Bulldogs best 22 (round 1)

[meow meow]

For all y'all who are considering Christian Howard, Clay Smith or Tory Dickson.

B: Murphy Lake Hargrave
HB: Wood Markovic Addison
C: Picken Cross Higgins
HF: Cooney Jones Dahlhaus
F: Giansiracusa Cordy Grant
R: Big Will Griffen Boyd
I: Liberatore, Roughead, ___, ___

2 spots available. One will be the substitute.
We could cut one of the ruckmen, but Tom Campbell will be upgraded (for Williams) and replace whoever gets the chop. We need to play 3 rucks because of our lack of key forwards. Ayce will almost be a permanant forward this year though.
Sherman, Tutt and Gilbee are about 3-4 weeks away. Sherman stays in when he returns. Down to one spot available.
Wallis and Skinner have impressed in the Nab and will be pushing for selection. As will Veszpremi.

Conclusion: stay away

[jeesh]

Love ya work mate! Feel like doing that for every side?  :P

[jimmytigs]

geez there gonna do it tuff this year,only looking at boyd lake & hargrave,cordy at ff lol they are in trouble,panos had some big wraps & is priced nicely whats his chances?,campbell also could be interesting if he plays rd 1.Is big will gonna drop out as usual & let roughead assume the number 1 ruck spot?if so hes priced nicely-who hasnt been burnt by murphy & higgins-give em a wide birth & griffen & gia are class acts but so many better in there positions

[Talisman]

Interesting. The one guy who is very lucky to be in your starting 18 (let alone 22/squad of 25) is J. Grant - I think he has a long, long way to go to justify that kind of spot/confidence in him... Otherwise, I think a very accurate team for Rd. 1 - I'll be interested to see gets those 2 (3 IMO, once you take out Grant) remaining spots...

[TheMailman]

Half of them will get injured and Smith, Dickson and Howard will all play :)

[meow meow]

Panos is behind Skinner. Zeph will play at some stage, possibly round 1.
Don't laugh at Ayce. He'll surprise a few this year. Since being drafted he has put on 20kg. That takes a while to adjust to.
Minson won't be an elite ruckman but he'll definitely hold down the number 1 ruck spot.
Grant has had to play as a key forward in the past. He's not that. He can now play as a fast, leading half forward.

I predict that Howard will get one of the spots. Wallis or Smith will be the substitute.

[meow meow]

Half of them will get injured and Smith, Dickson and Howard will all play :)

Sherman, Tutt, Gilbee, Moles, Morris, Djkurra won't be injured forever and they'll have to compete with them in addition to Wallis, Vez, Skinner. Lot's of vests and missed weeks.

[Hot_Dogs]

I reckon Dickson will play round 1 for sure.  He has gotten better every game we've played in the nab Cup, and seems to be a fave of Maccas! 

I have my doubts that we will play all 3 rucks, IMO, Minson will be main ruck 80% of game time, with 20% at full-forward.

Then it's between Roughead and Cordy for the inverse of that arrangement.

Agree that Skinner won't play round 1 IMO, but will get a look in pretty soon.

Howard is ahead of Addison at HB for mine...

[meow meow]

I reckon Dickson will play round 1 for sure.  He has gotten better every game we've played in the nab Cup, and seems to be a fave of Maccas! 

Clay is Macca's boy. Dickson is Shannon Grant's boy.

I wouldn't mind seeing Dickson play round 1. Has shown enough. He's just warming the seat until Shermo comes back though so I wouldn't put him in my SC team.