Players with 150+ games (3): Mcdonald, Bruce, Green. Mcdonald is past his best, Bruce puts in and Green is quality. 2 best 22.
Players with 100-150 games (2) : Miller and Davey. Miller probably isn't up to it and Davey is a quality player who, I think, still needs to find a damaging role in the team. 1 best 22.
Players with 50-100 games (11): Rivers, Moloney, Macdonald, Sylvia, Jamar, Jones, Bate, Bell, Johnson, Bartram and Dunn. Rivers is overrated (in my view), Moloney puts in, Macdonald has had one game with us, Sylvia has become very important as had Jamar, Jones is very similar to Moloney, Bate has had two very good seasons in the past 3, Bell, Johndon, Bartram and Dunn aren't up to it unfortunately. Possibly 7 best 22.
Players with 20-50 games (6): Frawley, Morton, Warnock, Petterd, Martin and Garland. Frawley, Morton and Garland have all become very important to the team, Warnock plays his position pretty well, I rate Petterd but just can't find a place in the team where he would be critical and Martin is a bit of a bit player. Possibly 5 best 22.
Players with 0-20 games (20): Wonaeamirri, Bennell, Jetta, Grimes, Cheney, Maric, Jurrah, Watts, Mcnamara, Trengove, Strauss, Scully, Bail, Tapscott, Gysberts, Gawn, Fitzpatrick, Blease, Mckenzie and Spencer. Possibly where our best 3 players lie in Grimes, Scully and Trengove - whilst Jurrah and Mckenzie are also best 22. 5-6 best 22.
The older brigade: Bruce, Mcdonald, Green, Davey.
The middle brigade: Rivers, Moloney, Macdonald, Sylvia, Jamar, Jones, Bate, Frawley, Morton, Warnock, Petterd, Martin and Garland. Garland, Morton and Sylvia will be big ins - but Rivers, Moloney, Jones really do have to step up. Jamar will need some time to get back into it. Warnock probably plays near to the top of his ability each week.
The young brigade: Grimes, Scully, Trengove, Jurrah, Mckenzie, Strauss, Bennell. Agree with Green here, our quality is in our youth and they put in well.
If, by older players, Green includes those with over 50 games (Mcdonald, Bruce, Green, Davey, Miller, Rivers, Moloney, Macdonald, Jamar, Jones, Bate, Dunn) I'd say only one of them had a good game on the weekend. Of the younger kids (Strauss, Scully, Trengove, Grimes, Frawley, Mckenzie, Warnock, Petterd, Bennell and Spencer) I'd say 4 had good games.
The problem I have (equal to our forward setup) is that we don't move the ball well enough. We need to attack the game, take risks and back the other players. But before we do this, we need to play a settled 22 that can learn from each other's games. Missing Garland, Sylvia, Jurrah and Morton really hurt on the weekend.
Basically, I say that there are only 10 players on our list with over 50 games experience who are best 22 and of those 10, 4 need to step up and 1 we haven't seen a lot of. That's really only 5 players on our list with over 50 games that I feel confident in leading the team.