Which 4 players from our premiership team (2007-2011) would you pick to be in our current team?

[Toe Poke]

I'd pick Hawkins and Duncan, because it would be interesting to see the effect it would have on the space-time continuum when they saw their body doubles on the field.

 

[Vdubs]

Who would you pick?? I have it a go in my head and found it tough.

I love the idea of a premiership defense, so settled on enright, Scarlett, Johnson and ablett jnr. But I think there is a huge debate for almost anyone in that team and my next cab off the rank would be a toss up between bartel and ottens

Give your thoughts to this hypothetical scenario

Do we replace 4 of the current team to fit these 4 in?

 

[Partridge]

No love here for max rooke?

Nope. Wouldn't have been in the best 10 at any point in that era.

I'll go Ablett, Scarlett, Ottens, Chapman.

Enright next.

 

[Baudolino]

Here's another difficult question...rank the following group of players in order of quality:

Stokes
Varcoe
Byrnes
Stengle
Miers
Close

 

[allrighty]

Here's another difficult question...rank the following group of players in order of quality:

Stokes
Varcoe
Byrnes
Stengle
Miers
Close

Longevity has to come into it

 

[Vdubs]

Here's another difficult question...rank the following group of players in order of quality:

Stokes
Varcoe
Byrnes
Stengle
Miers
Close

Agreed, very difficult.
Stengle’s 22 season was the single best of all .
Varcoe was my favourite of those.
Close’s best is very important
Stokes had some great seasons as a small forward and a mid
Miers is developing into a very good consistent player.
Byrnes was also effective as an opportunist.

Taking into account longevity

Varcoe
Stokes
Stengle
Close
Miers
Byrnes

 

[catstragic]

Ablett, Selwood, Scarlet and Bartell for me. Enright/Ottens/Johnson supremely stiff, but the first four will give you 88 elite games a season.

 

[catstragic]

Having unlocked forward movement... very true. I wonder if Hawkins is wondering ..what might have been if we had played a little more like this earlier... then again.. he did not have the players to share the load.

I agree on SJ. Such an instinctive talented player and just like JC..he could amaze with the instinctive awareness of where the goals were. Would add an unfair level to our forwardline.

SJ's best was amazing... but he did have the tendency to attempt things beyond even his skill level now and again.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Here's another difficult question...rank the following group of players in order of quality:

Stokes
Varcoe
Byrnes
Stengle
Miers
Close

Geez this is super tough, there's talent vs longevity, cleverness vs workmanship etc

I'll go...

Varcoe
Close
Stokes
Miers
Stengle
Byrnes

IMO the top 3 are set in stone, in whatever order you want them, I went Close over Stokes purely down to his brilliant IQ and ability to create with knock ons and deft touches whereas Stokes was slightly more workman like, but it's very close.
Stengle down infront of Byrnes purely because of games played, in 3 years time he could go below Varcoe (who IMO was a star).
Miers has the chance to go above Stokes there too I reckon.

 

[Pollywaffle]

Ottens No contest.
Chappie for some mongrel..
Joel Corey

Joel Corey

Age

42

Ht

191cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.4

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

4.1

5star

CL

3.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

12.4

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.6

4star

for running and midfield grunt
GAJ how could you leave him out?

 

[Pollywaffle]

this is good, I really wanna see dual hawkins

We’re talking 2007-11 Hawkins here right? No doubt he is a champion now but then he was the guy with the yips in the GF who was playing on a cripple.

 

[splashwave]

We’re talking 2007-11 Hawkins here right? No doubt he is a champion now but then he was the guy with the yips in the GF who was playing on a cripple.

true, I got carried away think about two modern day Hawkins.

 

[Strange Cat]

Makes me wonder as well how many players from this current side would crack the 07-11 side. Not too many I think..

JC, Stengles and Hawkins , Blitz , Stewart, Danger, Smith

future possibility:

SDK, Holmes, close and O.Henry

 

[FredLeDeux]

Geez this is super tough, there's talent vs longevity, cleverness vs workmanship etc

I'll go...

Varcoe
Close
Stokes
Miers
Stengle
Byrnes

IMO the top 3 are set in stone, in whatever order you want them, I went Close over Stokes purely down to his brilliant IQ and ability to create with knock ons and deft touches whereas Stokes was slightly more workman like, but it's very close.
Stengle down infront of Byrnes purely because of games played, in 3 years time he could go below Varcoe (who IMO was a star).
Miers has the chance to go above Stokes there too I reckon.

Stokes
Miers
Close
Stengle
Varcoe
Byrnes

 

[And_ROOS]

For our current team and gamestyle I would pick 1 player for each part of the field
Gaz Jnr (best mid of the last 30 years, no brainer)
Ottens (imagine him and Blicavs as a tandem and then Ottens dropping forward)
Scarlett (a back 6 of Stewart, Scarlo, Bews, SDK, Duncan and Tuohy would be untouchable)
Varcoe (pace on the wing and a massive tank. Plus loves an opening GF goal.)

 

[Sire of Claude]

Most of them - the 2007-2011 team was full of bone fide A-graders. Look at the mid-field alone. The only ones from 2023 I'd include would be Dangerfiled, Cameron, Tom Stewart and Isac Smith.

Hawkins, Duncan and Selwood played in 2011.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Ottens
Scarlett
Ablett
SJ

 

[Strange Cat]

Most of them - the 2007-2011 team was full of bone fide A-graders. Look at the mid-field alone. The only ones from 2023 I'd include would be Dangerfiled, Cameron, Tom Stewart and Isac Smith.

Hawkins, Duncan and Selwood played in 2011.

Not too sure who you’d replace to fit Stewart in the team tbh as great as he is

 

[And_ROOS]

Not too sure who you’d replace to fit Stewart in the team tbh as great as he is

Potentially Mackie, or if its 2008 team maybe Harley.

 

[Strange Cat]

Potentially Mackie, or if its 2008 team maybe Harley.

Harley yes maybe you have to consider the leadership same with Stewart

Mackie is/was criminally underrated always played bigger than what he was and a very good kick

 

[And_ROOS]

Harley yes maybe you have to consider the leadership same with Stewart

Mackie is/was criminally underrated always played bigger than what he was and a very good kick

I don't underrate Mackie, he was excellent, and after looking at the Geelong teams from 07-11 I now lean towards Stewart in for either Hunt or Harley.

 

[Partridge]

Harley yes maybe you have to consider the leadership same with Stewart

Mackie is/was criminally underrated always played bigger than what he was and a very good kick

No way does Harley get replaced. Mackie or Josh Hunt maybe.

 

[Strange Cat]

No way does Harley get replaced. Mackie or Josh Hunt maybe.

Hunt and Stewart wouldn’t be a like for like I would argue

But I agree Harley leadership ensures he stays in , Stewart still the better player but too similar to Scarlo you would think

 

[Partridge]

Hunt and Stewart wouldn’t be a like for like I would argue

But I agree Harley leadership ensures he stays in , Stewart still the better player but too similar to Scarlo you would think

Really he's much closer to Enright. He's never been a key defender. But yes agree with your point.

 

[Strange Cat]

Really he's much closer to Enright. He's never been a key defender. But yes agree with your point.

Not a hope you would leave out Enright