Your Team's Best 22 - Round 1 2018

[Ahern2Boof]

Ahern2Boof

Lycett stiff to not even make the emergency list.

Ok

 

[Bokonon_]

FYI I've got the first four picks of the draft as:

1: Rayner
2: Dow
3: LDU
4: Cerra

Adelaide Crows

FB: Jake Kelly, Kyle Hartigan, Luke Brown
HB: Rory Laird, Daniel Talia, Paul Seedsman
C: Rory Atkins, Rory Sloane, Bryce Gibbs
HF: Wayne Milera, Taylor Walker, Tom Lynch
FF: Eddie Betts, Josh Jenkins, Mitch McGovern
R: Sam Jacobs, Matt Crouch, Brad Crouch
I/C: Riley Knight, Hugh Greenwood, Tom Doedee, Richard Douglas
EMG: Kyle Cheney, Jordan Gallucci, David Mackay

Brisbane Lions

FB: Darcy Gardiner, Harris Andrews, Alex Witherden
HB: Luke Hodge, Dan McStay, Sam Mayes
C: Daniel Rich, Mitch Robinson, Dayne Zorko
HF: Lewis Taylor, Eric Hipwood, Cameron Rayner
FF: Charlie Cameron, Josh Walker, Allen Christensen
R: Stefan Martin, Dayne Beams, Ryan Bastinac
I/C: Tom Cutler, Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Ryan Lester
EMG: Jake Barrett, Rhys Mathieson, Cedric Cox

Carlton

FB: Lachie Plowman, Liam Jones, Kade Simpson
HB: Sam Docherty, Jacob Weitering, Caleb Marchbank
C: Ed Curnow, Matthew Kennedy, Sam Petrevski-Seton
HF: Darcy Lang, Charlie Curnow, Jarrod Pickett
FF: Matthew Wright, Levi Casboult, Jack Silvagni
R: Matthew Kreuzer, Patrick Cripps, Marc Murphy
I/C: Tom Williamson, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Zac Fisher, Dale Thomas
EMG: David Cuningham, Jed Lamb, Harry McKay

Collingwood

FB: Tyson Goldsack, Lynden Dunn, Brayden Maynard
HB: Jeremy Howe, Ben Reid, Travis Varcoe
C: Jordan De Goey, Taylor Adams, Steele Sidebottom
HF: Daniel Wells, Darcy Moore, Will Hoskin-Elliott
FF: Jamie Elliott, Mason Cox, Alex Fasolo
R: Brodie Grundy, Scott Pendlebury, Adam Treloar
I/C: Jack Crisp, Tom Phillips, Callum Brown, Matt Scharenberg
EMG: Levi Greenwood, Kayle Kirby, James Aish

Essendon

FB: Adam Saad, Cale Hooker, Marty Gleeson
HB: Conor McKenna, Michael Hurley, Brendon Goddard
C: Andrew McGrath, David Myers, Darcy Parish
HF: Jake Stringer, Joe Daniher, David Zaharakis
FF: Orazio Fantasia, James Stewart, Devon Smith
R: Tom Bellchambers, Dyson Heppell, Zach Merrett
I/C: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Jayden Laverde, Mark Baguley, Kyle Langford
EMG: Michael Hartley, Patrick Ambrose, Travis Colyer

Fremantle

FB: Luke Ryan, Joel Hamling, Connor Blakely
HB: Griffin Logue, Alex Pearce, Nathan Wilson
C: Stephen Hill, David Mundy, Bradley Hill
HF: Harley Bennell, Matt Taberner, Michael Walters
FF: Shane Kersten, Cam McCarthy, Brandon Matera
R: Aaron Sandilands, Nat Fyfe, Lachie Neale
I/C: Ethan Hughes, Ed Langdon, Darcy Tucker, Paddy Dow
EMG: Sean Darcy, Tommy Sheridan, Michael Johnson

Geelong

FB: Jed Bews, Lachie Henderson, Tom Stewart
HB: Zach Tuohy, Harry Taylor, Jackson Thurlow
C: Mitch Duncan, Scott Selwood, Cam Guthrie
HF: Nakia Cockatoo, Tom Hawkins, Sam Menegola
FF: Daniel Menzel, Patrick Dangerfield, Brandan Parfitt
R: Zac Smith, Joel Selwood, Gary Ablett
I/C: Jake Koldajashnij, James Parsons, Mark Blicavs, Wylie Buzza
EMG: Rhys Stanley, Zach Guthrie, Jordan Murdoch

Gold Coast

FB: Kade Kolodjashnij, Rory Thompson, Jack Leslie
HB: Pearce Hanley, Steven May, Jarrod Harbrow
C: Lachie Weller, David Swallow, Aaron Hall
HF: Jack Martin, Tom Lynch, Callum Ah Chee
FF: Ben Ainsworth, Peter Wright, Sam Day
R: Jarrod Witts, Jarryd Lyons, Touk Miller
I/C: Brayden Fiorini, Alex Sexton, Aaron Young, Sean Lemmens
EMG: Jack Bowes, Jesse Lonergan, Matt Rosa

GWS

FB: Nick Haynes, Aidan Corr, Adam Tomlinson
HB: Zac Williams, Phil Davis, Ryan Griffen
C: Josh Kelly, Stephen Coniglio, Tom Scully
HF: Lachie Whitfield, Jeremy Cameron, Brett Deledio
FF: Toby Greene, Jonathon Patton, Harrison Himmelberg
R: Rory Lobb, Callan Ward, Dylan Shiel
I/C: Tim Taranto, Matt De Boer, Jacob Hopper, Jeremy Finlayson
EMG: Lachie Keeffe, Matt Buntine, Will Setterfield

Hawthorn

FB: Blake Hardwick, James Frawley, Ben Stratton
HB: Grant Birchall, Kaiden Brand, James Sicily
C: Isaac Smith, Liam Shiels, Ryan Burton
HF: Paul Puopolo, Tim O'Brien, Jack Gunston
FF: Cyril Rioli, Jarryd Roughead, Luke Breust
R: Ben McEvoy, Jaeger O'Meara, Tom Mitchell
I/C: Ricky Henderson, Daniel Howe, Jarman Impey, Shaun Burgoyne
EMG: Will Langford, Taylor Duryea, Ryan Schoenmakers

Melbourne

FB: Neville Jetta, Oscar McDonald, Jake Lever
HB: Michael Hibberd, Sam Frost, Jayden Hunt
C: Angus Brayshaw, Clayton Oliver, Christian Salem
HF: Christian Petracca, Tom McDonald, Jake Melksham
FF: Jeff Garlett, Jesse Hogan, Mitch Hannan
R: Max Gawn, Jack Viney, Nathan Jones
I/C: Cam Pedersen, Dom Tyson, Alex Neal-Bullen, Jordan Lewis
EMG: James Harmes, Bernie Vince, Harley Balic

North Melbourne

FB: Marley Williams, Scott Thompson, Daniel Nielson
HB: Jamie Macmillan, Robbie Tarrant, Sam Wright
C: Shaun Atley, Trent Dumont, Luke McDonald
HF: Mason Wood, Jarrad Waite, Jy Simpkin
FF: Kayne Turner, Ben Brown, Jack Ziebell
R: Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Shaun Higgins
I/C: Ryan Clarke, Declan Mountford, Adam Cerra, Paul Ahern
EMG: Ed Vickers-Willis, Ben Jacobs, Sam Durdin

Port Adelaide

FB: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Tom Jonas, Jack Hombsch
HB: Hamish Hartlett, Tom Clurey, Jasper Pittard
C: Jared Polec, Tom Rockliff, Chad Wingard
HF: Jack Watts, Justin Westhoff, Travis Boak
FF: Robbie Gray, Charlie Dixon, Sam Gray
R: Paddy Ryder, Ollie Wines, Brad Ebert
I/C: Matthew Broadbent, Sam Powell-Pepper, Steven Motlop, Dougal Howard
EMG: Karl Amon, Riley Bonner, Dan Houston

Richmond

FB: Nick Vlastuin, David Astbury, Dylan Grimes
HB: Bachar Houli, Alex Rance, Brandon Ellis
C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Kane Lambert
HF: Shane Edwards, Josh Caddy, Daniel Rioli
FF: Dan Butler, Jack Riewoldt, Jason Castagna
R: Toby Nankervis, Dion Prestia, Dustin Martin
I/C: Jacob Townsend, Jack Graham, Kamdyn McIntosh, Shai Bolton
EMG: Jayden Short, Anthony Miles, Corey Ellis

St Kilda

FB: Jarryn Geary, Nathan Brown, Sam Gilbert
HB: Jimmy Webster, Jake Carlisle, Dylan Roberton
C: Jack Newnes, David Armitage, Jack Steven
HF: Jack Billings, Josh Bruce, Jack Sinclair
FF: Jade Gresham, Paddy McCartin, Tim Membrey
R: Billy Longer, Seb Ross, Jack Steele
I/C: Blake Acres, Mav Weller, Luke Dunstan, Daniel McKenzie
EMG: Koby Stevens, Ben Long, Shane Savage

Sydney Swans

FB: Nic Newman, Dane Rampe, Nick Smith
HB: Jake Lloyd, Heath Grundy, Callum Mills
C: Zak Jones, Isaac Heeney, Dan Hannebery
HF: George Hewett, Lance Franklin, Gary Rohan
FF: Will Hayward, Sam Reid, Tom Papley
R: Sam Naismith, Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker
I/C: Jarrad McVeigh, Callum Sinclair, Kieren Jack, Dean Towers
EMG: Kurt Tippett, Oliver Florent, Harry Cunningham

West Coast Eagles

FB: Tom Barrass, Jeremy McGovern, Brad Sheppard
HB: Shannon Hurn, Eric Mackenzie, Elliot Yeo
C: Brendon Ah Chee, Jack Redden, Andrew Gaff
HF: Lewis Jetta, Nathan Vardy, Jamie Cripps
FF: Mark LeCras, Josh Kennedy, Jack Darling
R: Nic Naitanui, Dom Sheed, Luke Shuey
I/C: Liam Duggan, Mark Hutchings, Daniel Venables, Luke Partington
EMG: Jackson Nelson, Malcolm Karpany, Willie Rioli

Western Bulldogs

FB: Easton Wood, Zaine Cordy, Dale Morris
HB: Shane Biggs, Jackson Trengove, Jason Johannisen
C: Jack Macrae, Mitch Wallis, Lachie Hunter
HF: Toby McLean, Tom Boyd, Caleb Daniel
FF: Tory Dickson, Jack Redpath, Liam Picken
R: Jordan Roughead, Marcus Bontempelli, Luke Dahlhaus
I/C: Bailey Dale, Lewis Young, Bailey Williams, Matt Suckling
EMG: Marcus Adams, Josh Schache, Tom Liberatore

Great effort

I Like your GWS team. I do think you've missed that Williams plays 7th back. I think that means one more backspot and one less mid.I hope that leaves a spot for Adam Kennedy and means Griffen or De Boer miss.

Finlayson is left field but inspired I think. Orginally a "project" player his best in the NEAFL is great but he seems to have struggled a lot with his body. Cant read much into his debut as he was injured early and out of the game. Entirely possible.

 

[TheKanga]

FB - M.Williams - Tarrant - Wright
HB - Ed Vickers Willis - Thompson - Nielson
C - Clarke - Dumont - Wood
HF - Higgins - Waite - Garner
FF - Ziebell - Brown - Simpkin
R - Preuss - Cunnington - Mountford
Int - Goldstein - Turner - Macmillan - Mcdonald

 

[bananatigz]

B: D.Grimes - D.Astbury - N.Vlastuin
HB: B.Houli - A.Rance - B.Ellis
C: K.Lambert - T.Cotchin - S.Edwards
HF: J.Caddy - J.Reiwoldt - D.Rioli
F: D.Butler - B.Griffiths - S.Bolton
R: T.Nankervis - D.Martin - D.Prestia

INT: K.McIntosh - S.Grigg - J.Graham - C.Ellis

EMG: J.Castagna - A.Miles - J.Townsend - C.Menadue

From GF side
OUT: Broad, Castagna, Townsend
IN: C.Ellis, Bolton, Griffiths

Broad obviously out, McIntosh goes back and C.Ellis comes in after finishing the year very strongly in the VFL. Castagna makes way for Bolton who looks very exciting and should hopefully be good to go with another pre-season under his belt. I expect we will go back to having a second tall which means Townsend is unlucky. Griff probably gets first crack if fit, although Callum Moore came along in leaps and bounds this year.

 

[clivenator26]

Logue Hamling Ryan
Wilson Johnson Blakely
BHill Mundy SHill
Walters McCarthy Bennell
Ballantyne Taberner Cox
Sandilands Fyfe Neale

Tucker, Langdon, Matera, Pick 2/5
Emg - Spurr, Kersten, Darcy

 

[bungalow_bill]

Alex Witherden, Harris Andrews, Luke Hodge.
Darcy Gardner, Daniel McStay, Sam Mayes.

Archie Smith, Dayne Beams, Charlie Cameron.
Dayne Zorko, Jarrod Berry, Rhys Matheison.

Lewis Taylor, Josh Walker, Allen Christensen.
Cedric Cox, Eric Hipwood, Ryan Lester.

Nick Robertson, Hugh McCluggage, Daniel Rich, Mitch Robinson.

Somebody will go out for Cameron Rayner, Luke Davies-Uniacke or Paddy Dow.

Not to mention picks 15 and 18. Archie in for Stef? If our other talls can cover the ruck I'd replace Archie with LDU in the middle. It's getting tougher and tougher to get a spot in the 22

 

[gordo2016]

FB - M.Williams - Tarrant - Wright
HB - Ed Vickers Willis - Thompson - Nielson
C - Clarke - Dumont - Wood
HF - Higgins - Waite - Garner
FF - Ziebell - Brown - Simpkin
R - Preuss - Cunnington - Mountford
Int - Goldstein - Turner - Macmillan - Mcdonald

Not looking good for North. Aside from Brown, this team appears to lack the most talent in the comp. Will struggle to win 5 games.

 

[Thats Wright]

Not looking good for North. Aside from Brown, this team appears to lack the most talent in the comp. Will struggle to win 5 games.

It doesn't help that you don't know much about them and that soon they'll have the least successful coach of all time.

The team will surprise if injuries and coaching don't implode them again. The talent is not the problem.

The Hobart wins and gimme games against Melbourne/Richmond unfortunately assist a liability coach remain employed and delay the required refresh.

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

That’s a really ordinary team for North outside of the forwards.

Really need someone to help Cunnington in the middle, which is why I find it weird they’ve been linked to Stephenson over Dow and Cerra.

 

[Thats Wright]

That’s a really ordinary team for North outside of the forwards.

Really need someone to help Cunnington in the middle, which is why I find it weird they’ve been linked to Stephenson over Dow and Cerra.

There's a fair bit of investment in young key position defenders that haven't really had enough exposure yet.

Neilson, Mckay and Durdin are enough to be content with for now and may just develop extremely well.

The smaller defenders have a decent blend including the underrated Marley Williams, the recently injured Wright, the decent/developing Vickers Willis as well a few midfielders/half backs coming into their prime years.

Not a disaster by any means, and if Thompson doesn't fall off the cliff, they'll have a decent output next year with Tarrant another shot at AA.

The key to fixing the midfield was to trade Goldstein and run with Preuss.

Incompetent list management aside, having a huge and talented ruckman in Preuss could hide a few weaknesses.

Cunnington, Ziebell, Higgins all have it in them to be AA.

A support crew of blue balled - McDonald, Dumont, Clarke, Atley, Mountford, Jacobs, Zurhaar, Hrovat, Simpkin, Garner, Turner, Ahern, pick 4 could easily show development under the right conditions and a dominant ruck.

McDonald and Ziebell may just be the guys to help Cunnington. Dumont also is expected to go to another level.

 

[gordo2016]

Cunnington, Ziebell, Higgins all have it in them to be AA.

Get off the sauce mate.

 

[beema limapep]

Yep. North in trouble for the next few years.

And as history shows, when a Melbourne based club that weak bottoms out the calls for relocation/merger start to be made.

Personally for the benefit of the competition i think it would be worth them taking an 10-11 game deal in Tassie. They are already 30% there.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Not looking good for North. Aside from Brown, this team appears to lack the most talent in the comp. Will struggle to win 5 games.

August 2017

That’s a really ordinary team for North outside of the forwards.

Really need someone to help Cunnington in the middle, which is why I find it weird they’ve been linked to Stephenson over Dow and Cerra.

October 2017

Yep. North in trouble for the next few years.

And as history shows, when a Melbourne based club that weak bottoms out the calls for relocation/merger start to be made.

Personally for the benefit of the competition i think it would be worth them taking an 11 game deal in Tassie.

October 2017

So many new editions, and all pushing the same barrow. I suppose I will have to start taking you seriously.

 

[beema limapep]

August 2017



October 2017



October 2017

So many new editions, and all pushing the same barrow. I suppose I will have to start taking you seriously.

I know its not easy. But youll be ok and life goes on.

 

[Thats Wright]

Get off the sauce mate.

Higgins has become a very good player after leaving the kennel. Cunnington one of the best and Ziebell has a rare ceiling.

Sauce or not, they are good players.

 

[gordo2016]

Higgins has become a very good player after leaving the kennel. Cunnington one of the best and Ziebell has a rare ceiling.

Sauce or not, they are good players.

Higgins has been good at North, but is 30 now and has peaked. No hope of being AA. Ziebell and Cunnington would not even start in the midfield for the top 10 sides. I have more hope of dating Jennifer Hawkins than what they do of being AA.

 

[Thats Wright]

Higgins has been good at North, but is 30 now and has peaked. No hope of being AA. Ziebell and Cunnington would not even start in the midfield for the top 10 sides. I have more hope of dating Jennifer Hawkins than what they do of being AA.

You should watch a few North games. Cunnington is one of the best in the business and Ziebell would be your hardest player of all time.

 

[Snake_Baker]

I know its not easy. But youll be ok and life goes on.

Yep. Same crap every year, and somehow life still goes on. It's been that way for nearly 150 years now.

 

[CotchNCo]

Lol. Okay.
All of a sudden, a bloke who isn't even in your team yet, and a bloke who isn't best 22 are guns. When you have spuds like Ellis on your list.

Geez some posters are needlessly antagonistic. Take a breath and read what he said again. He believes they will be guns.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Higgins has been good at North, but is 30 now and has peaked. No hope of being AA. Ziebell and Cunnington would not even start in the midfield for the top 10 sides. I have more hope of dating Jennifer Hawkins than what they do of being AA.

I'm hearing we will be picking up Dal & Libba as RFA's next year. This should help correct the ship. Throw in Cerra/Dow (2017) & Rankine (2018), then Kelly in 2019, and we will be back in top 4 territory by 2020.

 

[Topkent]

That's actually a pretty exciting blend of youth and experience. Not saying we're flag contenders next year, or even the year after, but the future looks bright again....

That's probably the worst list of younger players in the AFL which is fair enough after 4 Grand finals in a row.

 

[gordo2016]

You should watch a few North games. Cunnington is one of the best in the business and Ziebell would be your hardest player of all time.

Ziebell and Cunnington would be lucky to start on the bench at the dogs. They are second rate.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Higgins has become a very good player after leaving the kennel. Cunnington one of the best and Ziebell has a rare ceiling.

Sauce or not, they are good players.

These 3 players are all quality, but your issue is it falls away after this.

Mind you I think you are going down the right track of a rebuild, with the exception of not trading Goldy.

 

[Thats Wright]

Ziebell and Cunnington would be lucky to start on the bench at the dogs. They are second rate.

Nah, they'd probably make your side legit again.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I'm hearing we will be picking up Dal & Libba as RFA's next year. This should help correct the ship. Throw in Cerra/Dow (2017) & Rankine (2018), then Kelly in 2019, and we will be back in top 4 territory by 2020.

Realistically, you are way more than just 4-5 players away from being a finals contender again, let alone top 4 within a few years.