Not sure if there's a thread already, but here's the 40 man squad: Adelaide: Eddie Betts, Patrick Dangerfield, Rory Laird, Taylor Walker Collingwood: Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan Essendon: Michael Hurley Fremantle: Nat Fyfe, Stephen Hill, Garrick Ibbotson, David Mundy, Lachie Neale Greater Western Sydney: Jeremy Cameron, Heath Shaw Hawthorn: Shaun Burgoyne, Josh Gibson, Jack Gunston, Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli North Melbourne: Todd Goldstein, Shaun Higgins Port Adelaide: Robbie Gray, Chad Wingard Richmond: Brett Deledio, Dustin Martin, Alex Rance, Jack Riewoldt Sydney: Dan Hannebery, Josh Kennedy West Coast: Andrew Gaff, Josh Kennedy, Jeremy McGovern, Nic Naitanui, Matt Priddis Western Bulldogs: Matthew Boyd, Luke Dahlhaus, Robert Murphy, Jake Stringer, Easton Wood Thoughts? Not too bad overall for mine. Few names I wouldn't have there, don't really like some of the Hawks nominations, but overall it's decent.
Yeah I was too. Still he's the sort of player that flies under the radar and he started the season really well IIRC.
Team almost picks itself imo Adelaide: Eddie Betts, Patrick Dangerfield, Rory Laird, Taylor Walker Collingwood: Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan Essendon: Michael Hurley Fremantle: Nat Fyfe, Stephen Hill, Garrick Ibbotson, David Mundy, Lachie Neale Greater Western Sydney: Jeremy Cameron, Heath Shaw Hawthorn: Shaun Burgoyne, Josh Gibson, Jack Gunston, Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli North Melbourne: Todd Goldstein, Shaun Higgins Port Adelaide: Robbie Gray, Chad Wingard Richmond: Brett Deledio, Dustin Martin, Alex Rance, Jack Riewoldt Sydney: Dan Hannebery, Josh Kennedy West Coast: Andrew Gaff, Josh Kennedy, Jeremy McGovern, Nic Naitanui, Matt Priddis Western Bulldogs: Matthew Boyd, Luke Dahlhaus, Robert Murphy, Jake Stringer, Easton Wood About 15 locks imo, so I'd pick: FB Rory Laird - Alex Rance - Jeremy McGovern HB Matthew Boyd - Michael Hurley - Heath Shaw C Andrew Gaff - Patrick Dangerfield - Nat Fyfe HF Chad Wingard - Taylor Walker - Dustin Martin FF Jake Stringer - Josh Kennedy - Eddie Betts R Todd Goldstein - Matt Priddis - Dan Hannebery Int Cyril Rioli - Josh Kennedy - Sam Mitchell - Brett Deledio Couple of 50/50 calls there. Laird and Wood in the back pocket, Matthew Boyd and Robert Murphy (probably McGovern too, but I think three talls should be picked as if this were a side playing a game), and plenty of debate for the bench spots with Pendles, Robbie Gray, and others in the mix.
Who actually deserves it out of Geelong players? Or is it more that you can't find deserving candidates that is weird?
nah just weird seeing no players even in the 40, we had no one deserving, just normally used to seeing like 4-5 guys, shows were we are at
Stefan Martin should've been there before Nic Nat. Martin smashed him in every stat this year. Amazed that Pendles and Swan made the squad - both had average years by their standards
Couldn't give a shit about AA, amounts to nothing. It's just shove as many midfielders into the team as possible.