Rd 1 team 2015

[Stinger]

[jackcass]

Don't know why people are getting so down on the prospects of the side listed above. It's Ball, Beams, H and Maxy of our best side in 2014 and we managed to play some pretty handy footy early in the year. I know that's a pretty handy quartet but it's still only 4 players. Particularly if you factor in improved contributions from Reid, Freeman, Sinclair, Fasolo, Karnezis, Seedsman, Broomhead, Oxley, Kennedy and Brown.

[Lazza]

[Lazza]

[jackcass]

[Domesticated_Ape]

[CarringbushCigar]

DA - u jogged my memory.

Maybe u are good for something:

How does this look?

B: Marley W. N Brown H Shaw
HB: A Toovey B Reid C Young
C: S Wellingham D Thomas H O'Brien
HF: D Swan T Cloke J Elliot
F: T Broomhead J Witts S Sidebottom
F: B Grundy S Pendlebury D Beams
IC from: T Langdon, N Freeman, J Thomas P Seedsman S Dwyer L Keefe

[jackcass]

[35forever]

That's a fantastic side CG! Brought a smile to my face!
I would probably put Lachie Keefe in over Dasher, but that's about it. Soft?! How short peoples memories are! Daisy was brilliant against Hawthorn in his last full year, remember the drag down from behind tackle to ice the Prelim? And he was near BOG in the Rd. 15 game. Harry & Heater played blinders that day too. I dearly hope that Broomhead is a similar player to Daisy, he looks to be, it's certainly what we're missing, someone with that spark of brilliance who can turn a game.
Of course the actual make-up of our Rd.1 team will be based to a large extent on NAB cup performances, (or whatever malformed abortion the AFL decide to put us through in 2015.) If Freeman shows the type of dash through the guts he did last year, and doesn't get injured, he will be in the side, Armstrong, Karnezis, Sweeper and Gault will also have the opportunity to put their claims forward, and will probably get a shot if they show enough.

But I like your squad better CG!

[Piesnchess]

Dunno how the hell we could leave out Jason Wild and Terry Keays.

[Domesticated_Ape]

[Sir Alan of Didak]

Time to add some seriousness here:

B. Williams N.Brown Toovey
HB. Seedsman Frost Langdon
C. Sidebottom J.Thomas Freeman
HF. Swan Cloke Adams
F. Elliot Reid Goldsack

Rucks: Witts, Pendlebury, Greenwood

Inter: Varcoe, Broomhead, Grundy

Sub: Fasolo

Emer: Keefe, Macaffer, Dwyer, Moore, Pick #5, Scharanberg

Surplus: White, Ramsay, Karnezis, Blair, Young, Marsh, Gault, Crisp, Kennedy, Sinclair, Oxley, Armstrong

Keep this team on the park and I would expect us to finish somewhere between 1st and 6th. The reality is though there will be injuries. We need our dozen or so C-graders (those on the surplus list) to become B-graders. More importantly, we need 3 or 4 B-Graders to become A-Graders. Teams like Hawthorn only have 4 or 5 C-Graders on their list, meaning they have more A and B Graders. It's a numbers game and if the numbers stack up in your favour, the inevitable happens...you win Premierships.

Just quietly, I think the "bolter" from the list of surplus players could be someone that nobody ever mentions...Ramsay. Although he struggled against the Hawks (who didn't?) I liked what I saw against GWS. Bit of Kade Simpson about him.

[Fatui Attata]

[Big T]

Predict Crisp to be our best pick up in years.

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