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Based on exposed form and availability due to injury/suspension we could get a team that looks little like we would've picked a couple of months ago.
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FB - Plowman - Jones - Docherty
HB - SPS - Weitering - Saad
C - Setterfield - Cripps - Dow
HF - Martin - McDonald - Murphy
FF - Silvagni - Casboult - Fisher
R - Pittonet - Walsh - Curnow
INT - Williamson - Gibbons - Fogarty - Cuningham
EMG - Cottrell - Stocker - Kennedy
Unavailable (?) - McKay, Williams, Newnes, C. Curnow, TDK, Newman, McGovern, Marchbank, Betts, Kemp
From that list of 10 'unavailables' we might get up to 4 of them playing.....McKay, Newnes, McGovern, Betts.....if they can get up from their injuries. If fit, the 4 on the bench would probably lose their spot.
However, from that 10, if all fit and firing, you'd could argue a case for 9 of them being best 22. Thats a fair whack out of your side!
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(03-12-2021, 07:19 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Based on exposed form and availability due to injury/suspension we could get a team that looks little like we would've picked a couple of months ago.
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FB - Plowman - Jones - Docherty
HB - SPS - Weitering - Saad
C - Setterfield - Cripps - Dow
HF - Martin - McDonald - Murphy
FF - Silvagni - Casboult - Fisher
R - Pittonet - Walsh - Curnow
INT - Williamson - Gibbons - Fogarty - Cuningham
EMG - Cottrell - Stocker - Kennedy
Unavailable (?) - McKay, Williams, Newnes, C. Curnow, TDK, Newman, McGovern, Marchbank, Betts, Kemp
From that list of 10 'unavailables' we might get up to 4 of them playing.....McKay, Newnes, McGovern, Betts.....if they can get up from their injuries. If fit, the 4 on the bench would probably lose their spot.
However, from that 10, if all fit and firing, you'd could argue a case for 9 of them being best 22. Thats a fair whack out of your side! Just reported n Ch 7 Betts is a big chance for round 1
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Here’s hoping we line up like so
Fogarty Jones Plowman
Docherty Weitering Saad
Martin Cripps Williamson
Fisher Casboult Walsh
Silvagni McKay Cunningham
Pittonet Setterfield Dow
Curnow, Murphy, Gibbons, Stocker
No room for SPS in favour of Fogarty who can at least stick a tackle. Betts and SPS to prove their case in the twos.
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Betts and SPS will both be in the 22.
Finals, then 4 in a row!
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(03-12-2021, 10:54 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Betts and SPS will both be in the 22.
Samo will be for sure, Betts will be if they’re convinced that he can run out the game.
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(03-12-2021, 09:43 AM)JonDorotich link Wrote:Here’s hoping we line up like so
Fogarty Jones Plowman
Docherty Weitering Saad
Martin Cripps Williamson
Fisher Casboult Walsh
Silvagni McKay Cunningham
Pittonet Setterfield Dow
Curnow, Murphy, Gibbons, Stocker
No room for SPS in favour of Fogarty who can at least stick a tackle. Betts and SPS to prove their case in the twos. Playing a few out of position there.
Fogarty should be at the other end of the ground. If you want a back pocket in place of SPS, move willo there from the wing and replace him with Setterfield.....or put setterfield straight into the BP. Bring Ed into the guts to replace him.
A much more balanced side that way.
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(03-12-2021, 11:04 AM)DJC link Wrote:Samo will be for sure, Betts will be if they’re convinced that he can run out the game. If we are serious about winning the game, then Betts has to play. He could be one of the few that has the ability to do something that the tigers can't stop. The risk/reward factor means he plays.
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(03-12-2021, 07:15 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Re: Best player seen, for me probably Gary Ablett senior, was the package...6'1 97kg....great mark, kick and had pace. Nothing he couldnt do well and with those dimensions very hard to find a matchup. He damaged opposition players when he hit them and like Dusty had the opposition apprehensive to tackle and stand in his path.
Probably his main weakness was his mental state on the day and how happy he was to be out there.
Dusty has great ability and nous but isnt the quickest, doesnt take the big high marks but mentally is switched on and fantastic in the big moments.
Kouta was the opposite type to Dusty IMO....great athlete, could jump with talls run as fast as the smalls and about the only way to stop him was to injure him. Football wise he wasnt a natural though and I'd mark him down for Dusty type nous or G Ablett natural football ability. Kouta had to learn to play the game and relied more on his athletic ability than the other candidates IMO..
Voss was terrific, hard, natural inside mid who didnt take prisoners but was a workhorse/distributor rather than a game icer like the others I mentioned.
Greg Williams was better than Voss imo as he could win games as well as provide to others to win games but didnt have the athletic ability of either Kouta or Ablett.
So for me its G Ablett senior, no fan of him as an individual and he is flawed in many aspects but if you separate the football
from his personal life IMO he was the best footballer I have seen play the game.
For many of the reasons you mention i have fyfe marginally ahead of dusty on overall ability (high marking speed and class) dusty is a much better competitor and is possibly better at the everyday football stuff whilst fyfe is more mercurial.
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(03-12-2021, 09:43 AM)JonDorotich link Wrote:Here’s hoping we line up like so
Fogarty Jones Plowman
Docherty Weitering Saad
Martin Cripps Williamson
Fisher Casboult Walsh
Silvagni McKay Cunningham
Pittonet Setterfield Dow
Curnow, Murphy, Gibbons, Stocker
No room for SPS in favour of Fogarty who can at least stick a tackle. Betts and SPS to prove their case in the twos. Agree on SPS, dunno that Fog will back though.
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(03-12-2021, 10:54 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Betts and SPS will both be in the 22. Agree...need Eddies nous to create a few goals given we are down a few and have some sore soldiers.
Think SPS suits a defensive setup vs Richmond who run more small forwards than most teams, dont need to be too tall down back.
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