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#78
Which back 6 are people picking from the Eagles?

Glass, Mackenzie, Brown, Bennell, Hurn, Yeo?

One of our better defenders Waters hasn't played and won't play all year.

Our best third tall/rebounding option (IMO) Schofield has barely cracked a game.

Our best user of the ball and one of the best in the comp Hurn has only played 5.

After the Pies game I reckon Yeo will spend less and less time at half back and Hurn is being used forward of centre.

B: Glass Mackenzie Bennell
HB: Sheppard Brown Yeo/Hurn/Ellis

Not sure it's best in the comp standard right now. Mackenzie is a beast and Bennell has been a revelation (is he really the guy who couldn't get a game with Melbourne?) but if we start to take Hurn and Yeo out of there it's not as strong as others.
 

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Backline: Hawthorn's

Midfield: Collingwood's

Forwardline: Sydney's

Rucks: GWS's

Sub: Bulldogs

B: Luke Hodge, Brian Lake, Josh Gibson
HB: Shaun Burgoyne, Ryan Schoenmakers, Sam Mitchell

M: Heritier Lumumba, Scott Pendlebury, Clinton Young

HF: Luke Parker, Lance Franklin, Dan Hannebery
F: Lewis Jetta, Kurt Tippett, Jonathon Giles

R: Shane Mumford, Dane Swan, Dayne Beams

I/C: Grant Birchall, Marley Williams, Ben McGlynn
Sub: Daniel Giansiracusa


Would re arrange it to this:

B: Luke Hodge, Brian Lake, Josh Gibson
HB: Heritier Lumumba, Ryan Schoenmakers, Grant Birchall

M: Scott Pendlebury, Sam Mitchell, Dan Hannebery

HF: Luke Parker, Lance Franklin, Dane Swan
F: Lewis Jetta, Kurt Tippett, Jonathon Giles

R: Shane Mumford, Dayne Beams, Shaun Burgoyne

I/C: Clinton Young, Marley Williams, Ben McGlynn
Sub: Daniel Giansiracusa
 

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#83
def - bombers
mids - bombers
fwds - anyone but bombers
rucks - bombers
coach - bomber

hnourable mentions. Bombers VFL
 

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#84
Backs: Hawthorn
Mid: Geelong
Rucks: Fremantle
Forwards: Sydney

B: Josh Gibson, Brian Lake, Taylor Duryea
HB: Grant Birchall, Ryan Schoenmakers, Ben Stratton

Foll: Aaron Sandilands, Joel Selwood, Steve Johnson
C: Jimmy Bartel, James Kelly, Matthew Stokes

HF: Lewis Jetta, Lance Franklin, Luke Parker
F: Ben McGlynn, Kurt Tippett, Adam Goodes

Bench: Zac Clarke, Mitch Duncan, Steve Motlop
Sub: George Horlin-Smith

Emerg: Allen Christensen, Sam Reid, Matt Suckling

Took some obvious liberties with some 'midfielders' and 'forwards'. Stuck to the formula of my 2nd ruck being Freo and all my bench mids being Cats...
 

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#85
Which back 6 are people picking from the Eagles?

Glass, Mackenzie, Brown, Bennell, Hurn, Yeo?

One of our better defenders Waters hasn't played and won't play all year.

Our best third tall/rebounding option (IMO) Schofield has barely cracked a game.

Our best user of the ball and one of the best in the comp Hurn has only played 5.

After the Pies game I reckon Yeo will spend less and less time at half back and Hurn is being used forward of centre.

B: Glass Mackenzie Bennell
HB: Sheppard Brown Yeo/Hurn/Ellis

Not sure it's best in the comp standard right now. Mackenzie is a beast and Bennell has been a revelation (is he really the guy who couldn't get a game with Melbourne?) but if we start to take Hurn and Yeo out of there it's not as strong as others.
The way I see it is with the 3 focal points that make it stand out being: Glass (multiple AA and one of the best of his generation) Emac (top 3 FB in the comp right now if not the best, AA squad last year and will make it this year easily) Hurn (top 3 kicks in the AFL and very solid in a defensive way as well)
The support cast is untested so far but Bennell has been a great pick up and changes the whole structure, Mitch Brown playing the season of his life, not that I'd expect people to notice that outside the club and Shep has been very solid and changed many opinions.

Geelong is the only backline I'd have had comparable but then some people have said Hawks with the reasoning of Sam Mitchell playing HBF so it's quite hard to define how people look at certain teams.

The eagles defence was/is statistically one of the best in the league so far this season despite the 110 we just conceded against the pies. I rate them very highly and the way we got smashed by geelong with our B side playing and they kept the score to what it was impressed me a fair bit
 

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#88
Sydneys rucks.
Hawthorns defense.
Adelaides forwards
fremantles midfield.
Sydney rucks?!?!?!?
Adelaide's forwards?!?!?
Why wouldn't you choose Sydney's forward line with Goodes, Reid, Tippett and franklin?
Or even the eagles' with Kennedy and darling and lecras? I could go on forever about your strange choices...
Hmmmmmm......
 

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#89
backs: geelong
mids: gold coast
rucks: west coast
forwards: hawthorn

b: j. rivers, t. lonergan, c. enright
hb: c. enright, h. taylor, a. mackie
c: j. harbrow, g. ablett, d. swallow
hf: l. breust, j. roughhead, c. rioli
f: n. naitanui, d. hale, j. gunston
r: d. cox, d. prestia, j. o'meara
ic: h. bennell, c. guthrie, p. puopolo, m. shaw (s)
 

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Do you ever wonder why I have over 2000 thousand posts and you a measley 50?

I consider tippet a member of Sydneys rucks. I consider Dangerfield part of Adelaides forwards.
Hahahahahaha
I still don't see how adelaide's forward line is better than any other team's in the comp. E.g. Hawthorn (gunston, breust, roughead), Sydney and, west coast
And I can't understand how Kurt Tippett and Mike Pyke can match it with some of the best ruckman in the league, e.g. Sandilands, cox, etc.
 
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#93
How is anyone rating the WCE backs? Sydney, Freo and Port have all conceded less (Hawks not far behind) and consider the opposition that the respective sides have played. Sydney and Port have not given up 100 points in a game yet, Freo have once, West Coast have twice.

For mine (and this will obviously sound biased) based on the opposition faced (all nine of the other top ten sides) and the lack of a dominant midfield to reduce pressure I'd have Freo as the best backline followed closely by Sydney.

Backs: Freo
Mids: Port
Fwd: Sydney
Ruck: Freo
 

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Backline - Collingwood
Mids - Gold Coast
Forwards - Sydney
Rucks - Essendon


Toovey - Frost - Maxwell
Seedsman - B.Reid - Lumumba
M.Shaw - Prestia - OMeara
Parker - Franklin - S.Reid
McGlynn - Tippett - Mitchell
Ryder - Ablett - Swallow
Fasolo - Bird - Bennell
(Goodes)


Depth -

Scharenburg
Sinclair
Williams
Keefe
Brown
Clarke
Goldsack
Langdon
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Martin
Rischitelli
Stanley
Boston
Lemmens
Sexton
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Bellchambers
Thurlow
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Rohan
Membrey
Jetta
Towers
Cunningham
B.Jack
LRT
 
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