Author Topic: What's our best 22 now?  (Read 117180 times)

Dougeytherichmondfan

  • Guest
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #405 on: November 02, 2015, 12:29:28 PM »
Grimes Rance Conca
Vlastuin Chaplin Houli
McIntosh Martin B Ellis
Deledio Reiwoldt Yarran
Edwards Vickery Lennon

Maric Cothin Miles

C Ellis, Grigg, McBean, Pick 12/Lambert

Grimes  Rance  Vlastuin
C. Ellis  Chaplin  McIntosh
Menadue  Martin  Edwards
Lids  Vickery  Yarran
Lambert  Jack  Lennon

Maric  Cotch  Miles

Ellis  Castagna  Houli  McBean



 :chuck
Who's ahead of Chaplin though. I agree, ideally you'd put Astbury in ahead of him, but at this stage I see Chaplin as the better option.

Offline Stalin

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 8356
  • Close your mouth pls, we are not a codfish
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #406 on: November 02, 2015, 12:37:11 PM »
mcbean, elton, astbury, griffiths, bachelor, dea, grimes, darrou, thursfeild,   :whistle
Then he grabbed two chopsticks and stuck them in his mouth , pretending to be a walrus

Dougeytherichmondfan

  • Guest
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #407 on: November 02, 2015, 01:10:26 PM »
mcbean, elton, astbury, griffiths, bachelor, dea, grimes, darrou, thursfeild,   :whistle
Lol

Offline Yeahright

  • Moderator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9394
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #408 on: November 02, 2015, 02:37:12 PM »
To be honest I don't take much notice of hit outs, unless you're a very dominant ruck then they are all pretty pointless. Vickerys work as a ruckman outside tapping the ball ain't too shabby.
In what way. What does he consistently do well in the role. I can think of only one thing he does well as either a fwd or a ruckman  he manages to kick one or two goals a game. An awful lot of em sodas that you would get.
In fairness kicking goals sodas or not  Its  a biggie, and it is the only thing that saves him as a player.In the main  and nearly every other area of the game hes been a lazy soft one way player  who would struggle at times to get a kick in a footy factory.

He's quite athletic and good around the packs. Seen him step around people to set up and kick goals quite a few times.

Offline Yeahright

  • Moderator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9394
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #409 on: November 02, 2015, 02:39:34 PM »
mcbean, elton, astbury, griffiths, bachelor, dea, grimes, darrou, thursfeild,   :whistle

Only one of them is a realistic option and that's Elton. Don't think it'll happen but he's the only one who could possibly go past him in that position.

Offline Diocletian

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 19974
  • RWNJ / Leftist Snowflake - depends who you ask....
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #410 on: November 02, 2015, 02:42:21 PM »
To be honest I don't take much notice of hit outs, unless you're a very dominant ruck then they are all pretty pointless. Vickerys work as a ruckman outside tapping the ball ain't too shabby.
In what way. What does he consistently do well in the role. I can think of only one thing he does well as either a fwd or a ruckman  he manages to kick one or two goals a game. An awful lot of em sodas that you would get.
In fairness kicking goals sodas or not  Its  a biggie, and it is the only thing that saves him as a player.In the main  and nearly every other area of the game hes been a lazy soft one way player  who would struggle at times to get a kick in a footy factory.

He's quite athletic and good around the packs. Seen him step around people to set up and kick goals quite a few times.


Vickery is excellent in traffic for his size.....
"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good...."

- Thomas Sowell

“If women stopped working, everything would be fine. If men stopped working, everyone would die.”

Offline big tone

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4404
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #411 on: November 02, 2015, 04:22:14 PM »
Castagna a long way off. Honestly think he'll go down as a worse player than Morris.

He's far more creative, clever & attacking than Morris, not to mention quicker and a better tackler.....unfortunately his kicking is so utterly awful it's a liabilty and undoes everything else....it's a shame really....
I disagree. His kicking in the games I have watched has been pretty good. Not elite like say Lids and ....... Actually not that many that are elite in our side.
George kicks it as well or better than half our side IMO.
As you said, he does have some real attributes so I hope he gets a chance in 2016. And I guess we will see who is right.  :thumbsup

Offline the claw

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4341
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #412 on: November 04, 2015, 10:14:09 PM »
A literal best 22

B: Grimes - Chaplin - Batchelor
HB: Houli - Rance - Yarran.   Fair dinkum its horrid Take the AA out and it is mediocre.

MID: McIntosh - Martin - B Ellis. Again atm its one A grader.
Ruck: Maric - Cotchin - Miles. Not too shabby but the ruckman is a concern.

HF: Deledio - Vickery - Edwards. Gotta ask is there really a pure fwd amongst them.
F: Lloyd - Riewoldt - Griffith. Thank god theres an A grader here becuse the other two are shiite.

INT: Grigg - Conca - Hunt - Lambert. If there was a place called plodsville this would be it. We need to improve on 9 to 11 players who are supposed to be best 22.

Offline Andyy

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 10758
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #413 on: November 04, 2015, 10:43:00 PM »
A literal best 22

B: Grimes - Chaplin - Batchelor
HB: Houli - Rance - Yarran.   Fair dinkum its horrid Take the AA out and it is mediocre.

MID: McIntosh - Martin - B Ellis. Again atm its one A grader.
Ruck: Maric - Cotchin - Miles. Not too shabby but the ruckman is a concern.

HF: Deledio - Vickery - Edwards. Gotta ask is there really a pure fwd amongst them.
F: Lloyd - Riewoldt - Griffith. Thank god theres an A grader here becuse the other two are shiite.

INT: Grigg - Conca - Hunt - Lambert. If there was a place called plodsville this would be it. We need to improve on 9 to 11 players who are supposed to be best 22.

No spot for:
Lennon?
Vlastuin??

Offline Yeahright

  • Moderator
  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 9394
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #414 on: November 05, 2015, 02:00:59 AM »
A literal best 22

B: Grimes - Chaplin - Batchelor
HB: Houli - Rance - Yarran.   Fair dinkum its horrid Take the AA out and it is mediocre.

MID: McIntosh - Martin - B Ellis. Again atm its one A grader.
Ruck: Maric - Cotchin - Miles. Not too shabby but the ruckman is a concern.

HF: Deledio - Vickery - Edwards. Gotta ask is there really a pure fwd amongst them.
F: Lloyd - Riewoldt - Griffith. Thank god theres an A grader here becuse the other two are shiite.

INT: Grigg - Conca - Hunt - Lambert. If there was a place called plodsville this would be it. We need to improve on 9 to 11 players who are supposed to be best 22.

Don't rate Grimes? He's never going to be a pillar like Rance but I think he's one of those solid good players who really compliment a back line

Offline pmac21

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4955
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #415 on: November 05, 2015, 01:29:16 PM »
Here's my A Team
B:    Vlastuin    Rance     Grimes
HB:  Yarran     Chaplin    Houli
C:    B Ellis       Conca     Edwards   
HF:  Lennon    Vickery    Martin
F:    C Ellis     Riewoldt    Deledio
R:    Maric       Cotchin    Miles   
Int   McBean, Lambert, Batchelor, McIntosh
Emg Hunt, Griffiths, Grigg
McBean to have a breakout year, Corey Ellis to play every game if fit (our best ball user)
Backline now has plenty of run, only worry is defensive side. 
Reckon Todd Elton is also about to explode onto the scene as the CHB

Offline Stalin

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 8356
  • Close your mouth pls, we are not a codfish
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #416 on: November 10, 2015, 11:55:52 AM »
Ah chee could be the next Cyril.
Who goes out of the team for him though ? Starting to develop some really good depth.
Lennon. Lambert. C Ellis. Conca. B ellis. Pick 12. Drummond.  Menadue. Moore. Townsend. Grigg. Any other players really fighting for a spot next year ?

mcbean
Then he grabbed two chopsticks and stuck them in his mouth , pretending to be a walrus

Offline the claw

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4341
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #417 on: November 11, 2015, 09:56:58 PM »
A literal best 22

B: Grimes - Chaplin - Batchelor
HB: Houli - Rance - Yarran.   Fair dinkum its horrid Take the AA out and it is mediocre.

MID: McIntosh - Martin - B Ellis. Again atm its one A grader.
Ruck: Maric - Cotchin - Miles. Not too shabby but the ruckman is a concern.

HF: Deledio - Vickery - Edwards. Gotta ask is there really a pure fwd amongst them.
F: Lloyd - Riewoldt - Griffith. Thank god theres an A grader here becuse the other two are shiite.

INT: Grigg - Conca - Hunt - Lambert. If there was a place called plodsville this would be it. We need to improve on 9 to 11 players who are supposed to be best 22.

Don't rate Grimes? He's never going to be a pillar like Rance but I think he's one of those solid good players who really compliment a back line
He is as soft as they come.

Offline the claw

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 4341
  • For We're From Tigerland
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #418 on: November 11, 2015, 10:05:18 PM »
Castagna a long way off. Honestly think he'll go down as a worse player than Morris.

He's far more creative, clever & attacking than Morris, not to mention quicker and a better tackler.....unfortunately his kicking is so utterly awful it's a liabilty and undoes everything else....it's a shame really....
I disagree. His kicking in the games I have watched has been pretty good. Not elite like say Lids and ....... Actually not that many that are elite in our side.
George kicks it as well or better than half our side IMO.
As you said, he does have some real attributes so I hope he gets a chance in 2016. And I guess we will see who is right.  :thumbsup
Thats more an indictement on the good kicking policy going out the window than Castagnas kicking. Horrid would sum it up every time i have taken the time to watch this kid.There is no way on earth he should be allowed to play across HB with his footskills.Yet the club continues to develop him there.

Offline Diocletian

  • RFC Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 19974
  • RWNJ / Leftist Snowflake - depends who you ask....
Re: What's our best 22 now?
« Reply #419 on: November 11, 2015, 10:29:47 PM »
Dead wrong about Grimes, Santa, spot on about Castagna though....
"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good...."

- Thomas Sowell

“If women stopped working, everything would be fine. If men stopped working, everyone would die.”