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ok.

so didnt get Daniels rankings, but as i said before, really only one guy outside the 8 couldve made it if he scored well, and really his rankings woud've only affected the top 6 teams where there's basically nothing in terms of points between them.

this years votes were all over the place, but there were only really 6 teams never in the hunt for the top 8.

i wont mention the order of the top 8 yet, so people wont be influenced on who they think will win each game.
but i can assure you the team voted 1st is matched up against the team that finished 8th, 2nd v 7th, 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th, you just wont know who those teams are till after the final series.

Look at how the teams match up against eachother, and post who you think would win in a real world battle and why and maybe even margin.

adelaidecrows Mr MysteryGuest deaneus Drugs Are Bad Mackay? Hank93 Kristof roo2macca FAITH Daniel1812 Danger in Texas 1990crow Scorpus Danger Zone AdelaideFan14 Maggsy Freddy Bassett kulak
 
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First 4 matches in no particular order:

1)

@Freddy Bassett :

FF. Eddie Betts. Mason Cox. Mitch McGovern
HF. Steven Motlop. Tom Lynch ( rich) Hamish Hartlett
C. Andrew Gaff Dyson Heppell Rory Atkins
HB. Aaron Francis Jake Lever Lewis Jetta
FB. Tom Stewart Mark Blicavs Liam Duggan

1st. Scott Lycett Scott Pendlebury Callum Mills

Int. Mason Wood Jack Hombsch Bayley Fritsch Reece Conca

vs

@Maggsy :

FB: Darcy Moore / Dan Rampe / Jarmen Impey
HB: Jayden Short / Michael Hurley / Rory Laird
C: Aaron Hall / Tom Rockliff / Sam Walsh
HF: Sam Menegola / Sam Weidemen / Jake Stringer
FF: Gary Rohan / Ben Brown / Ben Ronke
FOLL: Ben McEvoy / Matt Crouch / Dan Hannabery

INT:
Blake Acres / Jack Graham / Jack Bowes / Kamdyn McIntosh

EMERG:
Jason Castagna / Darcy Tucker / Cam Ellis-Yolmen / Jordan Roughead
Nick Coffield / Nakia Cockatoo / Tom McCartin / Jordan Clark


2)

Scorpus :

B Jarrad McVeigh - Tom Clurey - Dylan Grimes
HB Nathan Wilson - Rory Thompson - Daniel Rich
C Touk Miller - Luke Parker - Tom Phillips
HF Robbie Gray - Lance Franklin - Kane Lambert
F Daniel McStay - Rory Lobb - Dan Butler
R Rhys Stanley - Josh P. Kennedy - Jack Steven

I Jarrod Berry - Caleb Daniel - Jarryd Lyons - Marley Williams

E Hunter Clark - Lochie O'Brien - Nathan Brown - Callum Ah Chee
E Sam J. Reid - Nathan Broad - Ben Long - Sam Wright

vs

adelaidecrows :

B: Luke Brown...Jacob Weitering...Dougal Howard
HB: Andrew McGrath...Jackson Trengove...Ryan Burton
C: David Zaharakis...Patrick Dangerfield...Brad Crouch
HF: Luke Dahlhaus...Cam McCarthy...Sam Powell-Pepper
F: Jack Watts...Jesse Hogan....Sam Gray

R: Paddy Ryder Trent Cotchin Adam Treloar

I: James Aish...Riley Knight...Chris Masten...Zac Bailey
Emerg: Kyle Hartigan...Josh Daicos...Jack Silvagni...Jordan Murdoch...Jarrod Lienert...Jayden Laverde...David Armitage...Connor Menadue


3)

1990crow :

FB: B.Stratton ~ R.Tarrant ~ N.Smith
HB: B.Sheppard ~ J.McGovern ~ G.Birchall
C: B.Smith ~ R.Sloane ~ B.Hill
R: S.Jacobs ~ J.O’meara ~ S.Higgins
HF: B.Parfitt ~ E.Hipwood ~ H.Bennell
FF: J.Elliott ~ J.Darling ~ T.Membrey
B: Z.Jones ~ B.Longer ~ J.Lewis ~ A.Neale-Bullen

vs

FAITH :

FB: H.Shaw(GWS), A.Corr (GWS) J.Kelly (AD)
HB :L.Whitfield(GWS), H.Grundy(Syd),,C.Salem(MFC)
C: J.Kelly(GWS), D.Prestia(Ric), H.Greenwood(AFC)
R: S.Mumford(GWS), L.Neale(Bris), N.Jones(MFC)
HF: J.Anderson(NM), J.Daniher(Ess), T.Lynch(AFC)
FF P.Puopolo (Haw), J.Jenkins(AFC), J.Melksham(MFC)
B: T.Dumont (NM), J.Worpel(Haw), R.Bonner (Port), C.Mayne (Coll) ,
EMRG: ,R O'Brien (Adel), B King (GC), L Dunn (Coll), Z Butters (Port),
T Stengle (ADEL), L Valente (Freo), * J.McLennan (GC) and J.Caldwell (GWS)

Extras: M.Hannan, S.Savage, W.Brodie, S.Naismith, J.Lonie, Q.Narkle, T.Thomas, C.Burgess

4)

@Danger in Texas :

B: Tom Jonas, James Frawley, Tom Langdon
HB: Kade Simpson, David Astbury, Jake Lloyd
C: Tom Cutler, Elliot Yeo, Jared Polec
HF: Jack Higgins, Jack Gunston, Jy Simpkin
F: Orazio Fantasia, Esava Ratugolea, Jamie Cripps
Foll: Max Gawn, Joel Selwood, Josh Dunkley
I/C: Kyle Langford, Luke Hodge, Harry Morrison, Brayden Sier

Em: Matt Suckling, Bailey Banfield, Bailey Smith, Josh Corbett, Lachie Fogarty, Ben Reid, Sam Lloyd

vs

@Danger Zone :

FF Luke Breust - Jarryd Roughead - Brennan Cox
HF Darcy Parish - Justin Westhoff - Shaun Atley
C Steele Sidebottom - Dayne Zorko - David Swallow
HB Adam Saad - Oscar McDonald - Darcy Byrne-Jones
FB Blake Hardwick - Joel Hamling - Jake Kolodjashnij
R Jarrod Witts - Clayton Oliver - Seb Ross
I Liam Shiels - Ed Curnow - Tom Liberatore - Daniel McKenzie

E Andrew Brayshaw - Jesse Joyce - Kayne Turner - Jake Waterman - Mark Baguley - Logan Austin - Tom Williamson - Daniel Wells
 
Freddy has a better midfield and forward line and both teams have a serviceable defence

My team is obviously the best

1990crow vs FAITH is a touch matchup. Gave the nod to FAITH for a deeper midfield and better forward line even though I think 1990crow has a better defence and better depth

Had to give the final one to Danger Zone for a much better midfield. Danger in Texas is a bit light on there and will struggle against Danger Zone's deep midfield
 
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1)
-Think Freddy's mids will overpower Maggsy's to be honest;
-Freddys forwards are unreal (when fit) thats the big issue for him, and Maggsy has a pretty good defence;
-Maggsy has a pretty good frwd line imo, but i think freddy has a pretty good defence to break even there.

*So im going Freddy by 15points

2)
- AC has the best mids in the comp imo and should overwhelm scorpus's;
- However Scorpus's defence should totally shut down ACs frwds;
- Scorpus has a couple of gun frwds, but AC has a pretty good defence.

*Tough one, but AC's mids should be too good, so AC by 17 points

3)
- I think our mids are pretty even;
- My Fwrd line vs his defence, pretty even again, maybe i have the slight advantage there;
- Im pretty confident my defence will hold out his frwds.

*Im going me by 7 points :p

4)
- Big fan of DZs mids, should get ontop, but DITs mids arent bad either;
-I think DITs defence can hold DZs frwds pretty well;
-Tough one, maybe DIT frwds too much pace for DZ's defence.

*DIT by 1 point, toss of a coin imo.
 
I'm a bit disappointed. Most of you aren't taking into account the flexibility of my team and the calabre of my mids. I have the flexibility to put danger in the forward 50 and not lose midfield power. The only team in this comp that would actually give mine a run is faiths. I'd smoke scorpus by over 50 points. Easy.

Forward line is a serious concern, only Jesse Hogan is decent. McCarthy, Sam Gray and Jack Watts are all spuds
 
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Freddy Bassett def. Maggsy
Rank 3 vs rank 13
Midfield and forward significantly better. Better depth in defence.


Scorpus def. adelaidecrows
Rank 2 vs rank 9
adelaidecrows May have a better midfield by a margin but the forward and defences are substandard to the point where it could have the AA midfield and not be competitive against Scorpus’ well rounded side.


1990crow def FAITH
??? Vs rank 6
I think Faiths side deserved to be around the top 8 mark even with the outs.
But.. I think my side has more depth around the ground.


Danger in Texas def by. Danger Zone
Rank 4 vs Rank 1
Not much between the two but slightly better all round side. Depth deciding factor.
 
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Forward line is a serious concern, only Jesse Hogan is decent. McCarthy, Sam Gray and Jack Watts are all spuds

Not when you throw Dangerfield in there. Gray isn't a spud. Actually he performs pretty well statistically. McCarthy is capable and so is Watts. I have a great forward line mix that any defence would find hard to shut down especially with the midfield running power I have.
 
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I'm a bit disappointed. Most of you aren't taking into account the flexibility of my team and the calabre of my mids. I have the flexibility to put danger in the forward 50 and not lose midfield power. The only team in this comp that would actually give mine a run is faiths. I'd smoke scorpus by over 50 points. Easy.
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My results:


Freddy Bassett vs Maggsy

The Hound wins here.

Had Freddy Bassett 3rd overall. Gun team.



adelaidecrows vs Scorpus
Horror match up :eek:

My 1st and 2nd ranked teams going head-to-head.

adelaidecrows by 1 point



FAITH vs 1990crow

1990crow my winner here

Sorry FAITH, you ran a great game but I had you LAST in my rankings overall :eek: Despite having a near perfect score for your midfield. Was fairly close top to bottom mind you. Very good year's drafting by all.



Danger Zone vs Danger in Texas

Danger in Texas for the win. Had his team 6th overall, Danger Zone 10th.
 
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Freddy Bassett vs Maggsy
Two well rounded sides, but I think Freddy’s better midfield will win it for him

Scorpus vs adelaidecrows
Too much scoring power for Scorpus

FAITH vs 1990crow
Close one. FAITH has a few standout individuals, but I think 1990 has a better team

Danger in Texas vs Danger Zone
I actually don’t mind DiT’s team, but I’ve got a much better and deeper midfield. Plus Ratugolea is a pretty rubbish FF :p
 
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Normally I don’t care about end of season voting much, but I’m genuinely surprised I didn’t make the 8 this year.

Maggsy > Freddy Bassett - Just
adelaidecrows > Scorpus
1990crow > Faith
Danger zone > DIT

I’m pretty surprised too, I had you in the finals. In fact, only 3 of my top 8 made finals (excluding myself obviously)
 
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Freddy > Maggsy (just)
Scorpus > adelaidecrows
1990crow > FAITH
Danger in Texas > Danger Zone (obviously)
Just some reasoning:

Freddy’s defence IMO is one of the best, and probably picks Maggsy’s apart. Like Freddy’s mids better, too

Scorpus IMO just has too much scoring power for ac to deal with. Really like the depth of Scorpus’ side, too

FAITH has some nice top flight players, but I think 1990crow just has some better depth around the ground. Hard to name a weakness

Sucks that I had to come up against DZ’s midfield, but I still defeat him pretty comfortably I think. Forward line, ruck and defence are all better, and midfield is competitive. And Ratugolea is good :)
 
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Just some reasoning:

Freddy’s defence IMO is one of the best, and probably picks Maggsy’s apart. Like Freddy’s mids better, too

Scorpus IMO just has too much scoring power for ac to deal with. Really like the depth of Scorpus’ side, too

FAITH has some nice top flight players, but I think 1990crow just has some better depth around the ground. Hard to name a weakness

Sucks that I had to come up against DZ’s midfield, but I still defeat him pretty comfortably I think. Forward line, ruck and defence are all better, and midfield is competitive. And Ratugolea is good :)

Nice write up except not factual at all. Sides dont win on scoring power alone and midfields generally is where matches are decided.
 
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