Blue and Silver
Brownlow Medallist
This idea emerged in the Best 22 over 30 thread and I decided to run with it.
Basically the question is do more experienced bodies play better than younger ones?
What I have tried to do is work off of two seasons worth of form and construct these sides around complimentary attributes (ie: not loading the forward line with power forwards)
Over 27
B: Graham Johncock (27), Matthew Scarlett (30), Corey Enright (28)
HB: Simon Goodwin (33), Brian Lake (27), Sam Fisher (27)
C: Adam Goodes (30), Joel Corey (28), Chance Batemen (28)
HF: Paul Chapman (28), Nick Reidwoldt (27) Jonathon Brown (28)
F: Brent Harvey (31) Brendan Fevola (29) Alan Didak (27)
R: Dean Cox (28) Simon Black (30) Lenny Hayes (30)
I/C: Aaron Sandilands (27), Matthew Pavlich (28), Ryan O'Keefe(29), Matthew Boyd (27)
Under 27
B:Nick Maxwell (26) Daniel Merrett (25) Sam Gilbert (23)
HB: Luke Hodge (25) Nathan Bock (26) Josh Drummond (26)
C: Jimmy Bartel (26) Joel Selwood (21) Dane Swan (25)
HF: Shaun Higgins (22), Lance Franklin (23) Brendan Goddard (24)
F:Cyril Rioli (20) Jarryd Roughead (23) Mark Le Cras (24)
R: Hamish McIntosh (26) Chris Judd (26) Gary Ablett (26)
I/C: Mitch Clark (22) Marc Murphy (22) Jobe Watson (25) Andrew Mackie (25)
Basically the question is do more experienced bodies play better than younger ones?
What I have tried to do is work off of two seasons worth of form and construct these sides around complimentary attributes (ie: not loading the forward line with power forwards)
Over 27
B: Graham Johncock (27), Matthew Scarlett (30), Corey Enright (28)
HB: Simon Goodwin (33), Brian Lake (27), Sam Fisher (27)
C: Adam Goodes (30), Joel Corey (28), Chance Batemen (28)
HF: Paul Chapman (28), Nick Reidwoldt (27) Jonathon Brown (28)
F: Brent Harvey (31) Brendan Fevola (29) Alan Didak (27)
R: Dean Cox (28) Simon Black (30) Lenny Hayes (30)
I/C: Aaron Sandilands (27), Matthew Pavlich (28), Ryan O'Keefe(29), Matthew Boyd (27)
Under 27
B:Nick Maxwell (26) Daniel Merrett (25) Sam Gilbert (23)
HB: Luke Hodge (25) Nathan Bock (26) Josh Drummond (26)
C: Jimmy Bartel (26) Joel Selwood (21) Dane Swan (25)
HF: Shaun Higgins (22), Lance Franklin (23) Brendan Goddard (24)
F:Cyril Rioli (20) Jarryd Roughead (23) Mark Le Cras (24)
R: Hamish McIntosh (26) Chris Judd (26) Gary Ablett (26)
I/C: Mitch Clark (22) Marc Murphy (22) Jobe Watson (25) Andrew Mackie (25)




