You could be right, however there's no way to know for sure until the season starts. The difference between your side and the one pictured is minimal imo. It's great though to have plenty of good options though for a change.
I believe many of our fans have overreacted to Laird's slight decline and poor end to last season and have seemingly convinced themselves he's no longer best 22. He's still one of our better players. Moving him out of the midfield is the right call, but I'm fine with him starting the season as...
This was posted recently as Fox Sports guess at our best side. There are a few issues I see, but the defence stood out to me. Maybe it's my bias showing, but to me Laird and Milera in the back 6 make us a worse defensive team (both range from lazy to deliberately inattentive defenders).
The Fox...
Here you go
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1266727/dr-seuss-hells-gates-and-doc-no-more-inside-the-western-bulldogs-camp
A CHAUFFEUR ready in your van
Will take you to your entry gate
Say the word, off you go
A second lost, is a second late
THE 41 players on the camp don't know it yet, but...
I am with you Craig Crowing and believe there is much to be excited about. I went a year early last year with my optimism, but think we are in a better position this year. We have recruited, done a review and strengthened our coaching. We just need luck now with injuries to key personnel and...
Looks quite similar to what I suggested we'd go with, at least personnel wise, back in October
Only real difference is I had Draper and Murphy in my predicted side, versus Curtin and Milera
Of course I made a few facetious positional claims in my side (eg Laird midfield vs defence)
A huge thanks to Bigman for doing match reports as they gives a much greater perspective what's happening in the lead uo to what should be a exciting 2025.
Not only does he gives us what's happening at training well before reading elsewhere but with great detail ,that you can visualise the...
Rucks
Darcy
Jackson
Cameron
Midfielders
Daicos
Serong
Green
Small Forwards
Rankine
Pickett
Henry
KPF
Thilthorpe
Amiss
Larkey
KPD
Murray
Taylor
SDK
HB/Wing
Holmes
Young
McDonald
Roughie for each position
Ruck- Edwards
Midfielder- Sanders
Small Forward- Moir
KPF- Morris
KPD- Taru
Wing/...
...Forwards:
1. Sam Darcy
2. Charlie Curnow
3. Ben King
Top 3 Small Forwards:
1. Nick Watson
2. Tyson Stengle
3. Cody Weightman
Top 3 Key Defenders:
1. Sam Taylor
2. NickMurray
3. Charlie Comben
Top 3 General/Small/Rebounding Defenders:
1. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
2. Jordan Clark
3. Bodhi...
I mean even from the list of players they've listed, Soligo Curtin & Max M have star upside. It's laughable that Soligo isnt listed in particular. Worrell is 23 as well so doesnt qualify. They know so much about our list that they refer to curtin as a defender so take it with a grain of salt I...
COACH: Tom Lynch (third season)
STAYING: VFL: Ben Bath, Louis Butler, Tom Cappellari, Connor Downie, Charlie Harrop, Ben Huggard, Coby James, Nick Newton, Alex Noblett, Bode Stevens, Lachlan Wynd; AFL: Jackson Archer, Miller Bergman, Callum Coleman-Jones, Charlie Comben, Aidan Corr, Paul...
...However, Milera has shown promising signs during training, including one standout moment in match simulation at Richmond Oval. After NickMurray collected the ball at half-back, he found Milera charging through the center. Slipping past defenders, Milera delivered a long kick inside 50 that...
Was thinking about this today coincidentally. Have we essentially employed Murray Davis as the "bad cop" then? Allows Nicks to maintain good relationship as we build from the ground up, and Davis holds everyone accountable?
Good coaches are able to fulfill both roles obviously. But given we've...
I think Crouch has been told for the last 4 years to stop crabbing sideways and go direct.
I also think that with better skills around him, Crouch can look for a better option now as his natural tendency is to move sideways - I wonder if Murray spoke to Nicks about this.
It has been horrible list management in this department. Nicks clearly had an obsession with small players and its no doubt influenced our list management strategy in the first few years of his reign. Did Nicks demand this? maybe, maybe not, but someone decided to put the strategy in place. I...
This is Ben Keays erasure that I wont stand for, the argument could be made between Rioli or Rachele but think especially based on last seasons form Keays is ahead of both.
Rucks could go either way but honestly a lot of crows fans might say sweet is ahead of Obrien but that may be more due to...
Simpkin appointed sole captain for 2025
Jy Simpkin will lead North Melbourne for a third season after being backed in as captain by his teammates and coaches again for 2025.
Simpkin will be the club’s sole captain in 2025 after former co-captain Luke McDonald made the decision to step aside...
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