MrReims

Yep, name says it all. Thanks for contributing big boy.

Haven't heard Ms Jaded called 'Big Boy' in a long time!

Nice post Rusty. Did anyone else notice the number of hit outs in those stats? What a different game it was 20 years ago... Jeepers, it feels strange to say that 94 was almost 20 years ago!!

I'd like to give Elite a try if someone feels like setting up a league

I'll speak for myself thanks very much.

If you don't like the direction the thread is heading then can I ask you to send WJ and PM and ask him to stop his irrelevant sniping and lead by example as an admin?

Oh for Petes sake, SNORE!!!!

Your a good man jaded... Im guessing the dude who ran into you had insurance as your prepared to fork out some extra coin! Great stuff!!!

Not a man at all actually.....

I must watch footy differently to everyone else.

He's not what we thought we were drafting.

He's not what YOU thought we were drafting. Big difference.

Both were full so here is a new one : Demonland Tragics 757142

The Reimannators are on board......

I really like it. For me a job well done boys!

Matthew Warnock (West Coast)

oh dear....

Love the Production Design - Dean Bailey. Nice touch..... or touche???? :D

I have for some time really believed that we as a team were not fierce enough

Pettard on saturday wsas the real deal. I have not seen such attack on the ball player as that for a long time. Absolutely fantastic Ricky may it continue and show others how its done!

Melbourne monstered the Richmond ball players.

Agree entirely with your post, but still suggest a 2 week suspension (reduced to one with an early guilty plea) for not only misspelling his name in the post but in the damn subject line as well!

So apart from Green and Davey, everything is peachy?

And because it isn't, that makes you right?

dont take this the wrong way expats but that wasnt a particularly pretty win.

I said exactly that, so now you do have me questioning which is the right way or wrong to take.... it. ???

Just stopping to hear the song (seeing as we haven't heard it in a while) might be nice before sacking Bailey, dropping Watts and swearing at the gods for only winning BY NINETY FARKIN POINTS. Semantics are for suicide tuesdays, not 20 minutes after the win......

I know it sounds all but ridiluous to be unsatisfied to the poinnt of annoyed with a 90 point win but that was not a particulalrly skillful win. Many blatantly simple errors. Poor kicking.. ( actually to the point of abysmal )

Thats 4pts the hard way really.

Being an ex pat, i was watching it live on LIVEafl. Some of the sledging of Bailey, Watts and the team in general on here is out of control. I'm really hoping most of it came from teenagers who wouldn't know their bums from their elbows, but just ease up on it a bit guys! Wasn't pretty, was obviously tough conditions and we won by 90 points.

Shut the hell up already!! I can't hear the song!

Jurrah at 62 points to half time (after a 100 last week) is making this DT coach pretty happy too...

Spot on 'Fork', very little to gain. Some tiny status upgrade, and to appease the supporters.

I just hope we click together, to gain some Rhythm and momentum. It would be nice, if Jack plays, for him to exert some strong contesting.

No, percentage given 3 draws so far to bottom 8 challengers is also important, let alone giving some of our young kids the adrenaline rush of a monster win. Can't get addicted to something you haven't tasted!

Yes, yes, and stating the bloody obvious is wortwhile when most posters don't see it.

We all talk about the talent that is 21 and under then in the next breath talk about flags as early as next season and top 4 this season.

Geelong's superdrafts were 2000 and 2001 and they won a flag in 2007.

Ours were 2007, 2008 and 2009 and we want one in 2012.

Not that it is in anyway important, but 99 and 01 were their years. 00 was Hunt and sweet fa else.

However looking this up inspired me to scroll through a few more years of the draft focusing on Geelong. I find it incredible that luck/skill can result in such amazing draft years as those two, yet 02/03/04 returned them close to NOTHING.

Spewing i missed the league. Wasn't that the whole point of pre registering interest? Anyway....

Bollocks.

Bollocks indeed! From which cliff did you plunge head first into this conclusion? I recall no example even close to potential AA KPD...

edit spellhing.

That's fantastic.

In as the Reimannators.

Anyone else surprised at Dan Nicholsons price? Not bad for an amateur turned rookie! They know something we don't?

You might want to also edit who got 3rd and 4th as there are 2 3's. Or better still sort out 3rd, 4th & 5th.

Sorry, thought it was obvious that they are tied for third. That's how it is commonly written.....

Thanks for all your analysis mate.

Is your 5 to 1 in which order? e25 best, or my team best? Need to know for bragging rights, basically. From reading it I would say I got the nod, which surprises a little.

edited for effect.

the COMP

E25; B

B: Ryder, Morris, Toy

HB: Gram, B. Reid, Hartlett

C: Palmer, Goodes, Van Berlo

HF: Sylvia, Kennedy, S. Johnson

F: Cunnington, Clark, Rioli

R: Kreuzer, Pendlebury, Martin

Solid team. Diversity, youth, flexibility and some old fashioned brute strength. I would have preferred Kreuzer and Clark the other way around but that comes down to week to week match ups i realize. 'PalmerGate' has been well publicized, so I'll leave it alone. Defense has a question mark over it and the forward line is creative, but any team with Kreuzer, Goodes, Ryder and Clark is going to cause problems I think. Would have been AMAZING to include Pavlich at CHF.

Ox_5; B+

B: J.Gibson (Haw), C.Tarrant (Coll), S.Thompson (Nth)

HB: J.Winderlich (Ess), H.Taylor (Gee), C.Enright (Gee)

C: S.Black (Bris), D.Kerr (WC), D.Pearce (Port)

HF: S.Higgins (WB), N.Riewoldt (Stk), J.Porplyzia (Adel)

F: L.Jurrah (Melb), J.Riewoldt (Rich), L.Jetta (Syd)

R: R.Warnock (Carl), M.Barlow (Freo), M.Rischitelli (GC)

Great team. The obvious x-question is how well do the veterans in Black and Kerr perform this year. If the answer is 75% capacity or more, then here is your premiership team. Solid defense lacking a little pace, more than competitive midfield and a forward line worth drooling over.

eth38; C

B: Harbrow Garland Rawlings

HB: Drummond Pears Gilbee

C: Foley Hodge Simpson

HF: Gray Cloke Fyfe

F: Byrnes Walker Milne

R: Mumford Hayes Priddis

Not a fan. Backline appears soft, midfield heavily reliant on Hodge for some creativity and almost all the frustatingly inconsistent forwards of the comp together. Pass.

the master; C

FB: J. Surjan (Port) N. Grima (NM) S. Hurn (WCE)

HB: J. Kelly (Geel) L. McPharlin (Fre) J. Adcock (Bris)

C: D. Thomas (Coll) S. Thompson (Adel) S. Hill (Fre)

HF: M. Morton (Rich) L. Henderson (Carl) D. Swallow (GC)

FF: A. Monfries (Ess) L. Franklin (Haw) A. Schneider (StK)

R: M. Jamar (Melb) J.P. Kennedy (Syd) R. Griffen (WB)

Midfield would compete but be beaten by a lot of the top 5. Forward line is the biggest worry. Morton, Monfries, Schneider al together? Good grief! Backline could possibly sell a lot of end of year calenders as they are all the brute boys with the exception of McPharlin perhaps who is very close to past it in my opinion.

Range Rover; C+

B: B.Waters (WC) B.Lake (WB) J.Brennan (GC)

HB: A.Davey (Melb) B.Goddard (StK) D.Jackson (Rich)

C: S.Salopek (Port) M.Murphy (Carl) G.Ibbotson (Fre)

HF: J.Lewis (Haw) S.Gumbleton (Ess) C.Knights (Adel)

F: B.Green (Melb) B.Fevola (Bris) L.Thomas (Nth)

R: D.Jolly (Coll) J.Bartel (Geel) D.Hannebery (Syd)

A good to great group of players, average team. Backline is full of class, but absolutely no height! A quality resting ruckman or tall forward would crucify this high rebounding team. Only one real 'defender'. Midfield has its charms but the forwardline also has huge holes. Lest pretend Fev will actually play this year, he was still in less than inspiring form last year, Gumby is a massive risk, Knights hasn't played in a year, Lewis has peaked and Thomas is incosistent. Greeny would have to kick 65+ (sh!t I hope so!) this year to even make the finals.

Deestroy All; C+

B: S.Selwood(WCE) D.Merrett(Bris) C.Brown(GC)

HB: B.Deledio(Rich) M.Scarlett(Geel) N.Malceski(Syd)

C: N.Dal Santo(St.K) T.Boak(Port) C.Bateman(Haw)

HF: D.Motlop(Port) L.Hansen(North) R.Petterd(Melb)

F: H.Ballantyne(Freo) B.Hall(WB) C.Dawes(Coll)

R: D.Hille(Ess) *C.Judd(Carl) B.Vince(Adel)

Aging backline but no questioning the class. Hille is a concern in the midfield and without a second ruck of worth here is your first big problem. Mid runners are decent if not aging. Forward line is decent but possibly too old fashioned and limited x-factor. Meh.

Trengove; B

B: Nick Maxwell (Coll) Darren Glass (WCE) Cale Hooker (Ess)

HB: Grant Birchall (Haw) Kelvin Moore (Rich) Jack Grimes [VC](Melb)

C: Domenic Cassisi (Port) Jarred McVeigh (Syd) Leigh Montagna (StK)

HF: Brent Harvey (Nth) Jonathan Brown[C] (Bris) Travis Varcoe (Gee)

F: Liam Patrick (GC) Kurt Tippett (Adel) Jeff Garlett (Carl)

R: Aaron Sandilands (Freo) Matthew Boyd (WB) Brad Sewell (Haw)

What i really like about this team is it is full to the brim with out of the mould players. Moore, Maxwell, Harvey, Garlett, Patrick, Tippet all play/play in positions where their body shapes break the norm. I like that. Browny will be the big question mark. If he has a year like he's capable of, this could be one hell of a team. Grunt through the midfield, pace in the HF/HB lines, the best ruck by a mile (sorry Russian) and a good all round balance. Well done.

Roger Mellie; B+

B: C Newman (Rich) T Chaplin (Port) J Rivers (Melb)

HB D Rich (Bris) S Fisher(St Kilda) N Krakoeur (GC)

C R Douglas (Adel) K Jack (Syd) J Melksham (Ess)

HF A Didak (Coll) J Roughead (Haw) R Murphy (WB)

F M Le Cras (WCE) J Podsiadly# (Geel) E Betts (Carl)

R T Goldstein (North( J Selwood *(Geel) D Mundy (Free)

Talk about fire power in every shape and form. A forward 6 where each and every one is more than capable of kicking 6+ individualy? All right! One of the best young rucks also scored well with me, solid if not a little workman like midfield with a huge question mark over Melksham IMHO. Defense cost this team the premiership, although it has its charms. Rich's boot of the HBF to name just one....

Deez Nutz; C

B: A. Rance (Rich), J. Waite (Carl), M. Hurley (Ess)

HB: G. Broughton (Frem), S. Gilbert (SK), J. Sherman (WB)

C: D. Wells (NM), S. Mitchell (Haw), R. Tambling (Adel)

HF: P. Chapman (Geel), B. Staker (Bris), R. O'Keefe (Syd)

F: A. Wonaeamirri (Melb), G. Ablett (GC), C. Hitchcock (PA)

R: N. Naitanui (WC), D. Swan (Coll), D. Cross (WB

Ablett at FF, the inclusions of Staker, Waite, Tambling and Rance to critical positions crippled this team from the first look. NicNat also has major issues. How you lost your way i'm not sure, but you had Ablett, Swann, Chapman, Mitchell. Then it all came crumbling down.....

High Tower; B

Backs: J.Frawley (Melb) A.Carlile (Port) J.Gwilt (St.K)

H-Backs: B.Gibbs (Carl) N.Bock (G Coast) A.Mackie (Geel)

Centres: *T.Scully (Melb) J.Watson (Ess) T.Cotchin (Rich)

H-Fwds: S.Burgoyne (Haw) **M.Pavlich (Frem)S.Sidebottom (Coll)

Fwds: T.Banfield (Bris) J.White (Sydney) P.Dangerfield (Adel)

Foll: D.Cox (WCE) A.Cooney (W B'dogs) A.Swallow (Nth Melb)

High class backline with all the trimmings. Inexperienced but quality midfield with a mix of inside/outside strength. Cox has one more B+ grade season in him. Forward line not optimal but with the Pav for starters and another of my favs in Dangerfield. Just wouldn't get the score on the board to topple the top teams in finals.

So;

5. High Tower

3. Trengove

3. e25

2. Roger Mellie

and the Winner is........

1. Ox_5

Well done to all involved, really enjoyed reading the thread and would have loved to have been a part of it.

Cheers and Beers,

Luke

A while ago I threw several combination's together.

Best 22 13.11.2010

B Bartram Frawley Rivers

HB Morton Garland Grimes

C Scully McKenzie Trengove

HF Bennell Watts Green

F Wonna Jurrah Petterd

R Jamar Davey Sylvia

I Spencer Dunn Jones

S Gysberts

E Moloney MacDonald Bail

Best 22 16.11.2010

B MacDonald Frawley Rivers

HB Bennell Garland Bail

C Scully Moloney Grimes

HF Dunn Jurrah Green

F Wonna Watts Petterd

R Jamar Davey Sylvia

I Spencer McKenzie Jones

S Trengove

E Bartram Morton Gysberts

Others;

Bate, Blease, Fitz, Gawn, Jetta, Maric, Martin, Strauss, Tapscott, Warnock, Cook, Howe, Davis, McDonald

Rookies;

Newton, McNamara, Campbell, Johnstone, Nicholson, Lawrence, Evans

Bolds are the best chances IMO to push for selection