innovative !!

a midfielder/forward can rotate back through there

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Yeah but whatabout your whataboutism.

The whole Is Palmer free to play thing is going to become the next Is Carrazzo eligible...

Seriously, is it just me or has that question been asked quite a lot

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B. Plowman Weitering Simpson

HB. Docherty Jaksch Marchbank

C. Polson Gibbs Cuningham

HF. Palmer McKay Silvagni

F. CCurnow Gorringe LeBois

R. Kreuzer Cripps Murphy

I. ECurnow Smedts Macreadie Pickett

I'm not convinced Plowman as a 4th tall defender will work. Hasn't the last 2 weeks.

For all his frustrations, I'd have Casboult in ahead of Gorringe. Or if we're already playing for 2019, then I'd prefer games into Kerr than Gorringe. Or play Jaksch or Weitering or Charlie at full forward.

Fair enough.

But we haven't seen evidence of team defense either

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If he plays like he did yesterday, then he's not ready for round 1. IMO

Really disappointed with everything he did yesterday, and goal kicking IS his bread and butter.

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Hard to see us getting close as Richmond appear to have implemented a game plan that suits their list.

Assuming C Curnow and D Buckley are injured I figure, based on past selection trends, there are 18 definites to start round 1, fitness pending:

E Curnow
Palmer (unless suspended)
Kerridge
Weitering
Marchbank
Thomas
Smedts
Armfield
Plowman
Cripps
Rowe
Simpson
Docherty
Casboult
Wright
Kreuzer
Gibbs
Murphy

That would leave four of the following to come in:

White
Graham
Macreadie
Cuningham
Fisher
McKay
Pickett
Lamb
J Silvagni
Jensch
Sumner

Williamson, Boekhorst, Polson, Jones and Korchek definite Northern Blues starters round 1.

very deflating...

Assume SPS & Byrne injured
A game we can win, so not many newbies

B. Marchbank Rowe Simpson

HB. Docherty Weitering Smedts

C. Kerridge Gibbs Cunningham

HF. Palmer Casboult C Curnow

F. Wright McKay Cripps#

R. Kreuzer Murphy# E Curnow*

I. Silvagni, Fisher*, Plowman, Daisy

Emg Buckley, White, Pickett, Jaksch

An attempt at Richmond's 22 for round 1 below:

B Grimes Rance Houli
HB Conca Astbury Vlastuin
C Grigg Prestia B Ellis
HF Caddy Griffiths S Edwards
F S Lloyd J Riewoldt D Rioli
R Nankervis Cotchin D Martin

I A Miles Castagna McIntosh Markov

Two key forwards with Nankervis/Griffiths rotating ruck/forward.

Carlton's backline would then be very unbalanced with 4 talls (+ White). May need to play White as a matchup for D Martin when he goes forward.

B K Simpson Weitering Plowman
HB Docherty Marchbank Smedts
C R Palmer Gibbs Kerridge
HF M Wright Casboult Armfield
F J Silvagni C Curnow Pickett
R Kreuzer P Cripps M Murphy

I D Thomas E Curnow Cuningham J Lamb

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I'd put Simpson onto Martin when he is forward.
I don't think he could stop him but it would be funny to watch Simpson go flying from one pocket to the other without touching the ground..

How close we can get to them all depends on whether Hampson is fit to play for them.


On a Serious note, they have too many Winners in the midfield- and an improved list. 40-50 Points Margin so far!!

Yes Tigers overwhelming favourites but lets face it they are already drinking their own bathwater after winning 2 JLT Games - we can only hope they go in overconfident after seeing our shocking pre-season form and we pinch it

But to do that we need to get scoreboard pressure on - and that means when we dominant play we actually kick goals(unlikely I know) - also last few years we have eased off not been able to keep the pressure on and they have won in one quarter

Think it will be similar this time but we can always hope

It's reasonably easy to pick most of the team but I cannot work out who I would use up forward to partner Casboult. Ideally he'd be the 3rd tall forward/2nd ruck but it's hard to even find one player to put there with him. Jones has done nothing, Jaksch wasn't given a game although he did well in the VFL, Curnow is being used a mid, Mckay doesn't seem ready yet and Weitering looks like the most capable also holds our defence together.

Taking Weitering out probably leaves us with a back line of:

Plowman Rowe Smedts
Docherty Marchbank Simpson

Seems a bit weak to me but we might have no choice. Hopefully McKay or Jaksch have a breakout game this weekend.

Might end up going in like this with a few young blokes not ready yet.

Plowman Rowe Smedts
Docherty Marchbank Simpson
Thomas Cripps Cuningham
Palmer Weitering Wright
Silvagni Casboult Pickett
Kreuzer Murphy Gibbs
E Curnow C Curnow SPS Kerridge

I like the idea of Smedts to BB on the smalls if is nimble enough.

Pressure for BP small position coming from Byrne and Sheehan, or Docherty.

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Thomas: I don't think he'll be picked for Rnd 1 if he puts in a third bad JLT game.
But then again he might be BBs secret weapon.

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How can a club have so many #1 draft picks and be this dismal? We are the modern day St.Kilda ...

Thomas has put in 3 bad years of course he will play!

C.Curnow needs to develop as a forward... he is a KPP.... what on earth is he doing in the middle??? GET OUT

AFL is a young mans game now.

Get them in there and blood them now.

If they tire later in the year then replace them with the deflators.