fb - terlich, frawley, dunn

hb- garland, mcdonald, grimes

c- toumpas, tyson, trengove

hf- Vince, Hogan, Howe

ff- jkh, clark, blease

fol- gawn, jones, viney

int- watts, cross, mckenzie

emg- m.jones

this is what Murdoch reckons

Melbourne best 22 in 2014.... ( just the messenger here....)

BEST 22

B: Colin Garland (25, 101 games), James Frawley (25, 118 games), Dean Terlich (24, 20 games)

HB: Jack Grimes (24, 68 games), Joel McDonald ?? (21, 39 games), Lynden Dunn (26, 117 games)

C: Dom Tyson (20, 13 games), Jack Viney (19, 13 games), Jack Watts (22, 73 games)

HF: Jeremy Howe (23, 56 games), Chris Dawes (25, 83 games), Bernie Vince (28, 129 games)

F: Sam Blease (22, 10 games), Mitch Clark (26, 97 games), Jesse Hogan (18, 0 games)

R: Mark Jamar (30, 133 games), Jack Trengove (22, 79 games), Nathan Jones (25, 157 games)

INT: Viv Michie (21, 1 game), Daniel Cross (30, 210 games), Jimmy Toumpas

(19, 14 games), James Strauss (23, 6 games)

Now I'm sure they mean Tommy Mac...lol

god these journos are fwits... how hard to check a few things !!

Yea I read that team and thought where the hell is Tom McDonald must be a typo

Aaron Davey and David Rodan must be disappointed to miss out.

To be serious though it's not too bad and if Paul Roos can work miracles well enough to get the best out of Strauss and Blease and make them consistent capable players then I won't at all be upset that they are in the 22.

About 12 or so names pick themselves, another 4 or 5 are new or from new positions and Roos has traditionally shown he gets those players in to play in the seniors and to have a few chances and the last 3 or so spots (1 back, 1 mid/sub, 1 forward) are probably completely up for grabs. Hopefully despite a limited and relaxed campaign we get someone putting their name up for them in the NAB Challenge.

Based on training it's been hard to identify any huge stand outs who will come from the clouds for a certain round 1 performance but that's not a bad thing really. You have to have a strong 22 in the first place to get bolters in to it and we don't.

Couldn't argue with either of those line ups though a hell of a lot of H2O to flow under the bridge by round 1.

(Pretty sloppy journalism / proofing though).

Perhaps Tom McDonald decided to do a Heritier Lumumba and changed his name?

Perhaps Tom McDonald decided to do a Heritier Lumumba and changed his name?

I think that Tom is a lot more mentally stable than HL, or at least to be PC "isn't as burdened with issues".

I don't understand why many have Jamar ahead of Gawn/Spencer as the #1 ruckman. By the sounds of it, he hasn't done anything this preseason, while he missed most of last year. Really, he hasn't done much since 2010.

I don't understand why many have Jamar ahead of Gawn/Spencer as the #1 ruckman. By the sounds of it, he hasn't done anything this preseason, while he missed most of last year. Really, he hasn't done much since 2010.

Because a fit Jamar is still our best ruckman.

Because a fit Jamar is still our best ruckman.

Not in my books. He's only had one good season.

He doesn't take enough marks for someone his size, he is a pretty poor shot for goal, and he always taps the ball either to his feet or to the opposition's advantage (I do concede that his poor tapwork can partially be blamed on his midfield support).

I'd pick Gawn over Jamar every day of the week.

Because a fit Jamar is still our best ruckman.

Disagree. More strongly as the days go past where he isn't putting in a preseason as an over 30s ruckman.

Mitch Clisby must be first emergency ... or ahead of Strauss. Kent & Fitzpatrick also on the emergency list