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Sandi and darcy in the same team will be formidable. It will be time for some mayhem
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Updated for post trade period.
Hughes Hamling Logue
Ryan Pearce Wilson
Hill Fyfe Hill
Walters McCarthy Bennell
Matera Tabs Cox
Sandi Neale Blakely
Mundy, Pick 2, Pick 5, Tucker
Apologies to Langdon but if our drafting team does their job right, pick 2 and 5 should be better than him. Darcy is a gun, but I cant get two pure ruckman into a team in 2018. It doesnt work, Sandi will be injured anyway, wouldnt surprise me if he retires mid-season
I am willing to toy around with Ballas, Grey or Langdon back in the side as a pressure fwd. Its often under-rated and that fwd line could bleed rebound 50's if Matera doesnt lift his defensive game
What do we have for depth at the moment then. Langdon, Nyhuis, Ballas, Grey, Sutcliffe, Sheridan, Johnson = not a whole lot which will be a our biggest problem next year IMO.
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Hill Fyfe Hill
Walters McCarthy Bennell
Matera Tabs Cox
Sandi Neale Blakely
Mundy, Pick 2, Pick 5, Tucker
Apologies to Langdon but if our drafting team does their job right, pick 2 and 5 should be better than him. Darcy is a gun, but I cant get two pure ruckman into a team in 2018. It doesnt work, Sandi will be injured anyway, wouldnt surprise me if he retires mid-season
I am willing to toy around with Ballas, Grey or Langdon back in the side as a pressure fwd. Its often under-rated and that fwd line could bleed rebound 50's if Matera doesnt lift his defensive game
What do we have for depth at the moment then. Langdon, Nyhuis, Ballas, Grey, Sutcliffe, Sheridan, Johnson = not a whole lot which will be a our biggest problem next year IMO.
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That's a good looking 22. Having some depth as well is exciting.
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With the exception of Sandi (who has a 15 year replacement waiting) and Mundy, its also a really young best 22. There will be no excuses if this team cant the job done come the push in two-three years IMO. The dream would be for Hogan to want to come back in two years so we can significantly upgrade Tabs
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That or we can draft O'Reilly next year, or both.
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I want to add to the above post. Johnson should not be playing next year unless we in dire straights on the injury run. I would rather chuck Cox into the backline and play Kersten (shudders) or a defensive forward. The game has gone passed his now aging body and he is liability, additionally, he will not be there for the next tilt. He should be playing for Peel and helping which ever kids (since we are taking up to 10 in the draft, there will be a lot of them) we have playing there and setting standards in training. He is a break in case of emergency defender
You mention Darcy as a gun and then name Sandi in the starting 22. I agree with that but you then omit Darcy from the depth list.
You can also add Darcy, Apeness, Danyle Pearce and Shane Kersten to the depth list.
Whats the point in playing Sandi? Darcy is ready now and hopefully will be our ruckman for the next 10+ years. Give him a rest every games for Sandi maybe but otherwise why not just let him make the no.1 ruck his own.
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Because its best 22 and as much as I love Darcy, Sandi (when fit) is still a significantly better ruckman and makes a significant difference to our team. Darcy will absolutely play at least half the games next year I would have to imagine, that doesnt make him best 22.
Edit: I like to think i was pretty cut-throat in playing youth and its a pretty optimistic best 22, you just know there will be some older guys getting games when they shouldnt but you have to be realistic. Sandi will play and is still significantly better than Darcy
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Yeah your right, Darcy is quality depth (he's not there just because of a late edit where I had Darcy playing ahead of Sandi after actually forgetting about the bigman). I should have included others but coudlnt think of everyone, they also add very little to the depth in my eyes
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So next year will mean Sandi, Johno, mundy, ballentyne, d.P. all gone(and spur). The next oldest player will be 27/28. They definitely have gone the full rebuild. They said Ross would never do it. Hopefully it will be a success.
About the same for me, 3 changes:
- I'd prefer to start with Darcy, only use Sandi to rest him or when he is out of form.
- Johnson instead of Pearce early on, can't see Pearce go straight in after missing so much.
- And when one early pick is a tall he probably won't be best 22, then Langdon more likely for most games.
PS And me guess is Kersten will play round one, but I won't put him in the best 22 because I think McCarthy, Tab and Cox have more to offer at their best. Just need to produce it regularly...
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Wilson - Hamling - Ryan
Blakely - MJ - S Hill
Walters - Mundy - B. Hill
Bennell - Pearce - Tucker
Matera - Taberner - Mcarthy
Sandi - Neale - Fyfe
Darcy - Logue - Grey - Sheridan
My predicted starting line up - assuming draft targets don't walk straight in.
Blakely - MJ - S Hill
Walters - Mundy - B. Hill
Bennell - Pearce - Tucker
Matera - Taberner - Mcarthy
Sandi - Neale - Fyfe
Darcy - Logue - Grey - Sheridan
My predicted starting line up - assuming draft targets don't walk straight in.
I am wondering how we would go if we lined up something like this. Logue did a great job on Buddy and with so many sides going small I think we would be ok with height in our back line plus our rebound would be great.
A Pearce is a good mark, would at least bring the ball to ground and let the small forwards do their job. McCarthy would given a license to run and would need a big presason to do it all year. Taberner could be brought in a center half forward but would also have a license to run up the ground
Hughes Hamling Ryan
Cox Logue Wilson
Hill Fyfe Hill
Walters McCarthy Bennell
Matera Pearce Mundy
Darcy Neale Blakely
Langdon , Pick 2, Pick 5, Tucker
Depth - Kersten, Taberner, Nyhuis, Ballas, Grey, Sutcliffe, Sheridan, Johnson, Ballas, Sandi
Other: D Pearce
A Pearce is a good mark, would at least bring the ball to ground and let the small forwards do their job. McCarthy would given a license to run and would need a big presason to do it all year. Taberner could be brought in a center half forward but would also have a license to run up the ground
Hughes Hamling Ryan
Cox Logue Wilson
Hill Fyfe Hill
Walters McCarthy Bennell
Matera Pearce Mundy
Darcy Neale Blakely
Langdon , Pick 2, Pick 5, Tucker
Depth - Kersten, Taberner, Nyhuis, Ballas, Grey, Sutcliffe, Sheridan, Johnson, Ballas, Sandi
Other: D Pearce
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Ryan. Hamling. Wilson
Logue. A Pearce. Blakely
Hill. Bennell. Hill
Rayner/Stephenson . Fyfe. Cox
Matera. Tabener Walters
Sandilands
Neale
Davies Uniacke/Fogarty
Darcy
Mundy
Tucker
Langdon
Unlucky kersten/McCarthy
Logue. A Pearce. Blakely
Hill. Bennell. Hill
Rayner/Stephenson . Fyfe. Cox
Matera. Tabener Walters
Sandilands
Neale
Davies Uniacke/Fogarty
Darcy
Mundy
Tucker
Langdon
Unlucky kersten/McCarthy
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Is this what you think will happen or what you want?
I assume the latter because there is zero (well maybe not quite but close to it) chance that A.Pearce comes back from 12 months off and displaces Taberner and Cox as KPFs.
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Taberner is in my side. And given Cox is a natural defender, this is what I want to happen.
Absolutely. Now, I love Cox as much as the next guy (oh dear - that didn't sound right), but he kicked 4.11 last year compared to Kersten's 24.16.
Cox is versatile enough to get a run in the best 22 on merit without shoe-horning him into the forward 6. Start him on the bench and send him where we need him.
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To be fair Kersten in AFL system for 6 years and Cox only his first year .
Pretty much what I had. Taberner got a 1 yr contract at the 11th hour - doesn't exactly scream that he's in Ross's long-term plans. We'll roll out the Pick 2 and 5 when the time comes. It might be round 1, but I'd assuming they'll play some WAFL first.
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Sandi Neale Mundy
Cox, Langdon, Tucker, Blakely