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Posted

So the "who am I" topic offered me a bit of inspiration.

Thus, I thought I'd start a little competition for some fun. As an incentive, I'll give in $20 to the winner.

Quite simply, name the 22 you believe will be playing round 1 in 2013. Will Toumpas or Viney get a gig? Will Taggert be there? What about Rodan, Byrnes or Pedersen? Will Mitch Clark make it back in time? Who's body will withstand the hard preseason?

Who can claim the bragging rights of being able to pick the 22?

Entries close December 15.

Rules:

  1. Only 1 entry per person.
  2. Name the 22 players.
  3. Indicate who you think will be on the the bench for the start of the game.
  4. Indicate who you think will be the sub.
  5. Melbourne's score for Round 1.

Determining the winner:

  1. The person with the most correct guesses of the 22.
  2. In the case of a tie, the person with the most correct guesses on the bench.
  3. In the case of a tie, the person who can guess the sub.
  4. If still no winner, the closest guess to Melbourne's score for round 1.

How to play:

Simply go to:

https://docs.google....U9qeXc6MQ#gid=0

And place your entry. Also, as I'm running the competition, I'll rule myself out. But I'll post my team on here before the close date. I'll also show stats on the most popular picked etc.

Good luck!

Posted

Great idea D4L! Should spark plenty of competition and discussion over the summer.

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Posted

It is a good idea but why not make it $5 to enter and winner takes all 100 guesses and that's a cool 520 to the winner? Your game your choice off course!

Posted

Here's my team that I'm about to enter. There's usually a surprise for round 1, such as Tynan this year, or Weetra a couple of years back (the worst ever to pull on the red and blue?) but I'm not sure we'll see that in 2013.

Melbourne Demons:

B: 26 - Daniel Nicholson, 8 - James Frawley, 20 - Colin Garland

HB: 4 - Jack Watts, 25 - Tom McDonald, 14 - Lynden Dunn

C: 9 - Jack Trengove, 2 - Nathan Jones, 31 - Jack Grimes

HF: 38 - Jeremy Howe, 6 - Chris Dawes, 44 - Rohan Bail

F: 21 - Cameron Pedersen, 11 - Mitch Clark, 10 - Shannon Byrnes

R: 40 - Mark Jamar, 12 - Colin Sylvia, 13 - Jordie McKenzie

I: 5 - Jimmy Toumpas, 7 - Jack Viney, 17 - Sam Blease, (15 - David Rodan)

E: 39 - Neville Jetta, 30 - James Sellar, 35 - Luke Tapscott

and then with the leftovers...

Casey Scorpions

B: 46 - Dean Terlich, 27 - Tom Gillies, 41 - Troy Davis

HB: 19 - James Strauss, 30 - James Sellar , 28 - Joel Macdonald

C: 32 - Michael Evans, 22 - James Magner, 39 - Neville Jetta

HF: 23 - Josh Tynan, 48 - Jack Fitzpatrick, 35 - Luke Tapscott

F: 37 - Max Gawn, 1 - Jesse Hogan*, 36 - Aaron Davey

R: 42 - Jake Spencer, 47 - Tom Couch, 45 - Matt Jones

I: 33 - Dominic Barry, 34 - Dean Kent, 43 - Rory Taggert

by doing the second team, it's evident that our depth matches the outlay of the team pretty well now. Once the best 22 is selected, the remaining players make up a pretty balanced side.

It's also evident that we will have a pretty damn good Casey side next season if our players stay fit, and it will be tough for scorps players to get a game given we've bought in older, more mature players...

The only players I could imagine running around for Casey reserves are Barry, Kent, our 2 new rookies, and maybe but I hope not Flash... Hogan could I guess also depending on how he goes as a 17 year old...

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Posted

It is a good idea but why not make it $5 to enter and winner takes all 100 guesses and that's a cool 520 to the winner? Your game your choice off course!

Happy to make it $5 to enter....if you're willing to chase and collect the money off complete strangers?

Posted

*BUMP*

Some interesting selection choices so far!

Some of the observations:

Of the 8 teams submitted so far:

6 have Sellar in the 22.

3 have Rodan as the Sub.

Byrnes make an appearance in all 8

Clark has only made an appearance in 2 of the teams.

Don't forget to submit your team! Easy $20 for the winner for a bit of fun.

I'll submit my team on the board closer to the close date.

Posted

It is a good idea but why not make it $5 to enter and winner takes all 100 guesses and that's a cool 520 to the winner? Your game your choice off course!

why not put in on all the footy forum boards & $10.00 entry, proceeds to the MFC Footy dept budget.

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted (edited)

BUMP!

2 days until entries close!

Here's my team.

B: Pedersen - Frawley - Garland
HB: Watts - McDonald - Toumpas
C: Tapscott - N.Jones - Sylvia
HF: Howe - Dawes - Blease
F: Byrnes - Clark - Rodan
R: Jamar - Grimes - Trengove
Int: Viney, McKenzie, Tynan, Strauss

Sub: Tynan

Thoughts?

Edited by demon-4-life

Posted

BUMP!

2 days until entries close!

Here's my team.

B: Pedersen - Frawley - Garland

HB: Watts - McDonald - Toumpas

C: Blease - N.Jones - Sylvia

HF: Howe - Dawes - Blease

F: Byrnes - Clark - Rodan

R: Jamar - Grimes - Trengove

Int: Viney, McKenzie, Tynan, Strauss

Sub: Tynan

Thoughts?

Pederson is a funny one as he could either start forward or back on the day. 50/50 chance, but great team

Posted (edited)

BUMP!

2 days until entries close!

Here's my team.

B: Pedersen - Frawley - Garland

HB: Watts - McDonald - Toumpas

C: Blease - N.Jones - Sylvia

HF: Howe - Dawes - Blease

F: Byrnes - Clark - Rodan

R: Jamar - Grimes - Trengove

Int: Viney, McKenzie, Tynan, Strauss

Sub: Tynan

Thoughts?

I have read that Blease isn't fit enough as is let alone playing wing and HFF, there goes your chance at $20

Also bit heavy down back?

Edited by Josh
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Posted

B: Tappscott - Frawley - Garland

HB: Grimes - McDonald - Davey

C: Watts - N.Jones - Sylvia

HF: Howe - Clark- Blease

F: Byrnes - Dawes - Rodan

R: Jamar - Magna - Trengove

Int: Viney, McKenzie, Pederson

Sub: Toumpas

Posted

B: Nicholson Frawley Garland

HB: Dunn McDonald Watts

C: Grimes Jones Toumpas

HF: Sylvia Pederson Howe

F: Fitzpatrick Dawes Byrnes

R: Jamar McKenzie Viney

I/C: Blease Strauss Tapscott

Sub: Rodan

Don't think either Trengove or Clark will be match fit by then (hope I am wrong as I think Clark adds a dimension that adds a greater potency, versatility and difficulty to match up)

Posted

Nicholson Frawley Garland

Watts McDonald Grimes

Bail Jones Byrnes

Howe Sellar Pederson

Sylvia Dawes Viney

Jamar McKenzie Rodan

Dunne Tynon Blease Jetta

I think Nelld will want as many of the "new" recycled players in as possible for the first game

  • 3 months later...
Posted

So have crunched the entries as I was overseas for the first 2 rounds.

8 people got 18 of the starting 22.

Of those 8, 2 people had 3 of the starting bench players.

Of those 2, none got the sub.

But the person that got closest to Melbourne's final score was.....

1982 All-Stars!

Congrats!

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