OUT: Blease (not 100% convinced yet)

well he has played about 3 VFL reserves games in his time at the club, so I'm not sure how you could be convinced!!!

B Grimes Warnock Garland

HB Blease Frawley MacDonald

C Morton Scully Davey

HF Bennell Watts Sylvia

F Jurrah Bate Petterd

Fol Jamar Trengove Gysberts

Int Green Moloney McKenzie Strauss

Thats the most fun I have had in a long long time.

Huge apologies to Jetta, Tapscott, Jonesy, Woenamirri, Rivers, Fitzparick, Dunn, Cheney, Bail, Gawn, Mcnamara, who will all play plenty of football that year because we're always going to have injuries.

Give me that forward 6 on the park every week next year, and I'll be a happy happy man!

I know he's not playing a lot, but can't wait for Sam Blease's speed off half back.

B Rivers, Warnock, Cheney

HB Grimes (vc), Frawley, McNamara

C Garland Moloney Morton

HFSylvia, Watts, Tapscott

F Green Jurrah, Davey

Fol Jamar,Trengove,Scully

Int Gawn, Gysberts, Bate, Mckenzie

Reserves Bartram, Bail, Fitzpatrick, Viney,Jones Wona,Jetta. Bennell.

Edited June 24, 201015 yr by jayceebee31

B: Cheney Warnock Garland

HB: Grimes Frawley Bail

C: Morton Trengove Davey

HF: Bate Jurrah Sylvia

F: Petterd Watts Jetta

R: Jamar Scully Moloney

I: Gysberts McKenzie Bennell Gawn

Just missed out: Rivers (toss up between him and Cheney), Jones, Wonaeamirri, Tapscott

Unsure at this stage: Blease, Fitzpatrick, new draftees from 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Thereabouts: Bartram, Strauss, McNamara, Maric, Martin

Not good enough: Miller, Bell, Dunn, MacDonald, Johnson, Spencer, Newton, Hughes, Meesen, Healey

Too old: Bruce, McDonald, Green

Green said he'll play well into his thirties

Morton will never be a key position. He doesn't have the body type to build up like Goddard did. To play key position, he would need close to 20kg of pure muscle onto his frame. not possible for his frame.

Green will play well into his thirties as a foward pocket.

B Jones Frawley Strauss

HB Grimes Warnock Garland

C Bail Gysberts Davey

HF Sylvia Watts Morton

F Green Dunn Jurrah

Foll Jamar Trengove Scully

I/C Moloney McKenzie Tapscott Bennell

With respect to some guys who I think will have retired, or who haven't yet had the opportunity to show what they might become....

Why?

B Jones is a hard nut who will be a little underclassed to be in our midfield, but who's energy, hardness and devotion make him a necessity. He'll serve us well down back.

Frawley needs no explanation.

Strauss is a bit of a gamble. He's a beautiful kick and provides run out of the backline. Needs to improve a bit.

HB Grimes will be a general.

Warnock will be the gorilla keeper.

Garland will be the guy who can take small or tall, and will punish the opposition on the rebound.

C Bail will be a premiere wingman. I'm sure I'll get pasted for this, but I love the way he goes about it.

Gysberts has amazingly clean hands and time in trafffic. He will be a beauty at pivot.

Davey - get your best players around the ball. Could have put him anywhere in the middle.

HF Sylvia gives some physical presence and can kick a goal or two given the opportunity.

Watts. Hmm. I have the feeling he'll be a ripper, but it's a bit of a way of.f He's a great kick and a great contested mark. I hope he learns to run ti the right spots soon.

Morton reads the play well and has a big motor. We're playing him all over the place at the moment, but his real worth will be as a marking forward.

F Green will still have plenty to give and thankfully for him, by this time, we won't need him to stop-gap all over the ground. Will demand a quality backman to cover him.

Dunn. Ok, I'm hearing crickets. He's the same height as White, he's built, he has physical presence. The opposition cannot afford to ignore him.

Jurrah will do some magic from a pocket. Expect some hangers over the pack. Just let's not make him a KPP.

Foll Jamar. Who else would you pick? Dunn can swap with him for a rest here and there.

Scully - no explanation required.

Trengove - tossed up here over a HB position, but once again, get your best players around the ball.

I/C Moloney. I'd expect him to be rotated through the middle, especially when the heat is on. I/C doesn't mean what it used to.

McKenzie will relieve Gysberts in the guts. High intensity rednut who will bury p[layers in a tackle.

Tapscott - purely spectulative, but footage I've seen shows him to be a nice kick and a hard nut - he'll relieve Sylvia at rest times and will do well.

Bennell will give great forward pressure and kick 3 in our grand final win in 2013 or 2014.

Looking at everyone's lists i'm very VERY surprised so many people have left Bate out of the side. I could rate him too highly, but i would say he is easily in our top 22 players now and i don't see that changing over the next couple years.

I mean he's 192cm, a good leading mark, a great kick from goal (even from outside 50) and he's mobile. I would think he'd make a great 3rd tall in the forward line beside watts and probably fitzpatrick in a couple years time?

Do many of you not rate him as a player. Also, i've noticed a few people have left Garland out of their team. Are you kidding me. This guy is so valuable to our team as a versatile backman in the ryan hargrave mold. He's quick enough to play on smalls, but tall enough to play on talls and being solid enough with his disposal that he can provide good support to our midfielders bringing the ball out of the backline.

I'm not trying to criticise some of you guys, but just left puzzled by the ommission of these two from so many teams.

FB: Garland Warnock Strauss

HB: Grimes Frawley Morton

C: Sylvia Trengove Blease

HF: Davey Watts Tapscott

FF: Green Jurrah Wonaeamirri

Foll: Jamar, Moloney, Scully

Int: Jones, Jetta, Gysberts, Bate

Main points:

-Green and Davey to be mainly inside 50m players

- Tapscott will make it as will Blease. Their foot skills pushing out the likes of Gysberts and Bennell in terms of talent at the M.F.C.

-I put Watts in there. I think he will make a '40 goal per year' CHF. Not great, but considering what he has showed thus far, I'll take it.

-Bate's turning circle and fumble fingers below his knees are his main concerns at this point. Fringe player.

C Bail will be a premiere wingman. I'm sure I'll get pasted for this, but I love the way he goes about it.

i agree 100%, also who do you have as captain?

FB: Garland Warnock Strauss

HB: Grimes Frawley Morton

C: Sylvia Trengove Blease

HF: Davey Watts Tapscott

FF: Green Jurrah Wonaeamirri

Foll: Jamar, Moloney, Scully

Int: Jones, Jetta, Gysberts, Bate

Pettard playing for Gold Coast?

Otherwise i gotta agree pretty good looking team. I have a feeling it will be Petterd instead of Wona, but hopefully Wona comes good post his injuries

B: Tapscott Frawley McKenzie

HB: Grimes Garland Green

C: Jetta Scully Gysberts

HF: Jurrah Morton Sylvia

F: Davey Watts Petterd

R: Jamar Trengove Moloney

I/C:Gawn Jones Aussie Bennell

Here's why I think threads like this are silly.

GOLD.

edit: -

"extend White's career on a wing.."

Crikey.

Here's why I think threads like this are silly.

That's why opinions are just that Nasher.......I would say that this is why threads like this are a bit of fun. Look back at who you did/didn't rate, who came on, who didn't.

Anyways....I'll name mine looking at exposed form for the Dees, Under 18's & Casey form I've seen, but wont include players that are not yet at the club (Viney - not seen him play, not even on out list yet) no apologies to anyone as it is mere fantasy football.

B - Garland, Warnock, Strauss

H/B - Grimes (VC), Frawley, Davey

C - Scully, Gysberts, Morton

H/F - Sylvia, Watts, Tapscott

F - Wonaeamirri, Jurrah, Petterd/Bate....(I'd put Bennell here and Bate or Sylvia to the bench if no Rick P)

R - Jamar, Moloney ©, Trengove

Inter - Fitzpatrick/Gawn, Blease, McKenzie, Rivers

Emer - Bennell, Jones, Jetta,

I'll stick with Rick Petterd still playing for us until I see him in GC....add in Bennell if no Rick P. Fitzpatrick or Gawn by 2013?? Purely gone with Fitzy cause I liked seeing his goal live for Casey on Saturday & others I've seen like this, he looks good.

Anyway I look at it, it looks a premiership winning team to me!!

Edited June 23, 201015 yr by Demon Jack 16

FB: Bate, Warnock, Strauss

HB: Garland, Frawley, Grimes

C: Gysberts, McKenzie, Davey (vc)

HF: Sylvia, Watts, Tapscott

FF: Jurrah, Fitzpatrick, Wonaemirri

FOLL: Jamar, Trengove, Scully

INT: Blease, Jones, Moloney ©, Morton

EMERG: Cheney, Jetta, Martin

McDonald retire end of 2010, Bruce 2011, Green 2012.

Petterd to go to GC17 end of 2010, Maric GWS end of 2011.

Bate in the back pocket??

B: Tapscott Frawley McKenzie

HB: Grimes Garland Green

Interesting back line...

So, looking to a 2013 team:

FB: Bartram Warnock Garland

HB: Grimes Frawley Bail

C: Morton Moloney Blease/Tapscott

HF: Sylvia Watts Bate

FF: Green Jurrah Davey

R: Jamar Scully Trengove

INT: Gysberts McKenzie Jones Gawn

EMG: Jetta Bennell Martin

Bartram's ahead of Cheney/Rivers/MacDonald at this stage, Warnock is hit-and-miss, he might be past it; Garland with a lot of versatility

Grimes - out and out superstar, possible captain; Frawley's a gun; Bail could be handy.

Morton - obvious choice; Moloney, critical in the guts and possible captain; and Blease or Tapscott - one of them should come good?

Sylvia and Bate making up a dynamic forward line; and Watts - that is all.

Green with experience and poise, and Jurrah and Davey - the Aboriginal boys dominating the forward line.

This is with the assumption of Petterd to GC17

Jamar, should still be good; Scully and Trengove, tied for the Brownlow.

Interchange - Gysbert's a gem, McKenzie for some toughness in the guts, Jones ditto, and Gawn - anything could happen.

Unlucky to miss - Jetta, Bennell, Wona, Martin

Edited June 21, 201015 yr by The Fire Has Started

At the risk of looking stupid, I'll give this a crack

B: Viney, Fitzpatrick, Garland

HB: Grimes, Frawley, Tapscott

C: Morton, Trengove, Blease

HF: Sylvia, Watts, Bate

FF: Jurrah, Gawn, Wonaeamirri

R: Jamar, Gysberts, Scully

Int (from): Jones, Bennell, Davey, Jetta, Petterd, McKenzie, Bail, pick 12 2010, pick 18 2011,

(likely Davey, Petterd, McKenzie, Jetta)

Edited June 21, 201015 yr by Enforcer25

Here's why I think threads like this are silly.

Yeah but you're not fooling anyone - we all know you do it the privacy of your own room.

I agree that it's a leap to include anyone who hasn't at least shown something at AFL level so those teams containing

McNamara, Gawn, Tapscott, Fitzpatrick, Blease and Strauss

have got plenty of imagination.

B: Bartram?? Warnock? Garland

HB: Grimes Frawley Davey

M: Morton Moloney Trengove

R: Jamar ??? Scully

HF: Sylvia Watts Bate

F: ??? Jurrah Wonna

I: Jones? Gysberts? McKenzie? Jetta? Bennell? Bail?

I'm assuming McDonald, Bruce and Green are gone - will Green be 33? Maybe he can do a Brad Johnson?

For the question marks above ...

The big hole is ruck relief/tall forward. I don't see Spencer in this role - he's a replacement for Jamar if necessary, not a tandem option. Miller, Johnson, Dunn, Newton, Martin - none can be even pencilled in.

The interchange is for midfield rotation so it's pointless naming backs or forwards there - those 6 all have credentials and one of them can make the starting midfield - I think we're missing a defensive midfielder - thinking of Cameron Ling.

No-one has cemented the lock-down small defender - thinking of James Kelly. Bartram has done a pretty fair job, the only alternatives currently on the list are Bail, Strauss and Cheney. Like Barts, Warnock is not completely convincing as premiership FB but there's currently daylight second IMO.

I think Petterd and Hughes are on the fringe of that forward line, Maric hasn't show enough.

Rivers and MacDonald can't break into that backline.

Bell and Meesen surely stamped.

Probably forgotten someone ...

We should have a pick in the top 10 this year and hopefully Jack Viney later on so there's plenty of water to flow under the bridge.

Do father sons have a choice where they go at all? Am I correct in saying if a club commits to the pick then the kid has to come? Just asking because Jack Viney turned his back on Sturt where Todd played but of course he hasn't been in the state that long anyway and not like Todd played a HEAP of footy with Sturt.

He is still only 15 isnt he? Hopefully a flag is already in the keeping by the time Jack comes across.

Do father sons have a choice where they go at all? Am I correct in saying if a club commits to the pick then the kid has to come? Just asking because Jack Viney turned his back on Sturt where Todd played but of course he hasn't been in the state that long anyway and not like Todd played a HEAP of footy with Sturt.

He is still only 15 isnt he? Hopefully a flag is already in the keeping by the time Jack comes across.

Yep. Marc Murphy could have gone to the Lions under father-son, but brown paper bags Carlton have their appeal....

Yep. Marc Murphy could have gone to the Lions under father-son, but brown paper bags Carlton have their appeal....

Ah yes, remember now Dr, cheers.....of course the example had to be them when it came to snatching a player away!!

2013

backs: Strauss Frawley Garland

h-backs: Grimes Morton Trengove

centre: Blease Gysberts Viney

h-fwds: Tapscott Watts Petterd

fwds: Sylvia Jurrah Green

ruck: Jamar, Moloney , Scully

int'change from: Davey, Bennell, Gawn, Bate, Fitzpatrick, Jones & *, *, *.

*Does not include 3 draftees b/w 2010-2012 drafts.