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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
or, BAD's suggestion to move Naughton back:
B: Crozier Naughton Wood
HB: Williams Keath JJ
C: Hunter Bontempelli Daniel
HF: Smith English Hannan
F: Wallis Bruce Schache/JUH
R: Martin Treloar Macrae
Int: Dunkley, Vandeermeer, Liberatore, Weightman
Emerg: Schache, Gardner, Dale, Cordy, Richards, Lloyd, Butler, Garcia, JUH, MacPherson/Raak, others per delistings
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
As a very early try...
B: Crozier Le Young Wood
HB: Williams Keath JJ
C: Hunter Bontempelli Daniel
HF: Smith Naughton Hannan
F: Wallis Bruce English
R: Martin Treloar Macrae
Int: Dunkley, Vandeermeer, Liberatore, Weightman
Emerg: Schache, Gardner, Dale, Cordy, Richards, Lloyd, Butler, Garcia, JUH, MacPherson/Raak, others per delistings
Pretty good - I’d just swap Martin with Dunkley.
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Libba on the interchange. I would definitely have Libba in there. Great season.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
With the depth of mid fielders we could have Bont playing CHF.
Not to many defenders will be able to go with him.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Wood, Gardner/Young, Crozier
Daniel, Keath, Williams
Hunter, Dunkley, JJ
Hannan, Bont, Vandermeer
English, Naughton, Wallis
Martin, Treloar, Macrae
Liberatore, B. Smith, JUH, Richards
I think it could be a better side (no Bruce helps).
Forwardline is helped by Naughton and Brucr not wanting to be in the same spot, the other targets ( English, Bont, Wallis) should compliment Naughton instead of compete with him. All of them aside from Wallis cover ground well and can get involved outside 50 which is positive, although its still largely unproven and we haven't seen if most of them are sustainable forwards at AFL level for a whole season yet. Emphasis on Dunkley and Smith rotating through the forwardline as the other mids are not good there. Thinking Bont plays a bit of a Dusty role where he pushes into the midfield as the situation dictates, so by no means is he a pure forward.
Midfield is stacked, we have 7 AAish quality mids in the side which is crazy. Really hoping Martin is able to make a meaningful contribution. I suspect he won't but if he does thats pretty scary. Not many defensive runners in there so really relying on the quality to overwhelm opposition if they start to get ontop.
Backline predictably weak with talls. I don't think we can play more than 3 of Wood, Gardner, Keath, Young, Cordy, Duryea as they dont really provide drive. Crozier is close to that group on late 2020 form. Really need Gardner or Young to take a big step forward in their development here.
I am in no way prepared to move Naughton down back. He is probably the only one of our forwards that i consider a proper matchwinner (Bont is obviously but he is a forward mid). Also i fear once we start flicking him from end to end it diminishes his chances of being that incredible key forward we hope he can be greatly. Also I'd rather play Gardner/Young down back than Bruce forward.
Would like some more pace in the mix, especially forward. Richards is in for that reason. Garcia could be a chance.
I think its a good enough side. Alot will depend on our grit and ability to combat good sides getting ontop, instead of folding as we have done frequently in the past. Also we need to be able to capitalise on our ascendancy more, meaning our forwardline has to be more effective. Bont needs to kick straight, atm i expect him to kick 20.40 next year. If he can get that to atleast 30.30 that'd be very helpful.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Caleb Daniel was AA and absolutely elite as a defender this season, there he stays.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Originally Posted by
soupaman
Wood, Gardner/Young, Crozier
Daniel, Keath, Williams
Hunter, Dunkley, JJ
Hannan, Bont, Vandermeer
English, Naughton, Wallis
Martin, Treloar, Macrae
Liberatore, B. Smith, JUH, Richards
I think it could be a better side (no Bruce helps).
Key full back is still our biggest issue which the club were hoping to snare someone but, really who was available.
I know I started the thread to move Naughton back, but I would be reluctant to do it as a star Forward is worth ten times more than a star fullback.
It is going to be interesting what we do with the role.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Key full back is still our biggest issue which the club were hoping to snare someone but, really who was available.
I know I started the thread to move Naughton back, but I would be reluctant to do it as a star Forward is worth ten times more than a star fullback.
It is going to be interesting what we do with the role.
Allir would have been a nice pickup.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Originally Posted by
hujsh
Allir would have been a nice pickup.
Yeah, probably. Personally I am not sold on him. He looks very slow.
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Originally Posted by
bornadog
Yeah, probably. Personally I am not sold on him. He looks very slow.
I think you have the wrong bloke, very quick and athletic for his size.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Originally Posted by
Axe Man
I think you have the wrong bloke, very quick and athletic for his size.
Yeah he would suit us really well. Can be a bit panicky but his other attributes more than make up for it.
But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.
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Allir is definitely not slow, but he’s a woeful kick and has poor hands overhead. Not too upset we didn’t ask the question.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Originally Posted by
Happy Days
Allir is definitely not slow, but he’s a woeful kick and has poor hands overhead. Not too upset we didn’t ask the question.
The last game I saw him he looked slow to me, but I will take others word on it.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Its a hard job picking a side!
If Jammarra is fit...he'll be playing round 1.
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Re: Round 1 Team - 2021
Originally Posted by
Ozza
Its a hard job picking a side!
If Jammarra is fit...he'll be playing round 1.
How big will the hype be for a round 1 clash against the Pies.
The midfield of doom rolling out, with Treloar out for revenge against his old side.
Jamarra debuting.
Bring it on.
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