Prediction 2023 Best 22 Teams and discussion
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Hell no. Ryan to Cox so frequently on the 50 arc was all too predictable and teams were set up for it by the second half of the season. (It worked in the first half) Getting the ball out of defence after a point was one of our biggest problems last year. I'm hoping the coaching staff are onto it this year.
You're both right. Cox is an extremely reliable marking option and, our kick-ins became way too predictable. This year, having Cox, Darcy and Jackson all as options long will be hard to match up on if they set up correctly.
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Don't think the kick-ins are intentionally predictable, just that Cox is often the one who gets a mismatch. Pearce makes himself available as a kick in option as well and sometimes we go to him. Sometimes the moves are covered by the opposition and you just have to go to go long and safe to the best contest.
If we see the same old forward line just with Jackson replacing lobb we will not improve in 2023. Don’t want to see any 2023 lineups with the same old story. Look forward to seeing best 22s with something different up forward 
Didn’t think Ryan went to Cox all that much tbh. He certainly went to him more than every other player but 60+% of his kick outs seemed to be 60m bombs aimed at no one particular.
Unless that changes Luke Ryan should never take a kick out ever again.
Ryan is a very good player overall but he’s the most overrated kick in our team, maybe the competition. He’s not highly skilled. He’s marginally more skilled than the average AFL player at best, with decision making that constantly resorts to ‘bomb it long to contests Freo won’t win’.
It will be Taberner + Amiss and Jackson for talls until the injuries start occurring; then we might see some Corbett, Sturt or Treacy. Don't underestimate how much an Amiss with a preseason and support will make us more effective.If we see the same old forward line just with Jackson replacing lobb we will not improve in 2023. Don’t want to see any 2023 lineups with the same old story. Look forward to seeing best 22s with something different up forward
Bringing in O'Meara and Fyfe back I think will increase the number of goals from the midfield as well as the connection.
Well going by history how many games will Tabs play before injury?
With Corbett as a medium tall, do we drop Banfield?
If anything we have the option of playing taller. Amiss, Treacy, as the 3rd tall
Would be a massive mis-match for most teams.
Sonny can stay at their feet with Shultz, Freddy, but where does it leave
Switta?
We could have the best bench in our history, and if the rotations move to 5
even scarier.
Only weakness I can see is a wing position, Pearce integral, and how long can
Walters play?
Ryan Pearce walker
Young cox Clarke
Noddy Omeara aish.
Treacy Amiss. Walters.
Jackson tabs. Switta.
Darcy serong brayshaw
Freddy, Fyfe, Chappy, Brodie, Erasmus.
I reckon they will play 5 on the bench this year. Treacy, Corbett, Sturt competing for the third tall position. Shultz, Switta, Walters competing for the 2x small forward positions.
Young cox Clarke
Noddy Omeara aish.
Treacy Amiss. Walters.
Jackson tabs. Switta.
Darcy serong brayshaw
Freddy, Fyfe, Chappy, Brodie, Erasmus.
I reckon they will play 5 on the bench this year. Treacy, Corbett, Sturt competing for the third tall position. Shultz, Switta, Walters competing for the 2x small forward positions.
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Definitely want to see a medium in either Sturt or Corbett putting a compelling case for inclusion.If we see the same old forward line just with Jackson replacing lobb we will not improve in 2023. Don’t want to see any 2023 lineups with the same old story. Look forward to seeing best 22s with something different up forward
And I really think we should put a lot of work into both Amiss and Treacy throughout the year.
Treacy will get games. History says Tabs will be injured 25%+ of the season and there is no one else.
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Treacy ahead of Amiss?
Like the post Gav.
I am a believer that Sturt will have a better than average season.
I think he has been unlucky so far with injury and sickness.
Towards the end of last season at Peel he was looking and playing like the footballer we were expecting.
I think his body has matured to the extent that he is ready for the big time. Body and mind in the right place.
We need big things from Treacy up forward .We need his hard body and attack on the ball to change the way we play up forward.
I would say Corbett is also backup for when Tabs is inevitably injured. I don't consider Corbett a medium, more of a short KPF (which might actually work if playing Amiss and one of Jackson/Darcy forward). He runs in straight lines and doesn't have great speed/agility (but probably better than Treacy and Taberner in that department).
Cheers mate.
I think I hold a minority opinion here, but I think we should be training Treacy to be capable of pinch hitting in defence. It would be deflating to lose him due to lack of opportunity.
And without having seen him play, Corbett seems to have the fitness and capacity to play time between the arcs for periods of time.
The club's timing is slightly complex right now. We were finalists and did ok. We lost some depth and brought in some players who have strategic impact, and we have emerging players who need opportunity, but will be under pressure to perform.
Collectively it adds up to the best scenario a coach could ask for.
I have to say that I was initially disappointed to have lost what we did, but have since moved on with the thought that other than Griff, we have lost nothing, He still would have been an asset to us, but he needed to get a bigger chance.
Losing Lobb means nothing, he was always going to go. Yep may still have been handy, but I think he would have had his mind elsewhere.
It will be interesting with Corbitt coming in. Can't say I have heard much of him, but he obviously, like Brodie, has the ability, but lacked chances previous.
Yet another string to our forward line.
Interesting to see just who we pick tomorrow night.
I have to say that the thought of recruiting Naismith is interesting. He has a load of talent and given another chance, he may just be the back up we need.
Any thoughts on McQuilken and Pearson from Souths. Two proven backmen at WAFL level. McQuilken has had a taste at the other mob and Pearson is a 100 gamer now who has proven his game skills and awareness.
I like Treacy a lot. I reckon he has that mongrel and desire to compete at every contest. But I do think there needs to be a clear plan to isolate Treacy and Tabs so they don't clog up the forward line together.
Corbett is too small to play no1. It would be like when we had Cam and Kersten doing it, i.e. terrible.
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Walters?
There was plenty of games this year where he was getting a game on reputation and not on performance.
Despite him being a warrior of the club for years, I don’t think he has 22 games in the best 22 in him.
