Poll
Question:
Who is our 6th best midfielder? - Choose 1
Option 1: *** currently vacant
Option 2: *****Backline group*****2 - Lachie Cowan
Option 3: 3 - Jesse Motlop
Option 4: 4 - Oliver Hollands
Option 5: *****Midfield group*****5 - Adam Cerra
Option 6: *****Forwards group*****6 - Zac Williams
Option 7: 7 - Jagga Smith
Option 8: 8 - Lachie Fogarty
Option 9: *****Midfield group*****9 - Patrick Cripps
Option 10: *****Forwards group*****10 - Harry McKay
Option 11: 11 - Mitch McGovern
Option 12: *****Forwards group*****12 - Ben Ainsworth
Option 13: 13 - Blake Acres
Option 14: 14 - Ollie Florent
Option 15: 15 - Billy Wilson
Option 16: 16 - Ben Camporeale
Option 17: *****Forwards group*****17 - Brodie Kemp
Option 18: *****Midfield group*****18 - Sam Walsh
Option 19: *****Forwards group*****19 - Will Hayward
Option 20: ***20 - Elijah Hollands - currently not on our list
Option 21: 21 - Lucas Camporeale
Option 22: 22 - Harry O'Farrell
Option 23: *****Backline group*****23 - Jacob Weitering
Option 24: *****Backline group*****24 - Nick Newman
Option 25: 25 - Liam Reidy
Option 26: *****Backline group*****26 - Nick Haynes
Option 27: *****Midfield group*****27 - Marc Pittonet
Option 28: 28 - Harry Charleson
Option 29: *****Midfield group*****29 - George Hewitt
Option 30: 30 - Jack Ison
Option 31: 31 - Campbell Chesser
Option 32: 32 - Matthew Carroll
Option 33: 33 - Lewis Young
Option 34: 34 - Rob Monahan
Option 35: 35 - Harry Dean
Option 36: 36 - Cooper Lord
Option 37: 37 - Jordan Boyd
Option 38: ***38 - Will White - currently not on our list
Option 39: 39 - Talor Byrne
Option 40: 40 - Hudson O'Keeffe
Option 41: 41 - Matt Duffy
Option 42: *****Backline group*****42 - Adam Saad
Option 43: *****Forwards group*****43 - Ashton Moir
Option 44: 44 - Francis Evans
Option 45: 45 - Flynn Young
Option 46: 46 - Matt Cottrell
EDIT: Choose our 6th best midfielder from the available players. We already have our top 5
Hi all, trying something different from the standard best 22(3).
Lets try picking our team in sections which will give us a good idea on who people think should play where as there are plenty of people who could be forward or back, midfield or otherwise.
So...
Part 1 - Choose starting 6 midfielders including 1 ruck.
Part 2 - 6 Backmen
Part 3 - 6 forwards
Part 4 - 5 bench (inc 2nd ruck if you deem necessary).
I will do part 2, 3, 4 after part 1 gives us clear (enough) favourites and eliminate those players from the options for subsequent parts.
All you need to worry about now, is who do you think is our best 6 starting midfielders?
Lets pick in position.
2 wingers, 3 mids, 1 ruck.
Have at it...
Seems one person didn't pick a ruck, or is throwing someone like Cripps in the deep end. :-[
C Hollands Walsh Cottrell
R Pittonet Cripps Hewett
'Bump'
Without a comment these threads slip down the list.
So anyone else want to vote before we move on to the next line.
Looks like Cripps, Walsh and Hewitt get the main midfield positions
And Pittonet in the ruck
A bit of a variety in our wingers.
Cerra and Lord will have to go through the repechage
(Just wondering Kruddler...I skimmed over the post initially and was going to vote for pure 'centremen' (smaller centre square attenders), not wingers or a ruckman. That may have created a bit of a problem in the lack of rucks and specialist wingers.
I've taken the liberty of allowing posters to change their vote if they've neglected a ruck or not chosen a specialist wing)
I think it's a bit of an age thing.
Some of us oldies still cling to traditional positions
Technically a midfielder includes the old Ruck, Ruck-Rover, Rover, Centre and two wingmen....bascially those that work between the arcs or follow the ball around.
But some of us still talk of 'midfielders' in terms of the central guys other than the followers, and wingers.
Yeah im guilty of skim reading. I picked pure mids, rather than wingers.
As an older person, I have to remember to include the ruckman in the midfield. Comments like “TDK is an extra midfielder” reinforce that separation.
I don’t have a problem with including wingers though, particularly since our “pure midfielders” like Walsh and Cerra often play “on the wing”.
Then there’s the forwards that are included in the midfield rotations.
One thing that Kruddler’s exercise has shown is that they will be intense competition for spots in the midfield.
Will we use the extra interchange player to add another midfielder? I think that would dilute the presence of Cripps, Walsh, Hewett, Smith and Cerra.
It's a funny one...the half forward,half back, winger
I 'personally'wouldn't refer to Acres, O Hollands or Cottrell, who sometime play as wingmen, as 'midfielders'.
Yet I've picked Cottrell as one of my wingmen, so I guess he is :D
I think we will have at least one more mid on the bench.
One of the players I have some big hopes for next year is Cooper Lord. I think he's going to be a gun.
There is also Jack Ison, and the Camporeales (with a year of development behind them).
(and I was worried about fitting all the forwards in ::) ::) )
I couldn’t fit Lord into my midfield but he’s a lock for my interchange bench.
Cooper provides a point of difference to our other midfielders with his ability to negate opposition guns and willingness to do the real grunt work.
Agree. Also hard to fit Cripps Hewett and Cerra into the same side from a pace perspective. I have Cerra on the bench and potentially being squeezed out all together.
The more I think about our midfield mix, the more apparent it comes to me that Cripps is about to become a key position player.
It makes the most sense. Last season, Cerra and Hewett were our best performed mids, and Walsh not far off when he played. Cripps was the one most down on output, and thats ok, he is getting on, and transitioning to a role where he can impact the team and lead is probably a good thing.
Will also help us start to get Jagga and co through there, and I think we will rotate heavily through the positions where multi role players are going to have bursts on ball.
Remember Kouta's best season?
He would start at CHB on the oppositions best forward, and then at half time, would play on ball for the rest of the game and change it. Thats what I see us doing with Cripps potentially (maybe CHF instead).
Cripps will be in the midfield next season with an occasional spell in the forward line and ruck. That’s where he plays his best footy and is of most value to the team.
Crippa doesn’t have Kouta’s speed and athleticism.
Not sure letting people change their votes is worth it.
We've now got 2 people who haven't picked a ruckman. ::)
Overall, we've got a bit of an issue.
5 clear standouts, and a missing 6th spread across multiple people.
I might close this one now and revisit it later somehow.
Maybe picking our forwards/backs will narrow down the field.
Sorry Kruds. I could make all sorts excuses but old age is the best one ... O0
All good, you are not the only one!
I got the results i need
OK, so we couldn't find an obvious 6th previously, so i'll edit the poll to allow voting for 1 more from the players now on the list to get our 6th midfielder.
Then i'll do the same with the backline, to fill out that 6th.
Then i'll start on the bench.
Before i reset the votes, for completions sake, this was the original votes....
13 votes...
Cripps - 13
Walsh - 13
Hewett - 13
Cerra - 11
Pittonet - 10
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Smith - 5
Lord - 3
Cottrell - 3
Acres - 3
Hollands - 2
Motlop - 1
Reidy - 1
EDIT: Choose our 6th best midfielder from the available players. We already have our top 5
Too much depth. :D
Smith will play round 1
But so must Cooper Lord.
What to do..."I think we're going to need a bigger bench". ;)
(Problem here is it seems to be a winger we're missing)
We have no wingers in the 5.
I have Walsh as one of my wingers.
Just a heads up, although the title remains the same (i can't change it), there is a new vote, so we want everyone to vote again, for 1 player to make up the final 6 midfielders. It should be a winger.
Well, its far from convincing, but i think we've got our 6th. Jagga Smith.
I'll lock this and finish up with our defenders.