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Oliver has had a better season than Dangerfield and Martin and should be starting on the ground.

MacRae ahead of Oliver is laughable. Same with Gaff.

Dangerfield wouldn't be in my team at all.

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39 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Oliver has had a better season than Dangerfield and Martin and should be starting on the ground.

MacRae ahead of Oliver is laughable. Same with Gaff.

Dangerfield wouldn't be in my team at all.

Agreed. Oliver should be a starting midfielder. He has unarguably had a better season than Dusty or Danger. They’ve been included based on reputation, not output.

Always funny to see Rance permanently listed at full back despite regularly been taken to the cleaners this year. Has there been a more overrated player in the history of the game?

The article is behind a paywall so I can’t view it. Does it have a write up of each player included?

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3 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Agreed. Oliver should be a starting midfielder. He has unarguably had a better season than Dusty or Danger. They’ve been included based on reputation, not output.

Always funny to see Rance permanently listed at full back despite regularly been taken to the cleaners this year. Has there been a more overrated player in the history of the game?

The article is behind a paywall so I can’t view it. Does it have a write up of each player included?

It does a little. Said Gawn was better than Grundy in all the “Ruck” stats whisky Grundy got more possessions etc.

Buckley was best coach due to no one expecting them to do this well and with the massive injury list. TBH he has a point. No way in the world I thought the filth would be where they are even with a full side prior to the season starting.

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22 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

None of them were nominated in the top 3 of Geelong players for the AFLPA MVP.  Thats pretty funny, I guess their own teammates even hate them.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-24/holy-trinity-snubbed-by-cats-in-mvp-voting

MELBOURNE

MVP: Max Gawn, Tom McDonald, Clayton Oliver
Most Courageous: Neville Jetta
Best First Year: Bayley Fritsch

They select themselves really.

Great to see Nev get this recognition.  So many times he has been knocked around in a game yet bounces back the next week.

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He hasn't done a terrible job. It's a tough ask. But I agree with the above comments - Oliver has had a much better year than Dusty and Danger and should be on the field instead of interchange.

Glad to see he snuck both Gawn and Grundy in there, it would be a crime for one of them to miss out after such dominant seasons.

I'm okay with bucks as coach - i still don't like the bloke but he has done an amazing job against the odds to keep that team winning this year. 

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30 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Jetta would have to be very unlucky again. Outstanding year. 

Started slowly in the first month or so. Has been solid since - hopefully makes the squad but I wouldn’t think he’ll make the 22.

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None of them were nominated in the top 3 of Geelong players for the AFLPA MVP.  Thats pretty funny, I guess their own teammates even hate them.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-24/holy-trinity-snubbed-by-cats-in-mvp-voting

Surprised Dangerfield didn’t vote for himself.

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3 hours ago, daisycutter said:

where's the holy trinity?

No Darcy Parish either. Wtf

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I’m confident that Oliver and Gawn will make the AA team and equally confident there will be no other Dees in the 22.

Jetta, McDonald and Brayshaw are possibly a chance to make the squad, but even that may be a bit of a stretch.

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That's not a bad side at all.  I agree Dangermouse and Rance are in on reputation rather than performance, but Martin is predicted to be leading the brownlow right now, so you could say he's having a decent season.  Oliver on the bench isn't the end of the world, and with Cripps, Mitchell and Martin as extractors in the starting side you can see why he'd be left out. 

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