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Is Joel Paris injured and I forgot or just missed out on selection?

I was in very much in the camp of Stoinis should forgo the riches of the IPL to prepare for the World Cup at home, however, it might be just the catalyst to get his batting mojo back. His batting role in one dayers at 6 is to do similar to what Maxwell is doing. If there are a lot of overs to...

Just a thought re the mankad. Yes I thought about this because of the Ashwin incident but it is a general comment, not specifically referring to the Ashwin incident. I am to extent ignoring the "spirit" of the game because at an absolute elite level like international cricket, IPL etc it is is a...

My 11, rest of squad and notes on a few other guys. 1. Warner - At his best, a top 10 or even top 5 batsman in the world. Obvious question marks with having the year off but assuming he has a reasonable world cup and does ok in the warm up games, he will open. 2. Burns - Harris extremely...

Maybe? First time he has performed at international level..I think. Was only in the team with Stoinis' injury with Warner and Smith still to come back in. If he keeps doing it, he will definitely be in the mix. I guess the question is that if he is in, who out the batsmen above will miss out? Or...

So a 15 man squad? Ill put my best 11, other 4 squad players and a couple of others just outside it just in case we take 17 or something. I will try to justify why. There are a couple of guys that I like but I don't see a realistic chance of the selectors selecting them, eg. Wade, Short, Head...

My Post JLT Ladder 1. Collingwood. Its almost seems cliche to predict the Grand Final loser to win the premiership the next year, however, I truly think they will. Was only a kick away from winning it all after a horrid run win injuries throughout the year. Yes all teams get injuries etc but...

1. Will the Eagles make the finals? Yes 2. Will there be 3 or more debutantes this season? No. There will be 2. Watson and Cameron. 4 if you include Hickey and Smith 3. Who will be the leading goalkicker? Darling 4. Who will accumulate the most total dreamteam points? Yeo 5. Who will have the...

My head (no pun intended) hurts. My thoughts below. Tim Paine - Was always going to be in. Next man in probably is Carey but not yet. Josh Hazlewood - Always going to be in Joe Burns - Should have been in the vs India squad but better late than never Pat Cummins - Always going to be in...

This is a question/hopefully a start of a discussion for anyone who has had their team that has had premiership wins before they were born. I am an Eagles supporter so have been able to watch all of our Premiership wins live and then multiple times on replay since. If you have had a...

Premier: Tigers Runner-up: Collingwood Minor premier: Tigers Wooden spoon: Gold Coast Team/s to rise: Adelaide to the bottom half of the top 8, Carlton Team/s to fall: Hawthorn to just outside the 8 Brownlow Medal: Josh Kelly GWS Coleman Medal: T Lynch Rising Star: Oscar Allen AA smoky: B...

I like this card. Book it now! Lars Sullivan probably needs to be there somewhere but is him vs anyone not mentioned above a big enough match for a Takeover?

My opinions. -The idea of "x teams fixture is hard due to playing a, b and c teams twice due to a, b and c finishing high on the ladder the previous year" is BS. Never in the history of the AFL comp (correct me if i'm wrong but I would put money on this) has the ladder from one year to the next...

I think this seriously has legs. I don't watch a lot of WAFL so this only goes off what I have read, but if Mallen is as good of a kick as I have read then this could be a good idea. Hurn and Jetta are elite users of the half back line. They only have at best a few years left and more...

I am going to post 2 ladder prediction options. The first one is as a result of doing the ladder predictor on the AFL site, going through game by game just picking instinctively without looking at the ongoing ladder. Richmond Collingwood Adelaide Crows Melbourne Sydney Swans West Coast Eagles...

Re the All Rounder talk. Starc and Cummins are not, nor I doubt will ever be, true all rounders. You can call them bowling all rounders if you wish but to me they are bowlers that can bat. A bit better than the likes of Shane Warne, not quite as good as Wazim Akram etc. Hazelwood and Lyon of...

These seem to be the reasons players change clubs. Please feel free to suggest others but this is all I can think of off the top of my head. Opportunity - A fringe player is told they probably won't or definitely won't get a game with their current club but another club is offering them the...

Id happy give up pick 20 + 21 (or whatever the picks end up being) or one of those plus next years first for him. The bulldogs wont do that though. He will be a star.

If Geelong truly will only accept a top 10 pick or the equivalent of in points/players, id say let him stay and try again next year when he is uncontracted. I probably rate the WCE midfield more than most (I am A WCE supporter so yes I am biased) but Kelly is not a must have, he is a nice to...

I would get Hickey or Preuss or Clarke to replace Lycett and i would get Roughead to replace Mcinness (once he is delisted). I think Roughead is better than Mcinness. We dont need 2 of The first three as they are all more pure ruckmen. Roughead is more versatile and handy as a break glass in...

Hi All, long term Lurker, first time poster. I remembered seeing an article last year which I have found that made me think of our team. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-12/how-richmonds-attempt-at-history-may-fall-short . Essentially what it says it that no premiership winning team 22 has...