What will our 2018 team look like?

[Dry Rot]

Will Shache make the team first up ahead of Cloke and Redpath?

Post your 2018 teams - one for Round 1 2018 and one for Round 23 2018.

[GVGjr]

Will Shache make the team first up ahead of Cloke and Redpath?

Post your 2018 teams - one for Round 1 2018 and one for Round 23 2018.

If he is fit, I think he is a good chance to make the first team, I'll do a team shortly.

[Flamethrower]

B: Morris Adams Cordy
H: Wood Trengove Crozier
C: Hunter Wallis Macrae
H: Johanissen Schache McLean
F: Daniel Redpath Dale

R: Boyd Bontempelli Liberatore

I: Dahlhaus Roughead Picken Dunkley

Depth: Biggs Campbell Collins Cloke Dickson English Jong Lipinski Roberts Smith Webb Williams Young

[EasternWest]

B: Morris Adams Cordy
H: Wood Trengove Crozier
C: Hunter Wallis Macrae
H: Johanissen Schache McLean
F: Daniel Redpath Dale

R: Boyd Bontempelli Liberatore

I: Dahlhaus Roughead Picken Dunkley

Depth: Biggs Campbell Collins Cloke Dickson English Jong Lipinski Roberts Smith Webb Williams Young

No Suckling. You're ok by me.

[GVGjr]

BK: Biggs - Adams - Cordy
HB: Wood - Trengove - Crozier
CT: Hunter - Wallis - Macrae
HF Bontempelli - Schache - Johnanissen
FF: Dahlhaus - Boyd - McLean
RK: Roughead - Jong - Liberatore
IC: Picken - Morris - Daniel - Dale
EM: Williams - Dunkley - Suckling

[1eyedog]

B: Morris Adams Cordy
H: Wood Trengove Crozier
C: Hunter Wallis Macrae
H: Johanissen Schache McLean
F: Daniel Redpath Dale

R: Boyd Bontempelli Liberatore

I: Dahlhaus Roughead Picken Dunkley

Depth: Biggs Campbell Collins Cloke Dickson English Jong Lipinski Roberts Smith Webb Williams Young

Crozier has to earn it Biggs is the proven performer.

[1eyedog]

B: Morris Adams Cordy
H: Wood Trengove Biggs
C: Hunter Jong Macrae
H: Johanissen Boyd McLean
F: Daniel Schache Dale

R: Roughead, Bontempelli Liberatore

I: Dahlhaus Wallis Picken Dunkley

Depth: Crozier, Campbell Collins Cloke Dickson English Lipinski Roberts Smith Webb Williams Young.

[bulldogtragic]

It was apparent when watching the VFL finals loss, just how many defenders flock to Boyd. I wonder with Shaq, whether opponents will still flood Boyd and thus give him more room and time. Or whether, if they manage to stay out of each other's path, Boyd might get a little less attention?

[Go_Dogs]

Biggs, Cordy, Wood
Williams, Trengove, Crozier
McLean, Macrae, Daniel
Hunter, Schache, JJ
Dahlhaus, Adams, Dale
Boyd, Bont, Libba
Suckers, Picken, Dunkley, Jong

[1eyedog]

Jong is best 22 fir mine purely as a structural point of difference.

[hujsh]

HF Bontempelli - Schache - Johnanissen
FF: Dahlhaus - Boyd - McLean
IC: Picken Dale
EM: Williams - Dunkley - Suckling

If up the field can cope with those players spending reasonable time forward we may just have a shot at kicking some goals next year. Though I guess that will also depend on the players sending it their way which with Hunter, Walis, Macrae, Jong and Wood among the names listed might be an issue.

[jazzadogs]

B: Biggs Adams Cordy
HB: JJ Trengove Wood
C: Hunter Liberatore Macrae
HF: Suckling Schache Dale
F: Dickson Boyd Dahlhaus
R: Roughead Bontempelli McLean
Int: Wallis Picken Williams Daniel
Emg: Morris Dunkley Crozier

Those in bold are the ones that I see as absolute locks to be in the side.

The others:
- Biggs - will be competing with Crozier, Webb, Williams and more for the final mid-sized defender position. I am a big fan of his actual defensive ability, with his run and carry a bonus. The others are more run and carry, with worse defensive skills.
- Adams/Cordy - potentially overkill having both in with Trengove, but they are clearly competing with Morris, Collins, Roberts and Young. I think we will see these positions rotate regularly throughout the year, not least of all because our key defenders have a tendency to get injured.
- Suckling - placed well in the best and fairest so he probably is a lock, but I think he will be facing competition from plenty for this position - Lipinski, Jong, Smith etc. Our half forward role basically needs to do a midfield rotation as well, so it will be interesting to see how Suckers is deployed in 2018.
- Schache/Boyd - the two great hopes. It will be very disappointing from my point of view if Cloke or Redpath are in our 2018 round one side. Fergus Greene a less than 5% chance.
- Roughead would have to be a 70/30 chance of beating out English for the number one ruck role, but knowing what we know about Bevo I wouldn't say it's a guarantee.

Plus our two first round draft picks!!

[Bulldog4life]

B: Biggs Adams Cordy
HB: JJ Trengove Wood
C: Hunter Liberatore Macrae
HF: Suckling Schache Dale
F: Dickson Boyd Dahlhaus
R: Roughead Bontempelli McLean
Int: Wallis Picken Williams Daniel
Emg: Morris Dunkley Crozier

Those in bold are the ones that I see as absolute locks to be in the side.

The others:
- Biggs - will be competing with Crozier, Webb, Williams and more for the final mid-sized defender position. I am a big fan of his actual defensive ability, with his run and carry a bonus. The others are more run and carry, with worse defensive skills.
- Adams/Cordy - potentially overkill having both in with Trengove, but they are clearly competing with Morris, Collins, Roberts and Young. I think we will see these positions rotate regularly throughout the year, not least of all because our key defenders have a tendency to get injured.
- Suckling - placed well in the best and fairest so he probably is a lock, but I think he will be facing competition from plenty for this position - Lipinski, Jong, Smith etc. Our half forward role basically needs to do a midfield rotation as well, so it will be interesting to see how Suckers is deployed in 2018.
- Schache/Boyd - the two great hopes. It will be very disappointing from my point of view if Cloke or Redpath are in our 2018 round one side. Fergus Greene a less than 5% chance.
- Roughead would have to be a 70/30 chance of beating out English for the number one ruck role, but knowing what we know about Bevo I wouldn't say it's a guarantee.

Plus our two first round draft picks!!

Redders won't be. He has a one match suspension to serve.

[Rocket Science]

B: Biggs Adams Cordy
HB: Crozier Trengove Wood
C: Hunter Liberatore Macrae
HF: Johanissen Schache McLean
F: Dale Boyd Dahlhaus
R: Roughead Bontempelli Daniel
Int: Suckling Wallis Jong Dunkley

Emg: Picken Morris Williams

Decidedly more bullish about that combination upon finishing than starting it.

Much depends on Trengove and Schache settling quickly. I suspect Crozier will be in and out of the side but if his intercepting and kicking is up to snuff we can certainly use him. JJ, Dale, Dahlhaus & McLean to make mincemeat of anything at the feet of the twin towers. Versatile mid-sized bench that can plug holes throughout and run, run, run.

Moz unlucky to begin with, perhaps a little to prove that the body's still willing though likely to enter the fray quickly anyway through a combination of others' poor form and our annual fragility crisis in the back half.

If Cloke, Redpath or Roberts are getting a regular game it's going to be a long year.

So many questions: Can Libba rebound? We're 20% better if yes on that alone. Can Roughie stay healthy and hold his spot? Will Bevo be tempted to get creative with ruck duties? Or random forward setups, now that we actually boast two genuine key forwards?

Only six months to go boys and girls.

[Twodogs]

Tall. Our team will look (and be) tall for the first time since the days of Dempsey, Sandilands, Quinlan, Round, Templeton, Salmon, Hampshire (imagine having two gun ruckmen like Dempsey and Round and a developing ruckman like Hampshire on the list at the same time? sigh...)