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Round 1 Team 2022

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FB: Quaynor, Roughead, Maynard

HB: Howe, Moore, Pendlebury

C: J.Daicos, Adams, Lipinski

HF: Henry, Mihocek, Krueger

FF: Elliot, Cameron, Sidebottom

RUC: Grundy, De Goey, Crisp

INT: Macrae, McCreery, N.Daicos, Ruscoe

SUB: Poulter/Bianco

Most people’s would be very similar bar a couple of positional/personnel changes. I think our best 22 still looks good on paper. We just lack some depth and always cop a lot of injuries.
Need to put the faith in our youth and give them exposure while still having a couple of the older lads to learn from in the process.


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magpies42 said:
I don’t know if Mcreerys kicking is good enough to come out of the backline…

I prefer Adam’s on ball at all costs, and Daicos on a wing, which I guesscan essentially be the hff these days.

The reality with all the kids is they can probably manage 10-15 games tops of their best football in a season and probably over 2-3 stints…so they will all get games.

I’m hoping Macrae has worked on his aerobic capacity, I see a lot of his brother in how he performs on ball.
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Probably a moot point now anyway. That was on the basis we brought Stengle in which we won’t. Happy for McCreery to stay forward.

I was simply looking for someone with Noble’s pace but a harder edge in that back 6.


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Louie the Lipinski said:
Last year's pre season was an FN dumpster fire that spilt into the season proper So it's no wonder we had a bad year. Despite that we were very competitive against Brisbane, Port, the Dogs and we were the only team that Melbourne didn't beat, so there's hope, especially when you consider that the mood around the club this pre season will be a lot more upbeat off the back of significant positive change.

At this stage I don't think we have 22 players who are walk up starts. Some are but I believe the rest of the spots are up for grabs, which is good, because you want competition for spots.

Here's my line up. Bolded players are walk up starts. The rest will be competing with others for their spot.

FB: Maynard Roughead Crisp

HB: Ruscoe Moore Quaynor

C: J Daicos Pendlebury Sidebottom

HF: Mihocek Cameron Elliott

FF: Henry Kreuger McCreery

Foll: Grundy DeGoey Lipinski

Int: N Daicos Adams Poulter Macrae

Others in the mix: Ginnivan, Kelly, WHE, Murphy, Magden, Howe, Noble, Johnson, McInnes, Bianco
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Don’t think Henry is a walk up start yet
 

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mullpig88 said:
FB: Quaynor, Roughead, Maynard

HB: Howe, Moore, Pendlebury

C: J.Daicos, Adams, Lipinski

HF: Henry, Mihocek, Krueger

FF: Elliot, Cameron, Sidebottom

RUC: Grundy, De Goey, Crisp

INT: Macrae, McCreery, N.Daicos, Ruscoe

SUB: Poulter/Bianco

Most people’s would be very similar bar a couple of positional/personnel changes. I think our best 22 still looks good on paper. We just lack some depth and always cop a lot of injuries.
Need to put the faith in our youth and give them exposure while still having a couple of the older lads to learn from in the process.


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I’m not convinced Krug is a round 1 starter yet, I’d like to see Poulter after Preseason but can’t see anything here that looks like it couldn’t happen.
 
well left said:
Probably a moot point now anyway. That was on the basis we brought Stengle in which we won’t. Happy for McCreery to stay forward.

I was simply looking for someone with Noble’s pace but a harder edge in that back 6.


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Yep fair enough. Isn’t that what Chugg is being groomed as? Is he quick?
 
Horaceg said:
I’m not convinced Krug is a round 1 starter yet, I’d like to see Poulter after Preseason but can’t see anything here that looks like it couldn’t happen.
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I agree as I’ve never seen Krug play so don’t know if he comes straight in. Poulter is definitely the unlucky one, liked what I saw this year but it comes down to me wanting to see us structured this way with the 3 talls up forward to see if it works for us.


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magpies42 said:
Yep fair enough. Isn’t that what Chugg is being groomed as? Is he quick?
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I haven’t seen anything of Chugg as yet that tells me he’s going to make it at AFL level.

He may do as it’s early but I would be looking at options outside of that.

The other point to this is maybe Macrae and Leppa convince Maynard that his best football is at half back and not midfield. With Maynard and IQ back there as well as potentially Ruscoe and even Nick Daicos we might be ok.

I’d love another Maynard type coming through though but I’m biased in that I love the say Bruz goes about it.


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well left said:
I haven’t seen anything of Chugg as yet that tells me he’s going to make it at AFL level.

He may do as it’s early but I would be looking at options outside of that.

The other point to this is maybe Macrae and Leppa convince Maynard that his best football is at half back and not midfield. With Maynard and IQ back there as well as potentially Ruscoe and even Nick Daicos we might be ok.

I’d love another Maynard type coming through though but I’m biased in that I love the say Bruz goes about it.


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I think both Maynard and IQ are important for our midfield going forward. IQ with speed and skill and Maynards aggression is what we need in there.

but you’re robbing Peter to pay Paul which reinforces your original point we need some quality half backs…
 
mullpig88 said:
I agree as I’ve never seen Krug play so don’t know if he comes straight in. Poulter is definitely the unlucky one, liked what I saw this year but it comes down to me wanting to see us structured this way with the 3 talls up forward to see if it works for us.


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Nice luxury to play Pendles off half back, could see him having a crack in front of the ball and always an option in the middle when need arises.

I like that there is are many options, I think we were a little one dimensional under Bucks, a lack of alternate game strategies
 
Sub_Zero said:
really missing a small pressure forward like Pickett from Melbourne
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McCreery is one of the best pressure forwards in the league if you're judging just on defensive pressure. It would be nice to have a partner for him, maybe someone with pace but who is a more natural finisher.
 
PyrrhicVic said:
I’m surprised how many are leaving Finlay out of the best 22, I’d say he wasn’t too far behind Henry as our most impressive draftee.
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I think Macrae will be another development year pinging between the VFL with some time in the AFL if form warrants it. He's one we need to get to 40 games quickly. But his performances weren't demanding selection.
 

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This is my crack at a best 22 with some positional adjustments.

Crisp and De Goey as permanent midfielders. Pendlebury still utilised in the midfield but taking on less responsibility.

The new look midfield also features Lipinski while we're also pumping games into McInnes, Macrae and Poulter when we can. We won't always fit them all in.

Ruscoe slots into half back taking on more responsibility now Crisp is in the middle. Nick Daicos starts life in defence replacing Noble in the 22.

A three tall forward line sees Mihocek playing as the 3rd tall in an effort to get the best out of him. Krueger is roaming CHF with a focus in attacking the contest. Cameron the deep bail out kick and back-up ruck.

Sidebottom is shifted to the half forward line. Sidebottom, Elliott and McCreery are instructed to focus on the ground ball and defensive pressure when the ball is in dispute or in the oppositions hand. Henry is our developing forward.

FB: Howe - Roughead - Maynard
HB: Quaynor - Moore - Ruscoe
C: J Daicos - Crisp - Lipinski
R: Grundy - Adams - De Goey
HF: Sidebottom - Krueger - Mihocek
FF: Elliott - Cameron - McCreery
Int: Pendlebury (mid) - N Daicos (def/mid) - Henry (fwd) - McInnes (mid/fwd)

Sub: WHE
Em: Macrae - Ginnivan - Poulter
 
Quicky said:
FB: Howe - Roughead - Maynard
HB: Quaynor - Moore - Ruscoe
C: J Daicos - Crisp - Lipinski
R: Grundy - Adams - De Goey
HF: Sidebottom - Krueger - Mihocek
FF: Elliott - Cameron - McCreery
Int: Pendlebury (mid) - N Daicos (def/mid) - Henry (fwd) - McInnes (mid/fwd)

Sub: WHE
Em: Macrae - Ginnivan - Poulter
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Hard to argue with that.

It’s what also gives me some optimism that we’ll be better than people think. That 22 looks competitive to me.



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Roughhead is the lockdown key defender
Moore takes the second tall and runs off to intercept mark. If we can get a second tall we could use him better(maybe Ruscoe will develop into this although he is a little undersized)
Crisp is our link man to run and gun it
IQ is similar to Crisp if possible but is our lock down man on smalls
Maynard is our versatile lockdown defender for smalls or talls if necessary
Ruscoe is an interceptor who can defend tall or small. (sorry Jeremy Howe but coming off a year and a half of not playing much I feel you might be done don't hate me)
J Daicos linkman wing perfect for the spot
De Goey is mostly an outside mid with good acceleration and power to break tackles (could work inside but it would be a waste)
Macrae: I feel short term he projects as a wing (tough call between him Poulter and WHE)
Grundy: Better overall then Cox
Adams: inside bull
Pendlebury: General mid all class
Henry: General foward
Mihocek: Best tall forward
Ginnivan: Small crumming type forward (he doesn't really play like this but he is the best we have)
Elliott: Best small forward
Cameron: forward/ruck )Cox is the backup)
McCreery: Lockdown forward
Sidebottom:(Could play anywhere and run all day)
N Daicos: Unknown quality at AFL level but looks good
Lipinski: See him as a inside/outside mid would rotate with Pendlebury/DeGoey
McInnes: Inside mid replacing Adams (unknown at AFL level hopefully trains the house down)
Bianco: Looks like a nice finisher and nice kick when not fatigued.


FB: IQ- Roughead - Maynard
HB: Crisp- Moore - Ruscoe
C: J Daicos - De Goey - Macrae
R: Grundy - Adams - Pendlebury
HF: Henry - Mihocek - Ginnivan
FF: Elliott - Cameron - McCreery
Int: Sidebottom - N Daicos - Lipinski - McInnes

Sub: Bianco
 
FB: Crisp, Roughead, Maynard

HB: Howe, Moore, Quaynor

C: J.Daicos, Adams, Lipinski

HF: Henry, Mihocek, Krueger

FF: Elliot, Cameron, Sidebottom

RUC: Grundy, De Goey, Pendlebury

INT: Macrae, McCreery, N.Daicos, Ruscoe

SUB: Poulter

There’s so many unlucky players such as WHE, Gin, Bianco, Reef & Noble.
 
This time last year Reef was in quite a few best 22s. Would love if he and Ash Johnson could be playing good enough footy to be best 22 for some additional flare and X factor.
 

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Scodog10 said:
Why bother recruiting Kreuger if he’s not considered best 22 in our mix for Rd 1? I get it for draftees, but a mature age recruit with our list profile is being recruited as plug and play.
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I reckon Lipinski is plug and play, Krueger I think will be competing with Kelly for the KPF ( unless Leppitsch/McRae see him as KPB)
 
Finnishpie said:
Kelly seems to have dropped out of a lot of calculations.

Hasn’t done much so far but I had high hopes a couple of years ago.
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I think we need to have an idea where McRae is gonna play him first. Has been swapped at both ends under bucks/Harvey. Need to settle him in a position.
 
FB: IQ (22 Age at R1) - Roughead (31) - Maynard (25)

HB: Crisp (28) - Moore (26) - Howe (31)

C: J Daicos (23) - De Goey (26) - Lipinski (23)

HF: Henry (19) - Mihocek (29) - Sidebottom (31)

FF: Elliott (29) - Cameron (26) - Krueger (22)

R: Grundy (27) - Adams (28) - Pendlebury (34)

Int: Ruscoe (20 - 7th Back) - Macrae (20 - 7th Mid) - McInnes (19 - 8th Mid) - N Daicos (19 - 7th Fwd)

Sub: McCreery/Poulter/WHE

- I really think the Lipinski trade stifles Poulter's development on a wing.

- Going into 2023 I think our first round draft pick has to be the spot that Dacry Cameron occupies.

- I would also like to see Will Kelly take over from Rough as FB toward the end of 22.
 
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LarryKinn said:
I reckon Lipinski is plug and play, Krueger I think will be competing with Kelly for the KPF ( unless Leppitsch/McRae see him as KPB)
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I personally don’t rate Kelly so even if he’s up forward I doubt he’s in the Rd 1 frame. Point stands though you don’t go and target a 22yo KPP over two off seasons when you lack depth in KP posts and then not play them. Injury permitting he’s a Rd 1 lock.

FWIW setting aside that background on him if he tips in defensively I really like our forward mix in 2022 and would have it as our second strongest line. IMO, if Henry comes on we have 3-4 30+ goal options.
 

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