Team Selection Policy In 2016

[laj]

Weitering and C.Curnow would be right to play now. Weitering could learn his trade as 3rd tall allowing Jammo and Plowman to play in the key positions in the short term. McKay and Cuningham might see some time as the season progresses. McKay just a little bit, Cuningham maybe a bit more. SOS jnr will need time to develop physically.

C.Curnow isn't dissimilar to Jack Darling. Could make a similar impact early on.

[DJC]

Dont think winning will be much of a priority and selections might depend on ladder position rather than form as the season progresses...SOS will want more early picks and a few players might get games they dont deserve to achieve the desired results.
Apart from Weitering I wouldnt expect to see much of the new draftees until maybe later in the season.....the GWS imports should all get a run at some stage regardless of form IMO. SOS will want a return on some of those kids to justify taking them IMO...

Anyone get the feeling SOS is running things and Bolton still looks like an assistant?

I reckon Bolton has stamped his authority on the joint and SOS has done a good job getting him what he wants

[PassIt2Carrots]

Anyone get the feeling SOS is running things and Bolton still looks like an assistant?

Possibly. Would it be a bad thing if that was the case? I reckon Neil the Seal is having a fair bit of a say around the place.

[cimm1979]

Anyone get the feeling SOS is running things and Bolton still looks like an assistant?

Everyone looks a bit less impressive next to SOS.

FWIW This is very much SOS's time in the spotlight so I'd expect him to come across as even more authoritative . Like people don't look up to him enough already ;D.

Bolts will be running the show from Saturday morning.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Everyone looks a bit less impressive next to SOS.

;D

[laj]

Bar injuries the first round may go like this....

Touhy Jammo Weitering
Docherty Plowman Simpson
Buckley Gibbs E.Curnow
C.Curnow Jaksch Walker
Everitt Casboult Lamb

Kreuzer Cripps Murphy

Thomas Boekhorst Graham Kerridge

[LP]

Bar injuries the first round may go like this....

Touhy Jammo Weitering
Docherty Plowman Simpson
Buckley Gibbs E.Curnow
C.Curnow Jaksch Walker
Everitt Casboult Lamb

Kreuzer Cripps Murphy

Thomas Boekhorst Graham Kerridge

I doubt we'd go in with so many 1st gamers and only 1 full-time ruckmen in Rnd 1, but you never know!

I expect with the new rules in 2016 you will find 2 full-time ruckmen playing each week, as a result I think Kreuzer + 1 is almost a certainty.

So take Jnr Curnow and Lamb out and put Phillips and Wright in. If Thomas is fit he'd start, Buckley won't be on a wing and Kerridge would be a starting HFF ahead of any others.

[laj]

I doubt we'd go in with so many 1st gamers and only 1 full-time ruckmen in Rnd 1, but you never know!

I expect with the new rules in 2016 you will find 2 full-time ruckmen playing each week, as a result I think Kreuzer + 1 is almost a certainty.

So take Jnr Curnow and Lamb out and put Phillips and Wright in. If Thomas is fit he'd start, Buckley won't be on a wing and Kerridge would be a starting HFF ahead of any others.

Not a bad place for Buckley to play with his pace and run. Could even play him small forward. Doesn't matter that much these days where the mids are set up anyway. In the end they are all mids with their roles.

We never do any good playing two ruckmen. Kreuzer is so much better rucking most of the day with a little help from Casboult. Our rucks aren't any good when then not on the ball and not convinced the new ones are that good.  New rules won't help much regarding ruckmen with the bench as interchanges are reduced to 90. Can't waste it with ruckmen spending alot of time on the bench. Need the  bench numbers for the mids to keep interchanging.

C.Curnow is a fair size boy already. Like Jack Darling did he can play pretty much straight off and would like to play him that way. Lamb isn't a first gamer. He's been around for a while.

[ItsOurTime]

We can nurture players through as we did with Nick Graham, giving him a quarter every other month.

[cimm1979]

We can nurture players through as we did with Nick Graham, giving him a quarter every other month.

.......it was a master stroke by old powder balls. That way players can play until they are in their 50's!

Bloody AFL had it in for Malty from the beginning!!