2013 Predictions/Press Releases

[sante]

This thread is just for a bit of fun and and to meet the requirements of posting a Press Release before the season begins.

So how does everyone think their team will go? How will the opposition fare?

2013 Premiers
2013 Wooden Spooner
The Bolter/s
The Slider/s
Ladder prediction
Highest scoring player



Anything else?

 

[Marklar_33]

Plovers will be hard to beat again

I'll do a real Press Release later

 

[sante]

2013 Premiers - Melbourne
2013 Wooden Spooner - Wagga Wagga
The Bolter/s - Port, St. Kilda,
The Slider/s - WCE, been at the top so long

Ladder prediction

1. Melbourne
2. Launceston
3. Geelong
4. St. Kilda
5. Western Vultures
6. Port
7. Gippsland
8. Brisbane
9. Gold Coast
10. Punt Road Roar
11. WCE
12. Rottnest
13. Albury
14. Harbour City
15. Ballarat
16. Adelaide
17. Mozzie Bites
18. Wagga Wagga

Highest scoring player - Ablett


Doing a ladder was ridiculously hard...

 

[loopy_cam]

Probably need everyone to post their best 19 and reserves before we can do predictions.

B: Duffield, M. Johnson, Myers
HB: Embley, Waite, Hocking
C: Zaharakis, Watson, Wells
HF: Melksham, N. Riewoldt, Bird
F: J. Bolton, Hurley, Chapman
R: Hale, Barlow, Rischitelli
Sub: Tyson

B: M. Shaw, Rutten, Armstrong
HB: B. Johnson, Maguire, D. Pearce
C: Barry, Davis, Browne
HF: Johnston, Dickson, Mellington
F: Fitzpatrick, J. Westhoff, Macaffer
R: Bailey, Viney, Kommer
Sub: Graham

Other: Gram, Dyson

 

[fightingfury_88]

I have a very, very young team. Likely to finish somewhere near the bottom.

Ballarat Dragons Season Launch

Ballarat Dragons 2013 Team List
Manager
fightingfury_88
Senior List
#1 - Phil Davis - $95,000 (2)
#2 - Sam Docherty - $228,000 (2)
#3 - Jarrad Grant - $167,000 (3)
#4 - Tom Hickey ® - $273,000 (3)
#5 - Matthew Broadbent - $211,000 (2)
#6 - Ben Jacobs - $215,000 (1)
#7 - Nathan Van Berlo - $559,000 (3)
#8 - Rohan Bewick - $215,000 (1)
#9 - Brendon Goddard - $592,000 (3)
#10 - Sam Day - $339,000 (5)
#11 - Jackson Macrae - $98,000 (2)
#12 - Jackson Trengove - $315,000 (2)
#13 - Sam Darley - $107,000 (1)
#14 - Jordan Roughead - $110,000 (3)
#15 - Daniel Gorringe - $344,000 (2)
#16 - Luke Brown - $228,000 (2)
#17 - Tom Clurey - $82,000 (2)
#18 - James Podsiadly - $122,000 (1)
#19 - Sam Wright - $319,000 (3)
#20 - Chad Wingard - $364,000 (3)
#21 - Jacob Townsend - $108,000 (1)
#22 - Dylan Addison - $110,000 (2)
#23 - Jared Petrenko - $110,000 (3)
#24 - Bradley Helbig - $110,000 (1)
#25 - Anthony Miles - $105,000 (1)
#26 - Jay Lever - $65,000 (1)
#27 - Taylor Garner - $82,000 (2)
#28 - Jackson Allen - $132,000 (1)
#31 - Tom Simpkin ® - $109,000 (2)
#32 - John Butcher - $152,000 (4)
#36 - Brodie Martin - $122,000 (2)
#37 - Jed Anderson - $82,000 (2)
#39 - Shane Kersten - $71,000 (1)
#40 - Aaron Young - $135,000 (2)
#42 - Jake Spencer ® - $110,000 (2)
#43 - Todd Elton - $228,000 (2)
#45 - Brett O'Hanlon ® - $91,000 (1)
#46 - Clancee Pearce - $109,000 (2)
#50 - Jeremy Taylor - $110,000 (2)
Veterans
#53 - Chad Cornes (v) (1)
Rookie List
#34 - Jesse O'Brien ® (1)
#41 - Josh Growden ® (1)
#44 - Kurt Aylett ® (1)
#48 - Josh Tynan (1)
#49 - Jacob Gillbee (1)

Captain
Brendon Goddard
Vice-Captain
Nathan Van Berlo
Leadership Group
Clancee Pearce
Matthew Broadbent
Phil Davis

Best 22
B: D.Addison ... P.Davis ... C.Cornes
HB: B.Goddard ... J.Trengove ... S.Wright
C: B.Jacobs... M.Broadbent ... C.Wingard
HF: J.Petrenko ... T.Hickey ... R.Bewick
F: J.Grant ... J. Podsiadly ... J.Butcher
R: J.Roughead... C.Pearce ... N.Van Berlo
INT: T.Simpkin ... S.Darley ... A.Miles
SUB: J.Townsend

Reserves
B: J.Taylor ... T.Clurey ... L.Brown
HB: B.Martin ... J.Hutchins ... S.Docherty
C: J.Allen ... B.Helbig ... J.Growden
HF: B.O'Hanlon ... T.Elton ... J.Macrae
F: D.Gorringe ... S.Day ... A.Young
R: J.Spencer ... T.Garner ... J.Anderson
INT: J.Lever ... S.Kersten . J.O'Brien
SUB: J.Tynan

 

[Roy boys]

I think my side should be improved on last year. My best 22 is certainly more mature and I should have 26-30 players being picked week in week out. This should ensure I stay out of the bottom 4 but I'd still need a fair bit of luck to make the top 8 I would of thought. I still believe I am building a squad that will be able to challenge for top 4 by 2015.

The following players are not in my first 2 sides.

L.T.I
Morabito
Woodward
Gawn
Markworth
not picked
Litherland
Mcbean

first 22

B: Moore May McKenzie

Hb: Ray Henderson Bail

C: Bastinac Ward Treloar

HF: Beams Patton Douglas

F: Matera Dixon Breust

R: Minson Cunnington Parker

S: Stewart


2nd team

B: hine white roberton
Hb: jonas patfull selwood
C: towers Whitfield Pitt
Hf: Paine astbury golds
F: gianseracusa cordy sutcliffe
R: lowden Jong dureya
S: Davies

 

[sante]

Best 19

B: C. Young - Rance - J. Grimes
HB: J. McVeigh - Gwilt - Hanley
C: Stanton - Priddis - Wallis
HF: S. Edwards - Mayne - Mzungu
F: Harper - Tippett - Savage

1R: Cox - J. Steven - Boak

Sub: Puopolo

The Rest

B: Baguley - Joel MacDonald - S. Morris
HB: Cheney - B. Wilson - Jaensch
C: M. Jones - Arnot - L. Hunter
HF: Hallahan - Griffiths - Karnezis
F: B. Sinclair- Casboult - Leroy Jetta

1R: J. White - K. Hunt - Neale

Int: A. Riley - S. Ross - Sierakowski

Didn't include rookies...

 

[sausageroll]

GOLD COAST

B: N.Malceski, J.Gibson, K.Hardingham
HB: B.Deledio, L.Hansen, X.Ellis
C: J.Trengove, J.Ziebell, A.Otten
HF: H.Ballantyne, J.Darling, M.LeCras
F: R.Petterd, J.Brown, D.Zorko
R: B.McEvoy, R.Conca, A.Gaff
Reserves
B: L.Stevenson, K.McIntosh, J.Thurlow
HB: J.Batchelor, J.Rivers, N.Smith
C: S.Dwyer, K.Horsley, J.Cachia
HF: M.Morton, A.Cornelius, J.Stringer
F: L.Tapscott, L.Jones, A.Saad
R: T.Bellchambers, D.Terlich, K.Martin
Int: A.Carlisle, J.Strauss, J.Tutt, S.Rowe, T.Bell*, J.Hoskin*, T.Curren*, C.Sinclair*, D.Rampe*, T.Davis*

 

[knobby]

Harbour City Hornets

Best XIX

B: Ryan Lester, Troy Chaplin, Jason Johannissen
HB: Brent Reilly, Sam Fisher, Nick Suban
C: Kade Simpson, Scott Thompson (AFC), Liam Anthony
HF: Sam Blease, Jeremy Cameron, Jordan Lewis
F: Brett Ebert, Mark Jamar, Lindsay Thomas
R: Aaron Sandilands, James Kelly, Matthew Wright
Sub: Brad Crouch

Others

B: Nathan Blee, Jack Hombsch, Bret Thornton
HB: Matthew Buntine, Michael Talia, Luke Delaney
C: Tom Mitchell, Mitchell Grigg, Travis Colyer
HF: Jake King, Fletcher Roberts, Brodie Murdoch
F: Tim Broomhead, Aaron Edwards, Mark Hutchings
R: Tom Derickx, Nathan Wright, Sam Colquhoun

Int: Cameron O'Shea, Alex Sexton, Jon Ceglar, Nathan Wilson, Jackson Sheringham

 

[flaps]

ALBURY BANDITS TEAM SELECTION (with DT 2012 averages)

AFL 19 Selected Squad
B: Ashley McGrath 66.9, Jake Carlisle 55, Sean Dempster 75.4
HB: Rhyce Shaw 64.2, Jack Watts 69.7, Taylor Hunt 61.4
C: Sharrod Wellingham 81.5, Danny Stanley 90.3, Rhys Palmer 74.3
HF: Jarryd Blair 79.4, Quinten Lynch 68, Brendan Whitecross 87.6,
F: Josh Hill 63.5, Andrew Walker 79.6, Angus Monfries 68.3
R: Ivan Maric 97.8, Tom Scully 73.6, Tom Liberatore 77.7
SUB: Alwyn Davey 62.4

VFL 19 Selected Squad
B: Seb Tape 42, Lewis Roberts-Thomson 51.3, Lachlan Plowman
HB: Ryan Schoenmakers 57, Brent Renouf 59.9, Kepler Bradley 63.9
C: Brad McKenzie 13.5, Jimmy Toumpas, Chris Knights 49.4
HF: Aaron Hall 61.7, Joe Daniher, Aaron Black 39
F: Lynden Dunn 60.3, Samuel B Reid 59.3, Cameron Pederson 52
R: Trent West 67.4, Nick Haynes 42, Sam Lonergan 65.4
SUB: Shaun Edwards 49.5

VFL Reserves
Tom Campbell 54.7, Henry Schade, Ben Darrou, Jack Osborn

 

[Woefully Inept]

Gippsland Sharks

Best XIX

FB: Dylan Grimes - Nathan Bock - Scott Thompson (NM)
HB: Alex Johnson - Ted Richards - Beau Waters
C: Rory Sloane - Trent Cotchin - Sam Gibson
HF: Robin Nahas - Jarryd Roughead - Robbie Gray
FF: Drew Petrie - Mitch Clark - Cyril Rioli
R/R: Shane Mumford - David Mundy - Kieran Jack
Sub: Garrick Ibbotson

Seconds
FB: Josh Bootsma - Michael Firrito - Ashton Hams
HB: Jacob Brennan - Matthew Watson - Mitchell Clisby
C: Viv Michie - Tom Couch - Liam Sumner
HF: James Polkinghorne - Andrew McInnes - Matthew White
FF: Jack Crisp - Tim McIntyre - Shannon Byrnes
R/R: Leigh Osborne - Kane Mitchell - Matt Thomas
INT: Joshua Prudden - Dylan Buckley - Andrew Boston

 

[Drew23]

Best team
B Dempsey Russell Wood
Hb Hartlett Birchall Howard
C Ebert Cassisi McGinnity
Hf Armitage Cloke De Boer
F Harvey Martin Mayes
R Giles cross Swallow

Sub Williams

Reserve team
B Golby Siggins shaw
Hb morton McKernan tuhoy
C Gysberts Lonergan Lucas
Hf Ugle Lynch A Kennedy
F Bruce Membrey B Kennedy
R Phillips Lower Thomas
Sub Hall
I Shaw obrien mullett marsh

 

[ShaunDuggan]

StKilda Titans

Seniors

B: L.Picken - Z.Dawson - A.Toovey
HB: C.Yarran - B.Stratton - S.Hill
C: N.Jones - N.Dal Santo - D.Hannebury
HF: C.Sylvia - J.Gunston - Lew.Jetta
F: A.Krakouer - M.Kruezer - A.Didak
R: Z.Clarke - S.Pendlebury - S.Mitchell
Sub: H.Bennell
Int: A.Cooney - J.McKenzie - S.Hampson

Reserves

B: J.Ramsay - M.Close - A.Kennedy
HB: C.Brown - D.Merrett - A.Brown (r)
C: B.Sheppard - R.Tambling - S.Schulz
HF: Aa.Davey - S.Gumbleton - D.Kent
F: N.Jetta - J.Witts - J.Koschitzke
R: D.Brogan - W.Hoskin -Elliott - B.Hill
Sub: T.Nichols (r)
Int: M.Whiley (r) - P.Wearden (r)

Happy with my team on paper. Bring it on.

Also glad I don't have many Essendon players

 

[GeeCat]

Geelong Football Club

Senior Team

B: Bryce Gibbs - Ben Reid - Tomas Bugg
HB: Jimmy Bartel - Harry Taylor - Matthew Suckling
C: Patrick Dangerfield - Joel Selwood (c) - Nat Fyfe
HF: Mitch Duncan - Lance Franklin - Allen Christensen
F: Mitch Robinson - Tom Hawkins - Travis Varcoe

R: Hamish McIntosh - Tom Rockliff - Josh Caddy

S: Luke Dahlhaus


Reserves Team

B: Cam Eardley - Will Schofield - Cameron Guthrie
HB: Jed Bews - Joel Hamling - Josh Cowan
C: Jordan Murdoch - Jordan Schroder - Billie Smedts
HF: Daniel Menzel - Nathan Vardy - Jonathan Simpkin
F: Mitch Brown - Josh Walker - Steven Motlop

R: Dawson Simpson - George Horlin-Smith - Jesse Stringer

Sub: George Burbury

Inter: Ryan Bathie- Lincoln McCarthy - Bradley Hartman - Jordan Bourke

 

[croweater 41]

Senior team:
B: N. Brown - T. McDonald - L. Markovic
HB: D. Armfield - T. Lonergan - T. Murphy
C: J. Adcock - R. Griffen - K. Cornes
HF: J. O’Rourke - R. Tarrant - B. McLean
F: D. Smith - J. Jenkins - J. Porplyzia
R: D. Jolly - G. Broughton - D. Rich
Int: D. Glass - J. Sellar - D. Stewart
Sub: M. Nicoski

Reserve Team:
B: A. Joseph - S. Frost - R. Laird
HB: S. Reid - T. Smith - M. Gleeson
C: J. Neade - L. Greenwood - J. Crichton
HF: M. Spangher - A. Everitt - TDL
F: F. McInnes - D. Currie - N. Stark
R: O. Stephenson - R. Taggert - J. Lloyd
Int: T. Downie - W. Langford - R. O’Keeffe - L. Pierce - S. White


*Bolded = Rookies

 

[Russian]

B: Brodie Smith, Dustin Fletcher, Josh Hunt
HB: Shaun Higgins, Colin Garland, Luke Hodge
C: Jack Redden, Chris Judd, Nathan Lovett-Murray
HF: Steve Johnson, Chris Dawes, Ryan O'Keefe
F: Dustin Martin, Tom J Lynch, Jeff Garlett
R: Mike Pyke, Lenny Hayes, Shane Tuck
S: Tom Logan

B: Rory Thompson, Eric Mackenzie, Martin Mattner
HB: Joel Wilkinson, Adam Tomlinson, Matt Dea
C: Tom Sheridan, Ryan Harwood, Jason Ashby
HF: David Rodan, Tom Lee, Jarryn Geary
F: Michael Osborne, Luke Mitchell, Brodie Grundy
R: Robert Warnock, Jarryd Lyons, Murray Newman
S: Majak Daw
I: Tommy Walsh, Sam Grimley
Rookies: Amos Frank, Brandon Jack, Peter Faulks, Derrick Wanganeen, Adam Oxley, Danny Butcher

Good first 9 which should get me to finals if they can stay fit, but need the spine and some of the 2nd/3rd year kids (Smith, Harwood, Dea, Lyons, Sheridan, Newman, Wilkinson) to step up if we're going to win a few.

 

[loopy_cam]

Best team
B Dempsey Russell Wood
Hb Hartlett Birchall Gibbs
C Ebert Cassisi McGinnity
Hf Armitage Cloke De Boer
F Harvey Martin Mayes
R Giles cross Swallow

Senior Team

B: Bryce Gibbs - Ben Reid - Tomas Bugg
HB: Jimmy Bartel - Harry Taylor - Matthew Suckling
C: Patrick Dangerfield - Joel Selwood (c) - Nat Fyfe
HF: Mitch Duncan - Lance Franklin - Allen Christensen
F: Mitch Robinson - Tom Hawkins - Travis Varcoe

R: Hamish McIntosh - Tom Rockliff - Josh Caddy

S: Luke Dahlhaus

Is there two?

 

[flaps]

Is there two?

Herschelle Gibbs?

 

[loopy_cam]

So we're waiting on Pie 4 Life, Marklar_33, Texas Danger, peterss and Gee Dub.

 

[ShaunDuggan]

Danger in Texas

 

[Gee Dub]

WAGGA WAGGA WARTHOGS FIRST XIV
B: Johncock Frawley Burgoyne
HB: Atley McMahon Pittard
C: Beams Shiel Moloney
HF: Hampton Hille Polec
F: Crameri Vickery Milera
RUCK: Smith Murphy Swan
SUB: O'Meara

RESERVES TEAM
B: Forster, Delaney Heath
HB: Nicholson Mohr Lockyer
C: Banfield Kavanagh Ledger
HF: Ah Chee Patrick Siposs
F: Henderson Shaw Menzel
RUCK: Redden Ellard Wines
SUB: Dale
INTER: Thompson, Hams, Bartlett, Dalgliesh, Gault, Mabon, McGenniss, Saunders, Taberner, Williams