Team Rd 1

[The Sloane Ranger]

I'll live with that as long as Symes doesn't get too many games. The review on afc.com.au a while back said he didn't have the best of years, + we can't have too many clanger kings in one team. Now hes out of the leadership group his spot is up for grabs.

at this point of time I don't have Symes in my best 22 however I do believe that he has some good attributes (courage & work rate) that are important to a team.

with that said it should be a pretty good crows side on paper if you can afford the luxury to leave Symes out of the side

 

[Schulzycrow]

Hendo emg? Have you been smoking with Miley? Hendo fit = Hendo plays

Not smoking... love Hendo, but the only two I could see him replacing is D-Mac or Radar. I would think most would have them in their teams. If Knights is fit Hendo doesn't get a game at this stage.

 

[DJ75]

It would also be HIGHLY unlikely that our Captain will be starting on the bench!

 

[DJ75]

B: Johncock Rutten Stevens
HB: Van Berlo Davis Doughty
C: Tambling Vince Mackay
HF: Knights Walker Douglas
FF: Porplyzia Tippett Dangerfield

1R: Maric Thompson Reilly
INT: Henderson Sloane Symes
SUB: Otten

Maric to have first shot at ruck, but Jacobs to take over soon after. Otten to be eased in as a sub. Eventually moving into full time role.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Not smoking... love Hendo, but the only two I could see him replacing is D-Mac or Radar. I would think most would have them in their teams. If Knights is fit Hendo doesn't get a game at this stage.

IMO Hendo is an ABSOLUTE certainty

the club has said that last year his endurance during a game was off the charts and they expect that with another pre-season he will be a handful for oppositions.....

Hendo also offers us flexibility as he can play numerous positions.......

what Hendo did last year was amazing for a rookie player and his potential is through the roof, we are certainly a better team with him in the side

 

[sydney_crow]

Pretty much how I would have it SC. Interesting to see who we would match up on Buddy & Roughead.

Good question...I haven't named him and TBH know little about him but the guy who springs to mind as a tall athletic defender is Talia...very few people have the running power to go with Franklin but perhaps in time he'll be a guy who can take on this kind of role (Franklin, Reiwoldt, Pavlich - high endurance power forwards).

 

[sydney_crow]

F: Jaensch -- Tippett -- Porplyzia

HF: Knights -- Walker -- Dangerfield

C: Mackay -- Vince -- Henderson

HB: Otten -- Davis -- Tambling

B: Johncock -- Rutten -- Stevens

1st: Jacobs -- Thompson -- Douglas

Int: Reilly van Berlo McKernan

Sub: Sloane

Emer: Martin Sellar Doughty

PS: We really need some more left-footers in there!! Very unbalanced at present...like to see Gunston step up and claim a spot on a wing which (Hendo moving forward) would give a nice mix of pace, height and dash on the wings.

 

[taylor_walker_13]

This thread just proves the selection of Van Berlo as captian is ridiculous most people have barely got him on the field.

 

[Elite Crow]

This thread just proves the selection of Van Berlo as captian is ridiculous most people have barely got him on the field.

Looks like most have him at hbf, interestingly though he's called a midfielder. But we already have one thread questioning this decision.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

B Johncock Rutten Stevens
HB van Berlo Davis Doughty
C Mackay Dangerfield Vince
HF Knights Henderson Douglas
F Porplyzia Tippett Walker
1R Jacobs S Thompson Sloane
INT Reilly Symes Otten Tambling
SUB Maric
EMERG Petrenko Martin Jaensch

NOT PICKED: Armstrong, Cook, Craig, Gunston, Lyons, McKernan, Moran, Sellar, Shaw, Smith, Talia, L Thompson, Young.

Small bench. Reckon that's the way things will go with the capped interchanges. Your 'bookend' talls play 90+% of gametime, your mids rotate like crazy.

I can see the sub working two ways. One ruck. Plays full game time, subbed part way through the third quarter. OR swap Maric for one of the mids on the bench and they are there for form/injury cover or just to provide fresh legs after half time.

 

[Mismatched]

B Johncock Rutten Stevens
HB van Berlo Davis Doughty
C Mackay Dangerfield Vince
HF Knights Henderson Douglas
F Porplyzia Tippett Walker
1R Jacobs S Thompson Sloane
INT Reilly Symes Otten Tambling
SUB Maric
EMERG Petrenko Martin Jaensch

NOT PICKED: Armstrong, Cook, Craig, Gunston, Lyons, McKernan, Moran, Sellar, Shaw, Smith, Talia, L Thompson, Young.

Small bench. Reckon that's the way things will go with the capped interchanges. Your 'bookend' talls play 90+% of gametime, your mids rotate like crazy.

I can see the sub working two ways. One ruck. Plays full game time, subbed part way through the third quarter. OR swap Maric for one of the mids on the bench and they are there for form/injury cover or just to provide fresh legs after half time.

Only allowed 3 on the bench now

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Only allowed 3 on the bench now

Whoops

I guess it's back to Norwood for Tails then because I cannot see any of those other players missing out.

 

[BunjiMac]

B: Johncock Rutten VB
HB Otten Davis Tambling
C Mckay Douglas Vince
HF Knights Henderson Dangerfield
F Porps Tippet Walker

R: Jacobs Thompson Sloane

IC: Mckernan, Doughty, Reilly

Sub:Stevens

 

[VSTone]

which ever way they go...

the window of opportunity is open...

I dont think they can offer up any excuses for not making top 4
there's some serious talent in this squad...

get'em fit and injury free and get out of their way!

 

[Mismatched]

B: Johncock - Rutten - Stevens
HB: Tambling - Davis - Doughty
C: Mackay - S. Thompson - van Berlo
HF: Henderson - Walker - Knights
F: Dangerfield - Tippett - McKernan
1R: Jacobs - Vince - Douglas
I: Reilly - Sloane - Porplyzia
S: Otten
E: Martin, Jaensch, Maric

On the cusp: Petrenko, Sellar, Callinan, Young, Talia, Smith, Moran

Back six is pretty self explanatory, we drafted Tambling for a reason, so he slots in there pretty much straight away, whilst also rotating through the middle. Rutten and Johncock are obvious and we'll need the experience of Stevens and Doughty, although I do hope that by years end, their positions in the side are a little shaky due to improvement of younger players. Davis' position IMO is still a little shaky, I'm not sold on him as a defender, at least not while Rutten (and even Stevens) is still there, as neither provide a lot of run. They're quality shut down defenders who dispose of the ball well, but don't have the pace to hurt the opposition going the other way, I personally would not be surprised to see Sellar challenge him pretty seriously for the CHB position over the preseason. Sellar also has the added advantage of being able to back up our #1 ruckman.

A midfield rotation of Thompson, Vince, Douglas, Dangerfield, Reilly, Sloane, Porplyzia, Tambling and Otten is more than serviceable, with van Berlo and Mackay on the wings. Not an elite midfield, but classy enough and I think the real finals breaker for us will be further up the field.

At the moment I see Jacobs and Maric as pretty even and it will be a very interesting battle to see who takes the ruck spot in the side, with the possibility that Moran may also figure in this battle.

If we are to be a premiership threat over the next few years, the forward line is where we will have to find our point of difference. Our midfield/defenses are both very solid, but quite blue collar, however the forward line is where our real potential blue chippers reside. A lot depends on how Tippett and Walker develop, both are potential 70+ goal a year forwards and should form the next Brown/Bradshaw, Lloyd/Lucas, Buddy/Roughy forward line combo. If they can do this, and are right on the cusp of doing so IMO, we will be a very good football side.

If you then combine these two with Henderson and Knights across the half forward line as the other two "permanent" forwards and those who'll be part of the also midfield rotations in Porplyzia, Dangerfield, Sloane and to a lesser extent Vince, Douglas, Thommo, we should have a very dangerous forward line, one which does not rely on 1 or 2 players to get the job done, which is vital come finals time.

I have included McKernan in the forward line but he'd split his time between forward/ruck/Bench, who could also slot into defense if required. I believe McKernan to be a real talent, had a tough year last year in terms of his consistency, but I don't have a problem with that when it relates to such a young player. This year I expect to see a completely different McKernan, the we one were told to expect at the beginning of last year.

I've got Otten starting the year as the sub, whilst he readjusts to life after a year out of AFL footy.

It was extremely tough to leave out Martin and Jaensch, however its highly unlikely that we'll have a full team to choose from each week so they'll get their shot. Petrenko's another who I think may really step up next year, assuming they use him as a defender.

It'll be interesting to see how we operate the small crumbing forwards role. At the moment I've just left it to the rotating midfielders. Jaensch would get the role when playing, however Callinan was obviously recruited for a reason so he could very well get some extensive game time next season.

 

[footy4ever]

It would also be HIGHLY unlikely that our Captain will be starting on the bench!

This is why I found his selection as captain...interesting. I'm not sure he's always a certain starter.

 

[Pariah]

B: Johncock - Rutten - Stevens
HB: Tambling - Davis - Otten
C: Mackay - S.Thompson - Van Berlo
HF: Porplyzia - Walker - Knights
F Dangerfield - Tippett - Callinan
1R: Jacobs - Vince - Douglas
Interchange: Henderson - Doughty -Sloane
Sub: Jaensch
Emergencies: Talia - Reilly - Martin
Unlucky not to get a spot in the team: Maric, Mckernan, Sellar, Young, Smith, Petrenko, Gunston, Armtstrong and Symes.

It was tougher selecting the team for round 1 this time around with because of the extra depth we now have and the fact that we can only have 3 interchange players.

 

[Interceptor]

Small bench. Reckon that's the way things will go with the capped interchanges. Your 'bookend' talls play 90+% of gametime, your mids rotate like crazy.

Could mean tall forwards less likely to evacuate the forward line, leading to a more traditional on field structure. That's at least part of the aim of the i/c sub rule change I think. Flooding and over congestion in general hasn't been a positive change to the game over the last 5-10 years.

 

[Truck25]

After reading a lot of the teams I am stunned that so many rate Mackay over Slone. After last season Rory is streets ahead, I would also put him ahead of Radar. This Kid is right up Dangers clacker for the hard man award, great attack, nice quick hands and kicking is improving each game he plays.

Don't get me wrong I like Dmac but last year he was poor and even now is struggling with injury, But Slone is a walk up start.
I would almost rate D Martin over Dmac ATM.

 

[Vader]

Could mean tall forwards less likely to evacuate the forward line, leading to a more traditional on field structure. That's at least part of the aim of the i/c sub rule change I think. Flooding and over congestion in general hasn't been a positive change to the game over the last 5-10 years.

That may well be a side-effect of the interchange rule, but it's not the aim of the rule.

The aim is simple - to reduce the degree to which teams are disadvantaged when they suffer one (or more) injuries during the course of a game. Originally the interchange bench was primarily to allow teams to replace players who got injured. The trend towards increased bench rotations saw teams with injuries becoming increasingly disadvantaged, as they were forced to field players who weren't able to get sufficient rest periods. This rule is aims to provide a balance, between allowing coaches to rotate their players whilst preventing teams with injuries from being disadvantaged.

 

[ringo200]

After reading a lot of the teams I am stunned that so many rate Mackay over Slone. After last season Rory is streets ahead, I would also put him ahead of Radar. This Kid is right up Dangers clacker for the hard man award, great attack, nice quick hands and kicking is improving each game he plays.

Don't get me wrong I like Dmac but last year he was poor and even now is struggling with injury, But Slone is a walk up start.
I would almost rate D Martin over Dmac ATM.

Mackay is a must have in the team. We have no one else on our list that can play his role half as well as he can. If anything we need two of him, which is hopefully what Tambling and/or Martin can provide.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

After reading a lot of the teams I am stunned that so many rate Mackay over Slone. After last season Rory is streets ahead, I would also put him ahead of Radar. This Kid is right up Dangers clacker for the hard man award, great attack, nice quick hands and kicking is improving each game he plays.

Don't get me wrong I like Dmac but last year he was poor and even now is struggling with injury, But Slone is a walk up start.
I would almost rate D Martin over Dmac ATM.

to be fair on both players, Sloane and D-Mac are two completely different type of players with completely different roles to play

Sloane is your traditional no nonsense win your own footy type of player while D-Mac is your classic silky-clean player that can hurt the opposition with his run and skills

to be fair on D-Mac, I thought that he started 2010 in great form however his fitness, form and confidence season was wrecked by that ankle injury

D-Mac fully fit = GUN and an absolute key player in today's footy

 

[KUNG FU]

B: Johncock, Rutten, Stevens
HB: Tambling, Davis, Doughty
C: Mackay, Vince, Douglas
HF: Jaensch, Walker, Knights
F: Porplyzia, Tippett, Dangerfield
R: Jacobs, Thompson, van Berlo
I: Otten, Reilly, Martin
S: Henderson
E: Maric, Symes, Sloane

I think we might go with one ruckman, Tippett & Stevens pinch hitting.

 

[macca23]

This thread just proves the selection of Van Berlo as captian is ridiculous most people have barely got him on the field.

This thread proves fk-all Marty, as do your comments above.

VB is our captain and he will be in the team, irrespective of what BigFooty posters may post.

As an alleged supporter, how about showing some loyalty and support to the club rather than shit-canning it all the time on opinions not facts?

 

[SydCrow]

I think we might go with one ruckman, Tippett & Stevens pinch hitting.

I agree re the ruckman point - unfortunately that means Tippett rucking - hopefully only in the forward line. I worry about his mobility around the ground.

B: Johncock, Rutten, Stevens
HB: Tambling, Davis, VB
C: Mackay, Douglas, Martin
HF: Knights, Walker, Hendo
F: Porplyzia, Tippett, Dangerfield
R: Jacobs, Thompson, Reilly
I: Otten, Doughty, Vince
S: Sloane
E: Maric, Symes, Callinan

Ready to roll: Jaensch, Talia, Gunston, Petrenko, Sellar

Not sure about bench rotations with only three - unless we run Otten in the midfield. We have 14 midfielders in this team (including the sub and excluding Stiffy). Gives us great flexibility.