All Australian side

[GVGjr]

They say one of the hardest jobs in Australian Sport is to pick the AFL All Australian side.

Over the next few weeks the papers will be filled with senior journalist having their say. It's a thankless job and it's very easy for others to pick it apart but in the interest of fair play I thought I should have a crack at it myself.

One question though, just how many Bulldogs can I actually leave out?
I've been on this for an hour and no one is springing to mind.

Have your say on the All Australian side and see how you go.

[Happy Days]

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Was actually thinking about this earlier today, here's what I came up with;

B: Enright Thompson Crowley
HB: Walker Taylor Malceski
C: Pendlebury Selwood Griffen
HF: Dangerfield Roughhead Wingard
F: Thomas Kennedy Cameron
Foll: Minson Ablett Jack

I/C: Boak Hannebery Swan Goldstein

Lots of mids (Cotchin, Fyfe, Lineratore, Sloane, etc) stiff, the lack of dominant backmen and a season of incredible performance, not to mention the new trend of selecting a tagger sees Crowley earn his spot. Have I missed anyone?

[LostDoggy]

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Was actually thinking about this earlier today, here's what I came up with;

B: Enright Thompson Crowley
HB: Walker Taylor Malceski
C: Pendlebury Selwood Griffen
HF: Dangerfield Roughhead Wingard
F: Thomas Kennedy Cameron
Foll: Minson Ablett Jack

I/C: Boak Hannebery Swan Goldstein

Lots of mids (Cotchin, Fyfe, Lineratore, Sloane, etc) stiff, the lack of dominant backmen and a season of incredible performance, not to mention the new trend of selecting a tagger sees Crowley earn his spot. Have I missed anyone?

Good side but R.Murphy instead of Walker

[GVGjr]

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Happy Days, you know Roughead has been playing as a defender most of the season? He obviously deserves to be in it but CHF is a stretch.

[Happy Days]

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Happy Days, you know Roughead has been playing as a defender most of the season? He obviously deserves to be in it but CHF is a stretch.

Despite showing nothing as a forward and loads as a defender, I've taken up some of the forum's line of thinking that he's the best swingman since Grant, so he's selected on potential.

[GVGjr]

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Despite showing nothing as a forward and loads as a defender, I've taken up some of the forum's line of thinking that he's the best swingman since Grant, so he's selected on potential.

Yep, you're on the right track there.

[GVGjr]

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Happy Days, I have just worked out what you have done. You've picked the best of the rest and chucked in Griffen and Minson to even things up. Fair play I suppose.


All jokes aside, pretty good effort on your behalf.

[Happy Days]

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Happy Days, I have just worked out what you have done. You've picked the best of the rest and chucked in Griffen and Minson to even things up. Fair play I suppose.


All jokes aside, pretty good effort on your behalf.

Tall backmen this year, aside from Taylor, have been largely disappointing, no? I've picked Scott Thompson at FB, but he is really much more of a rebounding flanker lining up at FB. I thought about Michael Johnson, but he's much the same, and Zac Dawson, but that felt too dirty.

The side feels like its missing a tall, who would you have gone with?

[Bornadog]

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Libba is so close to All Australian its not funny.

[Bulldog Joe]

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Was actually thinking about this earlier today, here's what I came up with;

B: Enright Thompson Crowley
HB: Walker Taylor Malceski
C: Pendlebury Selwood Griffen
HF: Dangerfield Roughhead Wingard
F: Thomas Kennedy Cameron
Foll: Minson Ablett Jack

I/C: Boak Hannebery Swan Goldstein

Lots of mids (Cotchin, Fyfe, Lineratore, Sloane, etc) stiff, the lack of dominant backmen and a season of incredible performance, not to mention the new trend of selecting a tagger sees Crowley earn his spot. Have I missed anyone?

Well we need Libba in No 1 clearance - perhaps to replace Selwood - right in the middle where he does his best.
Murphy in for Malceski - just has some much more - marks, run and excitement.

At least 4 Bulldogs - Surely!!!!

even if you allow that other Roughead from Hawthorn to take CHF.

Must add Cooney to the squad now and Wallis must be closing in on the midfield tagger role. His hair has more excitement than anything Crowley does.


...and more love for Hunter as the rising star as well.

[Ozza]

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B: S.Thompson; L.McPharlin; A. Walker
HB: McVeigh; Taylor, H; L.Hodge
C: Griffen; Selwood (VC); Pendelbury
HF: Dangerfield; N.Riewoldt; Swan
F: Cameron; Kennedy; L.Thomas
R: Minson; Ablett (C); Jack
Int: Roughead (Haw); Boak; Fyfe; S.Mitchell

Certainly a difficult exercise - I'm sure there are plenty of good candidates I have left out.

I had to put Nick Riewoldt in. Most marks in the league, playing Centre Half Forward in a dreadful side.
Didn't fit any Richmond players in. Perhaps Deledio is unlucky to not be on a half back flank.

[Bulldog Joe]

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B: S.Thompson; L.McPharlin; A. Walker
HB: McVeigh; Taylor, H; L.Hodge
C: Griffen; Selwood (VC); Pendelbury
HF: Dangerfield; N.Riewoldt; Swan
F: Cameron; Kennedy; L.Thomas
R: Minson; Ablett (C); Jack
Int: Roughead (Haw); Pendelbury; Fyfe; S.Mitchell

Certainly a difficult exercise - I'm sure there are plenty of good candidates I have left out.

I had to put Nick Riewoldt in. Most marks in the league, playing Centre Half Forward in a dreadful side.
Didn't fit any Richmond players in. Perhaps Deledio is unlucky to not be on a half back flank.

McPharlin has missed too much footy.
Surely Murphy ahead of Walker/McVeigh or Hodge
and Libba ahead of Dangerfield.

Got to get more Dogs in the side.

[choconmientay]

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B: S.Thompson; L.McPharlin; A. Walker
HB: McVeigh; Taylor, H; L.Hodge
C: Griffen; Selwood (VC); Pendelbury
HF: Dangerfield; N.Riewoldt; Swan
F: Cameron; Kennedy; L.Thomas
R: Minson; Ablett (C); Jack
Int: Roughead (Haw); Pendelbury; Fyfe; S.Mitchell

Certainly a difficult exercise - I'm sure there are plenty of good candidates I have left out.

I had to put Nick Riewoldt in. Most marks in the league, playing Centre Half Forward in a dreadful side.
Didn't fit any Richmond players in. Perhaps Deledio is unlucky to not be on a half back flank.

Where do you get 2 of Pendelbury Can we also have 2 Griffen, 2 Libba, 2 Murphy as well

[Ozza]

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Where do you get 2 of Pendelbury Can we also have 2 Griffen, 2 Libba, 2 Murphy as well

AH! I didn't realise I did that - too much shuffling of the team!

Will edit.

[Sedat]

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Libba didn't even make the final cut for the 40 man squad. The best clearance player in the entire competition is apparently not good enough to make the AA team (or even the AA b-team). That's not to mention being #2 in the entire competition for contested possessions and #4 for tackles.

Selectors are either taking the piss or have a collective IQ of 50.