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Re: The 2005 Team?
We have an excellent forward line (Friday's conversion rate was more than acceptable- the laughably small number of times it got up there was the problem). Our defence is also a very very good one (especially with Keneally and Bevan able to go there)- its only weakness is against the monster teams, but I don't see why you can't play Heath/LRT off the bench (or swing Saddo into defence if we must), to guard against that.
When you look at the whole box and dice, I reckon Roos is right: a ready-to-play-firsts ruckman (in anticipated replacement of Ball- Doyle has shown enough in 2004 to indicate he can make it as a 2nd ruckman) and an elite midfielder to bring the rest of the honest triers above the pack, are about all we need. Because with this team's excellent attitude and work ethic, there'll be one young player in 2005 who is expected to be a mere fringe player who puts in a blinder of a year and becomes an automatic selection: see Schneider 2003, Bevan 2004.
As long as no-one quotes this back to me if it backfires horribly, I'll take a big punt from a long way out and say 'Sydney's 2005 rising star nominee: Josh Thewlis'. I mean, look at this stupid haircut: how could he not make it?
Originally posted by NMWBloods
So what might next year's team look like at its best?
Perhaps something like:
B: B Mathews, A Schauble, M Nicks
HB: L Barry, C Bolton, J Crouch
C: T Kennelly, [new midfielder], J Bolton
HF: R O'Keefe, B Hall, N Davis
F: A Schneider, M O'Loughlin, P Williams
R: S Doyle, A Goodes, B Kirk
I: S Maxfield, J Ball, P Bevan, A Buchanan
Others:
J Saddington
L Roberts-Thompson
L Ablett
J McVeigh
N Fosdike
B Fixter
H James
M Powell
A Rogers
J Thewlis
S Dempster
N Malceski
S McGlone
T Schmidt
So what might next year's team look like at its best?
Perhaps something like:
B: B Mathews, A Schauble, M Nicks
HB: L Barry, C Bolton, J Crouch
C: T Kennelly, [new midfielder], J Bolton
HF: R O'Keefe, B Hall, N Davis
F: A Schneider, M O'Loughlin, P Williams
R: S Doyle, A Goodes, B Kirk
I: S Maxfield, J Ball, P Bevan, A Buchanan
Others:
J Saddington
L Roberts-Thompson
L Ablett
J McVeigh
N Fosdike
B Fixter
H James
M Powell
A Rogers
J Thewlis
S Dempster
N Malceski
S McGlone
T Schmidt
When you look at the whole box and dice, I reckon Roos is right: a ready-to-play-firsts ruckman (in anticipated replacement of Ball- Doyle has shown enough in 2004 to indicate he can make it as a 2nd ruckman) and an elite midfielder to bring the rest of the honest triers above the pack, are about all we need. Because with this team's excellent attitude and work ethic, there'll be one young player in 2005 who is expected to be a mere fringe player who puts in a blinder of a year and becomes an automatic selection: see Schneider 2003, Bevan 2004.
As long as no-one quotes this back to me if it backfires horribly, I'll take a big punt from a long way out and say 'Sydney's 2005 rising star nominee: Josh Thewlis'. I mean, look at this stupid haircut: how could he not make it?
After reading where he is happy to hand over the mantle.
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