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Pick your best 22 players (22 votes allowed!)

1 - Walker
[ 22 ] (4.4%)
2 - Menzel
[ 18 ] (3.6%)
3 - Murphy
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
4 - Gibbs
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
5 - Judd
[ 5 ] (1%)
6 - Simpson
[ 22 ] (4.4%)
7 - Buckley
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
8 - Kreuzer
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
9 - Cripps
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
10 - Watson
[ 0 ] (0%)
11 - Warnock
[ 0 ] (0%)
12 - Boekhorst
[ 16 ] (3.2%)
13 - Yarran
[ 6 ] (1.2%)
14 - Jones
[ 0 ] (0%)
15 - Docherty
[ 22 ] (4.4%)
16 - Viojo-Rainbow
[ 0 ] (0%)
17 - Rowe
[ 15 ] (3%)
18 - Jaksch
[ 15 ] (3%)
19 - Giles
[ 0 ] (0%)
20 - Holman
[ 7 ] (1.4%)
21 - Sheehan
[ 4 ] (0.8%)
22 - Tutt
[ 1 ] (0.2%)
23 - Henderson
[ 3 ] (0.6%)
24 - Whiley
[ 3 ] (0.6%)
25 - Smith
[ 0 ] (0%)
26 - Foster
[ 0 ] (0%)
27 - Armfield
[ 19 ] (3.8%)
28 - Bell
[ 16 ] (3.2%)
29 - Gowers
[ 0 ] (0%)
30 - Johnson
[ 0 ] (0%)
31 - Dick
[ 1 ] (0.2%)
32 - Graham
[ 20 ] (4%)
33 - Everitt
[ 22 ] (4.4%)
34 - Walsh
[ 1 ] (0.2%)
35 - Curnow
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
36 - Wood
[ 12 ] (2.4%)
37 - Fields
[ 0 ] (0%)
38 - Byrne
[ 7 ] (1.4%)
39 - Thomas
[ 19 ] (3.8%)
40 - Jamison
[ 22 ] (4.4%)
41 - Casboult
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
42 - Tuohy
[ 23 ] (4.6%)
43 - White
[ 14 ] (2.8%)
44 - Carrazzo
[ 6 ] (1.2%)
46 - Ellard
[ 0 ] (0%)
47 - Russell
[ 0 ] (0%)

Total Members Voted: 22

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Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #225 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on


I think the club have high expectations of Bell and he has been one of our better preseasons players and after losing Robbo I reckon he is a monty to be playing round 1...

absolutely

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #226 –
Quote from: LP on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
I think the club have high expectations of Bell and he has been one of our better preseasons players and after losing Robbo I reckon he is a monty to be playing round 1...

I think the club is desperate for some heavy hitters who can also play a bit, but I'm yet to be convinced that Bell(187cm) is the answer.

I'd think our slower midfielder, who works well inside stoppages, has some smarts and some agility as well as the ability to hurt teams resting forward will be Gibbs(188cm), Cripps(190cm), Thomas(185cm) or Menzel(186cm).

At the other end of the spectrum, the tall ultra-mobile fast and deep running link/swing men, Jaksch(195cm), White(190cm) and Everitt(194cm) have him covered in height and speed alone.

In another season or so, if Bell doesn't learn a few more tricks, blokes like Sheehan(188cm) and Burn(187cm) might got right past Bell!

So where does Bell fit in, what are his tricks, what sets him apart or gives him an edge?

No doubt you need some mongrel, but you need more than mongrel at AFL level.

PS: I haven't seen it but I hear he was lucky not to be cited from the weekend, can you elaborate?

I remember he crunched someone could have been Selwood and maybe caught them high but I cant any other incident comes to mind unless
it was off the ball...

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #227 –
RE Bell
Yes he is big, yes he can run, yes he can hit. His disposal lets him down more often than not and his awareness is terrible. Until we add polish to this side, we aren't going to improve much. I personally wouldn't play him until his disposal improves dramatically however I am not the coach (nor am I a coaches a-hole). Having said that, I believe he will play every game this year (barring injury) and we will lament his lack of polish on this site every week all year.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #229 –
Quote from: cookie2 on
Quote from: PassIt2Carrots on
OMG White on Martin? Thank God you guys aren't in charge. No offence of course. The only thing of Martin's that White could match is maybe hardness at the ball but in terms of skill, speed and just plain ability White would get eclipsed by a player of Martin's ilk.

I suppose you'd put Curnow on him PI2C?  :)

Sorry, but you guys have lost the plot if you think White matches up on Martin. Aside from being outclassed, Martin could just run up the ground and double back and White is effectively gone. Just not gonna happen.

Perhaps our list management hasn't been THAT good if we don't have one decent option to play on a player like him. I think Tuohy is good enough TBH and you'd have to question where he's going in his career if he's not an option to play on these types.
Ignorance is bliss.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #230 –
Touhy usually towels Him up.

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #231 –
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I think Tuohy is good enough TBH and you'd have to question where he's going in his career if he's not an option to play on these types.

This.

You rate the guy when he comes out and openly stated how poor his 2014 season was.... yep, he'll do the job, better than White.
Finals, then 4 in a row!

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #232 –
How close did folk get to the Rd 1 22?

I got 18 - picking Walker and Kreuzer didn't help  ::)
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?”  Oddball

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #233 –
Quote from: DJC on
How close did folk get to the Rd 1 22?

I got 18 - picking Walker and Kreuzer didn't help  ::)

I had Casboult in place of Smith, which tells me I probably didn't give much consideration to team balance.

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #234 –
Quote from: DJC on
How close did folk get to the Rd 1 22?

I got 18 - picking Walker and Kreuzer didn't help  ::)

You were supposed to pick your best 22 assuming everyone was fit. So most people would've had those 2.

For the record, i had 18 correct. 20 if you include Walker/Kreuzer.

Doch in for injured Walker
Wood in for injured Kreuzer.

Smith got in instead of Tutt (which was my 22nd player picked and was a tossup between those 2 on who got the gig)

The only other one i got wrong was Casboult out, Bell in.

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #235 –
I had Walker and Casboult instead of Tuohy and Smith.

Otherwise nailed it.

Shows we have a fit FULL Strength squad available... no excuses for slow starts
"We are a club in a hurry"

#united #reset

Re: Pick your best 22 players - NEW POLL! (pre-season)

Reply #236 –
My Team - Walker, Kreuzer, Boekhurst, Tutt, Casboult

Rnd 1 Team - White, Wood, Curnow, Smith, Bell
Mens sana in corpore sano - A healthy mind in a healthy body.

Navy, it's not just a color, it's an attitude !!!

Re: Pick your best 22 players - Part 3 (Wooden spoon favs 0-2)

Reply #237 –
Time for a new poll.

We've seen the first 2 games and we all wish we hadn't.  >:(

Now we get a chance to reevaluate who we think deserves a spot in our best 22. Ignore injuries, assume all players are fit and available for selection.

Who would you pick to be in our best 22?

Re: Pick your best 22 players - Part 3 (Wooden spoon favs 0-2)

Reply #238 –
For the record, the recent 'pre-season' poll results are below.

Starters: 40 or more votes...
5 - Judd -     49 (4.5%)
6 - Simpson -     49 (4.5%)
13 - Yarran -     49 (4.5%)
2 - Menzel -     49 (4.5%)
4 - Gibbs -     49 (4.5%)
40 - Jamison -     49 (4.5%)
23 - Henderson -     49 (4.5%)
3 - Murphy -     49 (4.5%)
33 - Everitt -     48 (4.5%)
39 - Thomas -     48 (4.5%)
44 - Carrazzo -     48 (4.5%)
17 - Rowe -     46 (4.3%)
18 - Jaksch -     46 (4.3%)
41 - Casboult -     46 (4.3%)
1 - Walker -     46 (4.3%)
15 - Docherty -     44 (4.1%)

Probables: 25-39 votes
42 - Tuohy -     39 (3.6%)
8 - Kreuzer -     35 (3.2%)
35 - Curnow -     33 (3.1%)
28 - Bell -     33 (3.1%)
14 - Jones -     32 (3%)
9 - Cripps -     31 (2.9%)

Possibles: 10-25 votes
43 - White -     26 (2.4%)
7 - Buckley -     22 (2%)
12 - Boekhorst -     17 (1.6%)
36 - Wood -     16 (1.5%)

Probably not: 1-9 votes
22 - Tutt -     7 (0.6%)
21 - Sheehan -     5 (0.5%)
11 - Warnock -     5 (0.5%)
10 - Watson -     3 (0.3%)
27 - Armfield -     3 (0.3%)
25 - Smith -     2 (0.2%)
32 - Graham -     2 (0.2%)
38 - Byrne -     1 (0.1%)
34 - Walsh -     1 (0.1%)

Highly unlikely: 0 votes
29 - Gowers -     0 (0%)
37 - Fields -     0 (0%)
30 - Johnson -     0 (0%)
31 - Dick -     0 (0%)
46 - Ellard -     0 (0%)
47 - Russell -     0 (0%
19 - Giles -     0 (0%)
16 - Viojo-Rainbow -     0 (0%)
20 - Holman -     0 (0%)
26 - Foster -     0 (0%)
24 - Whiley -     0 (0%)
 

Re: Pick your best 22 players - Part 3 (Wooden spoon favs 0-2)

Reply #239 –
No to Walsh!!



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