Western Bulldogs BigFooty Consensus Best 22 - Now Voting on Interchange (vote for 4)

[Yojimbo]

Well this is as voted by BigFooty, not as voted by Yojimbo. So yes, currently there's 6 remaining spots.

Well there is eight actually, plus the four interchange players as this pole
is not finished yet. I am just going off current trends fpcookie as if we
will have 3 x 34 year olds all year in the back six.

 

[Dav1d]

Voted for JJ & Suckling, but watching the win against Norf
Biggs could fit in nicely there to

 

[Yojimbo]

If we don't get somebody like Brown, I'd be comfortable listing Stringer at CHF and going in with one of Boyd/Redpath.

That makes room for Suckers on a flank.

Agree Badger, i was just saying that most of the forward line kind of
picks itself just like the backline and even the mids.

 

[BEaston]

Well there is eight actually, plus the four interchange players as this pole
is not finished yet. I am just going off current trends fpcookie as if we
will have 3 x 34 year olds all year in the back six.

Your initial statement regarding Suckling was best 18, not best 22. That means 6.

I'm not even sure what your second sentence means.

 

[Yojimbo]

Your initial statement regarding Suckling was best 18, not best 22. That means 6.

I'm not even sure what your second sentence means.

My initial statement was expressing sadness that we finally sign a
free agent from the premiership team and he battles to make the
best eighteen.The second sentence meant other than Roughead
pretty much the incumbent players have prevailed and thus the
forwards should mostly pick themselves, but enough to and fro
and on with life we go. Have a nice day.

 

[BEaston]

My initial statement was expressing sadness that we finally sign a
free agent from the premiership team and he battles to make the
best eighteen.The second sentence meant other than Roughead
pretty much the incumbent players have prevailed and thus the
forwards should mostly pick themselves, but enough to and fro
and on with life we go. Have a nice day.

If he makes the team on a HFF, has he battled to make the team anymore than Bontempelli or M.Boyd or anyone else? How do you qualify "battles to make a best 18"? Either someone is in the best 18 or they're not.

It is too early to make any claim of Suckling making or not making the best 18, as there are still 6 spots available. Just because you saw him as a winger, doesn't mean the majority do.

 

[Snake Livermore]

No votes for Bailey Dale???

He will be our best wingman next season, bookmark it.

 

[Yojimbo]

If he makes the team on a HFF, has he battled to make the team anymore than Bontempelli or M.Boyd or anyone else? How do you qualify "battles to make a best 18"? Either someone is in the best 18 or they're not.

It is too early to make any claim of Suckling making or not making the best 18, as there are still 6 spots available. Just because you saw him as a winger, doesn't mean the majority do.

I am talking in terms of the survey, not reality. The reality is he is 27
years old in his prime coming off a premiership with a lethal left leg
who should walk into our side and has been cherry picked by the coach
to do just that and improve our footskills.

 

[BEaston]

I am talking the survey as well. Re-read my post with that in mind.

 

[bontshow]

x6 boydshow CHF is the sixth and i don't think we have one, all i said was
Suckling is not a CHF. I agree with your description of Suckling as a
player 100 %. I hope we get Mitch Brown as the CHF option as i think he
is the most AFL ready option and has great mobility and the ability to
play multiple roles.

Crameri is pretty good at presenting up the ground as a marking option, I think he would be nominated as CHF from our current squad if it came down to a vote on specific positions, even though Stringer is taller. We can't just leave that spot blank in our best 22 so we pick our best player for that role as our CHF and then Suckling gets a look in on a flank with Stringer/Crameri as the CHF

 

[TheHoneyBadger]

Agree Badger, i was just saying that most of the forward line kind of
picks itself just like the backline and even the mids.

Fair call. Testament to our versatility I suppose.

 

[Yojimbo]

Crameri is pretty good at presenting up the ground as a marking option, I think he would be nominated as CHF from our current squad if it came down to a vote on specific positions, even though Stringer is taller. We can't just leave that spot blank in our best 22 so we pick our best player for that role as our CHF and then Suckling gets a look in on a flank with Stringer/Crameri as the CHF

Agree boydshow.

 

[Yojimbo]

I am talking the survey as well. Re-read my post with that in mind.

I re-read the whole thread, great suggestion to split up the on ballers
and the wingmen by the way. I never once said who i voted for and
fully recognize the opinions expressed, enough said lets move on.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Sorry all, I'll get the forward line poll up this afternoon.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Our two wingmen are Jack Macrae and Lachie Hunter.

Forward line selections are now up! Vote on the six players you think make up our best 22's forward line. It required too many options to split them into positions so we can play around with the setup after we vote on the interchange. For now, we'll just get six players down on the board.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Dickson, Boyd, Stringer
Dahl, Crameri, Suckling

McLean on the pine.

 

[lateniter]

Hmm, looks like I'm the only one who hasn't voted for Tom Boyd so far (small sample size, admittedly)
Is this the team we think will play round one, or the one we'd like to see in an ideal world?
It would be great if he did enough over this off season to force Redpath out, but as things stand he's not in my first choice team.

 

[BRWB]

Hmm, looks like I'm the only one who hasn't voted for Tom Boyd so far (small sample size, admittedly)
Is this the team we think will play round one, or the one we'd like to see in an ideal world?
It would be great if he did enough over this off season to force Redpath out, but as things stand he's not in my first choice team.

That's a fair call actually. Just think many are thinking (or hoping) that Boyd improves with another pre-season.

Not sure he needs to improve much to push Redpath out as the difference between them wasn't significant last season IMO.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Hmm, looks like I'm the only one who hasn't voted for Tom Boyd so far (small sample size, admittedly)
Is this the team we think will play round one, or the one we'd like to see in an ideal world?
It would be great if he did enough over this off season to force Redpath out, but as things stand he's not in my first choice team.

Personally it's not that he improves enough to "force Redpath out." I'd take early-2015 Boyd over late-2015 Redpath quite clearly and in my opinion he was simply burnt out come the halfway point of the year (an assumption, yes, but he very much looked it). I was extremely impressed with Boyd's early season form and while very happy with what Redpath offered us, in an ideal world Boyd would have been able to maintain his output and I would have selected him over Red without a second thought. I expect him to come out similarly after freshening up over the off-/pre-season.

As for your question it's neither, really: it's the team that you personally think is the strongest we could put on the field come round 1, in a hypothetical ideal world where everybody is fit.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Forward line the easiest to pick. Crameri, Dickson, Suckling, Dahlhaus, Stringer and Boyd.

 

[Yojimbo]

Hmm, looks like I'm the only one who hasn't voted for Tom Boyd so far (small sample size, admittedly)
Is this the team we think will play round one, or the one we'd like to see in an ideal world?
It would be great if he did enough over this off season to force Redpath out, but as things stand he's not in my first choice team.

Kind of hoping we draft Mitch Brown as a mobile, strong marking CHF then
Redpath and Boyd can be best available at full forward.

Note; This is my opinion and thus has no relevance to this pole.

 

[bontshow]

Hmm, looks like I'm the only one who hasn't voted for Tom Boyd so far (small sample size, admittedly)
Is this the team we think will play round one, or the one we'd like to see in an ideal world?
It would be great if he did enough over this off season to force Redpath out, but as things stand he's not in my first choice team.

Boyd is better than Redpath but got tired later in the year. Hopefully that won't happen again after another preseason

 

[Super Hans]

Stringer, Dickson, Dahl, Boyd, Stevens, Crameri.

 

[dogzrule]

How,does,this all end as i havent voted for players i know are in best 2, ie Picken and JJ

Is the bench made up of those with most votes outside starting 18 ?

 

[BRWB]

How,does,this all end as i havent voted for players i know are in best 2, ie Picken and JJ

Is the bench made up of those with most votes outside starting 18 ?

Assume we vote for the bench...

JJ, Stevens, Picken, McLean, Biggs, Suckling.. Etc in the mix Not bad looking depth small wise.

If our talls stay fit and perform hard to see us not maintaining or getting better with such good depth.