How many of our boys will actually play in the All-Stars game?

[philhawk]

For those interested, these are the 30-man squads from the Herald Sun website.

VICTORIA and the Dream Team have finalised their 30-man squads ahead of Saturday night's AFL Hall of Fame tribute match at the MCG.
Victoria
Jonathan Brown (captain, Brisbane), Gary Ablett (Geelong), Jimmy Bartel (Geelong), Daniel Bradshaw (Brisbane), Campbell Brown (Hawthorn), Paul Chapman (Geelong), Trent Croad (Hawthorn), Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda), Brendan Fevola (Carlton), Nathan Foley (Richmond), Josh Fraser (Collingwood), Adam Goodes (Sydney), Brent Harvey (North Melbourne), Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), Steve Johnson (Geelong), Chris Judd (Carlton), James Kelly (Geelong), Darren Milburn (Geelong), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn), Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs), Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney), Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), Luke Power (Brisbane), Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn), Matthew Scarlett (Geelong), Joel Selwood (Geelong), Brad Sewell (Hawthorn), Heath Shaw (Collingwood), Troy Simmonds (Richmond), Jarrad Waite (Carlton)

Dream Team
Andrew McLeod (captain, Adelaide), Nathan Bassett (Adelaide), Nathan Bock (Adelaide), Craig Bolton (Sydney), Peter Burgoyne (Port Adelaide), Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide), Brett Burton (Adelaide), Jamie Charman (Brisbane), Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs), Joel Corey (Geelong), Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide), Dean Cox (West Coast), Daniel Cross (Western Bulldogs), Leon Davis (Collingwood), Corey Enright (Geelong), Lance Franklin (Hawthorn), Darren Glass (West Coast), Simon Goodwin (Adelaide), Ryan Griffen (Western Bulldogs), Graham Johncock (Adelaide), Tadhg Kennelly (Sydney), Daniel Kerr (West Coast), Brett Kirk (Sydney), Luke McPharlin (Fremantle), Cameron Mooney (Geelong), Daniel Motlop (Port Adelaide), Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle), Matthew Richardson (Richmond), Ben Rutten (Adelaide), Mathew Stokes (Geelong).

This is how I see it panning out,

Looking at the Victorian team, Scarlett and Croad appear to be the only KPP defenders (Waite is a chance), so I guess that means Croady will be playing.

Mitch is a certainty to play, as is Browny.

Sewell is a 50/50. As Hawthorn fans, we all know that he jolly well deserves it, but there are a host of other talented players there.

Looking at the list, there'll probably be 9 midfielders selected all up. 3 in the centre line, one in the forward line, two ruck roving and three on the bench.

Who'll be the nine?

Ablett, Bartel, Dal Santo, Goodes, Bartel, Harvey, Mitchell, Power and Selwood.

I'd have Sewell in before Goodes, Dal Santo and Selwood (on this years form), but catch the golden child in Goodes not getting a gig.

As for the dream team, i'd say Buddy is 'a chance' to get selected on form. ;)

Thoughts?

Will our success be to our detriment in this regards?

[jiphoc]

Firstly grats to the Rough Nut on being selected. The race is on there to who ever gets the biggest bag.

However... I am seriously doubting the Buddy will play. His shoulder is obviously sore and could probably do with a weeks break.

[philhawk]

Firstly grats to the Rough Nut on being selected. The race is on there to who ever gets the biggest bag.

However... I am seriously doubting the Buddy will play. His shoulder is obviously sore and could probably do with a weeks break.

Fat chance the AFL will let him be rested, mate.

He's the main attraction, particularly if Brown and Ablett are out.

[jiphoc]

Fat chance the AFL will let him be rested, mate.

He's the main attraction, particularly if Brown and Ablett are out.
Well for 2 weeks now Buddy has collapsed in the last quarter of the game grabbing his shoulder. Thus his shoulder clearly is not 100%. Hawks would be very justified if they said no to him playing.

[Hawkers Hero]

Franklin has sore shoulders and will be out for a week ;)

As a thought - would you guys prefer that Buddy play and risk injury or not play and take the one week suspension?

If we were playing Melbourne in round 8 I think Clarko may well cut his losses and make sure Croad and Franklin dont play in the HOF game and just sit out a round.

[philhawk]

Franklin has sore shoulders and will be out for a week ;)

As a thought - would you guys prefer that Buddy play and risk injury or not play and take the one week suspension?

If we were playing Melbourne in round 8 I think Clarko may well cut his losses and make sure Croad and Franklin dont play in the HOF game and just sit out a round.

But then again, the long-term ramifications would be massive. The AFL would be pretty pissed off at us ...

[The Silencer]

I know Bartel is good, but he doesn't deserve two spots in the team :D
Give Sewelly one of them ;)

FWIW he should easily be in before Selwood aswell.