Best 23 2026

[Willow18]

There’s 2 of these haha

FB: Bramble, Lobb, Budarick

HB: Dale, O’Donnell, ?????

C: Williams, Bontempelli, ?????

HF: M. Kennedy, Naughton, ?????

FF: Weightman, Darcy, West

R: English, Richards, Liberatore

I: Freijah, Treloar, ?????, ?????, ?????

choose your own adventure for the last 6 spots

[Rocco Jones]

Sorry, I can’t believe I missed there was a thread on this already.

[Rocco Jones]

Sorry my bad, was planning to do one and have thread open for ages ha.

[jeemak]

Good Thread, I could easily change my team 300 times between now and round 1.

Budarick - Buss - Lobb
Dale - JOD - Truck

Sanders - Freijah - Davidson

Mennedy - Darcy - Dolan
West - Naughton - Weightman

English - Bont - Richards

Bramble - Libba - Trelor - Garcia - Croft

Well that's the end of the girls floor exercise, now let's bring on the men!

Not a bad effort, I'd put Libba in the centre, Freijah on the wing, Dolan on the bench and Sanders at half forward to roll up given we've got Weightman in the side acting as a genuine forward. I'm a little worried about defensive running, would have either McNeil or VDM instead of Garcia (who I don't rate).

Like Williams at half back.

[Go_Dogs]

Bramble, Busslinger, JOD
Dale, Lobb, Budarick
Truck, Fridge, Gags
MK, Naughton, Dolan
Weightman, Darcy, West
English, Bont, Richards
Croft, Davidson, Hynes, Libba, Treloar

Sanders is the one I couldn’t quite fit in, a victim of Libba and Treloar being available. I still think he plays a lot of football and maybe moves ahead of some others.

[my plums]

B: BUDARICK, BUSSLINGER, JOD
HB: DALE, LOBB, BRAMBLE
C: DAVIDSON, LIBBA, FREIJAH
HF: JONES, NAUGHTON, KENNEDY
F: WEST, DARCY, WEIGHTMAN
R: ENGLISH, BONT, RICHARDS
I: TRELOAR, SANDERS, DOLAN, WILLIAMS, SELWOOD

Do we have player than can be the eighth defender amongst other poisitions (Williams) so Lobb can second ruck? Or should there be a third tallish forward involved? Not sure about Treloar and Sanders both in the side but we'll see.....

[dukedog]

No sub for next year will be gold for us.


FB : Bramble JOD Williams
HB Dale Lobb Budarick

C: Freijah Richards Sanders

HF: West Naughton Kennedy
FF: Dolan Darcy Weightman

FOL: English Bont Libba
IC: Davidson , Croft, Treloar, Busslinger/BUKU, Hynes

BUSS NEEDS GAMES.(i hope he hits the gym over summer) if any debutant shows they are ready. Get them in!

[westbulldog]

All these proposed line ups are short of a gun tall defender and the retention of the likes of VDM and McNeil means imo we are going nowhere.

[dukedog]

All these proposed line ups are short of a gun tall defender and the retention of the likes of VDM and McNeil means imo we are going nowhere.

Vandermeer and mcNeil could run water.

Im not sure how we get a gun tall defender in the rookie draft.

[Garbs_7]

FB - Budarick Buss JOD
HB - Dale Lobb Bramble
C - Williams Liberatore Davidson
HF - Kennedy Naughton Croft
FF - Weightman Darcy West
Foll - English Bontempelli Richards
Bench - Freijah Sanders Sellwood Dolan Treloar

[Bornadog]

FB - Budarick Buss JOD
HB - Dale Lobb Bramble
C - Williams Liberatore Davidson
HF - Kennedy Naughton VDM
FF - Weightman Darcy West
Foll - English Bontempelli Richards
Bench - Freijah Sanders Treloar Cleary Croft

[jazzadogs]

Sorry my bad, was planning to do one and have thread open for ages ha.

GVGjr I know the other thread was closed, but is it possible to merge the threads so that the posters who put their teams in there can still have them discussed here? I saw there was a lot of effort in Rocco's post in particular, and now it is lost to the forum gods.

EDIT: you either did it since I posted this, or I hadn't scrolled up high enough beforehand...either way, looks good!

[jazzadogs]

Backs:
Budarick, Bramble and Dale to take the smalls and give us run.
Buss, Lobb and JOD to take the bigs, kill contests and intercept - I think we like the three taller players.
Cleary as bench rotation.

Mids:
English ruck.
Bont, Ed, Libba starting centre bounce.
Williams and Davidson on the wings. Baker (assuming he gets a contract) as their rotation.
Freijah and Treloar starting on field at half-forward.
MKennedy, Sanders starting on the bench as rotations.

Forwards:
Darcy deep, Naughton high.
West and Cody.
Arty as the bench rotation.

Emergencies:
Croft - I think we will find a way to squeeze him in for round one
Dolan/Hynes - liked what they showed this year. The Baker, Arty, Treloar, Cody, Sanders positions seem the most likely to be available.
VDM - if he has a great pre-season and looks like VDM of the first month of 2025, he should play ahead of Arty/Dolan/Hynes - but I have low faith in him.
Jaques - I am hopeful he actually comes on well enough to push for round 1, but he needs a summer of consistency - played half back, wing, half forward in VFL. Pick a position and give him the best chance of earning a spot.
Sellwood - originally had him on the bench ahead of Cleary but really that's just blind hope. I think he's got more killer instinct/more angry about getting beaten than our current backs. Hope he has a great pre-season.
Draftees/SSP - Bevo has consistently debuted at least one unexpected newcomer in round one. Whether it's our first round pick, Sam Frost, Ryan Burton, whoever...I think there'll be a guy not currently on the list who plays in round one.

I think that leaves Mcneil, Luke Kennedy, Lachie Smith, Gallagher, Garcia, Gardner, Harmes, Buku, Walker and the uncontracted guys. Harmes, Garcia and Gallagher the most likely of that bunch to push for round one.

[mighty_west]

B : Budarick - Busslinger - JOD
HB : Bramble - Lobb - Cleary
C : Dale - Freijah - Davdison
HF : Williams - Naughton - Dolan
F : Weightman - Darcy - West
Foll : English - Bontempelli - Richards

Interchange : Kennedy - Liberatore - Treloar - Sanders - Sellwood

I'm taking Dale out of the backline, i have always wanted to see him as a pure winger along with Davidson, both 100% offensive players who can run and run all day, we just need to tighten up that backline, Sellwood adds some toughness on the bench and Cleary really took some big steps this year, Williams to a half forward with Freijah ready to explode in the centre, let's hope Cody get's back to being fully fit as he makes our forward line so much more dangerous.

[NAUGHTY100]

Lets have a go .-
B . Budarick Bussalinga JOD .
HB . Dale Lobb Freijah .
C . Williams Liberatore Davidson .
HF . Weightman Darcy Dolan .
F . West Naughton Croft .
FOLL . English Bontempelli Richards
IC . M. Kennedy Sanders Treloar Sellwood Bramble .
Hynes Garcia VDM Harmes Khamis will be close each week but if the above 23 are fit each week these guys will only get games when injuries occur .