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You'd hope that we're pointing to our history of Footscray VFL players getting drafted as a positive.

I don’t know why we don’t have Stevo down each year, and then have him write an article that highlights a list gap that we have that could be filled through Footscray.

Surely we’d then get a stack of interest from players in those roles to play with Footscray.

Each year we just change what position we need and repeat the article
 

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I don’t know why we don’t have Stevo down each year, and then have him write an article that highlights a list gap that we have that could be filled through Footscray.

Surely we’d then get a stack of interest from players in those roles to play with Footscray.

Each year we just change what position we need and repeat the article

Yeah, you'd assume that there'd be at least one or two key defenders that missed getting drafted or are trying to get back onto a list who would be interested since we're probably still one key defender short.
 
Yeah, you'd assume that there'd be at least one or two key defenders that missed getting drafted or are trying to get back onto a list who would be interested since we're probably still one key defender short.
One of the mysteries of the drafts this year was how Ethan Phillips was overlooked. Clearly the best key defender in the VFL, winner of the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal for best young player in the VFL. Great size and excellent intercept mark. Ranked No 20 in the ESPN rankings prior to the National Draft. Surely must have been worth at least a rookie chance. No takers, very strange!
 
One of the mysteries of the drafts this year was how Ethan Phillips was overlooked. Clearly the best key defender in the VFL, winner of the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal for best young player in the VFL. Great size and excellent intercept mark. Ranked No 20 in the ESPN rankings prior to the National Draft. Surely must have been worth at least a rookie chance. No takers, very strange!

Very unusual, we haven't even heard a peep of him training with a club. I'm sure that some club will take him midseason and slap themselves on the back over it.
 
Yeah, you'd assume that there'd be at least one or two key defenders that missed getting drafted or are trying to get back onto a list who would be interested since we're probably still one key defender short.
Not too fussed. As long as our systems are in order, I reckon our tall defender options of Gardner, Jones, Keath, Bruce, Darcy, Khamis, O'Brien, Busslinger, Cleary and Raak should be more than sufficient.

If we haven't got our systems in order, an 11th option ain't gonna help much
 
As we head into the new season, I always like to pick a best 22 and then a reserve team with the rest of the list.

Gives a good reflection on squad balance and depth.

Just had a go and came up with the following;

Gardner L.Jones Duryea
Dale Keath Richards

Treloar Macrae R.Smith
English Bont Libba

West Naughton B.Smith
Lobb Ugle-Hagan Weightman

Daniel Darcy JJ Maclean

Footscray:

Busslinger Bruce Cleary
Crozier O'Brien Hannan

Baker Scott A.Jones
Sweet Williams Garcia

Bedendo Raak Vandermeer
Clarke Khamis McNeil

Gallagher McComb 2 Footscray players

Overall I feel like these teams show our list to be in healthy shape. The Footscray team looks balanced enough, with a fair degree of flexibility.

I especially like the spine of Bruce, O'Brien, Raak and Khamis, all of whom have a good capability of playing forward or back.

Bring on 2023.
 
As we head into the new season, I always like to pick a best 22 and then a reserve team with the rest of the list.

Gives a good reflection on squad balance and depth.

Just had a go and came up with the following;

Gardner L.Jones Duryea
Dale Keath Richards

Treloar Macrae R.Smith
English Bont Libba

West Naughton B.Smith
Lobb Ugle-Hagan Weightman

Daniel Darcy JJ Maclean

Footscray:

Busslinger Bruce Cleary
Crozier O'Brien Hannan

Baker Scott A.Jones
Sweet Williams Garcia

Bedendo Raak Vandermeer
Clarke Khamis McNeil

Gallagher McComb 2 Footscray players

Overall I feel like these teams show our list to be in healthy shape. The Footscray team looks balanced enough, with a fair degree of flexibility.

I especially like the spine of Bruce, O'Brien, Raak and Khamis, all of whom have a good capability of playing forward or back.

Bring on 2023.
Loving Keath Richards on the HB line...

Start me up!
 
As we head into the new season, I always like to pick a best 22 and then a reserve team with the rest of the list.

Gives a good reflection on squad balance and depth.

Just had a go and came up with the following;

Gardner L.Jones Duryea
Dale Keath Richards

Treloar Macrae R.Smith
English Bont Libba

West Naughton B.Smith
Lobb Ugle-Hagan Weightman

Daniel Darcy JJ Maclean

Footscray:

Busslinger Bruce Cleary
Crozier O'Brien Hannan

Baker Scott A.Jones
Sweet Williams Garcia

Bedendo Raak Vandermeer
Clarke Khamis McNeil

Gallagher McComb 2 Footscray players

Overall I feel like these teams show our list to be in healthy shape. The Footscray team looks balanced enough, with a fair degree of flexibility.

I especially like the spine of Bruce, O'Brien, Raak and Khamis, all of whom have a good capability of playing forward or back.

Bring on 2023.
AFL
Backs
Gards/Bruce Jones Doc
Dale Keath Richards

Centre
Timmy Bont Macca
Ads Libba Baker

Fwds
Flea Naughts Marra West
Darcy Lobb

Int
Smith McLean JJ CD
Hannan/Bedendo



Footscray
Backs
Cleary Gards/Bruce O'Brien
Gallagher Busslinger VDM

Centre
Sweet Garcia R.Smith
Bedendo/Scott McComb Poulter


Fwds
Jones Hannan/Raak Brown
Clark Buku McNeil

Int
Croz Raak/Scott Foots Foots


Reckon this would work if the pressure is on. If not then we'd get cut open the other way and bring on the Sub for pressure.

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AFL
Backs
Gards/Bruce Jones Doc
Dale Keath Richards

Centre
Timmy Bont Macca
Ads Libba Baker

Fwds
Flea Naughts Marra West
Darcy Lobb

Int
Smith McLean JJ CD
Hannan/Bedendo



Footscray
Backs
Cleary Gards/Bruce O'Brien
Gallagher Busslinger VDM

Centre
Sweet Garcia R.Smith
Bedendo/Scott McComb Poulter


Fwds
Jones Hannan/Raak Brown
Clark Buku McNeil

Int
Croz Raak/Scott Foots Foots


Reckon this would work if the pressure is on. If not then we'd get cut open the other way and bring on the Sub for pressure.

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Williams?
 

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Agree, however I was referring to the fact he wasn't even selected in the Footscray team above....did we delist him or did he go pack up his toys and go elsewhere cos he didn't get drafted

Nothing to say he's gone elsewhere, the Footscray team listed is just an AFL seconds team if everyone AFL listed was fit to play. Sullivan would be the first non-AFL-listed player in our VFL side.
 

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Agree, however I was referring to the fact he wasn't even selected in the Footscray team above....did we delist him or did he go pack up his toys and go elsewhere cos he didn't get drafted
Myself and the other person were only doing AFL listed players, at least that's what I was doing. Wasn't looking at VFL at all.

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Fischer McAsey has quit the Crows.

Playing football isn't the be all, end all and if you've got a ruthless state media looking over every little thing you do then I can't blame him for no longer feeling that spark.


 
One of the mysteries of the drafts this year was how Ethan Phillips was overlooked. Clearly the best key defender in the VFL, winner of the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal for best young player in the VFL. Great size and excellent intercept mark. Ranked No 20 in the ESPN rankings prior to the National Draft. Surely must have been worth at least a rookie chance. No takers, very strange!
I was really hoping we would draft him, already has a mature body with an impressive resume in the VFL.
 
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