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

[ElwoodBlues1]

B Saad Weitering Kemp
HB Docherty McGovern Newman
C Acres Cerra O.Hollands
HF Martin McKay Cottrell
F Motlop Curnow Silvagni
R Pittonet
RR Cripps
Rov Walsh
Int:  TDK, Kennedy, Cunningham, Boyd
Emerg Marchbank, Hewett, Williams

[madbluboy]

Docherty doesn't really play in the back line anymore. 

[DJC]

Docherty doesn't really play in the back line anymore. 

Yes, Doc will be on the wing or in the guts … but we don’t have to agree with the MC ?

[LP]

I suspect if Williams is back he'll be the preferred Mid rotation ahead of Doc, and I'd expect Doc to move back to a more conventional HBF role.

To me the HB line looks pretty solid with a trio like Doc, McGovern and Saad, I'd be more confident on that trio pulling trigger in the style Voss wants simply because they have the runs on the board. I can't imagine anybody better to have my back than Doc or Saad, and that might be a big factor in the absence of Weiters and even when Weiters is being eased back in.

I would also be interested to see how Williams pushing forward of centre might link up with Harry, Charlie, Motlop and Martin, when he gets up and about Williams is a very good ball user.

Acres and Ollie Hollands are interesting, Ollie tends not to hit the scoreboard but Acres looks damaging at times. As much as we like Cottrell it will be interesting to see how he fits, but Hollands might be some 2nd year blues so we probably should not expect too much. If the MC can squeeze all three in we are going to have some very impressive deep running in 2024.

[kruddler]

Someone is either taking the piss or had a whoopsie.
Weiters and Curnow have been left out of someones side.

So far, 12 / 12 for....
Cerra
Cripps
McKay
McGovern
De Koning
Acres
Docherty
Walsh
Martin
Newman
Saad


I reckon this time last year the likes of McGovern, Martin and Acres were missing from more sides than they were picked in.

[ElwoodBlues1]

I suspect if Williams is back he'll be the preferred Mid rotation ahead of Doc, and I'd expect Doc to move back to a more conventional HBF role.

To me the HB line looks pretty solid with a trio like Doc, McGovern and Saad, I'd be more confident on that trio pulling trigger in the style Voss wants simply because they have the runs on the board. I can't imagine anybody better to have my back than Doc or Saad, and that might be a big factor in the absence of Weiters and even when Weiters is being eased back in.

I would also be interested to see how Williams pushing forward of centre might link up with Harry, Charlie, Motlop and Martin, when he gets up and about Williams is a very good ball user.

Acres and Ollie Hollands are interesting, Ollie tends not to hit the scoreboard but Acres looks damaging at times. As much as we like Cottrell it will be interesting to see how he fits, but Hollands might be some 2nd year blues so we probably should not expect too much. If the MC can squeeze all three in we are going to have some very impressive deep running in 2024.

Williams has no endurance and has been tried in the midfield with mixed results.
I'd expect him to play half back if and when he plays...

[Lods]

Someone is either taking the piss or had a whoopsie.
Weiters and Curnow have been left out of someones side.

More likely the latter. Even with the aid of the graffic  it took me a couple of goes to get it sorted. I kept getting  the count wrong. I found this was actually the most difficult of the ones we've done for me, and I had to leave out players I would have included on a best 22 as opposed to a balanced 22.

[DJC]

Williams has no endurance and has been tried in the midfield with mixed results.
I'd expect him to play half back if and when he plays...

I don’t think endurance is Zac’s problem but, yes, he was found wanting when tried in the midfield.  Unless he spent his year off learning how to play in the midfield, Zac will be providing run out of the backline this season.

On the other hand, Doc is now better value on the wing and in the middle than he would be back in defence.  I can’t see Vossy turning the clock back when we’ve got so many decent small/medium defenders.

It’s been another interesting exercise with subtle changes in who we see as most likely to suit up, if not for opening round, when Weiters is back in the mix (and Hollands, E).

I’m not sure when Kruddler will ask the question again but practice match form might change some minds.

[kruddler]

I’m not sure when Kruddler will ask the question again but practice match form might change some minds.

If all goes to plan, i'll try copy what i did last year.

Part 1 - Pre-season training.
Part 2 - After pre-season games, before round 1
Part 3 - 1/4 way through season
Part 4 - 1/2 way through
Part 5 - 3/4 way through
Part 6 - end of regular season, before finals
Part 7 - After finals.

[pinot]

Depth is pretty good I am finding it too hard to pick best 22. But here it goes

B: Newman Weitering Marchbank
HB: Williams  McGovern  Saad

C: Acres    Cerra  Docherty

HF: Martin  McKay    Cottrell
F: Motlop    Curnow  Fantasia

R: TDK  Cripps  Walsh

IC: Hewett  Kennedy  Boyd  Silvagni

E: Pittonet  Cincotta Cunningham

Backline looks dynamite that can take on any mix

Centerline lots of heavy hitters that rarely lose their one on ones

Forward - can use any combination really but went for this one

TDK needs to ruck for more minutes with McKay relieving few minutes in a quarter.