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Still Waiting   94

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I being an ex full back (Local league) am interested to know who has been our best F/B and B/pockets in recent memory.

I barely remember the names Tassie Johnson, Crompton, Biffin, etc but what about Hughes, Whelan, Hoppy, Wight, Tony Campbell?, Nicholson etc?

Maybe we can go through each line with some discussion.

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Off the top of my head ... at their best, to win the game with a balanced line-up:

Tall Backs: Neitz, Hardeman, Wight

Small Backs: A. Johnson, B. Lovett, Flower

Mids: Alves, Wells, Tingay

Rucks: Stynes, Viney, Wilson

Tall Forwards: Lyon, Jakovich, Schwarz

Small Forwards: Farmer, Gerard Healy, Davey

I: P.Moore, G.Lovett, Woewodin, Yze

Line-up generally lacking a bit of pace for today's game is my main concern.

I'm sure there's good players I've missed.

And good players unlucky to miss - e.g. White, Fowler, Rhode, Yeats.

Barassi, Dixon etc a bit early for me.

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Agree with Undeeniable re Gary Hardeman.

I'll post my 1/2 back line in a day or two.

For now I'd probably go with Backs; Yeates ; Wight ; Whelan/Ingerson depending on whether a small or tall pocket matchup was needed.

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Off the top of my head...

B: Wight, Ingerson, A. Johnson

HB: B Lovett, Hardeman, S Febey

Wight definitely somewhere there, for his run out of the back line (tenacious). Alan Johnson similarly.

Gary Hardeman CHB for his impressive marking.

And i just loved Brett Lovett.

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Alan Johnson (The 88 Final against West Coke) he polled a perfect score at the B & F count) gave his all.

Gary Hardeman-always played for the Big V

Graeme Yeats-Fearless

Sean Wight-Brilliance & originality

Danny Hughes-beautiful long kicks & his efforts on Brian Taylor

Matty Whelan-courage, but too easily injured sadly.

Ingerson-Fantastic Pick up from the crows

Clint Bizzell-Gave 110%

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1/2 fwd line; Lyon, Schwarz, Alan Johnson (gotta be in somewhere)

F fwd line ; Farmer, Neitz, Davey

Onballers; Stynes, Viney, Yze (see AJ above)

I/C Ingerson, G Lovett, White, Jakovich

some really hard omissions. :mellow:

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1/2 fwd line; Lyon, Schwarz, Alan Johnson (gotta be in somewhere)

F fwd line ; Farmer, Neitz, Davey

Onballers; Stynes, Viney, Yze (see AJ above)

I/C Ingerson, G Lovett, White, Jakovich

some really hard omissions. :mellow:

I understand your pain with the omissions but in reality you can't run with that interchange of 2KPPs a ruck and an on-baller. It's a cop-out to put your 4 next best players on the bench - it is used positionally too for rotations. Interchange is 1 ruck and 3 onballers or 1 ruck, 2 on-ballers and a versatile tall - Jako and Ingo aren't that versatile, I could buy Lyon for example but he makes everyone's 18, possibly Sean Wight.

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Great when he played but missed too many finals with injury.

Was he diligent enough with his preparation?

Preparation: eating right, meeting training requirements including stretching thoroughly, warming up, no short cuts.

I'm out of my league on this one.

45HG16 might know.

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Old55, It's not a cop out to have the guys I have, on the I/C.

I have flexibility where I need it. Must have anther ruckman. Must have a running midfielder and still have Davey, The Lovetts, AJ, Ooze,and maybe even Whelan to rotate if required. Got a backup fwd and defender too! Both Lyon and Hardeman give me extra flexibility as well. My I/C were not the next best 4 players but those who I would happily take to war.

IMO rovers are a dead breed now and R/R seem to do this chore.

This side has brilliance, arrogance, class, leadership, rat cunning, athleticism and a fair dose of experience. It might lack absolute leg speed but where have we had an abundance of that over the years?

Pretty happy to stick with what I have. ;)

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Old55, It's not a cop out to have the guys I have, on the I/C.

I have flexibility where I need it. Must have anther ruckman. Must have a running midfielder and still have Davey, The Lovetts, AJ, Ooze,and maybe even Whelan to rotate if required. Got a backup fwd and defender too! Both Lyon and Hardeman give me extra flexibility as well. My I/C were not the next best 4 players but those who I would happily take to war.

IMO rovers are a dead breed now and R/R seem to do this chore.

This side has brilliance, arrogance, class, leadership, rat cunning, athleticism and a fair dose of experience. It might lack absolute leg speed but where have we had an abundance of that over the years?

Pretty happy to stick with what I have. ;)

You need 3 mids on the bench for rotations or you'll get torched. Not sure what a "rover" and a "ruck-rover" are.

With Ingerson on the bench I'm assuming your back 6 (from above) is Yeats, White, Whelan, B.Lovett, Hardeman, S.Febey

so I'll accept with only 2 talls that you can slot Ingo in there to a free up a midfielder but none of Whelan, Yeats or S.Febey make my 22 as midfielders.

If you push Jakovich into that forward line to free a runner then you've got Neitz, Jako, Lyon and Schwarz in the 18 - too top heavy.

You've got one too many talls and one too many HBFs.

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