Prediction Best 22 - 2026

[Suburbanhack]

I think most punters have fairly similar best 23 with conjecture over perhaps 4 or 5 players and a few positions. While you should always pick your best available team, I think you need to keep one eye on the future without gifting selections. As such I prefer younger mids (Garcia/Box/Hall) to Macrae. Tauru has shown plenty and while still a bit raw is a starter. I rate Carrol and if fit he plays. From all accounts he is tearing it up this at pre-season. Camineti stiff and with doubts over JSOS and King he probably plays Rd 1 anyway. A decent ‘next up’ list which indicates depth the best it’s been for a while. VFL might actually be watchable this year.

B: Tauru Howard Wilkie
HB: Sinclair Silvagni Hill
C: Windhager Hall Wilson
HF: Ryan Marshall Phillipou
F: Higgins King Owens
Foll: TDK NWM Flanders
Int: Carroll Garcia Sharman Wood Boxshall

Next Up: (in no particular order)
Camineti
Macrae
Hastie
Keeler
Stocker
Clark
Trav
Butler
Dodson
Dow

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

I think most punters have fairly similar best 23 with conjecture over perhaps 4 or 5 players and a few positions. While you should always pick your best available team, I think you need to keep one eye on the future without gifting selections. As such I prefer younger mids (Garcia/Box/Hall) to Macrae. Tauru has shown plenty and while still a bit raw is a starter. I rate Carrol and if fit he plays. From all accounts he is tearing it up this at pre-season. Camineti stiff and with doubts over JSOS and King he probably plays Rd 1 anyway. A decent ‘next up’ list which indicates depth the best it’s been for a while. VFL might actually be watchable this year.

B: Tauru Howard Wilkie
HB: Sinclair Silvagni Hill
C: Windhager Hall Wilson
HF: Ryan Marshall Phillipou
F: Higgins King Owens
Foll: TDK NWM Flanders
Int: Carroll Garcia Sharman Wood Boxshall

Next Up: (in no particular order)
Camineti
Macrae
Hastie
Keeler
Stocker
Clark
Trav
Butler
Dodson
Dow

Hill has already been tried in the backline, didn't work.
Macrae will be ahead of 19 y.o Boxshall.
That midfield is all under 25 y.o, bar Tdk.
So, good to have an old head rotating through there.

 

[The Punter]

% correct as I just don't rate him and think without a lot of injuries he will struggle to get a game

I'll leave this particular topic of discussion with this: as long as you want him to succeed if we find ourselves in a position where he has to play.

There have been St Kilda players over the course of the journey who I don't particularly rate, but I always preferred for them to prove me wrong rather than me be right about them but not play well for the club I love.

 

[gringo2011]

Byrnes needs to be around 28-30 on our list

Or improve to a point where he pushes others out there.

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Keep changing it up, position wise anyway.

B. Tauru Caminiti Wilkie

H.B. Windhager JSos Sinclair

C. Flanders Phillipou Wilson

H.F. Wood Marshall Ryan

F. Sharman King Higgins

Foll. Tdk NWM Hall

I/C. Macrae, Owens, Garcia, Butler, Henry