Sydney Team of the 21st Century

[curnow inferno]

CHANGES AT END OF 2024:
IN: E.GULDEN, C.WARNER
OUT: J.BOLTON, W.SCHWASS

CHANGES AT END OF 2022:
IN: MILLS, HEENEY
OUT: MATHEWS, O'LOUGHLIN

CHANGES AT END OF 2020:
IN: PAPLEY
OUT: DAVIS

FB	L.BARRY	H.GRUNDY	D.RAMPE*
HB	J.MCVEIGH	C.BOLTON	J.LLOYD*
C	D.HANNEBERY	J.KENNEDY (vc)	E.GULDEN*
HF	A.GOODES	B.HALL	R.O’KEEFE
FF	T.PAPLEY*	L.FRANKLIN	I.HEENEY*
RR	S.MUMFORD	B.KIRK (c)	L.PARKER*
INT	K.JACK	C.MILLS*	P.WILLIAMS - C.WARNER*
COACH:	PAUL ROOS

Minimum 50 games in 21st century qualification.

thoughts?

 

[The King!]

stopped reading when Ted was left out, and lloyd ahead of guys like shaw mattner etc

how did schwass make it

mathews?

wow odd team

 

[caesar88]

I would have

Jolly > Mumford
Nick Smith > Lloyd
Maxfield > Schwass (did more this century)
Heeney > Davis

And Malceski is simply a lock in this team on HB, McVeigh to the bench and Matthews misses out.

 

[RUNVS]

For me

Out
Mumford
B.Matthews
Lloyd
Schwass

In
Jolly
Shaw
Malceski
Kennelly

 

[ScrewInStuds]

For me

Out
Mumford
B.Matthews
Lloyd
Schwass

In
Jolly
Shaw
Malceski
Kennelly

Yep, Lloyd out for Malceski was my first reaction.

 

[curnow inferno]

Wow lloyd must be the whipping boy around here

All australian and best and fairest winner + runner up would be a walk up at most clubs

 

[RUNVS]

Yep, Lloyd out for Malceski was my first reaction.

I want Mattner in there too. People forget what a great combination Kennelly/Malceski/Mattner were in the late 2000's.

 

[RUNVS]

Wow lloys must be the whipping boy around here

All australian and best and fairest winner + runner up would be a walk up at most clubs

Lloyd gets a lot of stats, but at the end of the game you see he has 30+ disposals and you can't remember a single one of them. He doesn't have much impact with his disposals.

 

[caesar88]

Wow lloys must be the whipping boy around here

All australian and best and fairest winner + runner up would be a walk up at most clubs

Unfairly so IMO.

In other clubs maybe he would be a walk-up but we have had consistently the best defences in the competition going back to the start of this century. It's always been the strength of our sides. He is up against seriously stiff competition in that regard.

 

[ScrewInStuds]

Wow lloyd must be the whipping boy around here

All australian and best and fairest winner + runner up would be a walk up at most clubs

Lloyd's a good player, works his butt off. Malceski has him covered comfortably imo, he's pretty underrated outside the Swans.

 

[Kapanis]

Lloyd, bloody hell

 

[Kapanis]

People pumping up Jollys worth, fmd. Wow. Promise to ignore this thread.

 

[Kapanis]

Would have Jetta in a heart beat over Lloyd anyday. Oops, said I wouldn't comment.

 

[The King!]

coaching choice is good

 

[RUNVS]

People pumping up Jollys worth, fmd. Wow. Promise to ignore this thread.

Jolly is not a super strong ruckman, but he was one of the top 5 ruckmen in the competition when he was at his peak.

I forgot about Jetta too. On 2012 form he is in, but I wonder if you need a larger body of work to make this team.

 

[The King!]

jolly shat the bed in 06

though so did Hall

 

[Kapanis]

Jolly is not a super strong ruckman, but he was one of the top 5 ruckmen in the competition when he was at his peak.

I forgot about Jetta too. On 2012 form he is in, but I wonder if you need a larger body of work to make this team.

As against Lloyd. Ball, Pyke, Tippett, Mumford all should be in front of Jolly at the Swans, Jolly cost us the 06 gf, Mumford a busted arse in 05. Jason Ball by a mile.

 

[brad cooper]

Wow lloyd must be the whipping boy around here

All australian and best and fairest winner + runner up would be a walk up at most clubs

He is a walk up start in any fantasy team but that's about where it ends, so many better players in the 21st century for swans in his position.

 

[scaryness]

Regardless of your opinions of what Lloyd currently offers to the team, guys like Kennelly, Shaw, Malceski and Mattner were just better players anyway. All 4 should be well ahead of him for this exercise.

The first two were critical with their speed and line breaking, Malceski's kicking was some of the best we have ever seen (imo) and Mattner is way better defensively than any of them but still able to be an offensive weapon when we needed it.

Lloyd just doesn't hold up to them.

Mummy vs Jolly? I lean towards Mummy.

Would also add Smooch and Richards ahead of Schwass and Mathews.

 

[RobbieK]

Just put Goodes in as the ruckman, he won a Brownlow in the position.

 

[AG]

B: Leo Barry - Heath Grundy - Dane Rampe
HB: Tadgh Kennelly - Craig Bolton - Nick Malceski
C: Dan Hannebery - Josh Kennedy - Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ryan O'Keefe - Lance Franklin - Luke Parker
F: Nick Davis - Barry Hall - Michael O'Loughlin
R: Adam Goodes - Brett Kirk - Jude Bolton
INT: Paul Williams - Kieren Jack - Ted Richards - Nick Smith

Richards and Smith more deserving than the next best mids, so I'm picking them on the bench. Our defence is the hardest imo.

I'm probably forgetting someone.

 

[Crust]

The hyphen played in two premierships, and his first half in 05 was magnificent.

 

[RUNVS]

The hyphen played in two premierships, and his first half in 05 was magnificent.

Always going to love LRT.

 

[BarneyBent]

This thread shows we’ve really been spoilt for defenders this century.

C.Bolton, Grundy, Richards, LRT, Barry, Rampe, Shaw, McVeigh, Malceski, Kennelly, Mattner, Smith, Lloyd. Try picking just 7 of them.

 

[RUNVS]

This thread shows we’ve really been spoilt for defenders this century.

C.Bolton, Grundy, Richards, LRT, Barry, Rampe, Shaw, McVeigh, Malceski, Kennelly, Mattner, Smith, Lloyd. Try picking just 7 of them.

I'd put McVeigh in the midfield just to make it a bit easier. McVeigh played most of his career in the midfield anyway.