I’m reminded every day when I look at my Essendon tattoo which i got 2 days after the win.
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Martin starts in our 18 so wouldn’t be a 1:1 comparison with Bewick (though I would tend to agree Martin is the better of the 2).
Merrett over JJ (as our best starting on-baller).
Redman over Solly.
Durham over Heff maybe.
Could be a couple of others depending on how exactly you line up the sides.
If JJ was playing now he would be our best player.
He was a beast.
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Boris 2000, was a better ground ball player. Had a better kick and was smarter around goal than Martin.
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Nah, no way.
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Ffs Redmond over Solly… Fck me people.
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Redman over Solomon, how?
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In the grand final specifically, Solly was the perfect match up for Russell Robertson.
I wouldn’t be giving Redman that job.
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| B: | 1 Mark Johnson | 31 Dustin Fletcher | 6 Sean Wellman |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB: | 11 Damien Hardwick | 21 Dean Wallis | 7 Dean Solomon |
| C: | 26 Chris Heffernan | 24 Joe Misiti | 33 Blake Caracella |
| HF: | 2 Mark Mercuri | 25 Scott Lucas | 5 James Hird (c) |
| F: | 9 Adam Ramanauskas | 18 Matthew Lloyd | 13 Michael Long |
| Foll: | 22 John Barnes | 32 Justin Blumfield | 14 Jason Johnson |
| Int: | 8 Darren Bewick | 16 Paul Barnard | 27 Steven Alessio |
| 29 Gary Moorcroft |
I would swap
Ridley for Wallis at CHB
Nic Martin for Heffernan
Draper for Alessio
Z Merrett for Moorcroft
Durham or Caldwell for rama or Blumfield would be close to 50/50 but give it to the encumbants
No changes, for mine.
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i’ll channel @dingus on this one about changing the 2000 side with our 2024 players
tracking beautifully, no changes for mine
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I loved Solly but at his best he was never near an AA squad.
No way Draper, he’s conditional, Sheedy would’ve hated him, or turned him into a killer
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Alright, Zerrett gets in but the question is who to take out.
I don’t like dropping Moorcroft for him, because Zerrett doesn’t do what he does.
I guess like for like means dropping Heffernan or Blumfield…probably Heffernan.
I guess I would do that, but I don’t like it.
Nobody else is even remotely close to consideration.
Edit: is Zerrett’s delivery good enough?
Hmmmm.
the 2000 players deserved to be in that side, they earned it
regardless of their skill etc, a 2024 player would be coat-tailing their way into that side
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I get what you’re saying, but Solly was a lot more defensive than Redman.
Redman would be more competing with Hardwick for a spot - of which he’d have no chance.
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There’s no dimension in the entire cosmos where Redman gets a game in that side.
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Unless it’s taking hangers, I’m sure Merrett could do everything Moorcroft did and more if he was allowed to play purely as a small forward.
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I was there….
I was much younger….