Strategy 2025 | Let's Construct Our Best 22 | Part 2: Defenders

FootyGuy13 · Feb 7, 2025

Results from Part One:

1| Max Gawn (91.2%)
1| Clayton Oliver (91.2%)
3| Christian Petracca (67.6%)
3| Ed Langdon (67.6%)
5| Jack Viney (64.7%)
6| Caleb Windsor (61.8%)
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6| Trent Rivers (61.8%)
8| Harvey Langford (38.2%)
9| Xavier Lindsay (11.8%)

Harry Sharp, Kynan Brown, Jack Billings, Will Verrall, Tom Campbell, Tom Sparrow, Bailey Laurie (<10%).

Tiebreaker for 6th place means that the middle six stays the exact same as last year's vote and that Rivers has to go through the Defenders vote now.

Part 2 is looking at the defending six:
FB: Back Pocket | Full Back | Back Pocket
HB: Half Back Flank | Centre Half Back | Half Back Flank

Please vote for the six players you'd want to fill those positions. Voting ends Feb 14th.

Framework: We are pretending that everyone on the list is fit, uninjured and unsuspended, the only thing holding players back being age and inexperience. This isn't a Round 1 team either, just the Best 22 team against a random opponent in random weather conditions in a random round.

In the poll above are every player I've seen listed as a defender in either DreamTeam, SuperCoach and/or the Best 22 thread... Happy Voting! :smallfooty:

Headless · Feb 7, 2025

I went with May, Lever, Petty, Rivers, McVee, Moniz-Wakefield.

Dancing Potato · Feb 7, 2025

Headless said:
I went with May, Lever, Petty, Rivers, McVee, Moniz-Wakefield.

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TheBoss · Feb 8, 2025

Headless said:
I went with May, Lever, Petty, Rivers, McVee, Moniz-Wakefield.

T-Mac in over Petty for mine. I have no confidence in Petty after his disastrous 2024.

Crusty Demon · Feb 8, 2025

Headless said:
I went with May, Lever, Petty, Rivers, McVee, Moniz-Wakefield.

Riv to midfield. I put Howes in place of Riv. I thought he showed enough last year to deserve first crack

Dancing Potato · Feb 8, 2025

Crusty Demon said:
Riv to midfield. I put Howes in place of Riv. I thought he showed enough last year to deserve first crack

I agree with Rivers to midfield, but we've already voted for the mids and somehow he missed out

Dory_77 · Feb 8, 2025

Headless said:
I went with May, Lever, Petty, Rivers, McVee, Moniz-Wakefield.

I went for Wo-Ju over AMW, but would be happy with either. Think the extra runner back there would be handy, especially if Riv is up the ground more

Headless · Feb 8, 2025

Crusty Demon said:
Riv to midfield. I put Howes in place of Riv. I thought he showed enough last year to deserve first crack

Agree - I had Rivers in my starting six midfielders - but prefer Rivers at HBF if not midfield.

Scythe · Feb 8, 2025

Dancing Potato said:
I agree with Rivers to midfield, but we've already voted for the mids and somehow he missed out

Brb, gonna ban anyone who didn't vote for him

Crusty Demon · Feb 9, 2025

Dancing Potato said:
I agree with Rivers to midfield, but we've already voted for the mids and somehow he missed out

Who tf didn't vote for Riv in the midfield??? lol

Crusty Demon · Feb 9, 2025

Dory_77 said:
I went for Wo-Ju over AMW, but would be happy with either. Think the extra runner back there would be handy, especially if Riv is up the ground more

I'm not convinced Woey jnr has what it takes at AFL level. Just looks a class below. Glad you have confidence in him as I'd love to see him succeed. He certainly has the drive and work ethic, I'm just not sure he has the weapons to be a starting 22 player. I think a spot in that back 6, particularly off half back flank is an open position. There's a number of players who could roll through that spot. As long as it's not Salem I'll be happy.

Dancing Potato · Feb 9, 2025

Crusty Demon said:
Who tf didn't vote for Riv in the midfield??? lol

I don't know, but Scythe94 is gonna sort them out.

Dancing Potato · Feb 9, 2025

Crusty Demon said:
I'm not convinced Woey jnr has what it takes at AFL level. Just looks a class below. Glad you have confidence in him as I'd love to see him succeed. He certainly has the drive and work ethic, I'm just not sure he has the weapons to be a starting 22 player. I think a spot in that back 6, particularly off half back flank is an open position. There's a number of players who could roll through that spot. As long as it's not Salem I'll be happy.

I tend to agree on WoJu, however I'm happy to wait until he hopefully gets a decent run this season before calling it.

Toump Ass · Feb 9, 2025

Viney over Rivers is wild.

Did Billings actually get a vote?

SugarHealey · Feb 10, 2025

Crusty Demon said:
Riv to midfield. I put Howes in place of Riv. I thought he showed enough last year to deserve first crack

and a fraction taller. I went with May, TMc and Petty... plus McVee, Lindsay and Bowey.

Not so confident in Lever's ability to get the ball moving offensively, and he's a liability with the ball deep and under pressure.

McVee, Lindsay and Bowey give us the future for attacking ball movement.

SugarHealey · Feb 10, 2025

Headless said:
Agree - I had Rivers in my starting six midfielders - but prefer Rivers at HBF if not midfield.

I think Rivers could be a dangerous HFflanker.

Dory_77 · Feb 10, 2025

Crusty Demon said:
I'm not convinced Woey jnr has what it takes at AFL level. Just looks a class below. Glad you have confidence in him as I'd love to see him succeed. He certainly has the drive and work ethic, I'm just not sure he has the weapons to be a starting 22 player. I think a spot in that back 6, particularly off half back flank is an open position. There's a number of players who could roll through that spot. As long as it's not Salem I'll be happy.

Fair. It is more hope than confidence at this stage, but if he doesn't get stuck as permasub I'm hoping he shows more/settles into a role.

A11dAtP0w3R · Feb 11, 2025

B: Mentha May McVee
HB: Rivers Adams Lindsay

Dancing Potato · Feb 11, 2025

A11dAtP0w3R said:
B: Mentha May McVee
HB: Rivers Adams Lindsay

A11dAtP0w3R · Feb 11, 2025

Dancing Potato said:

I decided to be sensible this time after going a bit crazy with my midfield.

Mentha and Adams scream All Australians.

Lindsay is an automatic selection given he's neither Salem or Bowey.

Lever needs some time to develop at Casey working on his one on one defending.

A11dAtP0w3R · Feb 11, 2025

Hopefully Boy George is an option for the forward line.

Strategy 2025 | Let's Construct Our Best 22 | Part 2: Defenders

Which six players should fill the defender positions in a pre-2025 Best 22?

#1 Steven May

#3 Christian Salem

#4 Judd McVee

#8 Jake Lever

#17 Jake Bowey

#20 Xavier Lindsay

#22 Blake Howes

#24 Trent Rivers

#25 Tom McDonald

#26 Jed Adams

#27 Marty Hore

#35 Harrison Petty

#39 Ricky Mentha

#40 Taj Woewodin

#45 Andy Moniz-Wakefield

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