I think its starting to take shape now;-
Ridley Zerk Kelly
Redman Lav McGrath
Heppell Parish Durham
Langford Stringer Shiel
Jones 2MP Davey
Draper Martin Merrett
Bench: Setterfield Caldwell Perkins Cox
SUB: Guelfi
Emergency: Hobbs Massimo Menzie Weideman
Cox? Really?
Yeah - I’m hoping big Cox will play against the Hawks round 1 - depends on injuries between now and then…Weideman could play instead of Jones also if he’s right to go as we need a back up ruck for Draper
We’re sooooooo getting fined if we name a squad that large.
Swap Cox and Guelfi and its pretty close.
and then give walla the sub vest.
Yeah - Guelfi probably does start
Can we then this thread into a 22 for Round 1 thread?
fwd
walla, wright, davey
langford, jones, stringer
wings: durham/martin
backs
Redman, Laverde, Hind
Massimo, Riddley BZT
midfield: draper, zerrett, shiel, parish
int: caldwell, setterfield, phillips, hobbs
until ivan posts, this thread is irrelevant
hes got spreadsheets now.
watch out world
I think there’s about 0 chance we see a proper ‘best 22’ take the field any time this year so I’ll change the criteria a bit and have a stab how I think we’ll line up round 1.
D6 -Redman BZT Kelly
Mcgrath Laverde Ridley
C - Durham Shiel Martin
F6 - Perkins Weideman Stringer
Menzie Wright Caldwell
Foll - Draper Parish Merrett
INT - Snelling, Setterfield, Jones, Heppell
Sub - Massimo
E - Davey, Hobbs, Bryan, Baldwin
we will know more in terms of what this might look like after the practice matches against GCoast & the Saints. We really need at least one of our talls in Cox, Stewart, Reid or Hayes to cement a spot as a key position defender. Zerk looks solid - but Laverde and Ridley aren’t really key position defenders
Bottom 3-4 without a doubt. No idea where our goals come from or who is going to stop goals at the other end. We are way off it unfortunately.
Agree our defence likely will be a bit leaky - but we do have a few proven options in attack;-
Peter Wright kicked 53 goals last year
Stringer and Tippa kicked 41 & 34 goals respectively in 2021
Jones & Weiedman average 1.3 goals a game
Menzie & Davey look like exiting small forward options
I am far less worried by our forward line and ability to score than our defence
Our backline looks really settled. It does have a weakness against big KPFs. It won’t stop too many fast breaks where the midfield has failed to do its job. However a settled back 6 is worth a lot.
I think the simplified game plan is going to help them a lot simply by getting more pressure on the ball coming in.
I think an interesting question for Scott is whether we play 3 small forwards to maintain pressure, rather than our previous set ups often having midfielders there.
You look at Geelong, and they play 3 smalls each week - Close, Myers and Stengle.
With that in mind, we might see Perkins playing VFL this year to work on his midfield craft
its so bright
what can i say, i hate having to use any pastels at all
I have been a Hepp knocker but he and Durham have the wings sewn up.
Martin will be HF / on ball.
Rd 1 side will be as below - barring injury
B - Kelly Laverde BZT
HB - Mass Ridley Mcgrath
C - Hepp Parish Durham
HF - Martin Jones Stringer
F - Menzie Wright Perkins
R - Draper Merrett Shiel
I/C - Caldwell Setterfield Langford Davey Snelling (sub)
Emg - Weiderman Hind Tippa
Not available - Hobbs, Guelfi, Cox, Reid, Tsatas, Stewart
