Best 22

[valkorum]

B: Silvagni, Dawson, Broughton
HB: Hill, McPharlin, Ibbo
M: Suban, Barlow, Morabito
HF: Duffield, Pav, Fyfe
F: Balla, Clarke, Mayne
R: Sandilands, Mundy, DeBoer

B: Lower, Mzungu, Pitt
Sub: McPhee (Util)

Grover/Faulks are depth for Dawson, Silvagni, McPharlin
Roberton/Forster are depth for Hill/Ibbo
Crichton/Michie/JVB/Thomas/Neale/Sutcliffe are midfield depth
Walters/Mellington are depth for Balla, Mayne
Crowley/Crozier are depth for Duffield/Fyfe
Griff/Keplar/MJ/Jack are depth for KPF/Ruck

Dawson comes in as the KPD who plays the lockdown role.  McPharlin stays at CHB and Silvagni becomes the 3rd tall.  Broughton plays lockdown on the small (sorry DT)

I would actually like to see Hill (replaces Roger) and Ibbo coming out of half back with Suban pushing in to the midfield.   I think Hill's kicking and speed is better suited to this role while Suban is harder at the ball and his low dart kicks are better suited to find a forward on the lead. (PAV)

The midfield looks a lot harder along with 2 long kicking wingman - traits from Saints and Sydney (new coach appointments).    I would be very very excited if Morabito could develop in to that tall, attacking wingman (Goodes/Goddard/Richo).  DeBoer becomes the hard nose tagger (Jones) who gets a lot of the hard ball with Mundy and Barlow the prime movers attracting the tags.  Lower (Kirk) provides a hard body to the inside midfield with Mzungu providing some speed and flair on the outside.  Pitt plays as an outside mid where his kicking skills can be put to use - his body is still not big enough to playing inside but you want him in the team for his kicking.

The midfield depth is very young but has a lot of potential with a mixture of inside and outside.  I think this is our weakest area but can be covered by half back/forwards moving to midfield.  The depth cover for the half back/fowards would come in to the team.

Duffield (or Crowley) could go to to a half forward to be the defensive forward.  Both are good kicks for goal so they still provide a legitimate threat as a 3rd tall forward.  This allows FYFEY!!! to play his game as he will get a better defender on him this year, so having a hard body in Duffield/Crowley to provide cover will help. 

Pav to go back to CHF for 50+ goals.  Sandi and Clarke rotating through FF and Ruck.  Balla and Mayne in the pockets crumbing off the big guys and providing the forward pressure - I love watching their workrate during a kick-in.

McPhee is the sub because he can cover most positions on the ground (forward, back and tagging).

The depth is a mixture of young and experience. The experience is in the taller department (McPhee/Grover/MJ/Kep/Griff) where as the excitement and potential is in the youth (which is what it should be).

I like the looks of our squad on paper (when fit) and hopefully we pick up a couple of talls in the rookie draft to develop.  Take a risk and see if it pays off - no harm in trying.

[TheMailman]

Technically Dawson isn't your's yet  ;)

[valkorum]

Technically Dawson isn't your's yet  ;)

He will be - if not then Grover takes that spot.

[MTTY]

I'm going to say

B- Ibbotson, Silvagni, Dawson
HB- Suban, McPharlin, McPhee
C- Hill, Barlow, Broughton
HF- Morabito, Pavlich, Mayne
F- Ballantyne, Johnson, Clarke
R- Sandilands, Fyfe, Mundy

B- Mzungu, Anthony (as a KB), Lower

SUB- Duffield

EMER- Grover, DeBoer, Forster

[valkorum]

4 talls in that backline seems a bit too much for me.

[Cicjose]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/126863/default.aspx

[valkorum]

I thought long and hard about adding another tall in there (Griff, Kep, Jack, MJ) as another tall option but I couldnt find a spot in the lineup I made.

[valkorum]

I just had this article published on DT Talk - weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Cicjose]

link?

[valkorum]

Cant link in this post as its against the rules of advertising other websites.  (If you google DT Talk its the 1st link ;) )

[Cicjose]

okay thanks :)

[valkorum]

Its the same article but with some extra DT stuff at the bottom.

[nas]

Good Read valk

[The Silent Partner]

Thats pretty good Valk,
Some guys just need to take the next step up and recover well from injuries.

[the flying hawk]

I think Hill would be better in the midfield or half forward flank where he would be more dangerous :)