dtrinh

We give Sellar a AFL lifeline and some people think he will be CHB and others think he will CHF...

The guy should be looking to be apart of the team but let's not kid ourselves - he has a long way to go to be anything more than depth.

Batram Frawley Rivers

Nicholson Garland Grimes

Bail Trengove Sylvia

Watts Clark Howe

Green Jurrah Martin

Jamar, Moloney, McKenzie

Bate Jones Davey Blease

You don't think our backline is still undersized? Garland and Rivers around the 192cm mark. I understand Garland has played well on athletic talls like Buddy in the past but what will we do when we come against teams with two KPF (Collingwood, Hawthorn, St Kilda etc). Frawley is still only about 194-5cm he needs another tall down there to help out.

Sellar's going to have to improve a lot to get a game ahead of Rivers, who does a great job on 9/10 of his opponents, same for Garland.

But if you play them all then you start to lose drive and run from the backline.

FB: Garland Frawley Bartram/Bennell

HB: Grimes/Morton Rivers/Sellar Blease/Tapscott

That would be my preferred backline. Bennell is improving as a lock down type and has better skills than Bartram. Garland and Frawley are almost locks for the deep defenders. The half back line is interesting. Personally I'd keep Grimes as he has the ability to do it all - stop an opponent, 3rd man up and rebound the ball. Morton is another option because I think HBF is his best position and his fitness and height comes in handy, he just needs to get physical and improve his skills. I'd let Sellar battle it out with Rivers and I'd back Rivers, his class makes up for almost every opponent he plays on besides Cloke. Lastly I'd go with Blease over Tapscott for the 6th position and look for that player to break down zones with speed and kicking. Strauss is another in the frame here. Lastly we should hold back Tynan and Taggert, both have good frames to play AFL early and have that height that makes them valuable across half back.

Just about Bennell... I'm not sure what the hype is about him. He averaged minimal number of disposals for game last season, showed a glimpse or two of brilliance with his run and carry and a couple of marks but apart from that, he has not shown any consistency in his game to say he deserves his spot in the team.

Anyone know what the expose on rory was about?

I think that reasoning on Moloney is unfair. He is the only midfielder who stood tall last season around an otherwise average midfield group. When playing against top teams, he didn't have other big bodies around the stoppages to help block and share the load, of course he goes missing against top teams. We need "elite" midfielders, something we seem to still be lacking. Sylvia has potential, hopefully under Neeld he will gain some maturity and consistency, Trengove is classy and can use the ball well so hopefully he will improve and hopefully Jones can find the ball more and continue his improvement on disposal by foot, perhaps by adding grimes into the midfield this will add a touch of class if he can improve his disposal by foot.

Really need a second tall backman. Rivers, Garland are both undersized and most opposition teams have two KPF. Rivers is definitely not a KPB leaving Frawley our only choice. With Sellar coming into the team, Martin can be maintained as a ruck/forward while Sellar stays at CHB. This frees up Rivers as a Maxwell types player, which is what he specializes in. We need to move Grimes into the midfield to provide us with a potential super star (similar to moving Zaharakis into the midfield at Essendon).

Rory wasn't even considered to be selected in the draft by many, does anyone know why we picked him above players like talia and grigg, both of whom were considered potentially high draft picks?

Grimes into the midfield... really need a consistent player who has good efficiency in there.

Need to get rid of Josh... forward line has been one of the biggest weaknesses all along