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Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2025, 03:26:12 PM »
Clarke is probably finished, let's be honest.

The odds of him having any sort of successful career after 3 ACLs is virtually zero.

Shouldn't have extended him so early in hindsight.

3 or 2? Did he do 1 in junior years?

Yep
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Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2025, 03:36:25 PM »
KPF Starting -  Lynch, Faull, Armstrong. these three are in front and we need to get games into two young talls every week.
KPF Depth  - Lefau, Sims, Fawcett.

Starting General fwds and fwd/mids - Campbell, Hotton, Mansell. Adamant Campbell needs to go to a wing. Alger to join Hotton and Mansell..
Depth general fwds and fwd/mids - Algar, Green, Rioli.

KPD Starting - Miller, Balta, Gibcus
KPD Depth - Gray, Trainor, Fawcett? think fawcett or  one of the other  tall forwards can be tried here.

Starting general defenders - Vlastuin, Broad, Brown, Imo only Vlastuin is a lock. Broad will play from bench allows one of the runners to start.
Depth General defenders - Banks, Trezise, Smith,Short.

Rucks  Starting -  Nankervis or Ryan. Sheesh we are in pain if Nankervis goes down.
Rucks depth - OH-B, Sims fwd/ruck

Wings starting - Retchsko, HRS, Now people know why im so bullish on us trying blokes like Campbell and Brown here and Clarke if fit..
Wings Depth - Clarke.

Mids starting - Lalor, Taranto, Smillie, Hotton, McAuliffe, Hopper, Prestia. Seven is about the number of genuine mids and mid/fwds you need.
Mids depth - Ross, Dow, Sonsie. The last 4 mentioned could all be gone in no time flat exposing the lack of numbers we have


Vlastuin - Miller - Gibcus
Banks - Balta - Brown

Retschko - McAuliffe - Campbell
Nankervis - Taranto - Lalor

Hotton - Faull - Algar
Mansell - Lynch - Armstrong

Hopper - Broad - Smillie -ND#3 - Prestia.

Yes it a young side but thats where our talent is and we need to get games into that talent.

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Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2025, 12:24:49 PM »
KPF Starting -  Lynch, Faull, Armstrong. these three are in front and we need to get games into two young talls every week.
KPF Depth  - Lefau, Sims, Fawcett.

Starting General fwds and fwd/mids - Campbell, Hotton, Mansell. Adamant Campbell needs to go to a wing. Alger to join Hotton and Mansell..
Depth general fwds and fwd/mids - Algar, Green, Rioli.

KPD Starting - Miller, Balta, Gibcus
KPD Depth - Gray, Trainor, Fawcett? think fawcett or  one of the other  tall forwards can be tried here.

Starting general defenders - Vlastuin, Broad, Brown, Imo only Vlastuin is a lock. Broad will play from bench allows one of the runners to start.
Depth General defenders - Banks, Trezise, Smith,Short.

Rucks  Starting -  Nankervis or Ryan. Sheesh we are in pain if Nankervis goes down.
Rucks depth - OH-B, Sims fwd/ruck

Wings starting - Retchsko, HRS, Now people know why im so bullish on us trying blokes like Campbell and Brown here and Clarke if fit..
Wings Depth - Clarke.

Mids starting - Lalor, Taranto, Smillie, Hotton, McAuliffe, Hopper, Prestia. Seven is about the number of genuine mids and mid/fwds you need.
Mids depth - Ross, Dow, Sonsie. The last 4 mentioned could all be gone in no time flat exposing the lack of numbers we have


Vlastuin - Miller - Gibcus
Banks - Balta - Brown

Retschko - McAuliffe - Campbell
Nankervis - Taranto - Lalor

Hotton - Faull - Algar
Mansell - Lynch - Armstrong

Hopper - Broad - Smillie -ND#3 - Prestia.

Yes it a young side but thats where our talent is and we need to get games into that talent.


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Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2025, 03:03:13 PM »
Trainor doesn't make Claws cutoff
Makes the entire post laughable

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Re: Best 23 in 2026?
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2025, 03:35:06 PM »
Trainor doesn't make Claws cutoff
Makes the entire post laughable

And the seemingly useless Ben Miller who should have been delisted in 2023 plays as our key back
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