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[Snarls Barkley]

Backs: Cale Hooker (Essendon), Daniel Talia (Adelaide) and Nick Smith (Sydney Swans)
Half-backs: Nick Malceski (Sydney Swans), Alex Rance (Richmond), Brodie Smith (Adelaide)
Centres: Nat Fyfe (Fremantle), Josh Kennedy (Sydney Swans), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Half-forwards: Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda), Luke Breust (Hawthorn)
Forwards: Hayden Ballantyne (Fremantle), Lance Franklin (Sydney Swans), Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)
Rucks: Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle), Joel Selwood (Geelong), Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)
Interchange: Jordan Lewis (Hawthorn), Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), Travis Boak (Port Adelaide), Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions)

Team so far, not too many surprises. Would've easily found a spot for Gunston over Riewoldt or a lesser extent Ballantyne.

Edit: Added interchange. Players from the squad who missed out were Betts, Jacobs, Gibbs, Beams, Hawkins, Lonergan, Taylor, Ward, Burgoyne, Gunston, Harvey, Schulz, Ellis, Martin, Parker, McKenzie, Priddis, Liberatore.

Reckon Parker was very stiff too.

 

[TheHoneyBadger]

Spot on for mine. Preferred Riewoldt's season.

 

[ossie_21]

McKenzie for Hooker, Parker for Ballantyne & Jacobs for Sandilands, the rest about spot on.

Sandilands did not have an AA season lol

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Fair enough. Riewoldt had a great season, especially when you factor in how terrible his team was. There is always unlucky players but there is only 22 spots.

Rated Gunston's season very highly, I would've found a spot for him.

 

[VitalDread]

*James Frawley at Fremantle Oval touring facilities after meeting Ross Lyon*

James Frawley: [unimpressed] Isn't that trophy case supposed to have trophies in it?
Matthew Pavlich: uhh... They were all wiped out in the big trophy fire.
[Ross Lyon comes in]
Ross: Ah! I see the premiership trophies are still out for "cleaning", Pav? [forced chuckle]

 

[timtamWB]

*James Frawley at Fremantle Oval touring facilities after meeting Ross Lyon*

James Frawley: [unimpressed] Isn't that trophy case supposed to have trophies in it?
Matthew Pavlich: uhh... They were all wiped out in the big trophy fire.
[Ross Lyon comes in]
Ross: Ah! I see the premiership trophies are still out for "cleaning", Pav? [forced chuckle]

So I see that you too have liked the facebook page

 

[timtamWB]

I'd chuck Mackenzie in for Rance, I really don't rate him. I'd also be tempted to put Parker in over Breust, Ballantyne is there as a small forward so can't put Parker over him. Rest is good.

 

[Easty]

Jacobs has been robbed of AA twice now.

 

[Zgope1]

For me Jacobs was to AA what Taylor was to the RS. Hard to argue against them getting it, but by impact it's hard to go past the other guy.

Of course in this case the other guy got it

 

[fronkalicious]

Mackenzie for rance
Parker for pendles
Gunston for boak

Libba didn't deserve it this year. His time will come.

 

[Some Idiot]

Too much based on hype rather than actual performance as usual, but certainly a strong team.

 

[immortalmike]

Mackenzie for rance
Parker for pendles
Gunston for boak

Libba didn't deserve it this year. His time will come.

Certainly deserved it last year though. Soft selection panel.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Selwood getting in purely by name again. How the hell doesn't Rockliff start ahead of him?

 

[timtamWB]

Selwood getting in purely by name again. How the hell doesn't Rockliff start ahead of him?

And he's the captain...

 

[Igloo]

Selwood getting in purely by name again. How the hell doesn't Rockliff start ahead of him?

Captain, no less. If he wins the Brownlow I'll pull a Terry Wallace and spew up.

 

[Igloo]

Odds on?

Odds on him winning? Odds on me spewing? Or just "odds on" as in he's the favourite?
He's at $2.65 on Sportsbet. Sickening.

 

[maddog37]

Ii would drop Ballantyne, put Bruest in the pocket and play Luke Parker on a hff.

 

[Igloo]

 

[timtamWB]

I'm not surprised, but he really should have been given one more year.

 

[Mingo]

Wow. I'm kinda surprised.

 

[Sentinel]

Rumours are that Goodwin's taking over. I find that very hard to believe, no way they'd sack him for a rookie coach surely?!

From the 4 rookie coaches picked up at the end of 2011, Watters, Neeld and Sanderson gone. One name left.

 

[mambavino]

Think its a bit harsh on Sanderson really.
Gerard Healy just mentioned he thinks he might know where he'll end up next year. Hope it's not the Bulldogs, because we don't need anymore Geelong assistants.

 

[TheHoneyBadger]

Saw this coming a mile off.

Adelaide fans seem pretty happy with it generally. Acknowledge Sando had the odds stacked against him but the clean out will do them good.

One Crows fan I'm talking to on Twitter thinks Bassett would be the right choice for them, rather than Goodwin.

 

[fargy]

 

[Igloo]

Saw this coming a mile off.

u wot m8?