Round 1 2016 team

[kruder]

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Honey and Hrovat are interesting can anyone see them getting a game early?

[Rocco Jones]

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You picked Rocco Wallis to play more in the forward line. Bevo said he will be playing him more there. How do you see that going? Hopefully it's successful like M. Boyd playing more in defence last year. Would you describe Wally like Dahl more of those attacking midfield types.

As I mentioned, I like how Wallis and Koby ability to rotate through mid/fwd. They provide a contest meaning we can go in smaller. Closest thing we have to Crameri.

[Eastdog]

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As I mentioned, I like how Wallis and Koby ability to rotate through mid/fwd. They provide a contest meaning we can go in smaller. Closest thing we have to Crameri.

Do you see Dicko and Hrovat as those types as well that could portntially rotate through the middle and forward line. Will M Boyd play a similar role as he did last year.

[LostDoggy]

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Having read a few reviews of some match simulations and training drills, my R1 team at present would be:

Morris/Collins/Wood
Moyd/Hamling/Murphy
Macrae/Wallis/Hunter
Suckling/Roberts/Dahlhaus
Dickson/Toyd/Stringer

Minson/Bont/Libba

Stevens/Picken/Roughead/JJ

[ratsmac]

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Having read a few reviews of some match simulations and training drills, my R1 team at present would be:

Morris/Collins/Wood
Moyd/Hamling/Murphy
Macrae/Wallis/Hunter
Suckling/Roberts/Dahlhaus
Dickson/Toyd/Stringer

Minson/Bont/Libba

Stevens/Picken/Roughead/Maclean

I'm not knocking your team by any means (I haven't even tried to pen my own yet) but surely JJ gets a spot somehow. Biggs probably stiff as well. This is got to be the hardest team to pick for a long time if not ever!

[LostDoggy]

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I'm not knocking your team by any means (I haven't even tried to pen my own yet) but surely JJ gets a spot somehow. Biggs probably stiff as well. This is got to be the hardest team to pick for a long time if not ever!

Damn. Forgot JJ and edited my post 10 minutes ago, but you picked me up beforehand. It's brutally tough. No doubt there will be 10 or more unlucky players straining at the bit early rounds for Footscray - which is great.

If my above team is about right, Footscray R1 would look something like:

Prudden/Adams/Lynch
Williams/Cordy/Webb
Dale/Dunkley/Biggs
Maclean/Goetz/Adcock
Honeychurch/Redpath/Daniel

Campbell/Jong/Hrovat

I/C: Hamilton, Footscray players

[Bornadog]

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Having read a few reviews of some match simulations and training drills, my R1 team at present would be:

Morris/Collins/Wood
Moyd/Hamling/Murphy
Macrae/Wallis/Hunter
Suckling/Roberts/Dahlhaus
Dickson/Toyd/Stringer

Minson/Bont/Libba

Stevens/Picken/Roughead/JJ

For me Roberts must go to FB and Collins out all together till he proves he can play AFL.

[1eyedog]

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For me Roberts must go to FB and Collins out all together till he proves he can play AFL.

Agreed. There's no way you can pick Collins at FB on potential alone.

[LostDoggy]

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For me Roberts must go to FB and Collins out all together till he proves he can play AFL.

Nobody ever proves they can play AFL until they are picked. Everyone is picked on potential alone prior to their first match. Many draftees get picked R1, if Collins does enough through intraclub and NAB, he is entitled to be selected.

Roberts is really intriguing me. I've spoken to a couple of people who attended our match simulations on the Sunny Coast who say everyone played where expected, except Roberts who played CHF and was excellent.

[F'scary]

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Biggs would be very unlucky not to start in the 22. He really added rebound to our defence while doing a good job with the lock down stuff as well. Hamling and Roberts for the starting KPBs. Go with established form.

[1eyedog]

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Nobody ever proves they can play AFL until they are picked. Everyone is picked on potential alone prior to their first match. Many draftees get picked R1, if Collins does enough through intraclub and NAB, he is entitled to be selected.

Roberts is really intriguing me. I've spoken to a couple of people who attended our match simulations on the Sunny Coast who say everyone played where expected, except Roberts who played CHF and was excellent.

Not when you've got a more experienced option who has already gone some way to proving they can play the position. That beats the heck out of a speculative kid holding down FB in his first year. If he proves me wrong in the NAB and gets a guernsey I'm happy to eat my words but odds would be on Roberts at this stage.

[Rocco Jones]

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Honey and Hrovat are interesting can anyone see them getting a game early?

I thing they both need to add something to their game.

Hrovat reminds me a bit of Hunter's situation. Hunter was in the VFL for a big part of the season. Despite making poor decisions with his disposal at times, a combination of smarts and hard running meant he regularly found a ton of it for Footscray. I think Hrovat needs to get his tank up and show he can find similar numbers at VFL level.

Honeychurch needs to do the same or be more dangerous around goals. He looked like the defensive forward prototype early in '15 but then struggled to get through games with his high octane energy. Just doesn't get enough of it/fluffs chances/goes out of games for too long at the moment. Have Adcock, McLean and Daniel ahead of him in his type of role.

Do you see Dicko and Hrovat as those types as well that could portntially rotate through the middle and forward line. Will M Boyd play a similar role as he did last year.

I think Dicko covered a lot more ground last year but that's what a good forward should do/Beveridge's expectations. Not too many spots for full time small forwards but Tory is so dangerous around goal I would be loathe to have him away from them for too long.

[Rocco Jones]

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For me Roberts must go to FB and Collins out all together till he proves he can play AFL.

I get what you mean and pretty much agree but if a player is good enough, play them. We don't have start key-defenders. If Collins rips it up in pre-season/NAB games, I think it would be wrong to not play him just because he is a first year player. Plenty of time though.

[merantau]

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I think the jury is still out on Hamling and Roberts, in particular the latter. They are good players but still inexperienced and I don't believe most supporters would say they have cemented their places in the team. The same can be said for a number of other players too - Biggs, Jong, for example - and their are many others who are vying for spots I don't believe we've been in thos position for a long time. I expect the competition to secure a spot will be fierce this year - what's not to like about that!

[LostDoggy]

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http://www.sen.com.au/news/02-16/best-22-and-player-rankings-western-bulldogs#7XHt4vWC7Dme9y5v.97

SEN have had a crack at selecting our best 22, which is basically the same as picking the R1 team. Strange choices though, with 1 bigman too many for mine and some off positional choices (M.Boyd in the Centre? JJ back pocket? Picken forward pocket?).

Also ranked squad (except the unplayed) from most to least important.