2025 lets have a look you bloody bastards

[Tonythetiger]

Bumping this because not sure where else it's discussed but with all trades almost completed and us linked to basically no one, going to be an interesting year next year.

We won't see Lefau or Young until mid year so hoping first half of the year guys like Gibcus, Gray and Blight are going to be playing regular football.

Our smalls such as Smith, Campbell and Green should have better tanks than the new draftees so might see some early games too. Hard to put together much of a best 22 at this stage because of not knowing who we are getting. It's going to be list that is going to be so unproven.

 

[sabso]

In the absence of new blood in the ruck surely this is noahs chance to come in as regular relief ruck

 

[SplintWhisky]

We might get 4-5 picks in the top 10-12. Will we look at trading Lynch?
Last 5 seasons pick 1 has been ready made and a bit of a weapon. Eg Daicos, Sheezel, Ashcroft, Reid, Horne Francis. We need to nail this one to strengthen the midfield straight away. Hopefully our next pick is a bit of a midfield gun to. I think our third pick needs to be a smaller half back/wing type who can help fill the void Rioli left. If we can nail 3 gems we can be competitive next year with half a dozen wins. Will be fun to see the team develop. I wouldn’t mind O’Brien from Crows as ruck depth as well. If our over 28s happened to get injured we’d look something like

Green Lefau Rioli
Mansell Balta Bauer
Clarke Taranto Campbell
Trezise Miller Smith
Banks Gibcus Brown
Oreilly Hopper Ross
Pick 1, Pick 4, Mcauliff Ralphsmith

I’d make Vlaustin captain as well

This post pissed me off. Read the full post and was agreeing with most of your points until I saw your team and the format.

Those who do not do the standard format of
B
HB
C
HF
F
FOLL
INT

Don't deserve basic human rights.

 

[Vassp]

why does Hopper get auto selection ?

 

[tdyen]

We are so going to get our arses kicked all year in 2025. We will be lucky to win 2 games.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Probably be close to this round If everything goes right & based on ACL returns

B: Vlastuin Balta Gibcus
HB: Short Blight Broad
C: Hugo Taranto Banks
HF: Rioli Gray Campbell
FF: Bauer Lynch Green
Foll: Nank Ross Hopper
INT: Pick , Pick [emoji6], Ryan, McAuliffe,
Sonsie (if he gets his atttude right)

Have ryan as Ruck support unfortunately if we don’t pick one up in the PSD



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[Madtiger2006]

This post pissed me off. Read the full post and was agreeing with most of your points until I saw your team and the format.

Those who do not do the standard format of
B
HB
C
HF
F
FOLL
INT

Don't deserve basic human rights.

Green Lefau Rioli
Mansell Balta Bauer
Clarke Taranto Campbell
Trezise Miller Smith
Banks Gibcus Brown
Oreilly Hopper Ross
Pick 1, Pick 4, Mcauliff Ralphsmith

 

[SplintWhisky]

Green Lefau Rioli
Mansell Balta Bauer
Clarke Taranto Campbell
Trezise Miller Smith
Banks Gibcus Brown
Oreilly Hopper Ross
Pick 1, Pick 4, Mcauliff Ralphsmith

Mate, the UN couldn't save you from the war crimes I am about to commit.

 

[wart101]

bottom four here we go! thats ok though, looking forward to watching the rebuild and kids grows

 

[panatha1908]

The back end of the year will.involve the kids getting tired. I'd love me a round 1 win against the blues. Let's fire everyone up for that!

 

[Ctl]

Did a team excluding any potential draftees, and the team looks half decent. We might be more competitive than anticipated in 2025 but as ever it truely is reliant upon the health of Prestia and Lynch.

 

[Andyy]

Did a team excluding any potential draftees, and the team looks half decent. We might be more competitive than anticipated in 2025 but as ever it truely is reliant upon the health of Prestia and Lynch.

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Then remember that:
Lefau is out until probably mid-year.
Lynch & Prestia are both extremely injury-prone.

Opens doors for Gray, Miller, McAuliffe etc

 

[Madtiger2006]

Mate, the UN couldn't save you from the war crimes I am about to commit.

There you go. Forwards are down the bottom

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Did a team excluding any potential draftees, and the team looks half decent. We might be more competitive than anticipated in 2025 but as ever it truely is reliant upon the health of Prestia and Lynch.

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No Bauer?

 

[SplintWhisky]

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There you go. Forwards are down the bottom

Prepares my Child soldiers

 

[Madtiger2006]

Prepares my Child soldiers

 

[captain blood 17]

Interesting task. I’ll have a go.

B: Short, Miller, Broad
HB: Vlaustin, Balta, Banks
C: Ralphsmith, Taranto, Ross
HF: Rioli, Gibcus, Browne
FF: Greene, Lynch, Campbell
R: Nankervis, Hopper, McAuliffe
Int: Bauer, Greene, Prestia, Mansell.

 

[sabso]

We should really have a ruck on the interchange bench. Bauer can develop into our CHF, he can mark, goes into contests and has a sweet boot as well

 

[docko911]

Under 25 best 22

B: Trezise, Gibcus, Blight
HB: Brown, Balta, Smith
C: HRS, Ross, Banks
HF: Campbell, Bauer, MRJ
F: Mansell, Kozi, Green
R: Ryan, Sonsie, McAuliffe
Int: Clarke, Gray, Fawcett, OHB, Dow*, Cumbo*, Coulthard*

Backline looks pretty neat with Miller (25) and Young (26) also available as KPD’s. We should look at getting at least one mid/small defender in this draft.

Forward line looks pretty weak at this stage. No standout talls with 4 in the side and Lefau (26) as another option. Solid group of hard working small forwards but no standout from a goal scoring perspective. We should be looking to add another KPF and small/mid forward in the draft + midfielders that can go forward.

Midfield looks very weak on-ball. Ross and McAuliffe the only two that give you any confidence of becoming solid AFL midfielders. Dow may not even be on the list and it could be Sonsie’s last year at the club if he doesn’t show more. Wingers on the other hand look promising with both HRS and Banks looking more likely than not. There’s also potential support from the likes of Campbell, Clarke and MRJ who could all find themselves further up the ground on the wing. With our desperate need for on-ballers we should be drafting no less than 3 but preferably 4-5. As some of these players will spend time on the wing early in their career, we won’t need to add anymore wingers to our stocks.

Ruck with big Sammy G Ryan and OHB. No confidence in either player at this stage. We could bring in a young ruck to develop with the team like Dodson or we could simply get a mature back-up and look to trade for a decent one in the future if needed.

Overall, how do we look?

Our young group above would likely be smashed every week. However, that would mainly be due to the lack of midfield talent/depth and scoring forwards. The rest of the team on paper looks very promising. With 8-10 more senior players to slide into that team our injury-free best 22 has the potential to be quite competitive.