Opinion 2024 Round 1 Team

[Jeffcrowe]

If we are worried about Soligo's ability to run out the game he could be a sub in/off option in round 1.

Looked classy when he came on later yesterday.

Not sure we should be worried , he’s got 2 weeks of training and was only off running for a fortnight

Reports say he is as prob our best in pre season too

Those 2 weeks off shouldn’t matter at all

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Not sure we should be worried , he’s got 2 weeks of training and was only off running for a fortnight

Reports say he is as prob our best in pre season too

Those 2 weeks off shouldn’t matter at all

Personally I would still pick him in the 22, but just saying it could be a management option.

Can always sub off.

 

[MsTopG]

Agree with your side

Soligo plays , he looked good , has had a great pre season and has 2 weeks of training still

Soligo is in the first 10 picked. Unless Keane has concussion symtoms he will definitely play imo. Far superior to Borlase who fumbles way too much to be relied upon. Not a one grab player for some reason. The other concern is Butts, has poor kicking skills and looked to be labouring late in the game. Doesnt look fully fit but still probably a better option than Borlase. The other option is that we only play 1 tall in Keane and bring in Curtin for extra height down back. Depends how gc lineup up forward. If gc dont go tall up forward it might be better to go with Keane, Worrell, Curtin as we did against powaa.

 

[Sizzlepack]

Filthy's going to miss the start of the season, still not sure how long he'll miss. Ominous. Thilthorpe Injury Update

 

[huludicidal]

With Thilthorpe out for the foreseeable future (meniscus = 8 weeks minimum I would strongly suggest), is it as simple as Burgess replacing him, or do we restructure?

 

[rabidcrow]

Murphy plays because they have made a position for him, not the reverse

Not arguing that at all - just saying he plays.

There is no chance of Murphy missing based on what we know previously and how he played in the trial game


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[rabidcrow]

I honestly doubt Sloane will be a starting best 22 player all season, perhaps as sub but will want to tear up the SANFL to get a gig at all is my feel. Loyalty should only go so far.

Agreed. But the pre game melts on here will be entertaining - and if he were to get a game…well how many pages will be dedicated to that!


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[Trigger13]

Time to step up, Fog.

 

[Danger in Texas]

With Thilthorpe out for the foreseeable future (meniscus = 8 weeks minimum I would strongly suggest), is it as simple as Burgess replacing him, or do we restructure?

Burgess like-for-like makes the most sense, he can chop out in the ruck too

 

[crows dude]

Max Butts Worrell
Hinge Keane Milera
Soilgo Dawson Smith
Pedlar Walker Rachele
Rankine Fogarty Thilthorpe?

ROB Laird Crouch

Murphy Curtin/Sholl Jones Berry

Inj
Murray

Depth
Edwards Burgess Ryan McHenry Taylor Gollant Dowling Cook Sloane

Keays should be there to make 23

 

[crows dude]

So Thilly out

F. Fogarty Burgess Rachele
Hf. Keays Walker Pedlar
C. Jones Crouch. Sholl
Hb. Milera Keane. Michalanney
B. Smith Butts. Worrell
R. O’Brien Dawson Rankine
I. Berry Laird Soligo Hinge
S. Murphy

 

[huludicidal]

Burgess like-for-like makes the most sense, he can chop out in the ruck too

I absolutely agree, and surely the selectors will too? I actually rate Burgess and wanted to find a way to get him in. A shame that it’s happened like this, but it could be the making of him.

 

[Scorpus]

Surely we pick Burgess over Himmelberg. Would be an absolute disaster having to suffer through weeks of Himmelberg's crap

 

[Danger in Texas]

Surely we pick Burgess over Himmelberg. Would be an absolute disaster having to suffer through weeks of Himmelberg's crap

We’ve been playing Burgess fwd and EH back all summer haven’t we? I’d be shocked if we do a sudden 180

 

[Carmo]

Horses for courses for me with filthy out. Might be Tex and fog and existing smalls an add another mid, could be cook, could be gollant, could be Burgess.

 

[Danger in Texas]

There’s always Gollant, too, although probably not much of a 2nd ruck

 

[Scorpus]

We’ve been playing Burgess fwd and EH back all summer haven’t we? I’d be shocked if we do a sudden 180

The question for me is whether we see Burgess as a legitimate chop out ruck. He was at Gold Coast and is a far better ruck than Himmelberg, but the coaches can have amnesia at times and may rate Himmelberg because he's taller and better known to them

 

[Carmo]

Surely we pick Burgess over Himmelberg. Would be an absolute disaster having to suffer through weeks of Himmelberg's crap

He was doing the best I've ever seen of him late last year up forward in sanfl fwiw

 

[Danger in Texas]

The question for me is whether we see Burgess as a legitimate chop out ruck. He was at Gold Coast and is a far better ruck than Himmelberg, but the coaches can have amnesia at times and may rate Himmelberg because he's taller and better known to them

IIRC he played a bit of chop out ruck in the streamed match sim, so we must see that he has some value there

 

[1970crow]

People were adamant that Michaelanny wouldn’t play all year in his first season due to being too light

Quite a LOL in hindsight

I wasn't one of them, talent matters and lots of 'not ready' types have done well at other clubs.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I wasn't one of them, talent matters and lots of 'not ready' types have done well at other clubs.

i remember showing a guy a photo of Will Day on debut at the time and he laughed at me for some reason even though Will Day was even skinnier and performed from start

 

[MsTopG]

Surely we pick Burgess over Himmelberg. Would be an absolute disaster having to suffer through weeks of Himmelberg's crap

Burgess or Gollant i would say. The only other option would be to play Curtin up forward but probably not ready.

 

[Cryptic56]

prediction for the team lineup at first bounce

B: Josh Worrell, Jordon Butts, Max Michalanney
HB: Brodie Smith

33

Brodie Smith

Age

32

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.5

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

500.1

5star

D

17.1

4star

K

12.6

5star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

2.3

3star

MG

438.9

5star

D

17.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.6

5star

, Mark Keane, Wayne Milera

30

Wayne Milera

Age

27

Ht

184cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.9

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

265.3

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

3.5

3star

T

1.0

2star

MG

282.0

4star

D

11.4

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.4

4star

MG

182.0

3star

C: Chayce Jones

1

Chayce Jones

Age

24

Ht

182cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.6

3star

M

1.7

2star

T

1.9

4star

MG

178.6

3star

D

8.9

2star

K

4.9

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

1.6

3star

MG

143.3

3star

D

9.4

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

175.0

3star

, Jordan Dawson

12

Jordan Dawson

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

5.7

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

15.7

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

4.9

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.6

3star

, Jake Soligo
HF: Rory Laird

29

Rory Laird

Age

31

Ht

177cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.4

5star

K

12.9

5star

HB

12.5

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.3

4star

CL

1.0

3star

D

19.6

5star

K

10.9

4star

HB

8.7

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

1.1

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

0.4

3star

, Josh Rachele, Sam Berry
F: Chris Burgess

21

Chris Burgess

Age

29

Ht

194cm

Wt

97kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.2

2star

K

3.9

2star

HB

4.3

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

2.8

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

, Taylor Walker

13

Taylor Walker

Age

34

Ht

194cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.7

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

1.6

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.6

5star

, Darcy Fogarty

32

Darcy Fogarty

Age

25

Ht

194cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.5

2star

K

5.7

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.3

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

2.3

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.4

2star

HB

2.6

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

1.0

4star

FOL: Reilly O'Brien

43

Reilly O'brien

Age

29

Ht

202cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.4

4star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

5star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

14.4

3star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

4star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

24.8

5star

, Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

, Izak Rankine

23

Izak Rankine

Age

24

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

2.0

5star

D

13.0

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

2.0

5star

D

13.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

5star

G

2.0

5star

INT: Luke Pedlar, Lachlan Murphy

4

Lachlan Murphy

Age

26

Ht

174cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

G

0.7

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

G

1.0

4star

, Mitch Hinge, Ben Keays

2

Ben Keays

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.9

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

13.7

3star

K

8.7

3star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.3

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.4

2star

T

4.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

SUB: Lachie Sholl

 

[BACCS]

Well I guess this is why we got Burgess in, to provide ruck/forward backup if someone like RT goes down. I guess Gollant is the other option, but wouldn't mind Burgess debuting against his old club.

 

[BACCS]

Surely we pick Burgess over Himmelberg. Would be an absolute disaster having to suffer through weeks of Himmelberg's crap

Burgess was an emergency yesterday, so it would suggest he's ahead of Himmelberg for that position (who has been training down back this pre season anyway). Even Gollant would be ahead of Himmelberg as a forward/ruck.