Opinion The Evolution of Your Best 23 for 2025

[PJ Power]

I hear ya.

We were the youngest finals side - younger and less experienced than hawthorn (particularly when you take Boak out).

From the finals side Dixon is gone and we have Farrell and SPP to come in. Boak is unlikely to be first 22. Lorenz was the emergency.

Guys like Jones, Georgiades, Farrell, Rozee, Butters, JHF, etc - still haven’t reached 100 games or have only just got there.

Evans, McEntee and Narkle are still young - they’re just not good enough. Kyle Marshall, Charleston, Ana, etc maybe the same. And we don’t have the draft picks to replace these guys with quality.

Clurey, Soldo, McKenzie, Dixon, Houston - all likely gone at seasons end. Maybe Boak too.

Lord was first choice but was injured. Sinn was first choice but got injured. Jackson was injured. Scully seems borderline as to be retained or not.

I think we were playing the youth and will be next year. But finals and a flag is always the aim.

Whatever the stated aim is doesn't bother me while Hinkley is there, because we won't win a flag anyway and any other result will be sold to us as being successful enough or excused for some convenient reason. The key is we get games into players that have some sort of AFL potential. i.e., Don't waste games on McEntee, Narkle, F. Evans. They have been trialled and found wanting.

Instead of Dixon, get games into Lord (or Scully).
Instead of Houston, get games into Sinn (not Burton).
Instead of Narkle, get games into Lorenz.
Instead of McEntee, get games into Jackson.
etc., etc.

 

[Rash]

B Bergman-Zerk thacher-Jones
HB Evans- Aliir-Farell
C Lorenz-Wines-Burgoyne
HF Lukosious-Marshall-Rozee (C)
F Rioli- Gerogiades- Powell pepper
Fol Sweet-Butters (VC)-Horne Francis
Int Drew- sinn- Richards-First round draft pick from 2024 draft- Byrne Jones

 

[NickFlips]

Assuming/taking into account
Out: Dixon, McKenzie, Houston, Soldo
In: Lukosius

B: Bergman, BZT, Ratugolea
HB: Farrell, Aliir, Jones/Burton/L. Evans
C: Burgoyne, Wines, Drew
HF: JHF, Marshall***, Georgiades
F: Rioli, Lukosius, SPP
R: Sweet, Rozee, Butters
Int: Boak???, Finlayson, DBJ, Mead

***Lord for Todd if he retires

 

[Interstater]

F: DBJ, Ratugolea, Rioli
HF: Lukosious, Georgiades, SPP
C: Farrell - Butters - Bergman
HB: L.Evans - Aliir - J.Burgoyne
B: Sinn - Zerk-Thatcher - Jones

R: Sweet - Horne-Francis - Rozee
INT: Boak - Drew - Mead - Wines

EMERG: Lorenz - Visentini - Jackson - Lord

 

[Rash]

F: DBJ, Ratugolea, Rioli
HF: Lukosious, Georgiades, SPP
C: Farrell - Butters - Bergman
HB: L.Evans - Aliir - J.Burgoyne
B: Sinn - Zerk-Thatcher - Jones

R: Sweet - Horne-Francis - Rozee
INT: Boak - Drew - Mead - Wines

EMERG: Lorenz - Visentini - Jackson - Lord

richards?

 

[all seeing eye]

Barrett, Burgoyne maybe Montgomery into Magpies.

 

[Interstater]

richards?

Don't know enough about him to comment.

 

[RossFC]

Port Adelaide POWER - Round 1 vs ?
F: Soldo - Georgiades - Rioli
HF: Byrne-Jones - Lukosius - Powell-Pepper
C: J.Burgoyne - Wines - Boak
HB: L.Evans - Aliir - Farrell
B: Bergman - Zerk-Thatcher - Jones
R: Sweet - Horne-Francis - Butters
INT: Rozee (C) - Drew - Atkins - Richards
EMERG: Narkle (SUB) - Ratugolea - Finlayson - Burton

Port Adelaide MAGPIES - Round 1 vs ?
F: Lord - Scully - McEntee
HF: F.Evans - Finlayson - Anastasopoulos
C: Lorenz - Moore (C) - Jackson
HB: Sinn - Ratugolea - Burton
B: Walsh - Clurey - D.Williams
R: Visentini - Mead - Narkle
INT: Moss - K.Marshall - Charleson - T.Marshall
EMERG: McLennan - Short
OTHER: Szust - Weidemann - Chamberlain - H.Williams - O'Reilly - Turner - Calvett - Carter - Launer - Pascoe - H.Ferrari - Roberts - Cheesman - O'Brien - Baldwin - Aldridge - Stevens - Brazel - Byrne - W.Ferrari - Cockatoo-Collins - Cooper - Gilchrist

Unavailable:
AFL: NONE
SANFL: NONE

 

[Rash]

Port Adelaide POWER - Round 1 vs ?
F: Soldo - Georgiades - Rioli
HF: Byrne-Jones - Lukosius - Powell-Pepper
C: J.Burgoyne - Wines - Boak
HB: L.Evans - Aliir - Farrell
B: Bergman - Zerk-Thatcher - Jones
R: Sweet - Horne-Francis - Butters
INT: Rozee (C) - Drew - Atkins - Richards
EMERG: Narkle (SUB) - Ratugolea - Finlayson - Burton

Port Adelaide MAGPIES - Round 1 vs ?
F: Lord - Scully - McEntee
HF: F.Evans - Finlayson - Anastasopoulos
C: Lorenz - Moore (C) - Jackson
HB: Sinn - Ratugolea - Burton
B: Walsh - Clurey - D.Williams
R: Visentini - Mead - Narkle
INT: Moss - K.Marshall - Charleson - T.Marshall
EMERG: McLennan - Short
OTHER: Szust - Weidemann - Chamberlain - H.Williams - O'Reilly - Turner - Calvett - Carter - Launer - Pascoe - H.Ferrari - Roberts - Cheesman - O'Brien - Baldwin - Aldridge - Stevens - Brazel - Byrne - W.Ferrari - Cockatoo-Collins - Cooper - Gilchrist

Unavailable:
AFL: NONE
SANFL: NONE

Surely,
Sinn and Lorenz play over Boak and Atkins, other than that i agree

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Atkins to go GOD mode se don't need 23 other jobbers

 

[hazpaz]

Bergman. Zerk-Thatcher. Farrell.
Burgoyne. Aliir. Evans.

Boak. Wines. Lorenz.

Powell-Pepper. Marshall. Lukosius
Richards. Georgiades. Rioli.

Sweet. Horne-Francis. Butters

Rozee. Drew. DBJ. Lord. Sinn.

R1 Draftee. R2 Draftee. Barrett. Burton. Soldo. Atkins.

Probably like Burgoyne on the wing over Boak, and Sinn off half back. If Marshall is no good, then Lord at CHF.

 

[Coobk001]

OUT	Dixon	IN	Lukosius
	F Evans		Richards
	Narkle		Atkins
	Houston		L Evans
	McKenzie		Pick 13
	Scully		Pick 29
	McCallum		Pick 36
	K Marshall		Pick 50
			Barrett	CAT B

Based on the above list changes:

POWER
FF : Georgiades , Lukosius , Rioli
HF : Rozee , Marshall , SPP
C : Burgoyne , JHF , Lorenz
HB : Farrell , Aliir , Bergman
FB : Jones , BZT , L Evans
R : Sweet , Wines , Butters
INT : Sinn , Drew , Boak , DBJ
SUB : Richards

MAGPIES
FF : Soldo , Finlayson , Anastasopoulos
HF : McEntee , Lord , Charleson
C : Pick 13 , N Moore , Atkins
HB : Mclennan , Clurey , Williams
FB : Walsh , Ratagolea , Burton
R : Visentini , Mead , Jackson
INT : Barrett , Moss , Pick 29 , Pick 36 , Pick 50

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Updated after the Trade Period.

Lukosius, Georgiades, Rioli
Richards, CHF, Powell-Pepper
Burgoyne, Rozee, Lorenz
L. Evans, Aliir, Farrell
Bergman, Zerk-Thatcher, Jones
Sweet, Horne-Francis, Butters

Drew, Sinn, Wines, Byrne-Jones

No McEntee, Boak, Francis Evans, Burton, Narkle, Atkins

Updates - Lukosius as the 3rd tall
Houston to Collingwood
Lachie Jones starting in the backline
Joe Richards to the forward line
Byrne-Jones cemented to the bench but could start over Richards

Our main issue is CHF - Lord, Ratugolea

Our forward line has gotten an injection of Lukosius and Richards, two actual forwards.

 

[PJ Power]

We’ll be challenged significantly if injuries hit next year. Even our current midfield lacks depth. If one of the big three missed multiple matches, we may need to be ready to rotate Sinn or Bergman back into the centre square for some minutes.

 

[Rash]

We’ll be challenged significantly if injuries hit next year. Even our current midfield lacks depth. If one of the big three missed multiple matches, we may need to be ready to rotate Sinn or Bergman back into the centre square for some minutes.

This is why we should draft one of the midfielders with pick 13 such as: Taj Hotton/Bo Allen/Murphy Reid over the defenders such as Tauru, Trainor and Travaglia

 

[all seeing eye]

This is why we should draft one of the midfielders with pick 13 such as: Taj Hotton/Bo Allen/Murphy Reid over the defenders such as Tauru, Trainor and Travaglia

Bo Allen probably the closest to the next level , already playing wafl.

 

[PJ Power]

OUT	Dixon	IN	Lukosius
	F Evans		Richards
	Narkle		Atkins
	Houston		L Evans
	McKenzie		Pick 13
	Scully		Pick 29
	McCallum		Pick 36
	K Marshall		Pick 50
			Barrett	CAT B

Based on the above list changes:

POWER
FF : Georgiades , Lukosius , Rioli
HF : Rozee , Marshall , SPP
C : Burgoyne , JHF , Lorenz
HB : Farrell , Aliir , Bergman
FB : Jones , BZT , L Evans
R : Sweet , Wines , Butters
INT : Sinn , Drew , Boak , DBJ
SUB : Richards

MAGPIES
FF : Soldo , Finlayson , Anastasopoulos
HF : McEntee , Lord , Charleson
C : Pick 13 , N Moore , Atkins
HB : Mclennan , Clurey , Williams
FB : Walsh , Ratagolea , Burton
R : Visentini , Mead , Jackson
INT : Barrett , Moss , Pick 29 , Pick 36 , Pick 50

? Rome Burgoyne

 

[Coobk001]

Looking deeper at our list, I think we might not be left with a choice.

If we delist Dixon, F Evans, Narkle, Houston, McKenzie, Scully, McCallum, K Marshall, we'll be left with 4 draft picks, but also a huge amount of players on the cusp of delisting in 2025.

So if we truly believe 2025 is a shit draft, I would think we will try to cut deeper this year than next.

2025 Delist Candidates:

• Atkins - CERTAIN
• Clurey - CERTAIN
• Boak - CERTAIN
• Soldo - HIGHLY LIKELY
• McEntee - HIGHLY LIKELY
• Jackson - HIGHLY LIKELY
• Williams - QUESTIONABLE
• Finlayson - QUESTIONABLE
• Mead - QUESTIONABLE
• Charleson - QUESTIONABLE

Marshall is also an on-going risk, plus there's concerns about a return home for a couple of our stars.

There's at least 6 potential delistings there. That's a lot. We can't afford to be hitting a shit draft and taking 6 picks. So we'd be better off clearing 1 more spot this year.

The only way really to offset this, given we don't even have a 2025 1st, is to land some FA's for a change. Offer STUPID cash to Luke Davies Uniacke, or even Ed Richards from the Dogs. Maybe even Caleb poulter from the Dogs.

? Rome Burgoyne

Yeah, looking at the 2025 delist list, had me thinking we may have to delist an extra player. Given the contract status of our guys Boak is the obvious delisting which gives us more picks this year and leaves us with less for next year. Unless we go with delisting a contracted player like McEntee, Charleson or Williams, but obviously that depends on where our salary cap is.

Personally I would hope we nab Rome with a rookie pick, probably not pick 50. Get Benny as rookie - Cat B. Then taking 4 other kids makes sense.

We'd probably benefit from drafting a couple mids, back flanker and we need to be looking at a KPP probably defender.