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Is Bedford best 22?

Is Weideman best 22?

Are we better with 3 talls or 4 up forward?

 

B: Lever, May, Hibberd

HB: Salem, Petty, Brayshaw

C: Langdon, Petracca, Jordon

HF: Neal-Bullen, Jackson, Pickett

F: Fritsch, McDonald, Spargo

IC: Bowey, Harmes, Sparrow, Bedford

SUB: Rivers

 

Casey

B: D.Smith, Turner, J.Smith

HB: Hunt, Tomlinson, Rivers

C: Howes, Dunstan, Baker

HF: Melksham, van Rooyen, Chandler

F: Moniz-Wakefield, B.Brown, M.Brown

FOLL: Weideman, Laurie, White

IC: McVee, Rosman, Daw, Woewodin, Munro

 

Looking at the list Hunt, Melksham and Baker might be delisted at the end of the year along with rookies Mitch.Brown and Daw. I think the 5 types of players we should pick up are 1. A Key forward, 2 A ruckman 3 inside mid,4 a key backman 5 outside mid.

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On 6/24/2022 at 4:50 AM, WERRIDEE said:

Is Bedford best 22?

Is Weideman best 22?

Are we better with 3 talls or 4 up forward?

 

B: Lever, May, Hibberd

HB: Salem, Petty, Brayshaw

C: Langdon, Petracca, Jordon

HF: Neal-Bullen, Jackson, Pickett

F: Fritsch, McDonald, Spargo

IC: Bowey, Harmes, Sparrow, Bedford

SUB: Rivers

 

Casey

B: D.Smith, Turner, J.Smith

HB: Hunt, Tomlinson, Rivers

C: Howes, Dunstan, Baker

HF: Melksham, van Rooyen, Chandler

F: Moniz-Wakefield, B.Brown, M.Brown

FOLL: Weideman, Laurie, White

IC: McVee, Rosman, Daw, Woewodin, Munro

 

Looking at the list Hunt, Melksham and Baker might be delisted at the end of the year along with rookies Mitch.Brown and Daw. I think the 5 types of players we should pick up are 1. A Key forward, 2 A ruckman 3 inside mid,4 a key backman 5 outside mid.

Going out on a limb there WerriDee. So we need one of each a forward,  back,  inside mid, outside mid and a ruckman. Bold.

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On 6/24/2022 at 2:50 AM, WERRIDEE said:

Looking at the list Hunt, Melksham and Baker might be delisted at the end of the year along with rookies Mitch.Brown and Daw. I think the 5 types of players we should pick up are 1. A Key forward, 2 A ruckman 3 inside mid,4 a key backman 5 outside mid.

Baker won't be delisted. He might ask for a trade but he's solid depth

Hunt.... delisted (what can one say)

The others will retire as Majak already has

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Well, we just had a ten goal win over the ladder leaders and there were really only a couple of players who exceeded what we might reasonably expect of them on a weekly basis.

Sorry Gawny. I think Freo are looking for a new ruck if you'd consider moving west.

 

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3 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Baker won't be delisted. He might ask for a trade but he's solid depth

Hunt.... delisted (what can one say)

The others will retire as Majak already has

Hunt will be a free agent. He might want to go somewhere else. I think Baker will be delisted remember we have to create 3 spots. Majak is a rookie so he doesn't count as those 3. Melksham will probably retire the rest are young kids doubt they will be delisted.

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4 hours ago, ManDee said:

Going out on a limb there WerriDee. So we need one of each a forward,  back,  inside mid, outside mid and a ruckman. Bold.

1 of everything very bold.

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I think we will find out more before the end of the season, but as it stands, our best 22 is probably our premiership team minus Rivers, with Gus at half back and Jordan on the wing. Medi-sub could be a toss up of a few players. 

Having said that, would love to see Bedford slot in there somewhere, it is just difficult to see where unless we are committed to going with a small forward line heading into finals. Kid deserves a good run at it!

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14 minutes ago, demoncat said:

I think we will find out more before the end of the season, but as it stands, our best 22 is probably our premiership team minus Rivers, with Gus at half back and Jordan on the wing. Medi-sub could be a toss up of a few players. 

Having said that, would love to see Bedford slot in there somewhere, it is just difficult to see where unless we are committed to going with a small forward line heading into finals. Kid deserves a good run at it!

I'd love to see Bedford in our best 22 but that would mean dropping B.Brown or McDonald. Thank god I'm not a selector choosing between a small in Bedford or talls in B.Brown and McDonald.

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I think the team that played last week is getting pretty close. Obviously with Gawn in for Weideman. A Fit Tom McDonald is a no brainer too, probably at the expense of Bedford who would be sub. On form I'd toss a coin between Spargo and Bedford though. 

What I loved about Bedfords game last week was that he backed himself when close to goals, and was happy to kick to space and let Kossie go to work. Both of these aspects have been lacking in our team during the run of 3 losses. We've butchered attacking play by trying to be way too unselfish in the f50 and we've been safe and predictable in our attacking ball movement. Bedford changed that. 

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Ben Brown is crucial to our tilt at another flag and although not playing anything like he did did in 2021 is a must IMO!

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B: May, Lever, Hibberd*

HB: Bowey, Petty, Salem

C: Brayshaw, Petracca, Langdon

R/F: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

HF: Pickett*, McDonald, Harmes

F: ANB*, Brown, Fritsch

I: Spargo*, Jackson, Sparrow*, Rivers*


You’re only as good as your bottom 6. Above is our GF team and the * represents my view on them. When these guys play well we dominate. Hunt would be included.

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If T Mac doesn't make it back in time for finals, I think it will be last Thursday night's team with the slight adjustment:

IN  - Gawn

Out - Bedford to sub. Hunt from sub to nothing.

I think Weideman will stay in as the club has been on record as stating that they want two key forwards and a resting ruck in their forward setup. However, the ball is in Weid's court and if he doesn't perform over the next couple of weeks then we'll have no choice but to go smaller i.e. - Bedford.

I think everyone else is a lock.

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