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Goodvibes Redleg

Goodvibes   3,596

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My bad he's 24 along with Melksham.

All good, the premise remains. The youngest half of our list is extremely promising and much of that young promise has already displayed their talent in a meaningful way on game day. That's what excites me most.

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I wouldn't go as far as saying that we will win a premiership in 2018 or even be in contention but this is what I'm expecting our best 22 to look like:

FB: N Jetta T McDonald O McDonald

HB: B Stretch S Frost J Melksham

C: C Salem A Brayshaw D Tyson

HF: C Petracca J Hogan C Oliver

FF: J Garlett S Weideman D Kent

R: M Gawn J Viney D Prestia

I: M King (either one) J Harmes A Neal-Bullen A Vandenberg

E: T Bugg B Kennedy M White

This team factors in the inclusion of Prestia during next years trade period. It doesn't include any players 30 or over. It doesn't include any other future traded in players or draft picks which could potentially bolster our team further.

Not a bad looking team on paper!

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Positives;

- We now appear to have the 2xCHF set up that I've craved, so I'm happy there.

- We have a generally big (and/or hard) bodied and aggressive midfield that will keep us in the contest all game.

- We have a young ruckman who appears to be among the next big things in big thing land.

Issues;

- Not quite settled defensive group, both key talls and lock-down small/medium defenders. Some of the defenders we have are only 'adequate' and also approaching late career.

- Question mark (but an optimistic one for me) on whether we have any truly 'dangerous' midfielders capable of cutting a game open.

- We have very, very limited backup ruck stocks or forward/ruck relief players.

A lot hinges on the McDonald boys and basically unknown quantities like Frost/Newton. (Points for spotting the ultra-obscure joke). But I think we've got things in place to be respectable, and then begin fine tuning on the remaining deficiencies.

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Fitz Fitzpatrick Redleg

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Positives;

- We now appear to have the 2xCHF set up that I've craved, so I'm happy there.

- We have a generally big (and/or hard) bodied and aggressive midfield that will keep us in the contest all game.

- We have a young ruckman who appears to be among the next big things in big thing land.

Issues;

- Not quite settled defensive group, both key talls and lock-down small/medium defenders. Some of the defenders we have are only 'adequate' and also approaching late career.

- Question mark (but an optimistic one for me) on whether we have any truly 'dangerous' midfielders capable of cutting a game open.

- We have very, very limited backup ruck stocks or forward/ruck relief players.

A lot hinges on the McDonald boys and basically unknown quantities like Frost/Newton. (Points for spotting the ultra-obscure joke). But I think we've got things in place to be respectable, and then begin fine tuning on the remaining deficiencies.

Got it!

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faultydet Redleg

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Positives;

- We now appear to have the 2xCHF set up that I've craved, so I'm happy there.

- We have a generally big (and/or hard) bodied and aggressive midfield that will keep us in the contest all game.

- We have a young ruckman who appears to be among the next big things in big thing land.

Issues;

- Not quite settled defensive group, both key talls and lock-down small/medium defenders. Some of the defenders we have are only 'adequate' and also approaching late career.

- Question mark (but an optimistic one for me) on whether we have any truly 'dangerous' midfielders capable of cutting a game open.

- We have very, very limited backup ruck stocks or forward/ruck relief players.

A lot hinges on the McDonald boys and basically unknown quantities like Frost/Newton. (Points for spotting the ultra-obscure joke). But I think we've got things in place to be respectable, and then begin fine tuning on the remaining deficiencies.

Great post.

Can't see both McDonald boys on the same defensive line though. (Sorry, that was the post before yours). I still think we need a couple of mid size shutdown defenders, who can negate resting opposition mids, but other than that, injuries allowing, I think you have summed it up quite well.

Love the tough, big bodied midfield that we are assembling. Will be nice to at least win the melees for a change.

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Sick of the ongoing debate regarding Watts/Dawes etc....

Thought this thread was worth another look.

23 and under.

OSCAR (19) FROST (21) BUGG (22)

WHITE (18) TMAC (22) SALEM (19)

ANB (19) VINEY (20) STRETCH (18)

VB (23) HOGAN (20) PETRACCA (19)

HARMES (19) THE WEED (18) KENT (21)

GAWN (23) ANGUS (19) TYSON (21)

OLIVER (18) JKH (20) TRENNERS (22) KING (19)

SMITH

HULETT

KING

No more excuses.

Yep all the Good old boys are gone Tiptoes,qc ,Apple, pedo,jones etc. This is the future and perhaps we should forget about all those who wont be there

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On 26 November 2015 at 8:33 PM, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Sick of the ongoing debate regarding Watts/Dawes etc....

Thought this thread was worth another look.

23 and under.

OSCAR (19) FROST (21) BUGG (22)

WHITE (18) TMAC (22) SALEM (19)

ANB (19) VINEY (20) STRETCH (18)

VB (23) HOGAN (20) PETRACCA (19)

HARMES (19) THE WEED (18) KENT (21)

GAWN (23) ANGUS (19) TYSON (21)

OLIVER (18) JKH (20) KING (19) HUNT (20) KENNEDY (21)

SMITH

HULETT

KING

No more excuses.

TRENGOVE 24 

MELKSHAM 24 

 

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5 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

 

Can't edit my own post....??

No Jones or Vince tomorrow but a lot of the above named are playing. If we're being honest we don't have many players over the age of 23 that bring much to the side, Jones and Vince bring a lot, I think it will do us the world of good to not have those two play. Interesting to see who stands up, plenty of articles in recent weeks, let's see who delivers. I still think there's 3-4 spots up for grabs for rd 1 and about 13 players vying for them.

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