Prediction 2025 Best 23

[Vindicater]

Backline. McGrath - McKay - Ridley

Half Backline. Redman - Reid - El~Hawli

Centreline. Duursma - Parish - Martin

Half Forwardline. Perkins - Caddy - Langford

Forwardline. Kako - Draper - Guelfi

Rucks. Bryan - Merrett - Durham

Interchange. Shiel/Hobbs - Jones - Gresham - Roberts

Not bad. Pretty close to what I like but I reckon Caldwell comes in for the Shiel/Hobbs spot.

 

[beev]

B: McGrath - Reid - Ridley
HB: Redman - McKay - Roberts
C: Martin - Parish - Duursma
HF: Perkins - Caddy - Merrett
F: Gresham - Langford - Kako
R: Bryan - Caldwell - Durham
Int: El-Hawli, Tsatas, Shiel, Draper

 

[Yoda_]

Not bad. Pretty close to what I like but I reckon Caldwell comes in for the Shiel/Hobbs spot.

Uh yep, always forget one


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[FootyGuru]

McGrath McKay Roberts
Redman reid Ridley
Duursma Durham Martin
Jones wright(2nd) kako
Guilfi caddy Langford

Draper parish Merrett

Int Shiel Caldwell el-hawli(back/wing rotation) Gresham(forward rotation)

Sub cox.

 

[Call Me Cake]

B: McGrath - Reid - Ridley
HB: Redman - McKay - Roberts
C: Martin - Parish - Duursma
HF: Perkins - Caddy - Merrett
F: Gresham - Langford - Kako
R: Bryan - Caldwell - Durham
Int: El-Hawli, Tsatas, Shiel, Draper

Don't rate Jones?

 

[Call Me Cake]

McGrath McKay Roberts
Redman reid Ridley
Duursma Durham Martin
Jones wright(2nd) kako
Guilfi caddy Langford

Draper parish Merrett

Int Shiel Caldwell el-hawli(back/wing rotation) Gresham(forward rotation)

Sub cox.

Doesn't deserve to be in the R1 team

 

[crackers65]

Does everybody include Reid because of his great body of work previously? I think he needs to play consistently at VFL before he plays seniors. 10 games minimum to get his mind and body in some sort of condition to play regular AFL footy.

 

[Bjchan13]

Does everybody include Reid because of his great body of work previously? I think he needs to play consistently at VFL before he plays seniors. 10 games minimum to get his mind and body in some sort of condition to play regular AFL footy.

Like quite a few of on field positions with our side it will depend on pre season. We will lean towards youth where possible. They could play Hayes/Reid round 1 if fit after a solid pre season.

 

[jdstorm]

Does everybody include Reid because of his great body of work previously? I think he needs to play consistently at VFL before he plays seniors. 10 games minimum to get his mind and body in some sort of condition to play regular AFL footy.

Started last season at CHB and appeared to be the incumbent when healthy. It will either be him or Hayes that get that spot

 

[IHurley]

What has Hayes shown in VFL to warrant inclusion? Has he been the best KPD in a single game?

 

[Donflicted]

What has Hayes shown in VFL to warrant inclusion? Has he been the best KPD in a single game?

Higher ceiling then Lav if Baldwin isnt signed id expect to be Reid or Hayes

 

[crackers65]

Started last season at CHB and appeared to be the incumbent when healthy. It will either be him or Hayes that get that spot

Yeah he started last season at CHB but didn’t last one game. We all want him to succeed but his durability doesn’t give me much confidence. He can look a million dollars on the training track and in practice games, but that’s all they are- training.
He needs game under his belt in VFL.

 

[FootyGuru]

Doesn't deserve to be in the R1 team

Very early to say that. Pre season isn’t even underway. We are a significantly better and more functional team with 2mp in form as a forward/ruck.
Draper our best ruckman and Bryan can’t play forward.

 

[Yoda_]

What has Hayes shown in VFL to warrant inclusion? Has he been the best KPD in a single game?

Consistent, continuity, improvement over the season. Even added some extra strings to his bow (intercept marking, rebounding).

When he stays in his lane and keeps it simple he can absolutely become a staple in the D50

 

[bombreys]

Like quite a few of on field positions with our side it will depend on pre season. We will lean towards youth where possible. They could play Hayes/Reid round 1 if fit after a solid pre season.

Not sure why some are just assuming this.

Rounds 23 & 24 we were still opting for senior guys over youth. Would be an absolute drastic change in approach

 

[beev]

Don't rate Jones?

I do, but I have Caddy in his position. I also went for the second ruckman and because of that an extra runner on the bench.

 

[Blind Turn]

Doesn't deserve to be in the R1 team

When you pick a speculative pre-preseason best 23 surely you base it on the players being the best version of themselves. The best version of 2MP is a 50+ dead-eye goalkicker. When we’ve just lost a player who kicks 40+ you’re sure as hell looking at who will replace those goals and Wright is on our list in the peak years of his career. You might as well be saying he doesn’t deserve to be on our list (as opposed to a speculative rd 1 team) if you don’t envision him at his best.

 

[jdstorm]

Post Draft Update

*Heavy Competition for spot

AFL
Ridley McKay Mcgrath
Redman Reid* Roberts*
Martin Merrett Dursma
Draper* Durham Parish*
Langford Caddy Caldwell
Perkins* Wright* Gresham*

IC Cox Jones Tsatas Kako SEH


VFL
*= could get an AFL spot to start the season

Loul Lav Clarke
Prior* Hayes* Nguyen
Johnson Hobbs* ?????
Bryan* Setters* Sheil*
Davey* Gerryn Unwin
Guelfi* Viggo Menzie

IC Goldy

Overall feeling fairly confident: having 8 spots up for grabs with likely AFL standard players is a nice position to be in.

Remaining needs Wing/3rd tall forward

 

[Saddlemanbags]

FB: Tom, Dick, Harry
HB: Harry, Dick, Tom
C: Dick, Harry, Tom
HF: Tom, Harry, Dick
FF: Harry, Tom, Dick
F: Dick, Tom, Harry
Int: Tom, Jack, Jim, Bob
Eme: zac clarke, josh green, david myers

David Myers

Age

35

Ht

191cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

3.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.2

5star

, zach merrett

 

[Yoda_]

Post Draft Update

*Heavy Competition for spot

AFL
Ridley McKay Mcgrath
Redman Reid* Roberts*
Martin Merrett Dursma
Draper* Durham Parish*
Langford Caddy Caldwell
Perkins* Wright* Gresham*

IC Cox Jones Tsatas Kako SEH


VFL
*= could get an AFL spot to start the season

Loul Lav Clarke
Prior* Hayes* Nguyen
Johnson Hobbs* ?????
Bryan* Setters* Sheil*
Davey* Gerryn Unwin
Guelfi* Viggo Menzie

IC Goldy

Overall feeling fairly confident: having 8 spots up for grabs with likely AFL standard players is a nice position to be in.

Remaining needs Wing/3rd tall forward

I wonder if Prior could work up to a wing in the VFL, if not even on ball as he'd be an established body at the level. Open up a spot for a Matt Foley or co in the VFL


I would still dearly love a marking small (medium preferable) fwd to develop at VFL level.

 

[jdstorm]

I wonder if Prior could work up to a wing in the VFL, if not even on ball as he'd be an established body at the level. Open up a spot for a Matt Foley or co in the VFL


I would still dearly love a marking small (medium preferable) fwd to develop at VFL level.

I think Prior is a real chance to be D7 on the AFL list to start the season (Currently have cox in that spot)

I have Loul in as a defender but he played some wing and forward last year so I think he’d be the most likely guy to move should we want to fit in an extra defender.

We’ve still got 2 spots to fill after prior so will be interesting to see how that pans out. An extramedium/ tall defender wouldn’t go astray

And like you said X factor forward is a need

 

[Yoda_]

I think Prior is a real chance to be D7 on the AFL list to start the season (Currently have cox in that spot)

I have Loul in as a defender but he played some wing and forward last year so I think he’d be the most likely guy to move should we want to fit in an extra defender.

We’ve still got 2 spots to fill after prior so will be interesting to see how that pans out. An extramedium/ tall defender wouldn’t go astray

And like you said X factor forward is a need

Im not sold on Baldwin despite him being asked to stay and train. Maybe a ploy to keep him as a VFL option

 

[jdstorm]

Im not sold on Baldwin despite him being asked to stay and train. Maybe a ploy to keep him as a VFL option

I thought he was better than Lav last year.
Main issue is he’s had problems with availability and with Reid also on the list you probably don’t want two guys with Durability concerns at the same spot.

You really need good VFL only guys once the seasons 5 rounds in and there’s 8 guys hurt

 

[Bjchan13]

AFL
B McGrath McKay Ridley
HB Redman Reid Roberts
C Duursma Setterfield Durhram
HF Merrett Caddy Langford
F Kako Wright Guelfi
R Bryan Caldwell Shiel
INT Draper Parish Martin Prior El Hawli

VFL
B Menzie Hayes Laverde
HB Clarke Cox Lual
C Johnson Hobbs Day-Wicks
HF Nguyen Jones Perkins
F Unwin Gerreyn A Davey
R Goldstwin Tsatas Gresham
INT Visentini

 

[Yoda_]

AFL
B McGrath McKay Ridley
HB Redman Reid Roberts
C Duursma Setterfield Durhram
HF Merrett Caddy Langford
F Kako Wright Guelfi
R Bryan Caldwell Shiel
INT Draper Parish Martin Prior El Hawli

VFL
B Menzie Hayes Laverde
HB Clarke Cox Lual
C Johnson Hobbs Day-Wicks
HF Nguyen Jones Perkins
F Unwin Gerreyn A Davey
R Goldstwin Tsatas Gresham
INT Visentini

This is a really good effort at both senior and reserves side.

Add to the VFL side the following and you've almost nailed it;

Matt Foley (HBF / BP)
Cam Nyko (wing / HFF)
Jack Peris (small fwd / mid)
Jarrod Eckersley (HFF)
Solomon McKay (utility)
Nick Quigg (HFF / mid)
Charlton Offermans (25 year old utility)
Noah Scott (??)

Assuming Will Hoare is returning tour as well which soilidifies our spine as well