Your best 22 in 2015

[Senor Ed]

It's not necessarily our Best 22, but it's what I'd probably prefer to see, if form/injury permit.

FB: Dale Morris - Jordan Roughead - Easton Wood
HB: Jason Johannisen - Fletcher Roberts - Robert Murphy
C: Jack Macrae - Mitch Wallis - Marcus Bontempelli
HF: Luke Dahlhaus - Stewart Crameri - Lachie Hunter
FF: Jake Stringer - Tom Boyd - Mitch Honeychurch
R: Will Minson - Tom Liberatore - Matthew Boyd

I/C: Nathan Hrovat - Liam Picken - Clay Smith
SUB: Koby Stevens

EMG: Michael Talia - Lin Jong - Shane Biggs

Sydney supporters I know have assured me that (Newly coined Notorious) Biggs could slot straight in, but I'll wait and see before putting him in there, JJ's earned his spot at this point (probably prefer to have him play up the ground but we need dash off half back).

It's a toss up between Talia and Roberts as to who partners Roughie, but Fletch has shown a bit more form at AFL level so he gets the gig. It's a pretty flimsy backline, but that won't be addressed until the two young guys come on/we recruit in that area next year.

You could also make a case for Tom Campbell to get a game, he was well on his way to the JJ Liston before getting the call-up and performed pretty well at AFL level too. Tory Dickson's a strong mark and a good set shot, but I like the versatility and forward pressure that Honeychurch and Hunter bring.

It's a slow side, but that's what we're dealing with for now.

Wow, our team looks weird without Griffen, Cooney and Higgins in it.

We'd have to have the youngest list in the comp now in terms of experience and age for sure.

 

[HBFlanker]

Might have a go at a couple of other teams...

Brisbane Lions

FB: Ryan Harwood, Daniel Merrett, Darcy Gardiner
HB: Jed Adcock, Justin Clarke, Pearce Hanley
C: Allen Christensen, Jack Redden, Daniel Rich
HF: Dayne Zorko, Daniel McStay, Sam Mayes
FF: Josh Green, Michael Close, Lewis Taylor
R: Stefan Martin, Tom Rockliff, Dayne Beams
I/C: James Aish, Ryan Lester, Marco Paparone, Zac O'Brien

No idea how the ruck situation will work with Leuenberger and Martin when fully-fit. Also the key forwards could change between McStay, Close, Paine and Freeman.

Thats almost finals if they stay fit.

With the calibre of small forwards they have, Close and Mcstay only really need to kick 20 -30 each per year.

Zorko will most likely kick most goals for them

 

[TazHawk15]

B Josh Gibson, Brian Lake, Grant Birchall
HB Ben Stratton, James Frawley, Luke Hodge
C Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Isaac Smith
HF Luke Breust, Jack Gunston, Cyril Rioli
F Ben McEvoy, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo

FOL David Hale, Liam Shiels, Shaun Burgoyne

I/C Matt Suckling, Bradley Hill, Will Langford
SUB Taylor Duryea

Out: Spangher
In: Frawley

Throw in Ceglar,Whitecross,Anderson,Litherland,Shoey,Woody, ect ect as back up.

Hawks are going to be hard to beat.

 

[Roddy]

B Josh Gibson, Brian Lake, Grant Birchall
HB Ben Stratton, James Frawley, Luke Hodge
C Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Isaac Smith
HF Luke Breust, Jack Gunston, Cyril Rioli
F Ben McEvoy, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo

FOL David Hale, Liam Shiels, Shaun Burgoyne

I/C Matt Suckling, Bradley Hill, Will Langford
SUB Taylor Duryea

Out: Spangher
In: Frawley

Be afraid, be very afraid....

 

[Heaps of fun]

Thats almost finals if they stay fit.

With the calibre of small forwards they have, Close and Mcstay only really need to kick 20 -30 each per year.

Zorko will most likely kick most goals for them

Zorko isn't Stephen Milne. They will need their talls to kick a lot more than that if they want to make finals.

 

[HBFlanker]

Zorko isn't Stephen Milne. They will need their talls to kick a lot more than that if they want to make finals.

They are 18 year old kids.

Cant expect too much form them in their second year

 

[Ahern2Boof]

Hard on Sam Wright after his finals series.

Ergh. Knew I forgot someone. Wright in, Bastinac out.

 

[HBFlanker]

North Melbourne

FB: Lachie Hansen, Scott Thompson, Luke McDonald
HB: Jamie Macmillan, Nathan Grima, Shaun Atley
C: Daniel Wells, Ben Cunnington, Sam Gibson
HF: Shaun Higgins, Jarrad Waite, Brent Harvey
FF: Lindsay Thomas, Drew Petrie, Aaron Black
R: Todd Goldstein, Andrew Swallow, Nick Dal Santo
I/C: Kayne Turner, Jack Ziebell, Ryan Bastinac
SUB: Aaron Mullett

EMG: Ben Jacobs, Brad McKenzie, Ben Brown

This is good. This is very good

 

[Ahern2Boof]

This is good. This is very good

Yep. Anything but top four is a fail.

 

[worthy]

B: Gibson Lake Stratton
HB: Burgoyne Frawley Birchall
C: Hill Mitchell Smith
HF: Breust Gunston Rioli
F: Puopolo Roughead Hodge
Foll: Hale Lewis Langford
Bench: Shiels Suckling McEvoy
Sub: Anderson

EMG: Duryea, Spangher, Simpkin, Schoenmakers, Whitecross, Ceglar, O'rourke, Litherland... Et al.

I like that team, but I also like Duryea as a small defender, will most likely depend who we are playing.

 

[worthy]

This is good. This is very good

It's a good sign when a young talent like Brown can't get in.

 

[HBFlanker]

It's a good sign when a young talent like Brown can't get in.

very true. Im expecting big things form Black next year. He just needs that one game when he kicks 6 or 7

 

[Jade]

Essendon

FB: Mark Baguley, Cale Hooker, Michael Hibberd
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Michael Hurley, Alex Browne (???)
C: David Zaharakis, David Myers, Dyson Heppell
HF: Patrick Ambrose, Jake Carlisle, Zac Merrett
FF: Jason Winderlich, Joe Daniher, Paul Chapman
R: Tom Bellchambers, Jobe Watson, Brendon Goddard
I/C: Ben Howlett, Heath Hocking, Adam Cooney, Brent Stanton

Fair effort, I'll make a couple changes though:

FB: Mark Baguley, Cale Hooker, Michael Hibberd
HB: Courtney Dempsey, Michael Hurley, Dustin Fletcher
C: David Zaharakis, David Myers, Dyson Heppell
HF: Patrick Ambrose, Jake Carlisle, Zac Merrett
FF: Jason Winderlich, Joe Daniher, Paul Chapman
R: Tom Bellchambers, Jobe Watson, Brendon Goddard
I/C: Jonathan Giles, Heath Hocking, Adam Cooney, Trav Colyer

No Howlett, Gwilt or STANTON!

 

[Ahern2Boof]

Fair effort, I'll make a couple changes though:

FB: Mark Baguley, Cale Hooker, Michael Hibberd
HB: Courtney Dempsey, Michael Hurley, Dustin Fletcher
C: David Zaharakis, David Myers, Dyson Heppell
HF: Patrick Ambrose, Jake Carlisle, Zac Merrett
FF: Jason Winderlich, Joe Daniher, Paul Chapman
R: Tom Bellchambers, Jobe Watson, Brendon Goddard
I/C: Jonathan Giles, Heath Hocking, Adam Cooney, Trav Colyer

No Howlett, Gwilt or STANTON!

Are Essendon really travelling in the right direction if Fletcher is still best 22?

Also, forgot Colyer.

 

[Jade]

Are Essendon really travelling in the right direction if Fletcher is still best 22?

Also, forgot Colyer.

Yeah Fletch is an anomaly though, same as Harvey - and to be fair, we don't rely on him like we did five years ago.

 

[Heppell93]

FB: Mark Baguley, Cale Hooker, Dustin Fletcher
HB: Courtney Dempsey, Michael Hurley, Michael Hibberd
C: Brent Stanton, David Myers, David Zaharakis
HF: Adam Cooney, Jake Carlisle, Brendon Goddard
FF: Jason Winderlich, Joe Daniher, Paul Chapman
R: Tom Bellchambers, Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell
I/C: Zach Merritt, Heath Hocking, Trav Colyer, Ben Howlett

 

[WWSD]

B: Josh Gibson, Brian Lake, Ben Stratton

HB: Grant Birchall, James Frawley, Luke Hodge

C: Bradley Hill, Sam Mitchell, Isaac Smith

HF: Shaun Burgoyne, Jack Gunston, Cyril Rioli

F: Luke Breust, Jarryd Roughead, Paul Puopolo

R: Ben McEvoy, Jordan Lewis, Will Langford

INT: Taylor Duryea, David Hale, Liam Shiels, Brendan Whitecross

EMG: Matthew Suckling, Matthew Spangher, Jonathan Simpkin


Once upon a time our back six was considered to be our biggest weakness. Well not anymore at ain't.

 

[deledio7]

FB: Troy Chaplin, Alex Rance, Steve Morris

HB: Bachard Houli, David Astbury, Chris Newman

C: Brandon Ellis, Trent Cotchin, Nick Vlastuin

HF: Shane Edwards, Ben Griffiths, Brett Deledio

FF: Tyrone Vickery, Jack Riewoldt, Sam Lloyd

R: Ivan Maric, Dustin Martin, Anthony Miles

I/C: Reece Conca, Nathan Foley, Nathan Gordon, Matt Mcdonough

EMG: Shaun Grigg, Ben Lennon, Dylan Grimes

 

[juss]

It will change with preseason bolters but right now I'd look at something like:

B: Chaplin Rance Morris
HB: Houli Astbury Batchelor
C: Ellis Cotchin Deledio
HF: Martin Griffiths McDonough
F: Lennon Riewoldt Vickery
R: Maric Miles Vlastuin
IC: Conca Foley Edwards Petterd

EMG: Grimes McBean Grigg

 

[TheSunGod]

FB: G. Broughton / S. May / T. McKenzie
HB: N. Malceski / R. Thompson / K. Kolodjashnij
C: H. Bennell / J. O'Meara / D. Swallow
HF: J. Harbrow / T. Lynch / J. Martin
FF: S. Day / C. Dixon / B. Matera
Fol: Z. Smith / G. Ablett / D. Prestia
I/C: D. Stanley / M. Rischitelli / M. Hallahan
Sub: M. Shaw
E: T. Nicholls / L. Russell / S. Lemmens

 

[DonDynamite]

Jackson Trengove, Alipate Carlile, Tom Jonas
Matthew Broadbent, Jack Hombsch, Jasper Pittard
Kane Cornes, Oliver Wines, Hamish Hartlett
Robbie Gray, Justin Westhoff, Chad Wingard
Paddy Ryder, Jay Schulz, Angus Monfries
Matthew Lobbe, Travis Boak, Brad Ebert

Cameron O'Shea, Matt White, Jared Polec, Jake Neade

EMG: Jarman Impey, Mason Shaw, Andrew Moore.

Impey and O'Shea's selection based on week to week match ups. Aaron Young is a bit stiff to miss.

 

[slashin_velvet]

FB: .Buckley.....Rowe.......Jaksch
HB: Sheehan...Jamison....Docherty
C: ..Thomas....Curnow......Yarran
HF: .Menzel...Henderson...Walker
FF: ..Jones.....Casboult......Tutt
R: ..Kruezer.....Gibbs.......Murphy
I/C: Judd, Simpson, Everitt Sub: Bell
EMG: Cripps, Lucas, Watson

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

FF: Gunston - Hale - Puopolo
HF: Breust - Roughead - Rioli
Ce: Hill - Hodge - Smith
HB: Birchall - Frawley - Stratton
FB: Burgoyne - Lake - Gibson

Ru: McEvoy
RR: Lewis
Ro: Mitchell

I/C: Shiels, Langford, Suckling + Duryea / Anderson / Woodward / Simpkin / Spangher / Litherland / Hartung / O'Rourke

 

[Wargreymon90]

FF: Gunston - Hale - Puopolo
HF: Breust - Roughead - Rioli
Ce: Hill - Hodge - Smith
HB: Birchall - Frawley - Stratton
FB: Burgoyne - Lake - Gibson

Ru: McEvoy
RR: Lewis
Ro: Mitchell

I/C: Shiels, Langford, Suckling + Duryea / Anderson / Woodward / Simpkin / Spangher / Litherland / Hartung / O'Rourke

Average

 

[eth-dog]

FB: Mark Baguley - Cale Hooker - Dustin Fletcher
HB: Courtenay Dempsey - Michael Hurley - Michael Hibberd
MF: Brent Stanton - Jobe Watson - David Myers
HF: Paul Chapman - Jake Carlisle - Adam Cooney
FF: Jason Winderlich - Joe Daniher - Brendan Goddard
OB: Thomas Bellchambers - Dyson Heppell - David Zaharakis
IC: Heath Hocking - Travis Colyer - Zachary Merrett - Martin Gleeson - Ben Howlett - Jonathon Giles - James Gwilt

I put in the extended bench because I genuinely don't know who to omit.