What's our best 22 now?

[Smokey]

Pretty much what I would of said after yesterday. The two big questions that have to be answered are both Griffiths and Astbury. If they come up who makes way for them as for me they are both top 22.  The obvios answers are Batch and Vickery but it realy depends on how they want to structure the side.  3 tall fowards? 4 tall backs? Might be a little top heavy. Some defentate selection headaches which is a good thing.

Thought Batch went ok and I'm not normally his biggest fan but like so much in yesterday's game it was nearly impossible to draw a line through the form because the 2 sides were so mismatched.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Vickery IMHO is not best 22.

He'd be best 26 or 27. That is of course Astbury and Griffiths are fit.

Did we miss Ty in the lead in to the finals while Griff was at CHF.?

Ty just doesn't do enough.

[Eat_em_Alive]

Thought I'd bump this.
would like to see your best 22. 

In light of yesterday, 3 talls forward line doesn't appear to work for us so which tall do we take in with Jack.
Is Chaplin in our best defensive lineup?
The Morris experiment? Does he have a place in our best 22?
Who do we use for sub?

[The Big Richo]

Chaplin is a very good player, anyone who doesn't have him best 22 should do the honourable thing and close their OER account so as not to waste the time of people who know the game.

Morris has a place but it should be as a small defender. I think Astbury will miss as will Vickery who I would play.

I'd also play Morris back and play Knights forward if fit with Batchelor or Lennon getting squeezed out.



I reckon it will be something like:
B:   Grimes      Chaplin      Batchelor         
HB:  Houli         Rance       Vlastuin
C:    Ellis          Martin        Hunt
HF: Deledio      Griffiths      Lennon
F:   Edwards    Riewoldt     Morris
R:  Maric     Miles     Cotchin
Int: Grigg, Conca, Lambert
Sub: Lloyd

[No More]

I would go with

Grimes Chaplin Morris
Houli Rance Vlastuin
Ellis Martin Hunt
Deledio Griffiths Lennon
Lloyd Riewoldt Edwards
Maric Miles Cotchin
Lambert Grigg Conca Vickery

Maric was struggling yesterday and we need to have someone who can take some ruck duties, in that event I would have Griff as the 2nd ruckman and Vickery could take the 2nd key forward spot or we could move Jack to CHF and place big Ivan down at Full Forward

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Chaplin is a very good player, anyone who doesn't have him best 22 should do the honourable thing and close their OER account so as not to waste the time of people who know the game.

Morris has a place but it should be as a small defender. I think Astbury will miss as will Vickery who I would play.

I'd also play Morris back and play Knights forward if fit with Batchelor or Lennon getting squeezed out.



I reckon it will be something like:
B:   Grimes      Chaplin      Batchelor         
HB:  Houli         Rance       Vlastuin
C:    Ellis          Martin        Hunt
HF: Deledio      Griffiths      Lennon
F:   Edwards    Riewoldt     Morris
R:  Maric     Miles     Cotchin
Int: Grigg, Conca, Lambert
Sub: Lloyd

Basically on the money
Swap McIntosh for Lennon ??

[sugark]

Swap mcintosh for lambert, dreaming of another Miles

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Do u reckon Newman knows he not best 22 or would he reckon he was?

[🏅Dooks]

Why all the love for Lambert? 

[Francois Jackson]

Do u reckon Newman knows he not best 22 or would he reckon he was?

I reckon his a walk up start when fit

No reserves side for this bloke

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What does experience actually equate to, in his case?

[The Big Richo]

Yeah I was forgetting McIntosh.

In ahead of Lambert.

[No More]

What does experience actually equate to, in his case?

 a very nice salary 

[yellowandback]

Thought I'd bump this.
would like to see your best 22. 

In light of yesterday, 3 talls forward line doesn't appear to work for us so which tall do we take in with Jack.
Is Chaplin in our best defensive lineup?
The Morris experiment? Does he have a place in our best 22?
Who do we use for sub?

I'd say most people are missing the point on the 3 forwards thing not working.
2 points here:-
Golden rule of business - structure first, then people. Should be the same ina football team but it seems the match committee are trying to squeeze Ty into the forward line. Makes no sense. Tail doesn't wag the dog Dimma
Even if the structure required 3 talks - it's not that the structure isn't working, it's the dead weight playing in it!

[The Big Richo]

I don't agree with that.

Vickery can play footy at this level, there is no question about that.

But Hardwick has been on a mission to destroy the forward line for the last 3 years with almost every public comment and structural move he has made being demonstrably inept.

None of our forwards have benefited one bit from the coach. Riewoldt has managed, albeit after a dip because he is another level of player but the 'ordinary' guys have had no chance.

If we had a better coach we would have a functioning forward half, no question about it.