All Australian Team 08

[AG]

Riolo, it really fascinates me how people that "love" footy enough to come onto a Discussion Board still have no idea about the game.

At least they spell his name right. But you are right in saying he won't get AA.

 

[Wizard]

At least they spell his name right. But you are right in saying he won't get AA.

That shows how much interest i have in his AA chances i guess.

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

D.Morris - Scarlett - H.Shaw

C.Bolton - Bock - Enright

Richardson - S.Black - J.Bartel

Riewoldt - Franklin - Didak

Medhurst - Fevola - Akermanis

Hille - Ablett - Cooney

B.Harvey, Cox, S.Mitchell, Kirk

Unlucky: Mackie, Birchall, Jolly, Cross, Swan, S.Thompson, R.Murphy, Okeffe,J.Corey, Porpz

Okeffe and Murphy at least one will make it as they are actual HFFlankers but i couldnt fit them in.

THOUGHTS!

 

[AG]

D.Morris - Scarlett - H.Shaw

C.Bolton - Bock - Enright

Richardson - S.Black - J.Bartel

Riewoldt - Franklin - Didak

Medhurst - Fevola - Akermanis

Hille - Ablett - Cooney

B.Harvey, Cox, S.Mitchell, Kirk

Unlucky: Mackie, Birchall, Jolly, Cross, Swan, S.Thompson, R.Murphy, Okeffe,J.Corey, Porpz

Okeffe and Murphy at least one will make it as they are actual HFFlankers but i couldnt fit them in.

THOUGHTS!

Good effort, but anyone who puts Heath Shaw in their team hasn't seen him play this season. He is playing like a hack this year. Has had 4 good games at most.

 

[brent-83]

B: Dale Morris, Matthew Scarlett, D Milburn
HB: Corey Enright, Nathan Bock, S Fisher
C: Joel Corey, Adam Cooney, Matthew Richardson
HF: Ryan O'Keefe, Lance Franklin, Brent Harvey
F: Paul Medhurst, Brendan Fevola , Matthew Pavlich
R: Dean Cox, Gary Ablett, Chris Judd
I: Jimmy Bartel, David Hille, Alan Didak, Nick Riewoldt

 

[PIEd]

D.Morris - Scarlett - H.Shaw

C.Bolton - Bock - Enright

Richardson - S.Black - J.Bartel

Riewoldt - Franklin - Didak

Medhurst - Fevola - Akermanis

Hille - Ablett - Cooney

B.Harvey, Cox, S.Mitchell, Kirk

Unlucky: Mackie, Birchall, Jolly, Cross, Swan, S.Thompson, R.Murphy, Okeffe,J.Corey, Porpz

Okeffe and Murphy at least one will make it as they are actual HFFlankers but i couldnt fit them in.

THOUGHTS!

cox has to be before hille

b: c. bolton / m scarlett / d morris
hb: c enright / n bock / d pratt
c: m richardson / kirk (c) / j bartel
hf: R Okeefe / M Pavlich / b harvey
f: P Medhurst / B Fevola / l franklin
foll: d cox / g ablett / a cooney
int. d hille / s black / s mitchell / c judd

another couple of great games from riewoldt will probably push him in!

no faults in that team at all

 

[chodadude]

I think you are being a little harsh on Fremantle, only putting one of their players in there.

they are a team of world beaters afterall!

Mate get off your high horse.

 

[DanA]

Has Didak really been that good this year? I am seeing him in a lot teams but for me he's not close.

 

[AG]

cox has to be before hille

b: c. bolton / m scarlett / d morris
hb: c enright / n bock / d pratt
c: m richardson / kirk (c) / j bartel
hf: R Okeefe / M Pavlich / b harvey
f: P Medhurst / B Fevola / l franklin
foll: d cox / g ablett / a cooney
int. d hille / s black / s mitchell / c judd

another couple of great games from riewoldt will probably push him in!

no faults in that team at all

Swap Judd for Akermanis.

 

[ripitup27]

B: D.Morris - M.Scarlett - T.Harley
HB: D.Milburn - N.Bock - C.Enright
C: J.Corey - A.Cooney - M.Richardson
HF: P.Chapman - L.Franklin - A.Didak
F: D.Bradshaw - B.Fevola - P.Medhurst
R: D.Cox - C.Judd - G.Ablett
Int: D.Hille - J.Bartel - S.Mitchell - S.Black

I didn't think I was going to be biased going into this but I think I was. 8 Cats. Chapman & Harley might be a bit of a stretch but going by statistics Chapman is neck'a'neck with Didak and he's had as much impact. Harley having his best year of his career.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Hille is 3rd in line IMO.

Cox
Sandilands
Hille

Cox the standout.

Not Sandilands. Other than the odd good game or two i don't think he has been that good this year.

Darren jolly isn't as far away from Hille as some would have you believe.

 

[RooBuoy]

I like that a lot of these teams don't even feature the second favourite for the brownlow.

 

[BlackGun1]

B: Darren Milburn - Matthew Scarlett - Sam Fisher
HB: Craig Bolton - Nathan Bock - Daniel Pratt
C: Brent Harvey - Adam Cooney - Jimmy Bartel
HF: Robert Murphy - Matthew Pavlich - Nick Riewoldt
F: Paul Medhurst - Brendan Fevola - Lance Franklin
FOLL: Dean Cox - Brett Kirk - Gary Ablett
INT: David Hille - Chris Judd - Simon Black - Matthew Richardson

Robert Murphy IMO has been consistent and he seems like the guy that selectors would favour. Didak was unlucky, as was Andrew Mackie. Jonathan Brown has faded alot and Riewoldt will push him out if he continues his form. (No Guarantees haha)

 

[cfc4life]

B: D Milburn B Lake D Morris
HB: C Brown N Bock C Bolton
C: M Richardson B Harvey A Cooney
HF: R Murphy M Pavlich P Medhurst
FF: D Bradshaw B Fevola L Franklin
R: D Cox C Judd G Ablett
INT: J Bartel R O Keefe B Gibbs D Hille

Unlucky: C Enright A Didak J Akermanis J Corey M Scarlett A Didak
A Sandilands

 

[Deep Blue]

I like that a lot of these teams don't even feature the second favourite for the brownlow.

Thinking the same thing - Harvey has to be in there! Find it difficult picking AA teams because there are so many midfielders deserving of a spot.

 

[Nightwolf]

There will be no change to this team:

B: Morris Scarlett Croad
HB: Enright Bock Milburn
C: Richardson Cooney Harvey
HF: Akermanis Riewoldt Didak
F: Fevola Franklin R.Murphy
R: Hille Ablett Mitchell

INT: Kirk, Cox, Hodge, Pavlich

Cracking Team

 

[Last Line Hero]

B: D Milburn B Lake D Morris
HB: C Brown N Bock C Bolton
C: M Richardson B Harvey A Cooney
HF: R Murphy M Pavlich P Medhurst
FF: D Bradshaw B Fevola L Franklin
R: D Cox C Judd G Ablett
INT: J Bartel R O Keefe B Gibbs D Hille

Unlucky: C Enright A Didak J Akermanis J Corey M Scarlett A Didak
A Sandilands

Justify why Lake is at full- back. Give me the criteria you have utilised to place him ahead of a number of other FB' let alone Scarlett. I just find this mind boggling, and I want to get to the bottom of what is going through some people's minds.

The fact you've got Bryce Gibbs and Campbell Brown in as well as 4 KP power forwards suggests you are either taking the piss or don't watch a great deal of football.

 

[Yoda_]

Ok people, lets look at the shoe ins, IMO

N.Bock - Has become an A grade key back
Akermanis - Has not played like this since his AA/Brownlow years with the lions.
G.Ablett - Is one of the favorites come brownlow night,
B.Harvey - See above
J.Bartell - See above
M.Pavlich - One of few shining lights in, some what a dismal season.
May surprise some people, but S.Johnson - Is playing just aswell this year if not better than last year,
R.O'Keefe - Is the best hit up, 3rd tall forward in the game.
Riewoldt - Career best form, winning games finally,
Cox - Is still dominating with a broken foot (am not sure on the extent of the injury) Hille has been good but, cox has been good over an extended period of time.

Players to discount.

H.Shaw - Pies up, shaw up, pies down, shaw down.
B.Lake - Someone has already metnioned this, but is struggling to handle the power forwards.
Didak - Is not too bad, but their are better players out their, IMO

A few iffy players:
Medhurst - Has finally being hitting heights that was once placed on him,
Judd - Awesome when he has played, but not sure if he has been up to it all year.
Hille - Yes AA over the past 6 weeks, their have been 17 weeks to date,
Sandilands - Yes he gets 'hitouts' but why not to advantage, soes he really hold his own around the ground like a Hile or Cox, no not really,
Petrie - For mine, the best utility in the game, works around the ground aswell as being able to play in multiple postions.
Just a few players to think about.

Thoughts::

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

C.Bolton (Syd) - Scarlett (Geel) - Morris (WBD)

S.Fisher (STK) - Bock (Adel) - Enright (Geel)

Richardson (Rich) - J.Bartel (Geel) - B.Harvey (Kang)

R.Okeffe (Syd) - Riewoldt (Stk) - Didak (Coll)

Akermanis (WBD) - Fevola (Carl) - Franklin (Haw)

Cox (WCE) - Ablett (Geel) - Cooney (WBD)

Medhurst (Coll), Mitchel/S.Black (Hawk), Kirk (SYD), Hille (Ess)

Geelong 4 Corey unlucky
Hawthorn 2
WBD 3 and R.Murphy unlucky to miss
Sydney 3
Stk 2
Ess 1
WCE 1
Freo 0
Melb 0
Kang 1
Bris 1
Coll 2 and Swan unlucky to miss
Carl 1 Judd unlucky to miss
Adel 1 S.Thompson unlucky
Rich 0
Port 0

so many stunning mids it is so hard
Judd, S.Thompson, Corey, Cross, Swan, Mitchell, Kirk, Black, Bartel, Ablett, Richo, Cooney, Boomer,

 

[Last Line Hero]

Ok people, lets look at the shoe ins, IMO

N.Bock - Has become an A grade key back
Akermanis - Has not played like this since his AA/Brownlow years with the lions.
G.Ablett - Is one of the favorites come brownlow night,
B.Harvey - See above
J.Bartell - See above
M.Pavlich - One of few shining lights in, some what a dismal season.
May surprise some people, but S.Johnson - Is playing just aswell this year if not better than last year,
R.O'Keefe - Is the best hit up, 3rd tall forward in the game.
Riewoldt - Career best form, winning games finally,
Cox - Is still dominating with a broken foot (am not sure on the extent of the injury) Hille has been good but, cox has been good over an extended period of time.

Players to discount.

H.Shaw - Pies up, shaw up, pies down, shaw down.
B.Lake - Someone has already metnioned this, but is struggling to handle the power forwards.
Didak - Is not too bad, but their are better players out their, IMO

A few iffy players:
Medhurst - Has finally being hitting heights that was once placed on him,
Judd - Awesome when he has played, but not sure if he has been up to it all year.
Hille - Yes AA over the past 6 weeks, their have been 17 weeks to date,
Sandilands - Yes he gets 'hitouts' but why not to advantage, soes he really hold his own around the ground like a Hile or Cox, no not really,
Petrie - For mine, the best utility in the game, works around the ground aswell as being able to play in multiple postions.
Just a few players to think about.

Thoughts::

You can't say Bock is a certainty and not Scarlett. Scarlo's undoubtedly been the best defender of 2008.

 

[Pettas]

B: D Milburn B Lake D Morris
HB: C Brown N Bock C Bolton
C: M Richardson B Harvey A Cooney
HF: R Murphy M Pavlich P Medhurst
FF: D Bradshaw B Fevola L Franklin
R: D Cox C Judd G Ablett
INT: J Bartel R O Keefe B Gibbs D Hille

Unlucky: C Enright A Didak J Akermanis J Corey M Scarlett A Didak
A Sandilands

takes the cake

 

[Yoda_]

You can't say Bock is a certainty and not Scarlett. Scarlo's undoubtedly been the best defender of 2008.

Left him, cause he will be in the team, any one that says he wont be, they are kidding themselves, and ok, i forgot about him, apologies to all.

 

[STC]

Didak, Steve Johnson>Medhurst any day. O'Keefe has been inconsistent this year, hitting an awesome purple patch at the moment but has he been consistent enough? I don't think so.

Heath Shaw would be very lucky, had a pretty bad season. Sam Fisher and Andrew Mackie would have to be in front of him as rushing backs.

 

[Bollox]

Didak, Steve Johnson>Medhurst any day. O'Keefe has been inconsistent this year, hitting an awesome purple patch at the moment but has he been consistent enough? I don't think so.

Heath Shaw would be very lucky, had a pretty bad season. Sam Fisher and Andrew Mackie would have to be in front of him as rushing backs.

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...we got a new one.

The "rushing back" !!..its here !!..its now !!..its a happening thing and i luv it.

We can add that to "loose man across halfback", "playmaker", "attacking defender", " quarterback", "sweeper" and all the others.

I still prefer

"the bloke we call a Half Back Flanker that gets a shitload of cheapies, runs it out of defence and drops back into the hole when it comes back in hard and fast "

...otherwise known as "doing a Heath Shaw"

 

[richmond fanatic]

If Judd gets in ahead of Deledio purely because hes Judd, I'll spew.