Position 2025 Defenders

Please find attached the initial player positions of who has qualified for 2025 defenders

The details are in an excel spreadsheet

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Luke Ryan getting slept on aa bit it feels, Always seems to shit points in the early rounds each year

Which Ryan do we get though .....first half of the season, or second half ?

Hasn't there been FREO training reports with the emphasis on quick ball movement ......could suggest that'll suit Clark moreso than Luke Ryan

 

[Maybe Tomorrow]

Bramble runs it out of defence and Freijah kicks it well, but Dale is getting still the no 1 kicking role in our back half.

Bramble is a potato, any younger players a chance?

 

[Mofra]

Bramble is a potato, any younger players a chance?

Bramble is now best 22, easily. His improvement from round 1 to round 22 was remarkable.
The only defensive positions up in the air are the 6th spot, we were playing a 3rd tall but James O'Donnell hasn't had a great pre-season and his likely replacements are not SC relevant.

Busslinger looks good but is only taking Jones' or Lobb's spot if they get injured.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Bramble is a potato, any younger players a chance?

Busslinger?

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

Luke Ryan getting slept on aa bit it feels, Always seems to shit points in the early rounds each year

The negative is you’ve gotta watch Luke Ryan play football

 

[Mofra]

The negative is you’ve gotta watch Luke Ryan play football

Luke Ryan is great unless he has to be anywhere near an opponent

 

[marcmurphy3]

Luke Ryan is great unless he has to be anywhere near an opponent

Freo changed their game style 2nd half of last year and tried to go a little more direct. Had an impact on both Ryan and Clark who both benefit from the chip chip approach. Will be interesting what they go with this year.

 

[JDWCE]

Freo changed their game style 2nd half of last year and tried to go a little more direct. Had an impact on both Ryan and Clark who both benefit from the chip chip approach. Will be interesting what they go with this year.

Ryan yes, Clark no, Clark's down games came from being heavily tagged

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Anyone else considering Whitfield even though he has the Round 2 bye which is the best of the early byes?
Then has the Round 16 bye which should be the easiest to deal with.

 

[Sherman41]

Anyone else considering Whitfield even though he has the Round 2 bye which is the best of the early byes?
Then has the Round 16 bye which should be the easiest to deal with.

Sure am. He just finds the footy at will and I don’t see GWS changing his role much.

 

[A Bit Dusty]

Sure am. He just finds the footy at will and I don’t see GWS changing his role much.

Yes he has a perfect Supercoach game style

 

[ArdentEagle]

I struggle to pick Whitfield, TBH, I find him too punchable.

Poor reason I know but I already have SPP and can't take another Kent.

 

[rye]

Luke Ryan getting slept on aa bit it feels, Always seems to shit points in the early rounds each year

as someone who traded in ryan before price rises last year - the issue is ryan's scoring dropped off a cliff after his own coach called him out for useless stat padding - which is a large part of how he puts up monster supercoach scores. cf ryan's pre bye and post bye supercoach output to see this.

longmuir should really be embracing a more attacking gameplan if he hopes to keep his job past this year which i think will come at the detriment of ryan's kick mark game. ryan also suffers somewhat if one of cox or pearce goes down and hes required to play more accountable, and those two are made of glass. i think hes slightly overpriced given these risk factors.

flanders / sheezel / sinclair are surer bets for top priced defenders for my money

 

[Lindsay_Gilbee]

It feels like Ryan always starts unbelievable, so I guess if you don’t start with him it’s gotta be a commitment to not picking him at all, instead of getting him after his heater.


2024 averaged 130 rounds 1-11
2023 averaged 120 rounds 1-8

Last two years he’s started very hot.