when you actualy think about there is no room for franklin and hodge in geelongs best 22 which is amd up of the number 1 defence,forwardline and midfield in the afl.
Lets start with franklin hes not going to take the spot of mooney or johnson they are both AA's and franklin is not.Hawkins is the player of the future and chapman and stokes are both small crubming forwards.That means there is only 1 spot left its nathan vs franklin and nathan is a premiership player who kicked 3 goals in a gf and also has alot more improvement left in him than franklin "that mark shows the talent of the kid"
what about hodge ? well hes not in the same league as bartel and ablett they are both match winners, than theres corey and ling who are both AA's so that 4 sposts taken.lets assume their is total of 7 midfielders in the side, than we have selwood who showed more leadership in geelong finals series than hodge did in hawthorn's and than we have the pace of wojinski who is staying so that means its down to kelly vs hodge, kelly was one of geelongs best players in the gf which is why he gets the nod ahead of hodge with his semi final performance
Lets start with franklin hes not going to take the spot of mooney or johnson they are both AA's and franklin is not.Hawkins is the player of the future and chapman and stokes are both small crubming forwards.That means there is only 1 spot left its nathan vs franklin and nathan is a premiership player who kicked 3 goals in a gf and also has alot more improvement left in him than franklin "that mark shows the talent of the kid"
what about hodge ? well hes not in the same league as bartel and ablett they are both match winners, than theres corey and ling who are both AA's so that 4 sposts taken.lets assume their is total of 7 midfielders in the side, than we have selwood who showed more leadership in geelong finals series than hodge did in hawthorn's and than we have the pace of wojinski who is staying so that means its down to kelly vs hodge, kelly was one of geelongs best players in the gf which is why he gets the nod ahead of hodge with his semi final performance