Rank our midfielders!

[Stripes]

What order what you put our midfielders in now that we have Cousins to add to the mix?

If you have 3 across the middle, 2 following and 4 moving up from half forward/back (part time mids) and 2 on the bench that makes 11 at a stretch midfielder types in any team.

For mine -

1. Foley
2. Lids
3. Cousins
4. Tuck
5. White
6. Cotchin
7. Thomson
8. Tambling
9. Hislop
10. Johnson
11. Connors
12. Cogs
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13. Jackson
14. Polo
16. Raines
17. King
18. Collins


I could see Hislop, Raines, King or Tambling playing as the running half backs and possibly Connors, White and Cotchin up the other end as crumbers/small forwards.

I have not put Richo, McMahon, Newman, Morton, Brown or Bowden into the midfield mix either but they frequently move up the ground (particularly Richo who plays on the wing) to rotate through this part of the ground.

So all in all, if you include Richo and co. we have 24 potential midfield/winger types competing for a maximum of 11 places and the difference between the players in minimial at best!

What would your order be?

Stripes

[Judge Roughneck]

1 - Deledio
2 - Cotchin
3 - Cousins
4 - Coughlan
5 - Foley
6 - Tuck
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7 - Connors
8 - Tambling
9 - White
10 - Thomson
11 - Johnson
12 - Polo
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13 - Raines
14 - Polo
15 - Hislop
16 - King
17 - Collins
18 - Jackson

[Ox]

As of 2009
 
1. Lids
2. Cousins
3. Cotchin
4. Tuck
5. Foley - soft
6. White

[Infamy]

Some perspective please people, Cotchin is not in our Top 3 midfielders yet

1. Deledio
2. Tuck
3. Foley
4. Cousins (should be #1-2 but he's too much of an unknown at this stage)
5. Johnson
6. Cotchin
7. Jackson
8. White
9. Coughlan
10. Raffle it between half a dozen who haven't established themselved in an AFL starting 22 yet

[Hellenic Tiger]

Agree Foley needs to recapture 2007 form to lose the soft label.
Once he played for the Vics in May his form was at best spasmodic and he showed an inability to shake a tag and struggled a little bit with the extra attention. We will see how Axel and the rest of the Lads cope with all this scrutiny and Ben and who'll get the best tagger. I think based on what we have seen it will be Lids or Axel as Ben Cousins is a bit of unknown now and opposition clubs won't want to give him too much respect but won't want to underestimate him either.

[Bene Boy]

As of 2009
 
1. Lids
2. Cousins
3. Cotchin
4. Tuck
5. Foley - soft
6. White

  dont agree here   
 Axel is one hard nut  wish more put in as much as he does

[Chuck17]

Interesting question, we certainly have a lot of midfield talent on the way.

Deledio number 1 for mine, he will be close to/as good as Cuz/Judd in a couple of years IMO.  Like the way he is looking this year to just quietly.

1. Deledio
2. Tuck
3. Cousins
4. Foley
5. Jackson
6. Cotchin
7. Tambling
8. White
9. Polo
10. Hislop/Thomson/Cogs/Johnson

[mightytiges]

For mine:

1. Lids
2. Tuck
3. Foley
-gap-
4. Browny
5. Cotchin
6. Johnson
-gap-
7. Jackson
8. White
9. Tambling

Yet to prove themselves
Thomson
Connors
Hislop
Polo
Edwards
Collins

Unknown  - would be in top 3 at their peak
Cogs
Cousins

[bojangles17]

What order what you put our midfielders in now that we have Cousins to add to the mix?

If you have 3 across the middle, 2 following and 4 moving up from half forward/back (part time mids) and 2 on the bench that makes 11 at a stretch midfielder types in any team.

For mine -

1. Foley
2. Lids
3. Cousins
4. Tuck
5. White
6. Cotchin
7. Thomson
8. Tambling
9. Hislop
10. Johnson
11. Connors
12. Cogs
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13. Jackson
14. Polo
16. Raines
17. King
18. Collins

a bit ambitious with thomo ahead of tambling just yet...I expect richie to continue to improve, Im impressed that he has put on more muscle...in fairness Thomo has it all before him...heres hoping....I expect that connors will be HB or HF rather than midfield, Jordy mc would be more of an option that connors ...we've got some options though and thats exciting

[tiogar]

Top 6 in no particular order:

Deledio. Obviously no argument.
Foley. No argument.
Tuck. Underrated adn a very efficient player.
Cousins. If he is half the player he was he'll be good.
Cotchin. Potential to be a star.
Coughlan. If everythig falls for him.

[yellowandback]

I think at his fittest, Foley is our best and most damaging on baller. He sets us up.
Lids and Tuck represent the next level. 
Cuz, Johnston, Tambling, Cotchin and White are next.

The rest need to prove themselves.

[Chuck17]

I think at his fittest, Foley is our best and most damaging on baller. He sets us up.
Lids and Tuck represent the next level. 
Cuz, Johnston, Tambling, Cotchin and White are next.

The rest need to prove themselves.

Maybe just at this stage, I fully expect Lids to go past Foley this year as our best midfielder and Cotch to pass Foley the year after.

The type of player Tuck is to complement the class of Lids and Cotch cant be underestimated either.

[Mr Magic]

Assuming all are fir and capable of their best

Cousins
Coughlan
Deledio
Foley
Tuck
Johnson
Cotchin
White
Jackson
Tambling
Connors
Edwards
Thomson
Polo
Hislop

[Judge Roughneck]

Jackson is not in our best side imo.

Top 6 in no particular order:

Deledio. Obviously no argument.
Foley. No argument.
Tuck. Underrated adn a very efficient player.
Cousins. If he is half the player he was he'll be good.
Cotchin. Potential to be a star.
Coughlan. If everythig falls for him.

Lets hope so.

[Mopsy]

Jackson is not in our best side imo.

Top 6 in no particular order:

Deledio. Obviously no argument.
Foley. No argument.
Tuck. Underrated adn a very efficient player.
Cousins. If he is half the player he was he'll be good.
Cotchin. Potential to be a star.
Coughlan. If everythig falls for him.

Lets hope so.

I remarked before the beginning of last season that the Kel Moore doughters would eat their words, I repeat the same for this season regarding Daniel Jackson