We have enough to at least name co-captains, so apparently yes.
One of them probably is our most important player.
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Opinion Your most important player?
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One of them probably is our most important player.
Can Harley Ried be the captain and co-captain?
And coach.
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Merrett/Ridley.
Quality drops away after that.
Quality drops away after that.
This season it was Aliir. Going forward, now that we have more defensive cover, I think Butters is our most important player
Other than Nick Smith I can't think of a more generic name.
Tom Lynch. By a lot.
Probably the most important player in the comp, to be fair. Him or Gawn.
Ironically he is also one of your players most likely to get injured.
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Bont closely followed by Liam Jones. Crucial at the moment with Keath on the downward spiral and JOD and Busslinger still developing.
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TFG followed by Briggs, Daniels, Taylor
Hawkins. Stewart is our best player by a fair distance but Hawkins is the player the side is built around and has been for 15 years.
The post Hawkins era will be interesting.
The post Hawkins era will be interesting.
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Id counter with Sinclair and Wilke
We've shown we can survive without Max, Rowan is great but not make or break like the 2 I mention
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It's actually a difficult question as far as the Cats.
Our midfield truly struggled when Dangerfield was absent (round 9-12) or injured/unfit (first 3 games, then post bye rib injury), but it had already been choppy minus Guthrie - BnF winner both times this group of players made a grand final. The two disclaimers on that are it's impossible to weigh the loss of Guthrie alone (as we had Selwood retire) and also that Guthrie started the year bizarrely poorly before his injury.
I disagree that it is Hawkins anymore, even though he remains an elite full forward. It was Cameron that carried the side early on and when his form dipped, which then ran into injuries/knocks, this is where Geelong struggled again.
So I'm going to say a two way tie between our 2022 premiership BnF players - Cameron and Guthrie. If both are at their best through 2024 I think the midfield and forward lines will run pretty well.
Our midfield truly struggled when Dangerfield was absent (round 9-12) or injured/unfit (first 3 games, then post bye rib injury), but it had already been choppy minus Guthrie - BnF winner both times this group of players made a grand final. The two disclaimers on that are it's impossible to weigh the loss of Guthrie alone (as we had Selwood retire) and also that Guthrie started the year bizarrely poorly before his injury.
I disagree that it is Hawkins anymore, even though he remains an elite full forward. It was Cameron that carried the side early on and when his form dipped, which then ran into injuries/knocks, this is where Geelong struggled again.
So I'm going to say a two way tie between our 2022 premiership BnF players - Cameron and Guthrie. If both are at their best through 2024 I think the midfield and forward lines will run pretty well.
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James Sicily is the most important player to any side in the competition.
When he doesn’t play, we look like a structural mess and struggle to win. It will be the same next season with how poor our key defensive stocks are. If he misses an extended period of time 6+ games, we’re a lock for bottom 3. He’s simply irreplaceable.
Mitch Lewis is also incredibly important but our forward line will be stronger next season than 2023 and our midfield as well which will help the forwards should Lewis miss time, which going by his history is a near certain to happen.
When he doesn’t play, we look like a structural mess and struggle to win. It will be the same next season with how poor our key defensive stocks are. If he misses an extended period of time 6+ games, we’re a lock for bottom 3. He’s simply irreplaceable.
Mitch Lewis is also incredibly important but our forward line will be stronger next season than 2023 and our midfield as well which will help the forwards should Lewis miss time, which going by his history is a near certain to happen.
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Exactly the first name that came to my mind.
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Trying to do my list for all the teams
Adelaide - Dawson
Brisbane - Neale
Carlton - Weitering
Collingwood- Moore
Essendon - Zerrett
Fremantle - Sean Darcy
Geelong - Tom Stewart
Gold Coast -Noah Anderson
GWS - Toby Greene
Hawthorn- Sicily
Melbourne - Petracca
North Melbourne- LDU
Port Adelaide - Connor Rozee
Richmond- Tom Lynch
St Kilda - Jack Steele
Sydney - Errol Gulden
West Coast - Oscar Allen
Western Bulldogs- The Bont
Couple of hard choices, esp for Freo, I nominated Darcy cause he is a very strong ruckman who usually wins his match ups and frees up Jackson to play around the ground (when required, esp in the foward line)
Adelaide - Dawson
Brisbane - Neale
Carlton - Weitering
Collingwood- Moore
Essendon - Zerrett
Fremantle - Sean Darcy
Geelong - Tom Stewart
Gold Coast -Noah Anderson
GWS - Toby Greene
Hawthorn- Sicily
Melbourne - Petracca
North Melbourne- LDU
Port Adelaide - Connor Rozee
Richmond- Tom Lynch
St Kilda - Jack Steele
Sydney - Errol Gulden
West Coast - Oscar Allen
Western Bulldogs- The Bont
Couple of hard choices, esp for Freo, I nominated Darcy cause he is a very strong ruckman who usually wins his match ups and frees up Jackson to play around the ground (when required, esp in the foward line)
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Lewis and Sicily, easily.
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Cameron would not be more important than Hawkins...
