WXV: Dublin Destroyers

[elephants]

Dublin gives: Pick 5 and Tommy Walsh
Dublin receives:  Robbie Gray and Kieran Harper

Good NDT boy, F1 2018-2025

Got the far superior Dustin Martin. Basically a younger better Gray.

he actually could be playing in 2025 when Gray is long retired.

Probably be in the clink by 2019, Gray was compared to Ablett... and 25 possie 6 goal games are going to become more regular as he plays closer to goal as his career progresses.

[Toga]

I rate the Neala trade :D

[Holz]

Welcome home Jelly, our premiership captain is finally home.

made the huge sacrifice for the club to lock in our defense for the premiership. Promised him he would come home and here we are.

[Ricochet]

Massive mistake, Weits is better than Rance imo

[Holz]

Massive mistake, Weits is better than Rance imo

probably true.

Huge loss, but happy to help an old foe in Mexico.

good thing I have Rance May Birchall and the Mac Bros. 

[GoLions]

Massive mistake, Weits is better than Rance imo

probably true.

Huge loss, but happy to help an old foe in Mexico.

good thing I have Rance May Birchall and the Mac Bros.

If only you had Aaron 'Docherty' Mullett

[Holz]

Massive mistake, Weits is better than Rance imo

probably true.

Huge loss, but happy to help an old foe in Mexico.

good thing I have Rance May Birchall and the Mac Bros.

If only you had Aaron 'Docherty' Mullett

Mullett was droped to make way for Ed "Dochers" Willis

[Ricochet]

Massive mistake, Weits is better than Rance imo

probably true.

Huge loss, but happy to help an old foe in Mexico.

good thing I have Rance May Birchall and the Mac Bros.

If only you had Aaron 'Docherty' Mullett

Mullett was droped to make way for Ed "Dochers" Willis

Yeh Mullett will never get a game whilst Vickers-Willis is at the club

[Holz]

Backline Stocktake

Alex Rance: Treated carefully through the JLT Community Series games, Rance has got the game time he needed and then been rested. One of the best defenders in the game, his mix of one-on-one strength and intercepting ability will again be a key to the Destroyers' premiership hopes.   

Steven May: May may become the heartbeat of the Dublin backline. May has a great mix between aggression and skill and improved as last season wore on. Is at his best when taking the opposition's best forward, and his form may be a barometer for his new teams backline.

Oscar McDonald: With brother Tom to play forward, Oscar is the Holz' first-choice key defender alongside Rance. Has added size to his frame and has made great progress over the pre-season. Suffered back tightness in the Destroyers' last JLT game, but will be right to play in round one.

Grant Birchall: The 30-year-old will have his troublesome right knee operated on for the third time since last August and will be out for at least the first half of the season. It looms as a major concern for the two-time premiership Destroyer, who can provide a cool head to the backline.

Phil Davis: had another faultless pre-season and returned to play the second JLT match. Will anchor the defense for the first time in 2018 with Dublin.

Ed Vickers-Willis: Looked to have cemented a position in Belfast's defence last season before a knee injury in round 11 prematurely ended his season. Likely to slot straight back into the Belfast's' back six from round one after a strong pre-season, in which he played both JLT games. At 190cm, Vickers-Willis gives Belfasts backline flexibility as he can play as a third tall or mind smaller opponents. He might sneak into the senior team if required.

Sam Durdin: The fourth-year tall can play at both ends of the ground, but appears likely to spend most of his time in defence this season. Was quiet as a defender in Belfasts opening JLT game and also struggled to have an impact when moved into attack for the Williamstown practice match. Locked in a battle with Vickers-Willis, Davis and O'Connor to be the first man up for Dublin in defence if anyone gets injured.

Kieran Collins: It looms as a make-or-break season for the third-year key defender after he was only offered a one-year deal late last year from coach Holz.  Has worked hard on his agility and pace off the mark. Didn't play in the intra-club match and wasn't selected in the JLT series.

Colin O'Riordan: The Irishman has a solid pre-season but didn't have a great JLT Community Series and will start the season in the 2s. Senior footy possibly awaits if he can find some form.

Harrison Macreadie: Courageous tall defender who played eight games for Belfast in his debut season in 2017. Reads the game well as he showed with his intercept marking and shows plenty of courage, but needs to improve his decision-making and be more composed.

Ryan Gardner: Learning under the tutelage of assistant coach Shane Yarran and playing on Tom Hawkins in match simulation has the Tasmanian ready for AFL in his third season. Co-Captain Joel Selwood told AFL.com.au the injury of Grant Birchall might see greater opportunities for Gardner this season.

Daniel Nielson: Broke through to play seven senior games for Belfast in his third season last year, impressing with his appetite for one-on-one contests. Was overlooked for both of Dublins JLT matches, but Jacob Weitering's departure at the end of last season means there is a potential vacancy in the Destroyers defense for a D5. Nielson appears behind Nielson, Vickers-Willis, Davis and O'Connor in the race to fill that role.

Darragh Joyce: The Irish rookie stands at 194cm and generally mans tall forwards but is athletic enough to play on smaller types. Expect 2018 to be another development year for Joyce.

Matthew Hayball:  re-rookied. Overlooked for JLT matches, he will need a string of strong 2s performances to be considered for selection.

[WXV Media]

HUGE DEVELOPMENT!


Some of you may have realised Holz has been acting a little strange as of late and this might be the reason. Holz has been sued by the Richmond Tigers and a number of other AFL clubs for a copyright infringement. As shown below Holz simply copied and pasted information and passed it off as his own work.







Since we are the best media on the planet, we have been able to hack into Holz's computer and retrieve this document where he planned to finish his stocktake.







Well you can't argue with that!

[WXV Media]

HUGE DEVELOPMENT!
We can finally put to bed the myth of Todd Goldstein. The idiot is a cheater on and off the field. The photo snapped below was indeed taken whilst Todd still had a wife. No surprises that the male in the situation had it swayed to his favour through sweeping it under the rug. The myth that he has gotten his life back on track is inexcusable.



The unfortunate thing is though; this was actually a direct instruction from Holz! The one and only Dublin coach obviously wanted Toddy all to himself. No doubt Holz instructed Todd to snap this photo knowing exactly what would happen.



Well you can't argue with that!

[Purple 77]

Seems legit

[WXV Media]

HUGE DEVELOPMENT!
Holz's first single falls flat! As we all know, Holz released his/her first album last week. We unfortunately break the news today that the reception to the love song has been very negative.



The lyrics centered around Dublin U2 Brad Crouch reportedly made people question Holz's sanity. As well as Holz's possibly deranged obsession to do naughty things with Brad.



Many of the reviews and comments were negative. Some calling for "Holz to hang em up" and others quite brutal "I spent 40 minutes cleaning the vomit off my keyboard after watching that." Regardless of the reaction the proof is in the pudding with as shown below if you type in "Worst song ever" into youtube Holz's song comes up.



This of course doesn't bode well with Holz secondary announcement of his tour which is actually being "held" right now. We take you live there now.



Well you can't argue with that!

[Purple 77]

Dublin havin a tough time recently from opposition coaches/supporters.

I just hope they can pull through; kinda like my hope for the Hawks and their supporters in their quest for the next drought breaking premiership.

[Holz]

Dublin havin a tough time recently from opposition coaches/supporters.

I just hope they can pull through; kinda like my hope for the Hawks and their supporters in their quest for the next drought breaking premiership.

Thanks Purp, actually just read all this WXV media stuff and its really funny.

Dublin is just sitting here coasting, letting all these unaccomplished teams like Toronto fight it out for the baby stuff like Minor premierships.

We are quietly building up for finals, sitting on 2 straight wins and about to bring back Dusty Sloane and Hill who have all been taking breaks for a sneaky cap discount.