Best 44 for Melbourne

[Kent 2,674]

1 hour ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I’m really interested to see how the Lions go with Dunkley and Gunston (I wished we had got him). Prior to the Lions beating us in the semi final we destroyed them in 

Rd .15 117 v 53

Rd. 23 115 v 57

How much of our semi final loss was them and how much was us. They have a tough draw so will be interesting to see the final make up of the 8 next season.

It was all us in my view Busted players and poor game plan we were cooked by then.

[Lil_red_fire_engine 10,469]

B: Lever, May, Rivers

HB: Salem, Petty, Bowey

C: Hunter, Petracca, Langdon

HF: Neal-Bullen, McDonald, Pickett

F: Chandler, Gawn, Fritsch

FOLL: Grundy, Viney, Oliver

IC: JVR, Brayshaw, Sparrow, Jordon Sub: Howes

[picket fence 15,754]

23 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Stale.

What’s changed up fwd, that’s a large part of what went wrong last season. Isn’t Brown going to have a delayed start after surgery?

Out. : Brown Spargo

In : JVR Chandler

 

Out- Spargo to only be used in  break glass in emergency scenario

[monoccular 16,632]

12 hours ago, Wrecker46 said:

Hibberd is a champion of this club .But his time is up.

Put your disco shoes on

 

I suspect that you are right, but Hibberd without any doubt will be doing his darn deer, as he always does.  

[Fritta and Turner 3,894]

66 years and i still havent made it

[DubDee 21,932]

We have the best 22 in the league. Get them fit, get them mentally fresh and we are in this up to our necks

[Great Sage 53]

Clearly we multiple options for a variety of positions next year. A great place to be. Injuries will often dictate options but I'm hoping we return to form being the deciding factor for selection each week. 

It's why Bowie kept his spot after Hunt recovered and Jones didn't play in the finals despite many of us wanting him to in 21. It will ensure pressure for spots which ultimately makes us a better team. 

[Bystander 894]

Of course there is only real pressure for spots if lack of performance means demotion and performance at Casey earns promotion.!

[Sydee 3,755]

On 12/11/2022 at 3:35 AM, Wrecker46 said:

Hibberd is a champion of this club .But his time is up.

Put your disco shoes on

 

Big fan of Disco and think he has loads of potential but he offers something quite different to Hibberd

Not sure he is competing with the Hibbard role though - for example not sure he would be my choice to take Charlie Cameron, Ginnivan, Weightman - however Hibberd would be until he stops doing a great job 

 

[roy11 3,152]

Related/Unrelated - What are the chances of Melk getting to 100 Games (Sub or otherwise) to get Father-Son eligibility? ticks it off for Essendon but currently on 94 appearances for Melbourne 

[adonski 9,444]

9 minutes ago, roy11 said:

Related/Unrelated - What are the chances of Melk getting to 100 Games (Sub or otherwise) to get Father-Son eligibility? ticks it off for Essendon but currently on 94 appearances for Melbourne 

High

He'll be sub 

[DistrACTION Jackson 6,875]

My best 22 for Round 1 would be:

B:     Bowey                   May                    Lever

HB:  Salem                    Petty                  Brayshaw

C:    Hunter                   Viney                   Langdon

HF:  Neal-Bullen           McDonald          Harmes

F:    Pickett                    van Rooyen        Fristch

R:    Grundy                   Oliver                   Petracca

Int:   Gawn                    Rivers                  Sparrow          Spargo

Tactical Sub: Jordon

[Clayton spirit 222]

It's still a far way away, but I could see JVR get the nod over BB due to a better preseason and establish that as the set up and have Brown prove his fitness and form for Casey 

[gs77 3,547]

6 minutes ago, roy11 said:

Related/Unrelated - What are the chances of Melk getting to 100 Games (Sub or otherwise) to get Father-Son eligibility? ticks it off for Essendon but currently on 94 appearances for Melbourne 

I'd expect the chances are pretty low - 6 games is more than a quarter of the season.  Surely in terms of forwards in 2023 we have BBB, TMac, JVR, Fritta all pickable ahead of him (granted the first 3 are bigger fwds than Melksham's role).  We have Kozzy too - Melksham isn't replacing him.  Nor does he cover ANB's Kms.  Would he be ahead of Chandler next year? Even if so, there's got to be multiple injuries between him and senior selection. I'll always have a soft spot for him - his 2018 was great, but I'd worry for the state of our 2023 season if he's getting 6 games.  

[Fritta and Turner 3,894]

@Action Jackson I have been meaning to ask ; will you be changing your name to Action No Jackson or similar?

[DeeSpencer 23,648]

41 minutes ago, Sydee said:

Big fan of Disco and think he has loads of potential but he offers something quite different to Hibberd

Not sure he is competing with the Hibbard role though - for example not sure he would be my choice to take Charlie Cameron, Ginnivan, Weightman - however Hibberd would be until he stops doing a great job 

 

I think Turner could do a job on someone like Weightman, Jamie Elliott or other medium marking types. We’d probably have to give the match up on a pure speedy type like Cameron to Bowey or Rivers.

Like Jetta before him, Hibbo’s been a great luxury given he can match up on the most dangerous forward be they smalls all the way up to 190cm ish marking types. If Hibbo’s injured or slowed down we might not have that luxury. 

[BW511 2,350]

50 minutes ago, Action Jackson said:

My best 22 for Round 1 would be:

B:     Bowey                   May                    Lever

HB:  Salem                    Petty                  Brayshaw

C:    Hunter                   Viney                   Langdon

HF:  Neal-Bullen           McDonald          Harmes

F:    Pickett                    van Rooyen        Fristch

R:    Grundy                   Oliver                   Petracca

Int:   Gawn                    Rivers                  Sparrow          Spargo

Tactical Sub: Jordon

Things are looking good when you have a 6x AA ruckman on the bench

[Roost it far 6,442]

Brown is surely cooked

Hibberd is an injury away from retirement

Bowey has to play

JVR better be playing after the hype fest around here

Hunter and Jordan will need to train the house down to get in above the other.

Only injuries stop us winning this 

If Voss can coach and Carlton stay fit surely they are pushing

[roy11 3,152]

1 hour ago, gs77 said:

I'd expect the chances are pretty low - 6 games is more than a quarter of the season.  Surely in terms of forwards in 2023 we have BBB, TMac, JVR, Fritta all pickable ahead of him (granted the first 3 are bigger fwds than Melksham's role).  We have Kozzy too - Melksham isn't replacing him.  Nor does he cover ANB's Kms.  Would he be ahead of Chandler next year? Even if so, there's got to be multiple injuries between him and senior selection. I'll always have a soft spot for him - his 2018 was great, but I'd worry for the state of our 2023 season if he's getting 6 games.  

Think he'll struggle to get there, but may get nursed to it with sub appearances.

Maybe some greater squad rotation in 2023 will assist too

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,202]

Pretty ordinary centre line.

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,202]

On 12/10/2022 at 12:18 PM, adonski said:

Another season of watching ANB and Sparrow play 20+ games is it 

FMD - it's Cornes. 

[spirit of norm smith 13,601]

8 hours ago, Action Jackson said:

My best 22 for Round 1 would be:

B:     Bowey                   May                    Lever

HB:  Salem                    Petty                  Brayshaw

C:    Hunter                   Viney                   Langdon

HF:  Neal-Bullen           McDonald          Harmes

F:    Pickett                    van Rooyen        Fristch

R:    Grundy                   Oliver                   Petracca

Int:   Gawn                    Rivers                  Sparrow          Spargo

Tactical Sub: Jordon

Current All Australian ruckman demoted to the bench. No way.  Gawn will start in my view. 

[Lord Nev 13,512]

On 12/10/2022 at 12:18 PM, adonski said:

Another season of watching ANB and Sparrow play 20+ games is it 

Hope so...

[adonski 9,444]

2 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Hope so...

 

[Lord Nev 13,512]

2 minutes ago, adonski said: