Best 23 in 2026?

[Damo]

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
3

[the claw]

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.

[ajGreen]

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.

.Trainor

[Damo]

Trainor doesn't make Claws cutoff
Makes the entire post laughable

[Hard Roar Tiger]

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

[the claw]

Trainor doesn't make Claws cutoff
Makes the entire post laughable

Gibcus showed way more in his first season and is now a much more mature body. He also injuries aside is a far more highly rated defender. What is laughable is people cannot look past injuries. Yep some do indeed make laughable comments.

Reckon we cannot play 4 talls at around 195cm in the back half  and Trainor misses atm. Doesnt mean he won't get games.

I suppose the numpties want to see him played on a wing still.

Three tall defenders in the magoos Kpd Gray,  Trainor and a vfl listed player atm.Oh thats right the babys are being developed in the magoos god forbid.

[Andyy]

Trainer will be starting 22

And yeah I'm one who can't see past the gibcus injuries. Mature body this and that. Honestly he's played about an hour of AFL in the last 18+ months. Putting him in the team ahead of Trainor, who has been durable, is laughable.

If gibcus stays fit he may be in contention but that's an if and if it's between him and Trainor he'll need to push Trainor out on merit.

[ajGreen]

Trainor wants to play backline

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Gibcus got thrown forward a couple of times in his first year and looked comfortable.
I’m pretty sure we can fit them all in - if fit and well.

[the claw]

So now Trainor plays forward in front of One of Faull Armstrong and Sims sheesh people areall over the shop.

 fact is Gibcus pedigree is far better than Trainors and only a fool would write him off because of injuries.

Another obvious fact is there is no room for all of the talls we have someone is going to miss. Thats a good thing they all have to earn it.

Does anyone think the best set up is not Lynch, Faull Armstrong forward. It means Lefau Sims and Fawcett miss out and have to force their way in.

Same in defence My Preference for the three tall spots is Balta, Miller and Gibcus it means atm Trainor and Gray have to force the issue.
Its a great spot to be in.

They may try and continue to  play Trainor on a wing which is not the way to go or he may replace Broad unlikely we will forgo that experience.

Fact is some will miss and some won't.

You won't hear me complain if Trainor plays in front of Gibcus im adamant though Gibcus is a better player.

[Tiger Khosh]

Gibcus got thrown forward a couple of times in his first year and looked comfortable.
I’m pretty sure we can fit them all in - if fit and well.

If Gibbo can stay on the park, I’m leaving him plonked in his best position at FB/CHB and not moving him around the ground to accommodate anyone else.