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B: Alex Rance, Eric Mackenzie, Heath Shaw
HB: Brodie Smith, Cale Hooker, Nick Malceski
C: Dyson Heppell, Josh P. Kennedy, Scott Pendlebury
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F: Luke Breust, Tom Hawkins, Patrick Ryder
R: Sam Jacobs, Nat Fyfe, Gary Ablett
I/C: Jordan Lewis, Luke Parker, Dayne Beams, Tom Rockliff
Geez, if you're a midfielder who thinks you're in with a chance of getting AA and you don't get selected ahead of Ablett in 2014 you'd just about bin the idea of ever getting a guernsey.

Surely he's on the bench, at best.
 

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Geez, if you're a midfielder who thinks you're in with a chance of getting AA and you don't get selected ahead of Ablett in 2014 you'd just about bin the idea of ever getting a guernsey.

Surely he's on the bench, at best.
Reputation > Output.

Kieran Jack got a spot on the HFF last year because 80% of his tackles were in Sydney's defensive 50 :drunk:
 

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Reputation > Output.

Kieran Jack got a spot on the HFF last year because 80% of his tackles were in Sydney's defensive 50 :drunk:
It will be ridiculous if someone who's played 20+ games gets relegated to the bench while Ablett is named in the starting line up.

Not that the line up rubs out anywhere, or anything like that, but it would not make sense.

I'm waiting for it though.
 

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C: N. Fyfe --- T.Rockliff --- R.Sloane
HF: R. Gray --- N.Riewoldt --- B. Harvey
FF: L. Breust --- L.Franklin --- E.Betts
F: S. Jacobs --- J --- JP. Kennedy --- P.Danger
I/C: J.Sellwood--- D.Heppel --- G.Abblet --- J-Roughead
 

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F: S. Jacobs --- J --- JP. Kennedy --- P.Danger
I/C: J.Sellwood--- D.Heppel --- G.Abblet --- J-Roughead

6 Adelaide players and still can't make finals. That's embarrassing.
 

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F: S. Jacobs --- J --- JP. Kennedy --- P.Danger
I/C: J.Sellwood--- D.Heppel --- G.Abblet --- J-Roughead
HAHAHAHAHA
 

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FB: N. Smith --- D. Talia --- E. Mackenzie
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C: N. Fyfe --- T.Rockliff --- R.Sloane
HF: R. Gray --- N.Riewoldt --- B. Harvey
FF: L. Breust --- L.Franklin --- E.Betts
F: S. Jacobs --- J --- JP. Kennedy --- P.Danger
I/C: J.Sellwood--- D.Heppel --- G.Abblet --- J-Roughead
I like the fact that you can spell Breust, Riewoldt and Malceski but not Selwood, Heppell or Ablett.
 

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Well I'm a adelaide supporter aren't I what did you expect they all have cases to make the squad of 40 though

If you had 6 players in contention (not disagreeing with this) of being in the AA squad of 40. You should be playing finals football.
 

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It will be ridiculous if someone who's played 20+ games gets relegated to the bench while Ablett is named in the starting line up.

Not that the line up rubs out anywhere, or anything like that, but it would not make sense.

I'm waiting for it though.
I don't see why Ablett should be anywhere near the AA team to be honest when he only played 2/3's of the whole season.

Hopefully they have a better spread of AA's this year from the top teams as well since the top teams finished in the top four for a reason.

Freo made the GF last year and only had 1 AA in 2014 :confused:
 

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B: Eric Mackenzie - Daniel Talia - Nick Smith
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C: Dyson Heppell - Josh P. Kennedy - Jordan Lewis
HF: Robbie Gray - Nick Riewoldt - Brent Harvey
F: Luke Breust - Lance Franklin - Jarryd Roughead
R: Sam Jacobs - Nat Fyfe - Tom Rockliff
I/C: Luke Parker - Scott Pendlebury - Gary Ablett - Dayne Beams


This is my personal team, not what I think the selectors will choose. The hardest choice was the forward line/bench, just couldn't fit Sandilands, Hawkins and Ballantyne in among others. I have no doubt that Selwood will be included in the team and on the field, but I've got quite a few mids who didn't make my team ahead of him.
 

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FB: N. Smith --- D. Talia --- E. Mackenzie
HB: N. Malceski --- H. Taylor --- B. Smith
C: N. Fyfe --- T.Rockliff --- R.Sloane
HF: R. Gray --- N.Riewoldt --- B. Harvey
FF: L. Breust --- L.Franklin --- E.Betts
F: S. Jacobs --- J --- JP. Kennedy --- P.Danger
I/C: J.Sellwood--- D.Heppel --- G.Abblet --- J-Roughead
Geez you aren't very biased with the Crows players are you? 6 out of the starting 18 and didn't even make the finals.
 

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HF: Gray - Riewoldt - Dangerfield
FF: Breust - Franklin - Roughead
RU: Sandilands - Pendelbury - Kennedy
IN: Lewis - Ablett - Selwood - Parker

Burgoyne is the one that will stand out but he's been mammoth for Hawthorn down back this year.
 

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I think Luke Hodge is actually worthy of a HBF. Not sure who said it but it was earlier in this thread - Hodge has definitely not had an average season. Been one of the Hawks best.
 

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FB: Smith - Talia - McKenzie
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HF: Gray - Riewoldt - Dangerfield
FF: Breust - Franklin - Roughead
RU: Sandilands - Pendelbury - Kennedy
IN: Lewis - Ablett - Selwood - Parker

Burgoyne is the one that will stand out but he's been mammoth for Hawthorn down back this year.

Hard to disagree. Many clubs have players who have been huge for their clubs respectively in a no fuss manner, but not necessarily AA standard.
 
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