2025 Best 23

[rammmbo]

B floss blight broad
Hb brown gibcus campbell
C Trainer Lefau Balta
Hf Lalor Fawcett Bauer
F Mansel lynch rioli
foll Nank Tarranto smiley
Int mansel Ross Sims maculliff
Sub Prestia

 

[tora tora tora]

B Tom Brown, Josh Gibcus, Nick Vlastuin
HB Jayden Short, Noah Balta, Nathan Broad
C Judson Clarke, Tim Taranto, Sam Banks
HF Rhyan Mansell, Harry Armstrong, Maurice Rioli
FF Josh Smillie, Tom Lynch, Jonty Faull
Foll Toby Nankervis, Jacob Hopper, Sam Lalor
Int Dion Prestia, Tom Sims, Taj Hotton, Luke Trainor

We lack speed, that is why Clarke is on the wing. No matter how fast slow players move the ball, they can't catch the oppo on defence. We need to go after high-class midfield/backline speed to finish off the squad balance. The new draftees will add speed while they are still at the peak of their agility before gaining size and muscle over the next few seasons.

Maybe a direct long-kicking style this season to utilise our talls, that can be defended with a slower midfield is the way to go.

My idea is the Hardwick 2010 model, get 50 senior games into the highly rated kids asap while playing someone like Prestia to teach and take the hits while he is still around.

Gibcus & Broad run a lot. Balta's quick.

need speed? and no Hugo who runs a lot, at pace.
no Smith? 2nd fastest player vs Saints.
no Campbell? He was our best runner vs Pies. 14.8 kms 3ks at speed, top speed 31.8kmh
Miller is quicker than Brown

 

[Ralll]

Gibcus & Broad run a lot. Balta's quick.

need speed? and no Hugo who runs a lot, at pace.
no Smith? 2nd fastest player vs Saints.
no Campbell? He was our best runner vs Pies. 14.8 kms 3ks at speed, top speed 31.8kmh
Miller is quicker than Brown

I said speed, not people who run a lot.
Hugo, Smith and Campbell sure, but they are all fringe players who would replace other fringe players. (Clarke, Rioli, Mansell, Banks)
Miller quicker than Brown?... They're both slow.
None of that solves our current lack of speed imo (if I'm right and we have one) unless most of those fringe players step up and become prominent players.

The problem is we have older players slowing down, good slower players (Hopperanto), and our 2 prized recruits we need to get games into are also slower mids.

 

[Moppey]

Taking into consideration the blokes coming off long term injuries.
I also think if they are fit then Lalor and Smillie will debut. The young talls im not so sure about.

This is what i believe the club will do early rounds.

Vlastuin - Blight/Miller - Broad
Brown - Balta - Short.

H RS - Hopper - Banks
Nankervis - Taranto - Prestia

Bauer - Koschitzke - Campbell
Mansell - Lynch - Rioli.

Smillie - Lalor - Ross - McIntosh.

A fully fit Squad i would approach it along these lines.

Vlastuin - Balta - Trainor
Brown - Gibcus - Smith/Trezise

Banks - McAullife - Campbell
Nankervis - Taranto - Hotton

Bauer - KPF - Clarke. Best performed young kpf. Bauer third tall
Rioli - Lynch - Alger

Smillie - Lalor - Broad - Hopper - Prestia - Lefau

 

[tora tora tora]

I said speed, not people who run a lot.
Hugo, Smith and Campbell sure, but they are all fringe players who would replace other fringe players. (Clarke, Rioli, Mansell, Banks)
Miller quicker than Brown?... They're both slow.
None of that solves our current lack of speed imo (if I'm right and we have one) unless most of those fringe players step up and become prominent players.

The problem is we have older players slowing down, good slower players (Hopperanto), and our 2 prized recruits we need to get games into are also slower mids.

B. Miller fastest player on the ground vs Pies this year at 32. 3 km/h

and fastest player on the ground vs Power at 32. 1 km/h

Brown vs Miller?

Neither for me.

J. Clarke ~ emerging small fwd. zero wing attributes. need players to score.

Lynch and Bauer start the year. Bauer was killing it.

Doubt if Faull and Armstrong start. I hope Sims is back up ruck

A fit Hopper & Taranto runs, pressures, tackles, gets clearances. Kmac2 ~ 2 preseason down ~ tank'll improve.

Jack Ross plays wing well.