Best 22 For Next Year

[Colin D'Cops]

Spot on!
Only thing i would change would be swapping Lovett and Mcphee.

Ditto....

 

[Schmick]

B: Slattery Michael Lovett-Murray
HB: Fletcher Ryder Nash
C: Lovett Monfries Stanton
HF: Jetta Lucas McPhee
F: Davey Lloyd Hille
R: Laycock McVeigh Winderlich

INT: Welsh Watson Dempsey Hocking

EMG: Hislop Neagle JJ

The reason Watson is listed on the bench for all you guys wondering, is because he gets tired easily when played for too long, and its good to chuck him onto the field when he's fresh and play has slowed down a bit so that he's more effective and he can chase the other way and apply defensive pressure.

 

[King Patty]

B: Nash - Michael - Fletcher
HB: Lovett - Ryder - Lovett-Murray
C: Dempsey - #Watson - Winderlich
HF: McVeigh* - Gumbleton - McPhee
F: Lucas - Lloyd - Davey
R: Laycock - ~Stanton - *Houli
INT: #Monfries - Hille - ~Hislop - Rama
EMG: Welsh - JJ - Hocking.......- Jetta

A couple players you may say are lucky to be in there, but is hard filling last couple of spots. Players ive tagged for midfield roles - Watson, Stanton, Houli, McVeigh, monfries hislop. I've gone for Houli starting on the ball, know he has the endurance, think he will make it, and like having goal kicking midfielders. And i'd like to see more of Hislop in the middle. Not quite sure where to put welsh /jj / hocking / Pev at the moment but at the least they will be handy depth players.
I cant add myers/pears/daniher yet cause i havent seen them play only highlights on bomber tv. But it is possible that one of them could be in our best 22 at the end of the year - e.g Selwood, Gibbs, Davey, Gumby.

 

[Schmick]

B: Nash - Michael - Fletcher
HB: Lovett - Ryder - Lovett-Murray
C: Dempsey - #Watson - Winderlich
HF: McVeigh* - Gumbleton - McPhee
F: Lucas - Lloyd - Davey
R: Laycock - ~Stanton - *Houli
INT: #Monfries - Hille - ~Hislop - Rama
EMG: Welsh - JJ - Hocking.......- Jetta

A couple players you may say are lucky to be in there, but is hard filling last couple of spots. Players ive tagged for midfield roles - Watson, Stanton, Houli, McVeigh, monfries hislop. I've gone for Houli starting on the ball, know he has the endurance, think he will make it, and like having goal kicking midfielders. And i'd like to see more of Hislop in the middle. Not quite sure where to put welsh /jj / hocking / Pev at the moment but at the least they will be handy depth players.
I cant add myers/pears/daniher yet cause i havent seen them play only highlights on bomber tv. But it is possible that one of them could be in our best 22 at the end of the year - e.g Selwood, Gibbs, Davey, Gumby.

ATM there's probably 22 players than are currently better than Gumby, so i don't think he'd actually be considered as a member of our best 22 yet. But im sure by seasons end he probably most likely will be.

 

[bomba4eva]

This thread is starting to get me genuinely worried about next year. I felt Essendon were definitely on the way up after their drastic improvement from last year. Now though when I look at it very closely we are in a tough situation. Our BEST 22 may get us to 7-12th which is ok but not genuinely challenging for a flag. Our 22 that we would like to see have all the kids developing in would be smashed by bigger stronger teams. Im not sure what to make of it. Throwing in the kids would mean more years of pain and hardship which we have felt for 3 years now. Having our best side would win us enough games to keep us happy but not really a threat for the flag. Do people think we should play our best 22 or throw in the kids to fill most of our 22 next year? I am always the optimist but really disecting our situation properly has gotten me concerned.

 

[boms]

This thread is starting to get me genuinely worried about next year. I felt Essendon were definitely on the way up after their drastic improvement from last year. Now though when I look at it very closely we are in a tough situation. Our BEST 22 may get us to 7-12th which is ok but not genuinely challenging for a flag. Our 22 that we would like to see have all the kids developing in would be smashed by bigger stronger teams. Im not sure what to make of it. Throwing in the kids would mean more years of pain and hardship which we have felt for 3 years now. Having our best side would win us enough games to keep us happy but not really a threat for the flag. Do people think we should play our best 22 or throw in the kids to fill most of our 22 next year? I am always the optimist but really disecting our situation properly has gotten me concerned.

Mate atm we are not even looking to win the preimership in 2008. Its all about developing the kids on our list.

 

[Tambu]

Exactly.

We've only had 3 proper rebuilding years. We need atleast a couple more years of good recruiting, that and further developing our youngsters before we could even think of considering ourselves a threat.

 

[bomba4eva]

Mate atm we are not even looking to win the preimership in 2008. Its all about developing the kids on our list.

The bolded bit is what annoys me the most. Seeing teams like Brisbane and Port go past us kills me. Why havent ours developed as quick. Sheedy really should have thrown them in earlier. Also over achieveing and making the second week of the finals in 03-04 is really hurting us. We should have been developing our kids years ago. Patienece is a virtue that I lack unfortunately. Am very interested to see how Knights progresses.

 

[Jono B]

The bolded bit is what annoys me the most. Seeing teams like Brisbane and Port go past us kills me. Why havent ours developed as quick. Sheedy really should have thrown them in earlier. Also over achieveing and making the second week of the finals in 03-04 is really hurting us. We should have been developing our kids years ago. Patienece is a virtue that I lack unfortunately. Am very interested to see how Knights progresses.

Port and Brisbane have just rejuvenated the core of their premiership sides with a few kids rather than totally rebuilding. We were unable to do that because of poor drafting during our time at the top and because our 2002 draftees (Watson, Winderlich and Laycock) were often injured and were late bloomers. This stopped us from challenging again in 2004.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

B: McVeigh, Michael, Lovett-Murray
HB: Nash, Ryder, Fletcher
C: Lovett, Watson, Winderlich
HF: McPhee, Lucas, Gumbleton
F: Davey, Lloyd, Jetta
FOLL: Laycock, Stanton, Dempsey
I/C: Hille, Monfries, Slattery, Ramanauskas

EMERG: Welsh, Hislop, Houli, Myers, JJ, Pev

 

[acebomer]

B: A.Welsh M.Michael D.Fletcher
HB: J.Nash P.Ryder N.Lovett-Murray
C: A.Monfries J.Watson J.Winderlich
HF:A.McPhee S.Lucas A.Lovett
F: A.Davey M.Lloyd L.Jetta
R: D.Hille M.McVeigh B.Stanton
IC: H.Slattery T.Hislop B.Houli J.Laycock

 

[Tambu]

Dempsey has not shown enough to be an automatic choice

He has for mine. He ripped Richmond apart, unfortunately didn't have much help.

He's exactly what the team needs. If he could stay fit, automatic selection.

 

[pazza]

B: Slattery, Michael, Fletcher
HB: Lovett-Murray, Ryder, Nash
C: Winderlich, Watson, McVeigh
HF: Welsh, Lucas, Monfries
F: Davey, Lloyd, Lovett
R: Laycock, McPhee, Stanton
Int: Hille, Gumbleton, Jetta, Houli

 

[Bachar_Houli]

B: Slattery, Michael, Fletcher
HB: Lovett-Murray, Ryder, Nash
C: Winderlich, Watson, McVeigh
HF: Welsh, Lucas, Monfries
F: Davey, Lloyd, Lovett
R: Laycock, McPhee, Stanton
Int: Hille, Gumbleton, Jetta, Houli

switch mcveigh with mcphee and that will be a good team!

 

[carmi99]

He has for mine. He ripped Richmond apart, unfortunately didn't have much help.

He's exactly what the team needs. If he could stay fit, automatic selection.

I wouldn't say that he ripped Richmond apart.

He wasn't the worst but definately didn't rip them apart.

 

[keepzitreal]

B Ryder Michael Nash

HB NLM Fletcher Dempsey

C Lovett Hislop Jetta

HF McPhee Gumbleton McVeigh

F Davey Lloyd Lucas

R Laycock Winderlich Stanton


INT Watson Hille Monfries Reimers

EMERG Myers Neagle Welsh

Hard to leave out: Slattery, Dyson, Rama, Hocking, Longergan, Houli

And we still have: Johns, JJ, Pev

Very optimistic about next year. Everything is in place, hopefully it all coems together.

 

[Tambu]

I wouldn't say that he ripped Richmond apart.

He wasn't the worst but definately didn't rip them apart.

No one could catch him and could've had 2 goals and put us well within reach early in the last quarter if he didn't get injured.

 

[bhorjus]

B - Nash - Michael - Welsh

CHB - NLM - Fletcher - Ryder

C - Lovett - Watson - Mcphee

CHF - McVeigh - Lucas - Monfries

FF - Davey - Lloyd - Jetta

R - Hille - Stanton - Winderlich

I - Laycock - Gumbleton - Nash - Houli

E - Hislop - Dempsey - Neagle

 

[My_man_Hislop]

Does anyone consider Dyson or Johns a chance? or is it career over for these two...?
Hislop will play an important role next year IMO, he is a more defensive player, similar to slattery in ways. We can't entirely fill the team with attacking players like lovett jetta houli dempsey etc.
I think the future is looking good however

 

[Smyth94]

No one could catch him and could've had 2 goals and put us well within reach early in the last quarter if he didn't get injured.

He also butchered the ball quite a few times while passing it into our F50

 

[Mighty_bombers]

Lot of people have Ryder at CHB , if he did he would get killed by the likes of J.Brown , W.Treds , Buddy , etc

Nathan Lovett-Murray Mal Michael David Myers
Patrick Ryder Dustin Fletcher A.Mcphee
Jay Nash Jason Winderlich Courtenay Dempsey
D.Hille Brent Stanton Jobe Watson
Angus Monfries S.Lucas Scott Gumbleton
Andrew Lovett Matthew Lloyd Alwyn Davey

Mark McVeigh
Andrew Welsh
Jason Laycock
Leroy Jetta

Emgs -
Damien Peverill
Tom Hislop
Tayte Pears

 

[Jono B]

Lot of people have Ryder at CHB , if he did he would get killed by the likes of J.Brown , W.Treds , Buddy , etc

Nathan Lovett-Murray Mal Michael David Myers
Patrick Ryder Dustin Fletcher A.Mcphee
Jay Nash Jason Winderlich Courtenay Dempsey
D.Hille Brent Stanton Jobe Watson
Angus Monfries S.Lucas Scott Gumbleton
Andrew Lovett Matthew Lloyd Alwyn Davey

Mark McVeigh
Andrew Welsh
Jason Laycock
Leroy Jetta

Emgs -
Damien Peverill
Tom Hislop
Tayte Pears

He has actually played on Buddy and wasn't killed.

 

[Bachar_Houli]

B: A.Welsh M.Michael D.Fletcher
HB: J.Nash P.Ryder N.Lovett-Murray
C: A.Monfries J.Watson J.Winderlich
HF:A.McPhee S.Lucas A.Lovett
F: A.Davey M.Lloyd L.Jetta
R: D.Hille M.McVeigh B.Stanton
IC: H.Slattery T.Hislop B.Houli J.Laycock

I like that team alot.

 

[hulld]

where's gumby and dempsey???

knights has said he is expecting big things out of both of them

 

[SM10]

Lot of people have Ryder at CHB , if he did he would get killed by the likes of J.Brown , W.Treds , Buddy , etc

Nathan Lovett-Murray Mal Michael David Myers
Patrick Ryder Dustin Fletcher A.Mcphee
Jay Nash Jason Winderlich Courtenay Dempsey
D.Hille Brent Stanton Jobe Watson
Angus Monfries S.Lucas Scott Gumbleton
Andrew Lovett Matthew Lloyd Alwyn Davey

Mark McVeigh
Andrew Welsh
Jason Laycock
Leroy Jetta

Emgs -
Damien Peverill
Tom Hislop
Tayte Pears

Very tall backline