How to watch & talking points: Melbourne v South East Melbourne

Melbourne United v South East Melbourne Phoenix
Saturday, November 14, 7.30pm AEDT
John Cain Arena

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Rosters

Melbourne

Depth chart:
PG: Anthony (IP) / Ili / D'Angelo (DP) / Macdonald (NRP) (out)
SG: Goulding / Wilson / Hynes (DP) / Shelley (NRP)
SF: Travers / Ingles / Machar / Fa'ale (DP)
PF: Waardenburg / Bowen / Bradtke (DP)
C: Oduro (IP) / Krslovic

South East Melbourne

Depth chart:
PG: Sobey / Davidson
SG: Daniels (NS) / Glover / Ryan (DP)
SF: Schwartz (IP) / Krebs / Foster
PF: Morin (IP) / Goodrick
C: Hunter / Aliir / Biggar (DP)

Missing in action

Melbourne

Sean Macdonald - ACL - Season

South East Melbourne

No injuries listed.

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Talking points

Response time

The Throwdown usually brings out the best in both Melbourne teams and perhaps it’s never had more on the line than it does on Saturday night.

United will come in motivated off a tough loss to Adelaide on Thursday, while the Phoenix have been thrown the ultimate challenge by Josh King, after the head coach called them out in the press conference.

The Phoenix are desperately looking for answers to save their season and a big win over their rival would be a small step in the right direction.

Who stops Oduro?

Josh Oduro might just be the recruit of the season thus far, dominating with efficiency inside and being even more solid on the other end.

However, by his lofty standards, the star import was held in check by Nick Rakocevic on Thursday night and will be out for revenge against the Phoenix.

There’s no surprise that United are at their best when he’s finishing everything that comes his way, but now the challenge is to rise again.

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