Blue Sombrero wrote:
OK.
I think this is the best team we can put on the park.
Yes, I know, Kreuzer isn't in it but we lose nothing for having Casboult in the ruck but we gain a lot of around the ground possessions and he can play everywhere.
I have gone for a small bench because the team looks tall as selected and we can use the entire bench through the forward line or the midfield and Jack can play tallish as well in defence or attack.
I originally had Plowman for Marchbank but swapped them. As a result Plow plays twos.
Newnes is a bit of a guess but they wouldn't have gone after him to play him in the NBs so I put him ahead of Williamson who also goes to the twos and not the bench.
I was tempted to leave Simmo out but he is a clinch player and deserves a spot just for his gutsy on-field leadership. He will get squeezed out by Willo or SPS at some stage.
I don't expect this team to ever be available and on the park.
B. Marchbank Jones Newman
HB. Doc Weitering Simpson
C. Cunningham SPS Newnes
HF. McGovern C.Curnow Martin
F. Betts McKay Murphy
R. Casboult Cripps Walsh
Bench: Jack Setterfield Fisher Ed
Almost: Dow, Gibbons, Williamson, Plowman, Stocker, Kennedy, Kreuzer.
I like what you've done there BS.
I'd suggest the flipside to Almost is Just in: Newnes and Newman
Kreuzer vs Casboult...anyones guess...Mr K has become leaner and has enjoyed a good preseason, barring the heart business, but Levi can't be left out with his preseason thus far, form last week and 2019 form (refer to BnF). I know he didn't get all those votes playing in the ruck, and he isn't as prevalent following up his own ruckwork as K, but he hurts like Mumford and is a great mark around the ground.
I'm a Marchbank fan too. I don't believe we are too tall when Marchy and Plow play. It is not 1979: they are mobile talls. Marchy is a star and an amazing athletic specimen. He's been criticised for some of the daring kicks he took againstPies last year, but he hadn't played for such a long time. People forget how good he was as a kid, and his weapons.
Williamson's form in the first and only praccy game against opposition suggested this kid is the real deal. If Willo can continue that vein of form in the next games vs Freo and Brizzy ... he's in....and he's got mongrel.
I look forward to seeing an unsociable Carlton in 2020. Take no prisoners.
I also believe Jack and Levi in the side give us flexibility lke no others, in case of injury during the game, and flexibility when we need to shake things up, forward, mid or back. If it was a GF, I'd certainly select both form permitting.
The list is looking great when you look at the Almosts. The addition of Betts, Martin, Newnes, Docherty and Willo make a huge difference in a positive way.