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Does exist already. There was a thread started here where someone linked to a site that does the proper draft system. And it's free (as opposed to others which charge). I can't for the life of me remember the URL. I'll go look for it.\ Edit: I think this might be it: http://www.ultimatefooty.com/

Thankyou. My above post will show you my POV on Bennell. Suffice to say, I don't rate him as you do. Furthermore, I dispute the entire notion of the numbers 1-10 being any more important or presitigious than the other numbers. I have always believed that you are given a number when you arrive at the club, and you make that number your own. I hate it when players change mid-career for the sake of changing. If you get 47 when you start, you should make a career out of it. Make some history of your own, rather than, upon showing any semblance of form, shift to a famous player's number instead. And I'm not a hero. But thanks all the same.

I think the jury's out with many. Hasn't really settled into a position (played varying parts of the year as a forward pocket, half forward, and half back), and certainly doesn't show consistency, neither across a season or even within a game. Sometimes will explode onto the scene for a quarter or a half but will go missing for the remainder of the match.

I'm interested in getting an insight into your thought process here. Do you actually, honestly believe that Bennell moving from 43 to 7 is a direct result of form? Is it a given in your mind that the best players get the lower numbers? If so, what the f**k happened to Simon Buckley? And you must really think Jamar is a waste of space.

The only reason it got to 5 pages is because it is in the off-season.

Yokozuna's post aside, this thread is a joke.

Argh, I wish I was in on this... Should be interesting to see what the teams end up looking like.

I hate even thinking about that game. Losing to Hawthorn is bad enough, but losing to Hawthorn and giving them a finals spot in the process makes it doubly bad, and it triples when I consider the umpiring that day. I really, really, really hope we beat them this year. It's been a long time coming.

Australia's issues, for mine, stem back to the tour of India in 2008. In the first Test there we put 430 on the board in the first innings and then had India at 7/232, but Harbhajan and Zaheer then put on 80 for the 8th wicket. Since then we've seen the Australian team fail numerous times to take 20 wickets (vs South Africa in Perth and Melbourne, vs England at Cardiff, vs West Indies in Adelaide, vs India at Mohali, now vs England at Brisbane). Most of those games we were in winning positions at some point too. I thought the first three days were quite good. Obviously Days 4 and 5, with the extra sun, the pitch became a road and only two wickets fell. But the first few days were a pretty gripping contest, ebbing and flowing. I'd also rather have England's bowlers than Australia's, but maybe not if Bollinger and Harris come in for Johnson and Hilfenhaus.

Its not really a stock delivery because he has no control over it HT. Katich out for 4. Lack of discipline (flirted outside off), diligent bowling and a catch taken. Spot the difference.

Same problems resurfacing. Embarrassingly huge partnership between Cook and Trott. 316. None of the bowlers have looked capable. Our ability to take 20 wickets has always been an issue and its not improving. Hilfy isn't threatening without swing and bowls far too straight too often. Johnson has no stock delivery nor accuracy and should be dropped. Siddle lacks venom at the moment. Doherty is getting attacked too easily. Bollinger for Johnson in Adelaide, and Harris to threaten Hilfenhaus. Should be interesting to see what happens when we bat today.

Our advantage is slowly slipping away. That drop from Johnson will likely prove very costly. I see a big Strauss century coming up, and even though Doherty's getting spin and bounce, to lefties it's not nearly as threatening as to right handers. We need to break the partnership right now, and then Doherty will hopefully hurt their middle order. Hussey and Siddle were probably the two most contentious selections, but they've put us where we are now. Siddle was OK this morning, nearly had Strauss of an inside edge. Johnson and Hilfenhaus are both bowling varying levels of rubbish. At times Johnson looks threatening but then he slides one down the legs or bowls too far outside off. Hilfenhaus doesn't get his line right, and without swing he's much less dangerous. With Bollinger to come back they need to lift their game.

Peter Siddle. What a legend. Deserved his spot over Bollinger based on fitness. I wasn't impressed with Hilfenhaus yesterday. He's in there for swing, but Watson swings it more. Bollinger is better than him, so he needs wickets or I'd drop him. Johnson was crap too but I rate him as a match winner more so than Hilfenhaus. Plus we get the biggest tail since the dinosaurs if we drop Johnson for Bolly. Watson and Katich doing well at the moment. I don't rate Anderson or Finn outside of England and playing against the crappier teams, but Broad looks good and Swann is superb so the danger is still there. A good Test so far, shows why Test cricket is still the best form of the game.

I feel that our current stocks are enough. Let's be honest, if Jamar goes down, we're in trouble, regardless of having PJ on the list or not.

Maybe this point is valid. I don't agree with all the clashes the AFL proposes. To me the worst ones don't even involve us. Collingwood-North, North-Geelong, Geelong-Collingwood, those are clashes that can be a bit confusing at times. But we all need to accept the fact that a red clash jumper doesn't cut it, and thus we need a white one.

But nonetheless Spencer and Martin are on our senior list already. How many back up rucks do we need?

Yes, I did read closely. He says we don't like wearing a clash strip. He doesn't say we don't like wearing white specifically. White is the only option for a clash strip we have to have. We don't want one, we'd prefer not to wear one, but given that it's not our decision, white is the colour of the clash strip.

Again, Stefan Martin says hi. We're already paying him. He's on our senior list. Why the hell wouldn't we use him? We don't need PJ. We have enough back up. Jamar, Spencer, Martin, and Newton on the rookie list, are enough. That spot could be given to TMac or to another young kid.

Thanks Cam. If that logic regarding white doesn't finally make people shut up, nothing will. I like the move away from 'cartoon characters', which I presume is a reference to the current design, which isn't terribly popular. A simple white jumper with a blue/red yoke would suffice.

Yes. That's exactly what I was saying.

Sounds plausible. But the season ended on October 31.

If we take PJ I'll tear up my membership. Not really, but you get the idea. Rookieing him would be one of the worst decisions we could make. To those who think we need a back up ruckman, who is Stefan Martin? And why do we have Michael Newton on the rookie list? Why? People have routinely criticised Jones for trying to take on too many opponents. Clearly McLeod is doing the same and recognises that he doesn't have to beat every single midfielder before he disposes of it.

I have to say, I kind of agree. It might be sentimental, it might be a lift, it might sound good, but really, how do we know if he's going to be any good in 2013? Emma Quayle seems to think he wasn't in GWS's target, so we could have had him in 2012 if we wanted him. I'm pretty sure he'll turn out to be a good player, but making a commitment now is, to me, a little risky.

New Permission to Train List (23/11/2010): Adelaide - Ian Callinan (Central Districts) Brisbane Lions – Albert Proud (Brisbane Lions), Broc McCauley (Brisbane Lions) Carlton – Rhys O'Keeffe (Carlton) Collingwood – Paul Cribbin (County Kildare, Ireland) Essendon – Chris Molitor (West Adelaide), Jay Neagle (Essendon), Tyson Slattery (Essendon) Fremantle - John Anthony (Collingwood), Ben Bucovaz (Fremantle), Justin Monaco (East Fremantle), Brock O'Brien (Fremantle), Tim Ruffles (Fremantle) Geelong - nil Gold Coast - Nathan Ablett (Geelong Cats / Broadbeach), Jake Crawford (Pamona), Joel Tippett (Brisbane Lions / Southport) Hawthorn – Cameron Bruce (Melbourne), Travis Tuck (Hawthorn) Melbourne – Corey Buchan (Dandenong Stingrays), Corey Cassidy (Oakleigh Chargers), Brad Harvey (Eastern Ranges), Paul Johnson (Melbourne), Cameron Johnston (Geelong Falcons), Alex McLeod (Calder Cannons), Tom McNamara (Melbourne) North Melbourne – Matthew O’Dwyer (Sydney Swans) Port Adelaide - Matthew Westhoff (Port Adelaide), Nathan Daniel (Port Adelaide), Tom Jonas (Port Adelaide), Nick Liddle (South Adelaide) Richmond – Jayke Barrack (Coburg), Ben Clifton (Coburg), Andy Duhau (Coburg), Brendan Fewster (Coburg), Ben Jakobi (Coburg), Tom Hislop (Richmond), Bachar Houli (Essendon), Justin Kahlefedt (Coburg), Tom Lucin (Coburg), Brad Miller (Melbourne) St Kilda – nil Sydney – Eugene Krueger (East Coast Eagles), Garry Moss (Hawthorn) West Coast - Tim Houlihan (West Coast), Blayne Wilson (Peel Thunder) Western Bulldogs – Ed Barlow (Sydney Swans), Mitch Hahn (Western Bulldogs), Daniel Hughes (Melbourne)

I'd guess that Manou and Hartley are ahead of him in the pecking order given Manou played a Test last Ashes and Hartley filled in in one of the tour matches. But Wade should be up there, and he has the advantage of youth on his side (what is he, 21, 22?). I'm sure he'll play for Australia one day.