School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

[Grantysghost]

Ok woofers.

You've travelled back in time. You're in the school yard with all of your besties : the current Dogs afl men's team.

Some bully from the posh private school next door reckons he can wipe the floor with us... So.

We need to pick 10 players and a sub to take them on...

The spine (ff, chf, ruck, chb, fb) is 5.
A centre, a rover, forward flanker, back flanker and a winger another 5.
Plus the super sub...

Who you picking and why.

Me first.

Name	Position	Why?
Bontempelli	Centre	Duh! He's God
Naughton	CHF	Can split packs, bring it to ground, use the knee of Zaine
Liberatore	Rover	Brawls and extraction
Smith	Wing	Distraction and pace
English	Ruck	Need a running big man to link
Jamarra	Full forward	Just sit deep and control the air
Richards	HBF	Rebound 50, and such a sweet kid
O'Donnell	CHB	Athletic, good distributor, can play tall or small
Jones	FB	Golden fist, closing speed, another knee of Zaine
Dale	HFF	Need someone who can kick straight!

Just leaves the super sub.....

Hmmm

Treloar. Release him for 33 percent game time late to run rampant over the top of the opposition.

Ok I've put my reputation on the line here Woofers..
What would you do differently? I've left some talent in the shed.

Danjul you can't choose Schache

[jazzadogs]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Sedat first picked for my WOOF football match - Brayden Maynard style enforcer in the backline I think.

I'll have a think about my 10 man Bulldogs.

[Grantysghost]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Sedat first picked for my WOOF football match - Brayden Maynard style enforcer in the backline I think.

I'll have a think about my 10 man Bulldogs.

Game has to be played at Sedat Park, and prior to the game have Daniel Andrews hand over a novelty cheque to Chris Scott for phase 45 of the upgrades to get him fired up.

[mjp]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

I'll do this - just no time to think through it right now.

I'm eagerly waiting to see someone nominate Naughton as a key defender. And Sweet hasn't gone yet - get him in the ruck and Tim forward. C'mon.

[jeemak]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Is there an umpire? Are there any specific schoolyard rules?

What about the ground, is it both sides kick to one end, across the ground or a full ground game? My povo school didn't really have two decent ends to play to.

[jeemak]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Different sport, but this reminds me of the disparity between schools in the zone I grew up in. Playing cricket vs. Mount Scopus at their school in Burwood and I was opening the batting. We'd been playing on concrete state school wickets that didn't get any bounce with rock hard composite balls in ten over per innings matches.

Anyway, I decide I won't need a helmet, and for some unbelievably stupid reason our coach and old school cricket guy had no problems with it - I guess they let 11 year old's fail hard in the early 90s. But the problem was there was a synthetic deck at Mount Scopus, and Michael Klinger was opening the bowling and at that point he (as I found out almost the hard way) wasn't just a bat.

The first ball was a half tracker quicker than I'd faced by a lot of older kids I played against, and he was a year younger than I. It climbed and I pulled back, and I reckon it missed my head by less than half a foot. I called for the helmet, and carried my bat for a solid twelve not out to set up a tight win

[Grantysghost]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Is there an umpire? Are there any specific schoolyard rules?

What about the ground, is it kick to one end, across the ground or a full ground game? My povo school didn't really have two decent ends to play to.

It's kind of a 50 and a centre square, jumpers at the end of the non goal post side for goal and point posts.

Umpire... Maybe someone from woof

[1eyedog]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

An all time Dogs team would be interesting.

[jeemak]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

It's kind of a 50 and a centre square, jumpers at the end of the non goal post side for goal and point posts.

Umpire... Maybe someone from woof

BAD has to be the umpire. Very strict and no convolution of the rules.

The bit around the ground configuration really clears things up as well mate. Cheers.

[Grantysghost]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

BAD has to be the umpire. Very strict and no convolution of the rules.

The bit around the ground configuration really clears things up as well mate. Cheers.

Ha I lolzed with both parts of that.

[jeemak]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Alex Keath has to be the teacher on yard duty, in triacetate pants. Two stripes because he can't afford three on a teachers salary - especially during a cost of living crisis.

[SquirrelGrip]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

This feels like picking an AFLX team!

[jeemak]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

This feels like picking an AFLX team!

You mean AFLExcellent.

[Scorlibo]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Name	Position	Why?
Treloar	Centre	You've got to pick your best players!
Naughton	CHF	Can fly at everything, up against two key defenders, no problem. Cause some chaos.
Liberatore	Rover	Made for roughing up private school boys
Bontempelli	Wing	Designated distributor out wide, taking turns on ball
English	Ruck	AA ruck in the schoolyard, thanks for coming
Weightman	Full forward	Cody with a license to fly and will convert better than anyone else
Dale	HBF	The artful dodger in his natural position
Richards	CHB	Opting for run over lumbering height. He can compete in the air just fine while providing drive
Jones	FB	LJ will terminate every high ball, leaving Dale and Richards to run away with it
Daniel	HFF	The schoolkids will think him one of their own. Will break the intercept records.

[jazzadogs]

Re: School yard footy challenge - pick your side from Dogs current list.

Can't fault the two teams put up so far... Although I think rhylee west is built for the school yard. He would get some enjoyment from dragging his opponent across the asphalt, like A-train did to Night Hawk.