The Challenge of Picking the team

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,777]

Completely disagree. We lost arguably our 2 best forwards (Petterd and jurrah) for the whole season :S

Yeah they hurt, but most weeks we've had all our defenders and midfielders fit and available. The last 3 years we'd always have at least 2 defenders out, half the midfield and a couple of forwards out.

Next week, hopefully the only best 22 player injured will be Petterd. I can't remember having such a healthy list at the midway break?? Touch wood.

Edited June 17, 2010 by Bring-Back-Powell

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

Yeah they hurt, but most weeks we've had all our defenders and midfielders fit and available. The last 3 years we'd always have at least 2 defenders out, half the midfield and a couple of forwards out.

Next week, hopefully the only best 22 player injured will be Petterd. I can't remember having such a healthy list at the midway break?? Touch wood.

BBP, if you look at the last three years then you are quite correct. Ignore the misguided disagreements.

Our list in those times have been plagued by senior players physically breaking down and young players developing injuries that cost them a season.

Typically, we have started the year with a number of players with hampered pre seasons and then pick up a clutch of B) injuries in the early rounds then would seemly accumulate with a regular hospital list of 8 to 10 players with everything from career threatening injuries to 1 week niggles. And as we move through the 2nd half of the year we would accumulate players who have "season" or "indefinite" by their names.

This might have been helped by moving Meesen to the rookie list, delist Buckley and trading McLean.

[Guest DeesPower]

BBP, if you look at the last three years then you are quite correct. Ignore the misguided disagreements.

Our list in those times have been plagued by senior players physically breaking down and young players developing injuries that cost them a season.

Typically, we have started the year with a number of players with hampered pre seasons and then pick up a clutch of B) injuries in the early rounds then would seemly accumulate with a regular hospital list of 8 to 10 players with everything from career threatening injuries to 1 week niggles. And as we move through the 2nd half of the year we would accumulate players who have "season" or "indefinite" by their names.

This might have been helped by moving Meesen to the rookie list, delist Buckley and trading McLean.

To mine, it is not the number of injuries but who they are applied to. Having Petterd and Jurrah out to my estimation has directly cost us three wins at least this season and therefore a place in the 8. To me that is a hell of a big cost.

I think all of us have been delighted with he progress down back and our emerging mid field. It is the forwards that have been the problem and has unbalanced our side. It is not as though we do not have forward talent at the club, but the absence of Jurrah, Petterd and quite often Sylvia has cost us, I don't think that can be denied. Also the slow maturing of Watts has limited our replacement options as the club has clearly, quite rightly in my view, taken the view that it needs to get first grade games into him, even if it costs us games. This cost, ne this risk, would have been so much less if Jurrah and Petterd had been there consistently, and I believe Jack would have progressed more quickly as well because he would not have had the first or second best opposition backs on him most weeks.

Still it will make a very exciting 2011.

Edited June 18, 2010 by DeesPower

[Dinosaur Rover 197]

Blease Gawn and Spencer are particularly likely 2011 starters..Tapscot I have a funny tfeeling might get a run towards the last games depending on how we as a team are travelling. I sense Bailey might like to debut him prior to the next preseason.

Jurrah i suspect will return in about 4 weeks. Probably only a half in the seniors then after some time in the magoo-ressies then the maggos building his form.

Jurrah's a freak. ( in the nicest possible meaning ) but I think they will bring him back in sooner than later once he's found his legs again

I agree - I cant say why but I think Tapscott will get a run this year. Jurrah will be in as soon as he shows form in the VFL - there is just as much propsect of shoulder injury in the VFl as the AFL I would have thought so if he performs at VFL straight in to the ones. Bleas Gawn and Spencer can wiat until next year particularly in the case of Blease given his history.

Exciting array of potential.