team deliver to the CEO's "strong" 2019 strategic plan of pushing for top fou... Erm. resuming playing finals?
What could possibly go wrong?
Ballantyne to jag 3 in a last-quarter surge to a close finish.