Opinion The Evolution of Your Best 22 for 2020

[JUSTWORK]

If Dixon and lycett miss the Gold Coast game I don’t like our chances.

I’m not one for under estimating the opposition but if we can’t cover those two against the suns who are missing Sexton (their best forward) we are in for another disappointing year.

Still a chance that round 1 doesn’t go ahead anyway, big AFL meeting happening today with all clubs and players involved.

 

[GremioPower]

Port Adelaide POWER Round 3 vs Fremantle
F: Ebert - Dixon - Gray
HF: Motlop - Marshall - Rozee
C: Amon - Boak - Duursma
HB: Hartlett - Clurey - Byrne-Jones
B: McKenzie - Jonas (C) - Westhoff
R: Lycett - Rockliff - Houston
INT: Powell-Pepper - Butters - Bonner - Wines
EMERG: Georgiades - Bergman - Farrell - Ladhams

Port Adelaide MAGPIES Scratch Match vs ?
F: Hayes - Buzza - Woodcock
HF: Williams - Georgiades - Farrell
C: Bergman - Atley - Mayes
HB: Patmore - Grundy - Lienert
B: Watts - Pasini - Garner
R: Ladhams - Sutcliffe - Mead
INT: Frederick - ? - ? - ?
EMERG: ? - ?
DEPTH: ?

Unavailable:
Power:
Drew: (Foot, 7 weeks)
Burton: (Knee, 4 weeks)
Burgoyne: (Leg Infection, 3 weeks)
Cox: (Quad, 2 weeks)
Magpies: (No SANFL for Goldsack, Appleton, Elsworthy, Mahney, Corcoran, Strange, Smith, Wong, Hill and Thornton this season)
Samblich: (ACL, Season)

Half of the reserves are in Alberton.

 

[RossFC]

Half of the reserves are in Alberton.

Just listing the fit reserves players in a hypothetical side.

 

[PowerForGood]

Hi all, I know this doesn't fit with the thread (maybe the evolution bit), but whilst stalking the Crows disaster looking for the latest Kool-Aid being administered to explain Reilly O'Brien's brain fade, I came across a post on their "half-way through a 4-year rebuild" disaster which stated
"Port will undertake their rebuild very shortly too. Footy in our state is going to be a pathetic spectacle for years. "

I thought that was an interesting post (admittedly born out of hatred and/or jealousy).

So I took out all the 29+ players out of our current squad, which are 10 in number.
Westhoff, Gray, Boak, Rockliff, Ebert, Harlett, Dixon, Jonas, Motlop, Watts

And was left with the following as an example (curent age in brackets), move them around as you see fit.

I reckon that looks pretty good. Light on for key defenders (which we are with a full squad anyway)


FF Butters (19), Marshall (21), Atley (21)

HF Farrell (21), Georgiadis (18), Rozee (20)

C Amon (24), Wines (25), Duursma (20)

HB Burton (23), Lienert (25), Byrne Jones (24)

FB McKenzie (28), Clurey (26), Bonner (23)

R Lycett (27), Houston (23), Powell-Pepper (23)

I Sutcliffe (28), Mayes (26), Ladhams (22), Drew (21)


Evolution...

 

[GremioPower]

Hi all, I know this doesn't fit with the thread (maybe the evolution bit), but whilst stalking the Crows disaster looking for the latest Kool-Aid being administered to explain Reilly O'Brien's brain fade, I came across a post on their "half-way through a 4-year rebuild" disaster which stated
"Port will undertake their rebuild very shortly too. Footy in our state is going to be a pathetic spectacle for years. "

I thought that was an interesting post (admittedly born out of hatred and/or jealousy).

So I took out all the 29+ players out of our current squad, which are 10 in number.
Westhoff, Gray, Boak, Rockliff, Ebert, Harlett, Dixon, Jonas, Motlop, Watts

And was left with the following as an example (curent age in brackets), move them around as you see fit.

I reckon that looks pretty good. Light on for key defenders (which we are with a full squad anyway)


FF Butters (19), Marshall (21), Atley (21)

HF Farrell (21), Georgiadis (18), Rozee (20)

C Amon (24), Wines (25), Duursma (20)

HB Burton (23), Lienert (25), Byrne Jones (24)

FB McKenzie (28), Clurey (26), Bonner (23)

R Lycett (27), Houston (23), Powell-Pepper (23)

I Sutcliffe (28), Mayes (26), Ladhams (22), Drew (21)


Evolution...

It is not as if we would be going to blow up the world, but that is a competitive side.

 

[Mundusa]

Port Adelaide POWER Round 8 vs St Kilda
F: Georgiades - Dixon - Gray
HF: Butters - Marshall - Farrell
C: Duursma - Boak - Amon
HB: Byrne-Jones - Clurey - Mayes
B: McKenzie - Jonas (C) - Hartlett
R: Ladhams - Houston - Powell-Pepper
INT: Wines - Ebert - Bonner - Rozee
EMERG: Rockliff - Garner - Westhoff - Woodcock

Port Adelaide MAGPIES Scratch Match vs ?
F: Williams - Buzza - Cox
HF: Burgoyne - Westhoff - Woodcock
C: Patmore - Atley - Bergman
HB: Frederick - Grundy - Lienert
B: Watts - Pasini - Garner
R: Hayes - Rockliff - Mead
INT: ? - ? - ? - ?
EMERG: ? - ?
DEPTH: ?

Unavailable:
Power:
Burton: (Quad, TBC)
Motlop: (Ankle, TBC)
Lycett: (PCL, 2 weeks)
Drew: (Foot, ?)
Sutcliffe: (Hamstring, ?)
Magpies: (No SANFL for Goldsack, Appleton, Elsworthy, Mahney, Corcoran, Strange, Smith, Wong, Hill and Thornton this season)
Samblich: (ACL, Season)

I wonder if you would have believed it if 4 years ago someone told you we'd have Rockliff, Watts and Westhoff playing in the magpies...

 

[agmsy]

I wonder if you would have believed it if 4 years ago someone told you we'd have Rockliff, Watts and Westhoff playing in the magpies...

Would anyone ever have believed that Trent McKenzie would start the year with eight consecutive appearances in our back six, playing well enough to poll AFLCA votes in multiple games?

 

[TeeKray]

Would anyone ever have believed that Trent McKenzie would start the year with eight consecutive appearances in our back six, playing well enough to poll AFLCA votes in multiple games?

His own mother wouldn't have believed that lol.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Forward 7
Dixon, Marshall, Gray, Butters, Rozee, Georgiades, Ladhams/Lycett - Gray, Butters, Rozee, can play midfield

Mid 8
Boak, Wines, Rockliff, SPP, Amon, Duursma, Ebert, Lycett/Ladhams - Ebert, SPP can go forward

Back 7
Jonas, Clurey, McKenzie, Burton, Hartlett, DBJ, Houston - Houston can go to midfield

Back up ie who has played in 2020.
Forward - Woodcock, Motlop,
Mid field - Mayes, Farrell
Back..... - Lienert, Bonner,
Utility.... - Hoff, Sutcliffe

Depth isn't that great.

 

[RossFC]

Port Adelaide POWER Preliminary Final vs Richmond
F: Ladhams - Dixon - Gray
HF: Butters - Marshall - Powell-Pepper
C: Amon - Boak - Duursma
HB: Byrne-Jones - Clurey - Houston
B: McKenzie - Jonas (C) - Hartlett
R: Lycett - Wines - Rockliff
INT: Rozee - Motlop - Ebert - Burton
EMERG: Lienert - Westhoff - Woodcock - Bonner

Port Adelaide MAGPIES Scratch Match vs ?
F: Williams - Georgiades - Burgoyne
HF: Woodcock - Westhoff - Farrell
C: ? - Drew - Mayes
HB: Bonner - Lienert - Bergman
B: ? - Pasini - Garner
R: Hayes - Sutcliffe - Mead
INT: ? - ? - ? - ?
EMERG: ? - ?
DEPTH: ?

Unavailable:
Power: (Watts retired. Buzza, Atley, Cox and Grundy delisted. Patmore and Frederick not training with squad)
Magpies: (No SANFL for Goldsack, Appleton, Mahney, Corcoran, Strange, Smith, Wong, Hill and Thornton this season)
Samblich: (ACL, Season)