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Finn for round 1!?
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No Hendo mate? Surely there's a place on the pine at least.Hardwick - Frawley - Stratton
Sicily - Frost - Scrimshaw
Scully - Mitchell - Smith
Breust - Lewis - Gunston
Pop - Patton - Wingard
R: Mcevoy - Worpel - Omera
Int: Burgoyne - TOB - Ceglar - Shiels
Eme: Nash - Maginness - CJ - Hartley
No Hendo mate? Surely there's a place on the pine at least.
Hardwick - Frawley - Stratton
Sicily - Frost - Scrimshaw
Scully - Mitchell - Smith
Breust - Lewis - Gunston
Pop - Patton - Wingard
R: Mcevoy - Worpel - Omera
Int: Burgoyne - TOB - Ceglar - Shiels
Eme: Nash - Maginness - CJ - Hartley
They'd have to be pretty good to push Henderson out of the side. Don't understand the emphasis on youth in the AFL to be honest.I knew there would be one id miss.. yeah he definitely slides onto the bench, hopefully there’s enough pressure for spots that the older lads are pushed out.
They'd have to be pretty good to push Henderson out of the side. Don't understand the emphasis on youth in the AFL to be honest.
I like this side have a feeling Pepper will be trying to get one of the pressure forwards roles.
Can he even play seniors?
I agree.They'd have to be pretty good to push Henderson out of the side. Don't understand the emphasis on youth in the AFL to be honest.
Finn for round 1!?
our best 22 for round 1
B: Stratton, Frawley, Hardwick
HB: Sicily, Frost, Burgoyne
C: Smith, Mitchell, Henderson
R: McEvoy, Worpel, JOM
HF: Wingard, Gunston, Scully
F: Puopolo, Lewis, Breust
INT: Shiels, Patton, Scrimshaw, Ceglar
injured - Impey
i think we have a clear top 23 players on our list with another dozen or so as squad depth.
I see a fair bit of upside in our squad for next year - quite different to the year just gone.
Players I expect to have better years (form, settled in, natural improvement)
Wingard
Gunston
Omeara
Scully
Worpel
Hardwick
Scrimshaw
Lewis
Sicily
Ceglar
Obrien
Best 22 not present in 2019
Mitchell
Patton
Frost
Expecting good output from
Big Boy
Bruest
Shiels
Chip
Hendo
Stratton
Burgs & Pop not sure.
Plus the new kids & already present kids with further development.
Rewatched a bunch of 2019 games over the last few days, here is my number one observation:
- JOM and Worpel work like donkeys all game every game, yet we are still often beaten out of the centre for 10-15 minute periods (usually when one of the aforementioned needs a rest). I often see Scully, Henderson, Smith, Breust, Howe or Poppy present at these stoppages, and despite their skill in other areas, they rarely win clearances. We suffer hugely because of our lack of ball-winners. If it wasn't for phone-a-friend Burgoyne, or McEvoy putting in the A+ work to keep taps in close and slow things up, we would've certainly lost to both Pies and Cats on the run home, in addition to many games we did lose throughout the season because of our lack of stoppage competitiveness (see St Kilda, Western Bulldogs).
Welcome back Tom Mitchell, that's for sure - but I also hope we see Finn playing early in the season. If his body is ready, I think any player who can win the ball and just get it going our way is worth more to us than anything right now. I'm all in round 1.
Our backline is settled, strong and now bats pretty deep. Our outside game is red hot, with Smith, Scully and Henderson, and we still have the gun-shy but gifted Morrison in the 'wings' as well (I also think it's where we might see Will Day lining up). Our forward line is stacked, the balance of talls and smalls likely to be a weekly selection headache. Like every forward line though, they'll look crap if we can't get it in there quickly enough and often enough.
My Round 1 team:
Hardwick, Frawley, Stratton
Scrimshaw, Sicily, Frost
Scully, O'Meara, Smith
Gunston, Lewis, Wingard
Breust, Patton, Puopolo
McEvoy, Mitchell, Worpel
Int: Henderson, Burgoyne, O'Brien, Maginness
*desperately unlucky and had to be squeezed out: Conor Nash & Daniel Howe
Totally agree with your best 22 but I’d do a couple of positional switches. I’d have Hendo at HB, Scully on the wing and Silk at HF. Also I reckon depending on weather we only play 1 ruckman every game. The fact we’ll have Lewis and Patton up front probably means if it rains we might have to go with an extra small or on baller. Oh and Timmy O is obviously pretty stiff not to be in the best 22 but as mentioned above playing 2 talks in Patton / Lewis makes it hard playing and extra ruckman let alone another tall... too many KPP problems
I think your best 22 there is pretty much the same as most. O'Brien, Nash, Ceglar, Howe, Hanrahan, etc could all take that fourth spot on the bench depending on form and the team we are facing. Exciting stuff to see how our team looks when Impey is ready to return. Midfield looks a lot healthier now with Mitchell returning, Worpel and O'Meara stepping it up and Wingard playing well in there.Stratton - Frawley - Hardwick
Sicily - Frost - Scrimshaw
Big Boy - Mitchell - O'Meara
Smith - Worpel - Scully
Gunston - Lewis - Wingard
Breust - Patton - Puopolo
Shiels - Burgoyne - Henderson - TOB
I'd really like to see Finn get in there though.