Best 22 - 2016

[Bucksboys]

Here's my best 22 for 2016

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Here's my best 22 for 2016

Genius
Take a bow sir, genius

 

[Bucksboys]

Genius
Take a bow sir, genius

Let's not sell alcohol's contribution short

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Let's not sell alcohol's contribution short

Ps like the new avatar you have
I will assume it's a picture of a gag over a mouth, to signify previous suspension

 

[GoalSneak07]

Williams Frost Langdon

Varcoe Brown Sharenberg

Sidebottom Treloar Crisp

Adams Cloke Broomhead

Elliott Moore Swan

Grundy Greenwood Pendlebury

Aish DeGoey Reid Oxley

On the Cusp - Cox (Upgraded), Maynard, Ramsey, Patty K, Marsh, Freeman, Fasolo, Toovey & Macaffer

Delist - Dwyer, Young, Keefe, Thomas, Armstrong, White

Find new homes:
(3 Team Deal involving Lions and Giants)
Witts or Goldsack and pick 6 or 7 to GWS for Treloar
Seedsman and a 2nd rounder to the Lions for Aish

Kennedy could have value back home to SA.

Sinclair could offload for a 4th rounder easy.

Gault could be value for a 3rd or 4th rounder to a club searching for a backup forward.

Others I would have a crack at:
Kruezer - via FA if we have cap space would justify trading Witts to go with Cox's emergence.

Jake Melksham - would be gettable, right age for us and is hard at it as a solid running half back or fwd flanker.

 

[Hardas]

Rather than stopping with Treloar and Aish, I've decided to include all the guys we've been rumoured to get over the last 25 years.

I personally can't wait to see our forward line of Lockett, Jonathon Brown and Nick Reiwoldt...

On second thoughts, I may wait until the end of trade period.

Ah, the voice of reason.

 

[Markfs]

Jake Melksham would be a good replacement for Jesse White

 

[Matt_352]

Williams Frost Langdon

Varcoe Brown Sharenberg

Sidebottom Treloar Crisp

Adams Cloke Broomhead

Elliott Moore Swan

Grundy Greenwood Pendlebury

Aish DeGoey Reid Oxley

On the Cusp - Cox (Upgraded), Maynard, Ramsey, Patty K, Marsh, Freeman, Fasolo, Toovey & Macaffer

Delist - Dwyer, Young, Keefe, Thomas, Armstrong, White

Find new homes:
(2 Team Deal involving Lions and Giants)
Witts or Goldsack and pick 6 or 7 to GWS for Treloar
Seedsman and a 2nd rounder to the Lions for Aish

Kennedy could have value back home to SA.

Sinclair could offload for a 4th rounder easy.

Gault could be value for a 3rd or 4th rounder to a club searching for a backup forward.

Others I would have a crack at:
Kruezer - via FA if we have cap space would justify trading Witts to go with Cox's emergence.

Jake Melksham - would be gettable, right age for us and is hard at it as a solid running half back or fwd flanker.

Melksham is a POTATO

 

[Hardas]

Jake Melksham would be a good replacement for Jesse White

I guess you mean as a whipping boy?

 

[GoalSneak07]

Melksham is a POTATO

That's your opinion mate so good for you.

 

[Markfs]

I guess you mean as a whipping boy?

unless we keep young which is unlikely....the cupboard is going to be bare with jesse and young gone

 

[Matt_352]

That's your opinion mate so good for you.

I guess you mean as a whipping boy?

Looks like im not the only one with this opinion

 

[JB1975]

unless we keep young which is unlikely....the cupboard is going to be bare with jesse and young gone

I reckon that Seedsman might step up to this role, if we keep him.

 

[mattys123]

I don't get this "best 22" thing.

Here's the Eagles injury list at this very moment;

As at August 25, 2015

Brown (knee) season
Cavka (ankle) season
Duggan (knee) season
Mackenzie (knee) season
Tunbridge (shoulder) season
Waterman (ill) ongoing
McInnes (hamstring) 7 weeks
Lycett (knee) 3 weeks
Butler (hamstring) 1 week
Schofield (hamstring) 1 week
McGovern (hamstring) test
Selwood (ankle) test
Wellingham (ankle) test

That's 9 players unavailable this week, and at least 6 of those were close to or in their "best 22".

You don't win a flag with 22 players, you win it with 30 +.

 

[Bucksboys]

I don't get this "best 22" thing.

Here's the Eagles injury list at this very moment;

As at August 25, 2015

Brown (knee) season
Cavka (ankle) season
Duggan (knee) season
Mackenzie (knee) season
Tunbridge (shoulder) season
Waterman (ill) ongoing
McInnes (hamstring) 7 weeks
Lycett (knee) 3 weeks
Butler (hamstring) 1 week
Schofield (hamstring) 1 week
McGovern (hamstring) test
Selwood (ankle) test
Wellingham (ankle) test

That's 9 players unavailable this week, and at least 6 of those were close to or in their "best 22".

You don't win a flag with 22 players, you win it with 30 +.

Even with all those injuries their average age is 25 and a half and 100 games, they have an advanced mature list approx 2 years ahead of us

In one game our average age was 23 and 70 games because we have to replace injuries with teenagers

 

[mattys123]

Even with all those injuries their average age is 25 and a half and 100 games, they have an advanced mature list approx 2 years ahead of us

In one game our average age was 23 and 70 games because we have to replace injuries with teenagers

And that's sort of my point, we may have a best 22 at the moment but we don't have a lot outside of it.

Realistically our best 22 (or best available at the moment) includes players like Young, Seedsman, Witts and White who were all playing VFL last week, but to develop players we are playing youngsters now and they are filling holes.

That's why I'm not too upset about our current predicament unlike some on here.

 

[Baird]

B: Willams, Brown, Marsh
HB: Scharenberg, Reid, Langdon
C: Sidebottom, Adams, Crisp
HF: Broomhead, Cloke, Elliott
FF: Kreuzer, Moore, Fasolo
R: Grundy, Pendlebury, Treloar
I: Varcoe, Swan, De Goey, Greenwood

our best 22 (or best available at the moment) includes players like Young, Seedsman, Witts and White

Christ.
And I wonder why Collingwood doesn't win football matches anymore.

 

[GoalSneak07]

Looks like im not the only one with this opinion

Cool if I can find you a medal I'll be sure to pass it onto you.

 

[Matt_352]

Cool if I can find you a medal I'll be sure to pass it onto you.

 

[GoalSneak07]

View attachment 166353

Cool

 

[Markfs]

I reckon that Seedsman might step up to this role, if we keep him.

yeh that's another one. Good spot. I'm bullish with him but I'm not certain he'll be around to fulfill the role.

 

[BoxMatrix]

*Edited to more accurately reflect reality*

At least I'm realistic unlike you, who constantly lives in fantasy land...

Ah, great response

You must be Bucksboys' other account

 

[Saintly Viewed]

At least I'm realistic unlike you, who constantly lives in fantasy land...

You must be Bucksboys' other account

I am???
I didn't know, thanks for letting me know.
I just thought they were random voices in my head......

 

[Bucksboys]

At least I'm realistic unlike you, who constantly lives in fantasy land...

You must be Bucksboys' other account

You make yourself look very stupid when mods can easily check the ip addy.. grow up

 

[Markfs]

wow its getting nasty in here... do we have a code of conduct for this room? I'm not sure it's legal to call someone unrealistic