Finals team

[B.M]

Is this a team capable of playing deep finals

B:Wilkie (31) - ????? - Stocker (27)
HB: Nas (24) - Schoenmaker (22) - Sinclair (32)

Foll: Marshall (32) - Steele (31) - Windhager (25)
C: Henry (26) - Phillipou - Wilson (22)

HF: Owens (25) - King (27) - Garcia (22)
F: Keeler (23) - Caminiti (23) - Collard (22)

Int: Dow (28) - Clark (28) - ????? - Hastie (22)

Unsure on
Byrnes (26) Paton (28) Hall (26) Higgins (28)
Sharman (28) Heath (25) Van Es (23) Hotton (23)

IMO
4 of the next 12 draftees - need to be A Graders in a similar

[bobmurray]

Would that team make the finals, that's what i'm wondering.

[King Max]

You got all the numbers wrong, except Wilson.

[Otiman]

Not yet, but if they're well developed and well coached it could be the bones of a prelim and hope to snag it from there. Beyond that you would have to be a dominant side with stacked draft picks, academy, and father sons.

[B.M]

In 2027

[meher baba]

I know BM won't agree with me, but I think Howard (31) could be in that side. I certainly don't think we should waste any draft picks or cap space on trying to recruit an alternative tall backline player: the only ones we are likely to recruit are unlikely to be much better.

Butler will only be 31 in 2027, so he might be a chance I reckon.

I'm not yet convinced that Dow is a finals player, and not at all convinced that Collard is any good at all. Phillipou and Hastie are also by no means certain.

Sadly, I doubt any of your 8 uncertains are going to be in a finals team. Higgins and Paton are the most likely.

[B.M]

Seen enough in the VFL to suggest

Phillipou, Hastie, Collard, Schoenmaker, Garcia will all make it.

Collard might be in WA
Arie in Tasmania

Though

[perfectionist]

Would definitely make the VFL finals.

[1971]

Just a lazy 61 years later. I'll be dead.

[Scollop]

Is this a team capable of playing deep finals

B:Wilkie (31) - ????? - Stocker (27)
HB: Nas (24) - Schoenmaker (22) - Sinclair (32)

Foll: Marshall (32) - Steele (31) - Windhager (25)
C: Henry (26) - Phillipou - Wilson (22)

HF: Owens (25) - King (27) - Garcia (22)
F: Keeler (23) - Caminiti (23) - Collard (22)

Int: Dow (28) - Clark (28) - ????? - Hastie (22)

Unsure on
Byrnes (26) Paton (28) Hall (26) Higgins (28)
Sharman (28) Heath (25) Van Es (23) Hotton (23)

IMO
4 of the next 12 draftees - need to be A Graders in a similar

Is Leigh Fischer umpiring

[Banger9798]

Are you assuming Battle is gone?

[Banger9798]

Are you assuming Battle is gone?

[B.M]

Yes

From what I understand

He is a certainty to be a Hawthorn next season

Which is disappointing

[samuraisaint]

Well, one thing is for sure, the Suns won't play finals this season. They suck.

[samuraisaint]

Yes

From what I understand

He is a certainty to be a Hawthorn next season

Which is disappointing

Offer him the captaincy.

[Banger9798]

Him and Sicily will be a force down back

[Vortex]

Yes

From what I understand

He is a certainty to be a Hawthorn next season

Which is disappointing

Speaking to him in the rooms last night after the game it didn't seem like he wanted to play anywhere else but with us...

[samuraisaint]

I know BM won't agree with me, but I think Howard (31) could be in that side. I certainly don't think we should waste any draft picks or cap space on trying to recruit an alternative tall backline player: the only ones we are likely to recruit are unlikely to be much better.

Butler will only be 31 in 2027, so he might be a chance I reckon.

I'm not yet convinced that Dow is a finals player, and not at all convinced that Collard is any good at all. Phillipou and Hastie are also by no means certain.

Sadly, I doubt any of your 8 uncertains are going to be in a finals team. Higgins and Paton are the most likely.

Did you see Collard's goal at Moorabbin yesterday, Meher? What Collard can do can't be taught. It's an innate skill. He is lightning in a bottle. If he hadn't been burned by teammates down at Geelong in round 1, he would have kicked two goals.

[B.M]

Hawthorn have offered him 5 with a trigger for a sixth on big money. We have also made a significant offer - which his manager has knocked back.

Normally if they haven’t signed by the bye

They are Max Gawn