http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/22under22-squad-2016-adelaide-dominates-with-seven-players-named-in-the-50man-squad/news-story/ac19ceda882272fec6cbf72e9c753a1f

Not to spoil the surprise: Kent, Hogan, Petracca, Viney and everyone's under appreciated favourite... J.Hunt.

If Poorish is in there surely Oliver should've been.

10 minutes ago, TheoX said:

If Poorish is in there surely Oliver should've been.

You'd think so, wouldn't you? 

It's an interesting exercise overall though.  There's a few in there I just don't know anything about.  You can put together a pretty good side though. 

Brayshaw stiff as well.

Having second thoughts about Williams.  Maybe better to have another tall instead. 

13 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

We could have had Wines, we made a very early bid on Mills, Weitering grew up supporting us, and we also attempted to manoeuvre our way to pick up Lever, before Adelaide pounced.

 

Footy gods, why do you hate us so???? 

35 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Excuse my ignorance, but is that a side you've picked, or the one that was actually picked?  

This was my attempt.  I don't know when they announce the official one. 

4 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

This was my attempt.  I don't know when they announce the official one. 

No worries.  I'll refrain from discussion about the omission of Hogan for Peter Wright...

10 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

No worries.  I'll refrain from discussion about the omission of Hogan for Peter Wright...

Deliberate.  Hogan's yips have become a real issue.  I couldn't have him and Daniher in the same side with both of them kicking so badly.  Plus Wright can switch with Grundy in the ruck. 

1 hour ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Not meaning to be rude fellow demonlander but you really have butchered this to be honest. Bryne jones on the interchange over petracca?? No hogan?? Anyways i think youll find that the u/22 team will look something like this when announced

U/22 team 

B    Laird Lever Docherty 

HB  Williams Weitering Mills

C    Conigilo bontempelli merret

HF  Heeney Wright Petracca

F    Membrey Hogan Fanatasia

FOL Grundy Viney Cripps

INT   Hunter hunt Daniel stringer

 

8 minutes ago, Woodyy said:

Not meaning to be rude fellow demonlander but you really have butchered this to be honest. Bryne jones on the interchange over petracca?? No hogan?? Anyways i think youll find that the u/22 team will look something like this when announced

 

I am not at all offended by alternate opinions.  I will say that they require one of the interchange spots to go to a defender, hence Byrne-Jones getting a gig.  Hogan, as I said above, I left out because of his inability to hit the side of a barn with his kicking lately (possibly unfair given that Daniher is also having issues).  Petracca is too inconsistent right now and like Hogan has to sort out his goal-kicking.  As brilliant as he can be he is still only getting a dozen or so touches a game. 

Some interesting selections in the squad... Kolojashnij (Geelong), Dunstan, Matt Crouch, Crisp and Sicily all stand out to me as being well off the pace of the others there.

 

1 hour ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

I am not at all offended by alternate opinions.  I will say that they require one of the interchange spots to go to a defender, hence Byrne-Jones getting a gig.  Hogan, as I said above, I left out because of his inability to hit the side of a barn with his kicking lately (possibly unfair given that Daniher is also having issues).  Petracca is too inconsistent right now and like Hogan has to sort out his goal-kicking.  As brilliant as he can be he is still only getting a dozen or so touches a game. 

Hogan might have to sort out his goal-kicking (although Daniher's is worse imo), but he's averaged more goals per game than both Daniher and Wright this season. 

Was surprised Kent got named, but then compared his stats this season to others named and he actually stacks up pretty well.

Edited August 22, 20169 yr by Beats

2 hours ago, Beats said:

Hogan might have to sort out his goal-kicking (although Daniher's is worse imo), but he's averaged more goals per game than both Daniher and Wright this season. 

Was surprised Kent got named, but then compared his stats this season to others named and he actually stacks up pretty well.

Yeah, I had a look on Footywire and was a bit surprised at how well he stacks up.y thinking may have been tainted by his poor form from the last month. 

8 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

No worries.  I'll refrain from discussion about the omission of Hogan for Peter Wright...

Wright deserves the spot more than than Hogan so far this year

That list of forwards would destroy any team that had to pick from that list of backmen. Is this indicative of a shortage of quality tall backmen or are they just selecting the fast flashy ones?

12 hours ago, McQueen said:

Brayshaw stiff as well.

In a way I'm glad he wasn't picked. He seems like someone that would use it to spur him on.

Edited August 23, 20169 yr by P-man

3 hours ago, P-man said:

In a way I'm glad he wasn't picked. He seems like someone that would use it to spur him on.

Was this concept team carried out at the end of last year?

Surely he would've been in it if so. Injury has kept him out of calculations this year you would think.