Backmen

[Cicjose]

all of these backline players are named for their first games this weekend

Joel Wilkinson named for GC (replacing a resting McKenzie)

Niall McKeever named for Brisbane (replacing Drummond)

Rhys O'Keefe for Carlton (for Duigan)

do these players represent any value as downgrade targets?

partly due to an upgrade i want to do from Heppel or Duigan to Shaw next week

anyone know anything about long term prospects for these boys

[Ziplock]

something is flowered with this post. It keeps coming up as having had a new post in it... really bugging me.

I wouldn't really rate wilkinson or O'keefe's JS- sounds like Duigan + McKenzie are just being rested this week.

what's wrong with drummond? If he's just being rested as well then it sounds like none of these players have desirable JS

[Alka]

Yeah I'm in the same boat, need a rookie defender with good JS to bring in this week.
Do you know if Golby is also in the same boat with no JS?

[Talisman]

No, I reckon Golby's JS should be better than O'Keefe - Duigan will be back asap. Golby a decent running back in a shocking team who just have to play the kiddies - he's got some talent, so should play - esp. with adcock & drummond so injury-prone & being in & out of the team.

I think Wilkinson's in a different category though being a GC player - could easily play a few games from here on, but could just as easily play 1 or 2 or 3, then get dropped. He's very athletic, but only been playing AFL for 3-4 years, so his game sense is the query...

Personally, if you're looking to downgrade to a defender this week, I would suggest Mitch Golby.

[Cicjose]

this is for next week so i can get in shaw...

[yorgis]

golby's on the bubble

[TheBeatles]

I think Niall McKeever is a ruckman