What's our best 22 now?

[Stripes]

I wonder if Thomas will take Foley's spot after the first few rounds? If Foley improves his speed and ball delivery he will be well and truly safe but Thomas will have him for clearances.

A.Edwards may struggle to return back into the team too if any of Lennon, Banfield, Lloyd or Gordan step up quickly 

[Judge Roughneck]

Ze-torch-man

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Richmond AFL Team Round 1

Newman         Chaplin           Morris
Houli              Rance             Grimes
Ellis                Martin            Deledio
Knights           Riewoldt        A.Edwards
McBean           Vickery          Lennon

R: Maric    Cotchin   Conca

I: Hampson, Jackson, Vlastuin

Sub: Foley

Ze-stripe-man

Richmond AFL Team Round 1

Newman         Chaplin           Morris
Houli              Rance             Grimes
Ellis                Martin            Deledio
Knights           Riewoldt        S.Edwards
Maric           Vickery          King

R: Hampson    Cotchin   Conca

I: Grigg, Jackson, Vlastuin

Sub: Foley

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[Judge Roughneck]

1. Does grigg get hard wick let automatic selection? Houli too? Knights?
 2. Is king best beyond doubt?
3. Where does newman fit in?
4. Who is 2nd best defender Grimes or Chappy?
5. How will the forward look?

[Phil Mrakov]

King isn't best 22

[Stripes]

King isn't best 22

No one plays the defensive forward role better than he does at the moment so even though there are better players than him on the list, he remains in the 22 until someone can do his role better than he can.

Here are my answers Judge 
1. Does grigg get hard wick let automatic selection? Houli too? Knights?
All of them will play round one. Knight is probably the player most likely to drop out though Grigg needs to keep providing outside run and deliver well (something he is not always achieving) if he is to retain his spot. Houli's spot is a lock.

2. Is king best beyond doubt?
No - but as I mentioned in my last post - but best defensive forward we have atm.

3. Where does newman fit in?
Have to be the wing or as the the '7th defender' pushing up the ground. On output alone his spot is vulnerable but he is virtually untouchable when you add his leadership value.
 
4. Who is 2nd best defender Grimes or Chappy?
Chappy by a long way. I would rate over Rance even. 

5. How will the forward look?
Initially I think it will look -

HF: S.Edwards   Riewoldt    Conca
FF: Maric    Vickery    King

Changing to by mid-year -
HF: S.Edwards   Riewoldt    Knights/Arnot
FF: McBean    Vickery    Lennon

[Yeahright]

I wonder if Thomas will take Foley's spot after the first few rounds? If Foley improves his speed and ball delivery he will be well and truly safe but Thomas will have him for clearances.

Actually Foley averages more clearances.

[Stripes]

I wonder if Thomas will take Foley's spot after the first few rounds? If Foley improves his speed and ball delivery he will be well and truly safe but Thomas will have him for clearances.

Actually Foley averages more clearances.

Really?! That's interesting. Apparently Thomas has improved in that area considerable last year but he was playing at a lower level of course. Perhaps I'm under-rating Foley 

[Yeahright]

I wonder if Thomas will take Foley's spot after the first few rounds? If Foley improves his speed and ball delivery he will be well and truly safe but Thomas will have him for clearances.

Actually Foley averages more clearances.

Really?! That's interesting. Apparently Thomas has improved in that area considerable last year but he was playing at a lower level of course. Perhaps I'm under-rating Foley 

Foley roughly doubles Thomas' clearances (not quite) and has averaged more for every year. From my lazy look only Cotchin and Tuck have averaged more with Martin not far behind.

[one-eyed]

Best 22 for round 1 next year, according to the AFL website ...


Richmond

B: Dylan Grimes, Alex Rance, Steven Morris

HB: Jake Batchelor, Troy Chaplin, Bachar Houli

C: Shaun Grigg, Trent Cotchin, Reece Conca

HF: Daniel Jackson, Ty Vickery, Nick Vlastuin

F: Shane Edwards, Jack Riewoldt, Dustin Martin

FOLL: Ivan Maric, Brett Deledio, Brandon Ellis

INT: Shaun Hampson, Nathan Foley, Matt Dea

SUB: Chris Newman


NOTES: It is expected that the Tigers will take a relatively settled line-up into the start of the 2014 season. Former Carlton ruckman Shaun Hampson is the only new face, and Ivan Maric is sure to appreciate his support, which is likely to mean that Ty Vickery will spend less time in the ruck. Jake King and Aaron Edwards are among the regular senior players not included in this team. - Adam McNicol

TOTAL PLAYER RATINGS VALUE: 6664 points
TOP PLAYER: Trent Cotchin, 470 points

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-30/your-clubs-best-22-for-round-one-part-one

[tony_montana]

Sif no pettard 

[WA Tiger]

Batch....after the year he had ....really...

Maybe I could get a gig..

[Stripes]

And Dea apparent steps straight in 

[WA Tiger]

And Dea apparent steps straight in 

Yeah, that's another one, amazing.

[Tiger-Harted]

FIRSTS

BACKS    Grimes, Dylan        Rance, Alex              Morris, Steven
         
1/2 BACKS  Newman, Chris       Chaplin, Troy      Ellis, Brandon
         
CENTRE     Houli, Bachar       Deledio, Brett       Grigg, Shaun
         
RUCKS           Maric, Ivan       Cotchin, Trent      Foley, Nathan
         
1/2 FWDS           Knights, Chris       Vickery, Tyrone      Martin, Dustin
         
FORWARDS      Edwards, Shane   Riewoldt, Jack      King, Jake
         
I'CHANGE           Conca, Reece        Hampson, Shaun    Vlastuin, Nick 
         
SUBSTITUTE   Jackson, Daniel   

SECONDS

BACKS          McIntosh, Kamdyn    Griffiths, Benjamin   Dea, Matthew
         
1/2 BACKS      Petterd, Rick            Elton, Todd           Arnot, Matthew
         
CENTRE          McDonough, Matt    O'Hanlon, Brett    Darrou, Ben
         
RUCKS         Stephenson, Orren    Helbig, Bradley    Lloyd, Sam
         
1/2 FWDS         Edwards, Aaron           McBean, Liam           Batchelor, Jake
         
FORWARDS    Williams, Cadeyn    Astbury, David           Lennon, Ben
         
I'CHANGE         Gordon, Nathan           Banfield, Todd           Miles, Anthony
         
SUBSTITUTE   Thomas, Matt   

[WA Tiger]

FIRSTS

BACKS    Grimes, Dylan        Rance, Alex              Morris, Steven
         
1/2 BACKS  Newman, Chris       Chaplin, Troy      Ellis, Brandon
         
CENTRE     Houli, Bachar       Deledio, Brett       Grigg, Shaun
         
RUCKS           Maric, Ivan       Cotchin, Trent      Foley, Nathan
         
1/2 FWDS           Knights, Chris       Vickery, Tyrone      Martin, Dustin
         
FORWARDS      Edwards, Shane   Riewoldt, Jack      King, Jake
         
I'CHANGE           Conca, Reece        Hampson, Shaun    Vlastuin, Nick 
         
SUBSTITUTE   Jackson, Daniel   

SECONDS

BACKS          McIntosh, Kamdyn    Griffiths, Benjamin   Dea, Matthew
         
1/2 BACKS      Petterd, Rick            Elton, Todd           Arnot, Matthew
         
CENTRE          McDonough, Matt    O'Hanlon, Brett    Darrou, Ben
         
RUCKS         Stephenson, Orren    Helbig, Bradley    Lloyd, Sam
         
1/2 FWDS         Edwards, Aaron           McBean, Liam           Batchelor, Jake
         
FORWARDS    Williams, Cadeyn    Astbury, David           Lennon, Ben
         
I'CHANGE         Gordon, Nathan           Banfield, Todd           Miles, Anthony
         
SUBSTITUTE   Thomas, Matt

Not to shabby at all, well done and welcome to the forum..