Five Bombers in representative squads

[tristo]

Tribute Match Selections

The following Bombers got selected in the tribute match squads....

Dream Team
Alwyn Davey

Victorian Team
Dustin Fletcher
David Hille
Matthew Lloyd
Brent Stanton


Anyone miss out that should of made it? Any surprises above?
Who will play and who wont?

I think McVeigh and Lucas would of been there, but for their respective injuries.
Ryder must of gone close to making the squad..at the very least I would of thought. However we can now look at that as a blessing, Ryder will now get a weeks rest which will be great.

Davey I think will go close, Fletcher I think will play, Lloyd close, but I think Hille and Stanton might get cut from the squad....

 

[howiehowie]

Re: Tribute Match Selections

I don't think Stanton will make the final team. Hille is a very good chance though. I think Fletcher and Lloyd will both play. McVeigh would have been a monty if he wasn't injured IMO.

 

[monty1104]

Re: Tribute Match Selections

McVeign should have still been chosen in the squad though. He might be OK to go for that game and should be given the opportunity to play if possible.

 

[monty1104]

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PS, some of those selections were a joke! Guys like Charman, Edwards, Kerr, McPharlin, Lloyd, Cloke, Goodes, Gram, Brad and Steve Johnson, Simpson and Murphy all got selected on reputation IMO, not on form this year.

 

[Merv]

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The less players we have in there the better.

 

[Spikey]

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Don't think Lloyd or Stants will play.

 

[monty1104]

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Even after having Said Lloyd selection was garbage, he might be a chance of playing. The vics have only selected 3 FF's in the squad: Lloyd, Fev and Bradshaw. You would think Lloyd would be ahead of Bradshaw at the moment and you just never know whats going to happen with Fev. Its wouldnt be unlike him to not kick a goal for 2 weeks now.

 

[howiehowie]

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Bradshaw is currently third in the Coleman averaging four goals a game. I'm pretty sure he will be looked at ahead of Lloyd.

 

[monty1104]

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I dunno about that. If you asked most people who the better player is, they would say Lloyd. Once again, we will have to see how the next few weks go anyway.

 

[hulld]

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i can't believe paddy didn't make the squad at least. he is pretty much the inform defender of the league i would have thought

 

[Daytripper]

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The less players we have in there the better.

I agree.

Hille and Alwyn probably the only certainties from Essendon I would think.

 

[pazza]

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Certainies are Hille and Fletcher (Victoria has only one key defender if Fletcher doesn't get in - Scarlett).

 

[sikmoe]

Five Bombers were today named in the 40-man Victoria and Dream Team squads for the May 10 Hall of Fame Tribute Match to be played at the MCG.

Matthew Lloyd, Dustin Fletcher, David Hille and Brent Stanton were selected for Victoria. Coach Mark Thompson, assistant coach Kevin Sheedy and captain Jonathan Brown are the team's selection panel, with players from 13 clubs chosen to make up the squad, headed by eight representatives from Geelong.


The final team of 25 (18 plus seven interchange) is named the day before the game.


Dream Team coach Mark Williams, assistant coach Neale Daniher and captain Andrew McLeod were the team's selection panel, with players from 13 clubs chosen to make up the squad, headed by seven representatives from Adelaide and five from Geelong.


The state by state breakdown of the team saw 15 South Australians, 12 Western Australians, four New South Welshmen, four from the Northern Territory, two Queenslands, one Tasmanian, one from the ACT and one Irishman selected.


The full Victoria squad is (games and goals stats to end of AFL Round Four):


Matthew Lloyd, Essendon - 30 years old. 234 games, 839 goals.

David Hille, Essendon - 26 years old. 126 games, 92 goals.

Dustin Fletcher, Essendon - 32 years old. 280 games, 64 goals.

Brent Stanton, Essendon - 21 years old. 80 games, 46 goals.

Jonathan Brown (captain), Brisbane Lions - 26 years old. 143 games, 281 goals.
Gary Ablett, Geelong - 23 years old. 129 games, 169 goals.
Jimmy Bartel, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 64 goals.
Daniel Bradshaw, Brisbane Lions - 29 years old. 185 games, 379 goals.
CampbellBrown, Hawthorn - 24 years old. 100 games, 38 goals.
Paul Chapman, Geelong - 26 years old. 140 games, 176 goals.
Travis Cloke, Collingwood - 21 years old. 59 games, 61 goals.
Nick Dal Santo, St Kilda - 24 years old. 124 games, 60 goals.
Brendan Fevola, Carlton - 27 years old. 146 games, 406 goals.
Nathan Foley, Richmond -- 22 years old. 53 games, 12 goals.
Josh Fraser, Collingwood - 26 years old. 160 games, 133 goals.
Adam Goodes, Sydney - 28 years old. 213 games, 203 goals.
Jason Gram, St Kilda - 24 years old. 56 games, 21 goals.
Brent Harvey, North Melbourne - 30 years old. 245 games, 283 goals.
Luke Hodge, Hawthorn - 23 years old. 115 games, 73 goals.
Brad Johnson, Western Bulldogs - 31 years old. 303 games, 471 goals.
Kane Johnson, Richmond - 30 years old. 205 games, 71 goals.
Steve Johnson, Geelong - 24 years old. 91 games, 165 goals.
Chris Judd, Carlton - 24 years old. 138 games, 140 goals.
James Kelly, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 56 goals.
Nigel Lappin, Brisbane Lions - 31 years old. 279 games, 174 goals.
Cameron Ling, Geelong - 27 years old. 163 games, 96 goals.
Darren Milburn, Geelong - 31 years old. 217 games, 81 goals.
Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn - 25 years old. 112 games, 18 goals.
Leigh Montagna, St Kilda - 24 years old. 77 games, 50 goals.
Ryan O'Keefe, Sydney - 27 years old. 145 games, 158 goals.
Luke Power, Brisbane Lions - 28 years old. 199 games, 186 goals.
Matthew Scarlett, Geelong - 28 years old. 188 games, 16 goals.
Heath Shaw, Collingwood -- 22 years old. 57 games, 12 goals.
Adam Simpson, North Melbourne - 32 years old. 271 games, 75 goals.
Dane Swan, Collingwood - 24 years old. 80 games, 39 goals.
Dale Thomas, Collingwood - 20 years old. 45 games, 37 goals.
Jeff White, Melbourne - 31 years old. 257 games, 110 goals.
Dale Morris, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 66 games, one goal.
Robert Murphy, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 131 games, 101 goals.
David Wirrpanda, West Coast - 28 years old. 195 games, 100 goals.


The full Dream Team squad is (games and goals stats to end of AFL Round Four):
Alwyn Davey, Essendon - 24 years old, 18 games, 20 goals.

Andrew McLeod (captain), Adelaide - 31 years old, 287 games, 249 goals.
Chance Bateman, Hawthorn - 26 years old, 100 games, 32 goals.
Simon Black, Brisbane Lions - 29 years old, 216 games, 135 goals.
Nathan Bock, Adelaide - 25 years old, 67 games, 51 goals.
Craig Bolton, Sydney - 27 years old, 154 games, 23 goals.
Peter Burgoyne, Port Adelaide - 30 years old, 212 games, 185 goals.
Shaun Burgoyne, Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 133 games, 154 goals.
Brett Burton, Adelaide - 29 years old, 155 games, 219 goals.
Jamie Charman, Brisbane Lions - 25 years old, 108 games, 47 goals.
Adam Cooney, Western Bulldogs - 22 years old, 91 games, 93 goals.
Joel Corey, Geelong - 26 years old, 155 games, 51 goals
ChadCornes, Port Adelaide - 28 years old, 189 games, 154 goals.
Kane Cornes, Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 144 games, 66 goals.
Dean Cox, West Coast - 26 years old, 149 games, 75 goals.
Leon Davis, Collingwood - 26 years old, 143 games, 175 goals.
Alan Didak, Collingwood - 25 years old, 124 games, 177 goals.
Tyson Edwards, Adelaide - 31 years old , 270 games, 168 goals.
Corey Enright, Geelong - 26 years old, 129 games, 40 goals
Lance Franklin, Hawthorn - 21 years old, 60 games, 146 goals.
Darren Glass, West Coast - 27 years old, 149 games, eight goals.
Simon Goodwin, Adelaide - 31 years old, 219 games, 136 goals.
Ryan Griffen, Western Bulldogs - 21 years old, 55 games, 22 goals.
Tom Harley, Geelong - 29 years old, 163 games, 10 goals
Lenny Hayes, St Kilda - 28 years old, 172 games, 62 goals.
Adam Hunter, West Coast - 26 years old, 136 games, 71 goals.
Graham Johncock, Adelaide - 25 years old, 130 games, 82 goals.
Tadhg Kennelly, Sydney - 26 years old, 140 games, 29 goals.
Daniel Kerr, West Coast - 24 years old, 148 games, 85 goals.
Brett Kirk, Sydney - 31 years old, 175 games, 71 goals.
Justin Koschitzke, St Kilda - 25 years old, 101 games, 101 goals.
Matthew Leuenberger, Brisbane Lions - 19 years old, 13 games, one goal.
Tarkyn Lockyer, Collingwood - 28 years old, 171 games, 91 goals.
Luke McPharlin, Fremantle - 26 years old, 116 games, 78 goals.
Cameron Mooney, Geelong - 28 years old, 148 games, 163 goals.
Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle - 26 years old, 179 games, 324 goals.
Matthew Richardson, Richmond - 33 years old, 260 games, 755 goals.
Nick Riewoldt, St Kilda - 25 years old, 138 games, 264 goals.
Ben Rutten, Adelaide - 24 years old, 84 games, five goals.
Matthew Stokes, Geelong - 23 years old, 34 games, 49 goals.

 

[Giggidy Giggidy]

Re: Tribute Match Selections

Dream Team
Alwyn Davey - 50/50. I've slotted him onto the bench through bias - but hard to see the likes of Edwards; Griffen; Hayes; Kirk missing at his expense.

Victorian Team
Dustin Fletcher - Certain selection. With only KP backs in VIC squad being Fletcher; Scarlett; Campbell Brown & Dale Morris - they need to stop the likes of Buddy; Pav; Riewoldt & Richo. Bradshaw may have to drop down back to help cover too?
David Hille - Certain selection. Jeff White & Josh Fraser are the only rucks in the squad (if you can call Fraser a ruckman, that is, after being outmarked by Bell)
Matthew Lloyd - Likely selection if fit. With a 7 man bench they will take in at least 4 KP forwards. J Brown & Fevola are shoe-ins (pending injury, suspension and Fev stupidity) which leaves Lloyd, Bradshaw & Cloke fighting for at least 2 more position.
Brent Stanton - Unlikely - strong VIC midfield. Chance for a bench if form improves.

VIC DT

FB Campbell Brown Matthew Scarlett Heath Shaw
FF Matthew Richardson Lance Franklin Alan Didak
HB Luke Hodge Dustin Fletcher Dale Morris
HF Brett Burton Matthew Pavlich Nick Riewoldt
C Adam Goodes Jimmy Bartel Brent Harvey
C Adam Cooney Kane Cornes Peter Burgoyne
HF Paul Chapman Jonathan Brown (c) Steve Johnson
HB Chad Cornes Craig Bolton Andrew McLeod (c)
FF Brad Johnson Brendan Fevola Matthew Lloyd
FB Nathan Bock Darren Glass Ben Rutten
R Jeff White Chris Judd Gary Ablett
R Dean Cox Simon Black Daniel Kerr
INT Daniel Bradshaw Nick Dal Santo David Hille
INT Cameron Ling Darren Milburn Sam Mitchell Dane Swan
INT Chance Bateman Shaun Burgoyne Joel Corey
INT Jamie Charman Alwyn Davey Simon Goodwin Justin Koschitzke
OUT Travis Cloke Nathan Foley Josh Fraser Jason Gram
Kane Johnson James Kelly Nigel Lappin Leigh Montagna
Robert Murphy Ryan O'Keefe Luke Power Adam Simpson
Brent Stanton Dale Thomas David Wirrpanda
OUT Leon Davis Tyson Edwards Corey Enright Ryan Griffen
Tom Harley Lenny Hayes Adam Hunter Graham Johncock
Tadhg Kennelly Brett Kirk Matthew Leuenberger Tarkyn Lockyer
Luke McPharlin Cameron Mooney Matthew Stokes

 

[Kong]

Re: Tribute Match Selections

PS, some of those selections were a joke! Guys like Charman, Edwards, Kerr, McPharlin, Lloyd, Cloke, Goodes, Gram, Brad and Steve Johnson, Simpson and Murphy all got selected on reputation IMO, not on form this year.

the selection criteria was on last year's form mostly. well that's what they said anyway. i would've thought brendon lade, a champion grand finalist-ruckman would been ahead of charman.

 

[retroparty]

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We done Davey! Great to see him selected in the DT team.

DT are going to rape the Vics. Expect 50+ point thrasing...

 

[Enki]

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Alwyn Davey - Yeah, don't see him making final selection over some of the other talents, even though he is good. Good!

Dustin Fletcher - Umm... yeah, you know those knee and groin problems Dusty has had, well they are back, sorry selectors.

David Hille - Huh, funny thing happened at training the other day and Hilley got hit hard and has redamaged a nerve in his neck, oh well, next year?.

Matthew Lloyd - Matty's calf and hammy are playing up again. Oh well, everyone seems to be saying he is over the hill anyway so I'm sure he won't be missed.

Brent Stanton - Damn Stants and his good (injury free) health! Umm... windy hill flu?

Done and done. See, unfortunately no Essendon players can make it, oh well.

 

[The Dustbin]

What rubbish. How many players have been picked on reputation or potential, it's a joke. Have they not seen Daniel Cross play the last 3 years.

Like Merv said, the less amount of players we have picked the better.

Cross>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Simpson

 

[Lad of the Manor]

Agreed dustbin. Daniel Cross is a champion who i would love in any team including Essendon.

 

[monty1104]

Apparantly there can still be players that represent the teams that arent included in the initial squad anyway. So at the moment these lists are just names of 80 good players in the league

 

[WindyHillWatcher]

Thats BS! how does Paddy not make the dream team??

 

[boncer34]

Paddy is a joke non-selection.
Stanton over Sewell? Big Call.

 

[The Dustbin]

CROSS!!!! Should be at least in the squad for the Dream Team.
What a disgrace.

 

[Spikey]

CROSS!!!! Should be at least in the squad for the Dream Team.
What a disgrace.

To be fair. It was a disgrace the moment they announced it would be Victoria vs 'The Rest'...

 

[DaSawx]

To be fair. It was a disgrace the moment they announced it would be Victoria vs 'The Rest'...

Why? It's not SOO, it's pretty much just an All-Star game, which will sell-out the MCG and have most AFL fans around the country watching