Think Juggernaut08 might agree with you.This thread is awful lol
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Think Juggernaut08 might agree with you.This thread is awful lol
Basis for this? Merrett is miles ahead in coaches votes (6th Duncan is not top 20) and pretty much every stat category (disposals, disposal efficiency, clearances, contested possessions, uncontested possessions, Metres gained.......)Duncan with an absolute certainty. I'd easily pick McCluggage too. I like watching Merrett too. Just pick the Geelong wingmen they deserve it.
ThisThe amount of teams without Boak in it is ******* staggering
Fair, but will they look at Port not being a high scoring team from defensive 50 as a reason not too?Butters would be more deserving from Port pov. But Robbie has been building last month...
I also rather see DBJ get at least acknowledged in 40 squad, even over Jonas. Has not been beaten this year and provides much of our rebound when under elite pressure
I'd say there should be 4 locked in mids at this point. Neale, Boak, Petracca and Steele. It doesnt leave a lot of room for other players but the four of them have been the standout midfielders across the whole yearThis
Can't take anyone seriously if he's not included
Neale, Boak, Pertracca are 3 locks in the middle
With one round left:
FB: Nick Haynes - Harris Andrews - Luke Ryan
HB: Caleb Daniel - Steven May - Brayden Maynard
MF: Sam Menegola - Cameron Guthrie - Zachary Merrett
HF: Christian Petracca - Tom Hawkins (c) - Daniel Butler
FF: Mitchell Wallis - Josh J Kennedy - Charlie Dixon
OB: Nic Naitanui - Lachlan Neale - Jack Steele
IC: Taylor Adams - Patrick Dangerfield - Travis Boak - Darcy Byrne-Jones
And a reserves for the hell of it:
FB: Bradley Sheppard - Sam Collins - Tom Jonas
HB: Jordan Ridley - Jacob Weitering - Adam Saad
MF: Mitchell Duncan - Clayton Oliver - Hugh McCluggage
HF: Liam Ryan - Jack Darling - Charlie Cameron
FF: Tom Papley - Matt Taberner - Tom Lynch
OB: Max Gawn - Ollie Wines - Dustin Martin
IC: Nick Vlaustin - Jackson Macrae - Marcus Bontempelli - Jy Simpkin
It the assessment is a body of work over the past couple of seasons, which the selectors tend to do, all things being equal, May's poor season last year might count against him.Do people forget when May was on the brink of being dropped early in the season for being dogshit? Had an outstanding finish but body of work for the season
AA selectors don't actually care about defenders defendingGeelong (#1), Port (#2) and Richmond (#3) have the best defense by far this season which is daylight to 4th.
Would there be a reason why the backline isn't mostly Geelong/Port/Richmond players?
Utter bullshit, that never happenedDo people forget when May was on the brink of being dropped early in the season for being dogshit? Had an outstanding finish but body of work for the season
Collingwood would be the #1 defence.... 820 points against this seasonGeelong (#1), Port (#2) and Richmond (#3) have the best defense by far this season which is daylight to 4th.
Would there be a reason why the backline isn't mostly Geelong/Port/Richmond players?
That never ******* happened lol. What game?Do people forget when May was on the brink of being dropped early in the season for being dogshit? Had an outstanding finish but body of work for the season
I see a lot of suggestions have 8+/- players from the top 4 teams combined....seems very inconsistent with previous yearsAA selectors don't actually care about defenders defending
Geelong (#1), Port (#2) and Richmond (#3) have the best defense by far this season which is daylight to 4th.
Would there be a reason why the backline isn't mostly Geelong/Port/Richmond players?
I like it.This is not an AA team but if I was picking a team to play a game tomorrow:
Grimes Andrews Howe
Whitfield McGovern Maynard
Bont Dangerfield Kelly
Martin Hawkins De Goey
C.Cameron Lynch Greene
NicNat Fyfe Cripps
Int: Pendlebury, Petracca, Neale, Blicavs
Measuring a back line by using points against is so inaccurateThe top 5 defences are:
1. Collingwood (820 against)
2. Port Adelaide (824 against)
3. Geelong (838 against)
4. Richmond (841 against)
5. Fremantle (850 against)
Hardly any daylight there...
Measuring a back line by using points against is so inaccurate
Not the best stat, but for someone to say daylight to 4th and not even have the statistically best defense included is dumbMeasuring a back line by using points against is so inaccurate
I didn't see where he used points against in the post you quoted?Wholeheartedly agree, but I feel if you're going to use woefully inadequate, skin deep qualitative measures to justify an opinion you should at least be accurate with them.
Do people forget when May was on the brink of being dropped early in the season for being dogshit? Had an outstanding finish but body of work for the season
I didn't see where he used points against in the post you quoted?