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No Garland in best 22?

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    No Garland in best 22?

    Was my first thought too. Was about to mark it down injury consideration then saw Wona in the team.

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    I reckon Petterd is in our best 22 now given his current form.

    Will be hard for Newton to have a big year from the rookie list, unless they mean for Casey.

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    The Age's Best 22:

    B: Clint Bartram, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Jared Rivers, Cale Morton

    C: Nathan Jones, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce

    HF: Aaron Davey, Brad Miller, Matthew Bate

    F: Colin Sylvia, Paul Johnson, Liam Jurrah

    R: Mark Jamar, James McDonald, Brent Moloney

    I: Jack Grimes, Lynden Dunn, Austin Wonaeamirri, Jack Watts

    AFL.com's:

    B: Jamie Bennell, James Frawley, Jared Rivers

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Matthew Warnock, Jack Grimes

    C: Cale Morton, Brent Moloney, Aaron Davey

    HF: Brad Green, Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia

    F: Austin Wonaeamirri, Matthew Bate, Liam Jurrah

    Foll: Mark Jamar, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

    I/C: Jack Trengove, Tom Scully, Nathan Jones, Stef Martin

    PJ at FF? Bartram over Bennell/Cheney? Whoever wrote that for The Age has no idea.

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    The Age's Best 22:

    B: Clint Bartram, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Jared Rivers, Cale Morton

    C: Nathan Jones, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce

    HF: Aaron Davey, Brad Miller, Matthew Bate

    F: Colin Sylvia, Paul Johnson, Liam Jurrah

    R: Mark Jamar, James McDonald, Brent Moloney

    I: Jack Grimes, Lynden Dunn, Austin Wonaeamirri, Jack Watts

    agree, PJ at Full Forward is an absolute doozy. a case can be made for naming Grimes on the interchange too. :wacko:

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    agree, PJ at Full Forward is an absolute doozy. a case can be made for naming Grimes on the interchange too. :wacko:

    Definitely not much thought gone into that prediction ... maybe its our most experienced team but a fair stretch from our best, especially in the light of statements about a youth lead revival. None of Garland, Bennell, Jetta, Cheney or the '09 draftees definitely make you wonder!

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    The Age's Best 22:

    B: Clint Bartram, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Jared Rivers, Cale Morton

    C: Nathan Jones, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce

    HF: Aaron Davey, Brad Miller, Matthew Bate

    F: Colin Sylvia, Paul Johnson, Liam Jurrah

    R: Mark Jamar, James McDonald, Brent Moloney

    I: Jack Grimes, Lynden Dunn, Austin Wonaeamirri, Jack Watts

    AFL.com's:

    B: Jamie Bennell, James Frawley, Jared Rivers

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Matthew Warnock, Jack Grimes

    C: Cale Morton, Brent Moloney, Aaron Davey

    HF: Brad Green, Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia

    F: Austin Wonaeamirri, Matthew Bate, Liam Jurrah

    Foll: Mark Jamar, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

    I/C: Jack Trengove, Tom Scully, Nathan Jones, Stef Martin

    PJ at FF? Bartram over Bennell/Cheney? Whoever wrote that for The Age has no idea.

    The Age... what a joke, I expect better from them. Bartram? PJ? Dunn? Where are Scully and Trengove? What about Stef? Bennell?

    Of course the forward line won't have any firepower when PJ is down there you fools.

    Scully and Trengove are "ready-made players" apparently, but yet they can't get a gig.

    Poor.

    The AFL.com one was pretty accurate, however.

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    Anyone else notice thet the Age's "Star Five" are just our four most experienced players + Bate? No Grimes, no Sylvia. No thought really. A oretty pathetic effort from what is usually a reliable paper.

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    Anyone else notice thet the Age's "Star Five" are just our four most experienced players + Bate? No Grimes, no Sylvia. No thought really. A oretty pathetic effort from what is usually a reliable paper.

    Oh yes, I forgot to mention that.

    No surprise that there's no mention of who the author was. Whoever wrote it wouldn't want to have their name put next to it.

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    Anyone else notice thet the Age's "Star Five" are just our four most experienced players + Bate? No Grimes, no Sylvia. No thought really. A oretty pathetic effort from what is usually a reliable paper.

    PJ should play CHF. That is where he started his career.

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    AFL.com's:

    B: Jamie Bennell, James Frawley, Jared Rivers

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Matthew Warnock, Jack Grimes

    C: Cale Morton, Brent Moloney, Aaron Davey

    HF: Brad Green, Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia

    F: Austin Wonaeamirri, Matthew Bate, Liam Jurrah

    Foll: Mark Jamar, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

    I/C: Jack Trengove, Tom Scully, Nathan Jones, Stef Martin

    so from afl.com.au's best 22 - who will miss out? Morton and Jurrah?! So 2 from our best 22 isn't in too bad shape to go into round 1 with?!

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    The Age's Best 22:

    B: Clint Bartram, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Jared Rivers, Cale Morton

    C: Nathan Jones, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce

    HF: Aaron Davey, Brad Miller, Matthew Bate

    F: Colin Sylvia, Paul Johnson, Liam Jurrah

    R: Mark Jamar, James McDonald, Brent Moloney

    I: Jack Grimes, Lynden Dunn, Austin Wonaeamirri, Jack Watts

    AFL.com's:

    B: Jamie Bennell, James Frawley, Jared Rivers

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Matthew Warnock, Jack Grimes

    C: Cale Morton, Brent Moloney, Aaron Davey

    HF: Brad Green, Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia

    F: Austin Wonaeamirri, Matthew Bate, Liam Jurrah

    Foll: Mark Jamar, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

    I/C: Jack Trengove, Tom Scully, Nathan Jones, Stef Martin

    PJ at FF? Bartram over Bennell/Cheney? Whoever wrote that for The Age has no idea.

    If we could get either of those teams onto the park, there is clearly enough experience there line by line to be competitive - plenty of 3+ years :blink: . Would like to see more bullishness about our chances. The youth argument doesn't wash with these line-ups - every team has some inexperience.

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    The Age's Best 22:

    B: Clint Bartram, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Jared Rivers, Cale Morton

    C: Nathan Jones, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce

    HF: Aaron Davey, Brad Miller, Matthew Bate

    F: Colin Sylvia, Paul Johnson, Liam Jurrah

    R: Mark Jamar, James McDonald, Brent Moloney

    I: Jack Grimes, Lynden Dunn, Austin Wonaeamirri, Jack Watts

    AFL.com's:

    B: Jamie Bennell, James Frawley, Jared Rivers

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Matthew Warnock, Jack Grimes

    C: Cale Morton, Brent Moloney, Aaron Davey

    HF: Brad Green, Brad Miller, Colin Sylvia

    F: Austin Wonaeamirri, Matthew Bate, Liam Jurrah

    Foll: Mark Jamar, Cameron Bruce, James McDonald

    I/C: Jack Trengove, Tom Scully, Nathan Jones, Stef Martin

    PJ at FF? Bartram over Bennell/Cheney? Whoever wrote that for The Age has no idea.

    No Pettard, no Grimes in the Age. No Pettard, no Watts in AFL. I wonder what the definition of "Best team" is in both cases

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    http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/demons-aiming-to-bridge-the-gap-20100308-ps1l.html

    Best line-up:

    B: Clint Bartram, Matthew Warnock, James Frawley

    HB: Joel Macdonald, Jared Rivers, Cale Morton

    C: Nathan Jones, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce

    HF: Aaron Davey, Brad Miller, Matthew Bate

    F: Colin Sylvia, Paul Johnson, Liam Jurrah

    R: Mark Jamar, James McDonald, Brent Moloney

    I: Jack Grimes, Lynden Dunn, Austin Wonaeamirri, Jack Watts

    Again as I mentioned in the Sun review, forget the best 22 team

    Let the flogging begin

    Grimes on the IC .. think grimes may be better than a few others listed in the 18

    If Watts is good enough to be on the IC after 3 games presumably Scully and trengrove are our on the emergency bench...

    Just another nameless journo that posts under the pseudonym AAP who has APDNFI

    PS For those unaware AAP is a news service that sends the same story to many outlets

    PPS APDNFI Absolutely Postively Definately No ... Idea

    Edited by Satan

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    Another summation of our situation leading into the season ...

    Can't find much to argue with that. At least he wasn't suckered into picking a "best 22".

    I'm hoping Maric has a break-out year too.

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    Another summation of our situation leading into the season......

    2010 AFL premiership season preview with Leigh Colbert: Melbourne Demons

    A couple of things jumped out at me on reading this:

    Re: Addam Maric "think Shaun Higgins" ........ I'd love to think so, but it would be a huge step up!

    Re: Lynden Dunn "has a bit of mongrel about him. Perhaps too much". .......Is that the Lynden Dunn who plays for Melbourne? Not from where I sit!

    Edited by Deeoldfart

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    The best season preview I've seen written for MFC. Bang on most things. Well done Colby.

    Even has a snow joke

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