Pick your best 22 of 2024 - Part 1 - Pre-season

[kruddler]

OK, so new year, new poll.
Same rules.
Pick your best 22.

Personally, i think its best to pick a side using this...
http://jimmae.epizy.com/teamboard.html?i=2

[madbluboy]

Cottrell?

[kruddler]

Cottrell?

Good get.

Poll didn't save the last entry for some reason.

Fixed up.

I've reset all the voting, so if you had already voted, please vote again.

[Lods]

I suspect when we did this last year folks voted in two different ways.

Some picked players they considered the best 22 on the list.
Others picked a balanced side that would take the field.
So if you have an excess of talent or a type of player in one part of the field how do we want to play this exercise.
It's a subtle difference and would mostly only apply to players on the fringe.
So can we just clarify.
Best 22 or Best side?

[DJC]

I’ve selected my best team rather than the best 22.  It’s getting harder with many decent footballers missing out on a spot.

I used the teamboard as suggested by Kruddler and have saved a screenshot.  It will be interesting to refer back to it as the season progresses and the newbies get put through their paces.

[Thryleon]

Why are we still not providing a sub? (No 23)

[LP]

I suspect there will be quite a few fans who struggle with their favourites being borderline on weekly selection for 2024.

I hope the MC is smart and implements an intelligent horses for courses approach during the Home and Away, to get everybody cherry ripe for the end of the season.

In my opinion Chris Scott is correct in how he load manages his ageing players, but I think the concept of load management should be more universal, not just something we start to think about when players get older.

[DJC]

Why are we still not providing a sub? (No 23)

Data comparability?

As we’ve seen, choosing the wrong sub can be costly and a lesser but more versatile player may be a better option than a more capable, single role player.

I chose my 22, the picked an extra player as the sub so I’m not particularly fussed whether it’s best 22 or 23.

What I want to know is who omitted Weiters? ?

[Thryleon]

Also, I cannot see whom I voted for now either.

[kruddler]

I suspect when we did this last year folks voted in two different ways.

Some picked players they considered the best 22 on the list.
Others picked a balanced side that would take the field.
So if you have an excess of talent or a type of player in one part of the field how do we want to play this exercise.
It's a subtle difference and would mostly only apply to players on the fringe.
So can we just clarify.
Best 22 or Best side?

I agree.

I actually went back to the one i did last year to find out what i wrote.
Thats why i added the 'best side' magnet link....to try and clear up the confusion.
Some people still vote on the best 22 players, but ideally we want to be consistent.