A Best 22 for 2016

[TomK]

I'd like to see Brodie Martin get picked up as a top up player, gives 100% every game

[RiOtChEsS]

Some gold from the Shovel.

Essendon say they will be looking to inject youth into the team in 2016. Stephen Dank says he'll see what he can do.

;D

[Ringo]

Spite just mentioned Kyle Martin as a possible top up player... that would be christmas for fantasy comps.

Anyone rate .. Zac O'Brien .. wonder if he could take a spot ?

Would not be a bad pick up - Still only 25 - Won the Lions Reserves Best and Fairest for the year. Super fit and was recruited by Lions from Bombers VFL side so would be ironic to return.

[Gigantor]

Kyle Reimers?

[Ricochet]

Kyle Reimers?

hahaha imagine that

[Ziplock]

bring back fev.

[Gigantor]

bring back fev.

Nope, he will be in the jungle for I'm a Celebrity :)

[shaker]

Ok you Essendon guys out there now that dust has settled which of the young guys at the club that would not have got a look in till the suspension happened are now realistically going to play this season ?

[Barra13]

Isn't that why we are all sniffing around here?  :P

[kilbluff1985]

Ok you Essendon guys out there now that dust has settled which of the young guys at the club that would not have got a look in till the suspension happened are now realistically going to play this season ?

impossible to say until we see which top up players we get

[Hoggyz_a_legend]

What's Langford's chances of locking down a best 22 spot this season? I'm tossing and turning between him and Ben Kennedy for the last spot in my Forward line in SC.

[Nige]

I think it's hard for anyone to really lock down a spot in the 'best 22' when a good chunk of them are suspended tbh.

[Cookie Monster]

As much as Kelly and Stokes are great pick ups for the midfield, i'd rather see Kelly down back and Stokes up forward, it would give them the best chance to play as many games as possible. Crowley would be midfield, Jamar i'd like to see play majority up forward to help Daniher who should never leave the square this year. Dea down back, Grimley up forward.

With the 12 suspended maybe only half of them will return for the bombers next year, and those 12 were 90% in the best 22.

Players like, Langford, Laverde, Parish and Francis could really prove themselves and be a lock in the 2017 team in the positions that were taken up by the top up players.

[Mr.Craig]

B: M.Baguley, M.Brown, J.Gwilt
HB: J.Kelly, S.McKernan, M.Gleeson
M: D.Zaharakis, B.Goddard, K.Langford
HF: Z.Merrett, C.Bird, M.Stokes
F: R.Crowley, J.Daniher, J.Laverde

FOLL: M.Leuenberger, A.Cooney, J.Simpkin

INT: D.Parish, J.Merrett, P.Ambrose, M.Dea

EMG: O.Fantasia, C.Dempsey, J.Polkinghorne

???

[Torpedo10]

B: M.Baguley, M.Brown, J.Gwilt
HB: J.Kelly, S.McKernan, M.Gleeson
M: D.Zaharakis, B.Goddard, K.Langford
HF: Z.Merrett, C.Bird, M.Stokes
F: R.Crowley, J.Daniher, J.Laverde

FOLL: M.Leuenberger, A.Cooney, J.Simpkin

INT: D.Parish, S. Grimley, P.Ambrose, J.Polkinghorne

EMG: O.Fantasia, J.Merrett, M.Dea

???

Some Immediate changes I'd make:

Dea off for Polkinghorne
Grimley on field for Merrett who replaces Dempsey as EMG. Dempsey is useless and I'd really want to see him traded, decision making is not a strong point of his and that's what we need this season.

That team is without Jamar, and I'm not a fan for McKernan at CHB. I'd rather Hartley come in.