POST TRADE WEEK - Best 22 2010

[nebulousdog]

FB: S Baker J Blake Z Dawson
HB: J Gram S Fisher S Gilbert
C: L Montagna L Hayes B Goddard
HF: A Lovett N Riewoldt A Schneider
FF: A McQualter J. Koschitzke D. Armitage
R: M Gardiner N Dal Santo C Jones
I: S King B Peake M Maguire F Ray
Emerg: S Milne S Dempster B McEvoy

I think Lovett needs to be played as a forward to get us some crumbing/running goals, can rotate to wing with Goddard pushing forward occasionally. M Maguire an option as a third tall forward. Armo needs to get some game time and has proven he can kick goals. Need to look to a forward line that doesn't need Milne in it.

[JABBER]

based on 2009 form or improvement over pre season Next year Steven,
Armitage and McEvoy will be very close to our 22 Lovett should be in but I think Peake might be around the 26-30 mark

[SainterK]

I can't wait for the intraclub match

[undecided]

FB: S Baker J Blake Z Dawson
HB: J Gram S Fisher S Gilbert
C: L Montagna L Hayes B Goddard
HF: A Lovett N Riewoldt A Schneider
FF: A McQualter J. Koschitzke D. Armitage
R: M Gardiner N Dal Santo C Jones
I: S King B Peake M Maguire F Ray
Emerg: S Milne S Dempster B McEvoy

I think Lovett needs to be played as a forward to get us some crumbing/running goals, can rotate to wing with Goddard pushing forward occasionally. M Maguire an option as a third tall forward. Armo needs to get some game time and has proven he can kick goals. Need to look to a forward line that doesn't need Milne in it.

out maguire in Milne. He is still in our best 22 but he is close to number 22.
You can have maguire on the bench there needs to be 3 players capable of playing midfield.

[IluvHarvey]

Cannot see Peake in our best 22

[nebulousdog]

FB: S Baker J Blake Z Dawson
HB: J Gram S Fisher S Gilbert
C: L Montagna L Hayes B Goddard
HF: A Lovett N Riewoldt A Schneider
FF: A McQualter J. Koschitzke D. Armitage
R: M Gardiner N Dal Santo C Jones
I: S King B Peake M Maguire F Ray
Emerg: S Milne S Dempster B McEvoy

I think Lovett needs to be played as a forward to get us some crumbing/running goals, can rotate to wing with Goddard pushing forward occasionally. M Maguire an option as a third tall forward. Armo needs to get some game time and has proven he can kick goals. Need to look to a forward line that doesn't need Milne in it.

out maguire in Milne. He is still in our best 22 but he is close to number 22.
You can have maguire on the bench there needs to be 3 players capable of playing midfield.

Interested to hear peoples thoughts.

Re Milne, I've got him pretty close to 22 as well - at 23. Think if we play Lovett forward, one of Lovett, Schneider or Milne maybe has to miss out.

I agree need a lot of midfield options - even though I've only got two on the bench, on the ground you have guys like Armo, Gram, Lovett, McQualter, Schneider, Fisher and maybe even Gilbert who can work through the middle as well. I think we need to consider a third medium-tall to assist Kosi and Roo, and Maguire might be able to play that role.

Peake is an interesting one - haven't seen enough of him to be 100% sure on him, but am hoping we traded for him expecting him to play.

[milney044]

FB: S.Gilbert, Z.Dawson, S.Baker
HB: A.Lovett, S.Fisher, J.Gram
C: L. Montagna, C.Jones, F.Ray
HF: A.Schneider, N.Riewoldt, B.Goddard
FF: A.McQualter, J.Koschitzke, S.Milne
Foll: M.Gardiner, L.Hayes, N.Dal Santo
INT: S.King, B.Peake, D. Armitage, J.Blake

Emg: R.Clarke, S.Dempster, J.Geary

I have Lovett in the backline but it doesn't necessarily mean he has to play there. Plus he can push forward anyway.
I think this is a very strong side with plenty of avenues to goal. It's a very dangerous forward line then you have the likes of Lovett and Gram who can kick a couple.
Peake might not make the cut but i'm prepared to suss him out.
Steven might also be emergency along with McEvoy. It's great that we've got depth.

[xander]

FB: Baker Dawson Gilbert
HB: Blake Fisher Gram
C: Montagna Hayes Goddard
HF: McQualter Roo Lovett
FF: Milne Kosi Schneider
R: Gardiner Jones Dal Santo
Int: Armo Ray King Geary
Emg: 3 of Peake McEvoy Maguire Raph Dempster Steven

I think mini will start to play more as a mid than a half forward possibly rotating with armo.

[CaptainRiewoldt]

Peake in 22?? haha come off it. This is what I want to see by round 10 with everyone at their best. The Goose make no mistake will be back!!

FB: Blake/Maguire Dawson Gilbert
HB: Gram Fisher Goddard
C: Lovett Hayes Dal Santo
HF: Macqualter Roo Armitage
FF: Mc Evoy Kosi Schnieder
R: Gardiner Jones Montagna
Int: Ray Ball Milne Dempster

Emg: Maguire/Blake Baker Steven

If everyone stays fit we have an amazing 22.

[thirty-seven!?]

FB: Sam Gilbert - Zac Dawson - Steven Baker

HB: Farren Ray - Jason Blake - Sam Fisher

C: Andrew Lovett - Lenny Hayes - Brendon Goddard

HF: Andrew McQualter - Nick Riewoldt - Leigh Montagna

F: Stephen Milne - Justin Koschitzke - Adam Schneider

R: Michael Gardiner - Nick DalSanto - Clint Jones

Int: Jason Gram, Ben McEvoy, David Armitage, Sean Dempster

But then i got a list of emergencies:

Steven King, Brett Peake, Jack Steven, Tom Lynch, Matt Maguire, Raph Clarke, Jarryn Geary, Rob Eddy & Possibly even Luke Ball

Real Testament to our depth!

[hotdish]

From Grand Final team:

IN: Lovett, Armitage
OUT: Dempster, L Ball

[Middo]

From Grand Final team:

IN: Lovett, Armitage
OUT: Dempster, L Ball

Spot on.....can't work out all the love for the Goose..?
And Peake was playing with Freo so dont expect to much from him and we have some good kids ready to blossom...Tom Lynch is more of a player than Goose will be to us and Jack Steven & Armo are ready to go .

[HarveysDeciple]

B: Gilbert, Dawson, Baker
HB: Gram, Fisher, Blake
C: Montagna, DalSanto, Lovett
HF: Godard, Riewoldt, Schneider
F: Milne, Koschitzke, McQualter
R: Gardiner, Hayes, Jones
I: Armitage, McEvoy, Steven, Lynch

Emergency: R.Clarke, Peake, Geary

McEvoy I think needs to be in for King, he looks a likely type and is the next generation.

[stkfc1]

From Grand Final team:

IN: Lovett, Armitage
OUT: Dempster, L Ball

Concur. Although I think if Milney struggles at all next year he and Steven

might start fighting for the same spot . And although different body

types I think Raph and Geary might do the same. (only on a horses for

courses type basis) And no this isn't a I Hate Raph statement This is

what real depth does for you!

[PJ]

Will wait to see what Peake offers but my memory of him a couple of years ago was as a pretty skilled and quick player.

[JABBER]

very hard to do i think we got about 30 players who could into the best 22

B J Blake Z Dawson S Dempster

HB S Baker S Fisher S Gilbert

C J Gram L Hayes L Montagna

HF N Dal Santo Kosi A Lovett

F J Steven Roo A McQualter

R M Gardiner B Goddard D Armitage

I C Jones A Schneider J Geary B Mc Evoy

E S Milne S King F Ray

[Eastern]

I'll do mine in March !!

[Solar]

From Grand Final team:

IN: Lovett, Armitage
OUT: Dempster, L Ball

seems to be about right, give or take a match up....

will be interesting to see how geary and steven go over the off season as both have the ability to push into the midfield group

[Solar]

From Grand Final team:

IN: Lovett, Armitage
OUT: Dempster, L Ball

Concur. Although I think if Milney struggles at all next year he and Steven

might start fighting for the same spot . And although different body

types I think Raph and Geary might do the same. (only on a horses for

courses type basis) And no this isn't a I Hate Raph statement This is

what real depth does for you!

agree with that and no thats not a raph bash, if there is a player who gives us the ability to cover taller players, read the play and also generate play then he takes raphs sport if raph is not playing as well. Geary has shown in small pieces that he could have this ability and a small quick back is needed depending on match ups

[Legendary]

Tough to pick -- this time last year, very few people had Farren Ray in their best 22, and he played every single game.

Ditto Zac Dawson, people didn't even think he would manage a match.

There are going to be surprises ... to hard to tell without seeing some pre-season form at least!

[desertsaint]

FB: Baker Dawson Gilbert
HB: Gram Fisher Goddard
C: Ball Hayes Montagna
HF: McQualter Riewoldt Lovett
FF: Schneider Kosi Milne
RR: Gardiner Dal Santo Jones
INT: McEvoy Ray Blake Armitage

Emg: King/Geary/Dempster/Clarke/Peake/Gwilt/Steven

[bigcarl]

B: Baker, Dawson, Fisher
HB: Gilbert, Blake, Ray
C: Lovett, Dal Santo, Gram
HF: Schneider, Riewoldt, Goddard
F: Milne, Kosi, Armitage
R: Gardiner, Hayes, Montagna
Int: McEvoy, McQualter, Jones, Clarke
*Didn't consider Ball because i'm not sure he'll be there.

Observations:

- Milney/Schneider/Mini need some goals in big games to shore up their spots. Pressure will come from guys such as Steven and Peake and Lovett if he plays forward.

- Make or break for Raph Clarke and he needs to be told so. I'd see if he can go through the midfield and perhaps alternate with BJ at half forward. Don't want to see him in the backline. Has ability, but he must make major strides this season if it is all to come together.

- Kosi needs to find some more consistency. Rotate he, Riewoldt and BJ through FF during the match to mix it up a bit.

- McEvoy over King to offer a bit more around the ground.

- Mini/Armitage interchangeable through midfield/forward line.

- Ray didn't have a great finals series, but i consider him a very good player who still has much improvement in him.

- Would love to see a wildcard such as Stanley pushing for selection this season (not necessarily as a ruckman). has the pace to perhaps be considered as a winger or a forward.

- Pressure must come on all spots.

- Others well in the mix: Stanley. King, Maguire. Geary, Gwilt, Dempster, Peake, Steven, Lynch. Eddy.

- We need to do build on our defensive excellence of 2009 and become the best attacking/goal-kicking team as well.

[borderbarry]

Another who will be in the mix if we eventually get him is Tommy Walsh. I would have him on the bench, as I dont know how we intend to use him.

[plugger66]

Another who will be in the mix if we eventually get him is Tommy Walsh. I would have him on the bench, as I dont know how we intend to use him.

He hasnt even played the game.

[makemytime]

Another who will be in the mix if we eventually get him is Tommy Walsh. I would have him on the bench, as I dont know how we intend to use him.

He hasnt even played the game.

At least I have heard of Stanley courtesy of the GF sprint, who is tommy walsh?