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2014 ALL AUSTRALIAN SIDE

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B: Cale Hooker, Daniel Talia, Nick Smith.
HB: Nick Malceski, Alex Rance, Brodie Smith.
C: Nathan Fyfe, Josh Kennedy (Syd), Dyson Heppell.
HF: Robbie Gray, Nick Riewoldt (vc), Luke Breust.
F: Hayden Ballantyne, Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead.
R: Aaron Sandilands, Joel Selwood ©, Gary Ablett.

Bench: Jordan Lewis, Scott Pendlebury, Travis Boak, Tom Rockliff.

Luke Parker stiff, as is Priddis. Pendles should not have been there, and of course Jones should have made the squad. But yeah, no dees in it for i don't know how many years now? Our last (Frawley) is about to leave us. Says a lot about us the past 8 years really, but yeah, you've heard it all before.

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    The defence is a bit meh. But id be lying if I said I watched enough neutral games to make an informed opinion.

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    Priddis I reckon will finish top 3 in the brownlow, misses AA.. joke.

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    Priddis I reckon will finish top 3 in the brownlow, misses AA.. joke.

    Ever been a Brownlow medalist who didn't make AA the same year? Stat/fact Landers where you at?

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    Priddis I reckon will finish top 3 in the brownlow, misses AA.. joke.

    I recon Priddis had a better season then Pendlebury and Rockliff.

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    I'd love to know how many goals Neville Jetta had kicked on him compared to Nick Smith out of interest.

    All that counts for a back six.

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    Who cannot forget Russell Robertson in 2005 kicking 73 goals only to miss out on All Australian selection to Brad [censored] Johnson who kicked 43 goals.

    Lost respect for the selectors ever since then. Naitanui over Jacobs aswell??

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    Who cannot forget Russell Robertson in 2005 kicking 73 goals only to miss out on All Australian selection to Brad [censored] Johnson who kicked 43 goals.

    Lost respect for the selectors ever since then. Naitanui over Jacobs aswell??

    who are the selectors? I find it tribunalesque at times, in the sense that they don't seem to be watching the same game as everyone else.

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    How Nick Riewoldt is VC I do not know, especially considering his team finished at the bottom. Let alone named, I would of had Franklin at CHF with Hawkins at FF.

    Then there's Heppel and Bruest, I would have easily rated Parker ahead of those two. Yes Heppel had a good season but he's a turn over specialist - he certainly didn't warrant AA selection.

    As for Rance give me a break. Hooker should have been named at CHB with Harry Taylor taking Rance's name and placed in Hooker's spot.

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    Bizarre that the year we finished runners up we only had one player in the AA side.

    What're peoples general opinion on Woey? I wasn't following the footy much back then as a rebellious teenager, but he was my favourite player when I was paying attention.

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    Who cannot forget Russell Robertson in 2005 kicking 73 goals only to miss out on All Australian selection to Brad [censored] Johnson who kicked 43 goals.

    Lost respect for the selectors ever since then. Naitanui over Jacobs aswell??

    I always thought of it as Robertson being bumped from forward pocket to make room for bloody Spider Everitt as a second ruckman.

    Because nothing says 'forward pocket' like 17 goals in a season.

    Certainly not 73 goals and half a dozen match-winning performances that were the decisive factor in your team making the finals. Noooo.

    I shouldn't be so harsh on the selectors, they were in a bind because they couldn't put Everitt on the bench and still have room for Simon fairly-Goodwin.

    Oooh, that still burns.

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    Depressing that the Dees can't get a player into the squad of 40 let alone the 22. Then again when do get Frawley and Jamar in the team they are cr*p for the rest of their careers!

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    Other than the omission of Parker, which is a glaring one, I think they got it pretty right. You could say tht Sam Jacobs is also a bit stiff but unfortunately for him, Sandilands was completely dominant towards the end when people took the most notice.

    Pendlebury deserves his spot. It wasn't his best season but there's a reason he was voted sixth in the MVP by his peers, above Rockliff, Selwood and Gray, The few ordinary games he had towards the back end of the season doesn't discredit the rest of his year. He was again Mr everywhere, winning his own ball and an elite user (3rd for effective disposals). Priddis is a full 10% worse in his disposal efficiency than Pendlebury. He is a tough inside player but he is a hacker of the leather. Pendles averaged more kicks, marks, effective disposals, goals, goal assists, inside 50s and rebound 50s. In short he is a more damaging player and had more impact on his team. There's a reason Priddis divides opinion so much amongst Eagles fans. No way he should've been AA ahead of Pendles and definitely not ahead of Rockliff who had a superb year.

    Rance's stats as a defender stack up against anyone. In the glimpses given of champion data, he was at one stage ranked number 1 for contests won at around 45%, and that was before his 2 month run of excellent form at the back end. He was definitely more worthy than Taylor and Lonergan. MacKenzie is a worthier debate but I'd have picked Rance who conceded less goals and gets more of the ball. His poor showing in the final shouldn't put a cloud over his selection.

    Personally I'd have swapped Parker for Heppell. Heppell's stats are fairly comparable with Jones, who couldn't even make the squad. I think Heppell's season has been slightly overrated and it strikes me as a premature selection.

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    Why is anyone surprised at any inclusions or omissions - it is a popularity contest - nothing more.

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