AFL All Australian Team

[BeeEmmAre]

As promised on the NSW/ACT Footy forum, here is my AFL Team of the Year for you to dissect.

AFL Team of the Year 2005

B: Jared Crouch (Syd), Leo Barry (Syd), Lewis Roberts-Thomson (Syd)
HB: Ben Mathews (Syd), Craig Bolton (Syd), Tadgh Kennelly (Syd)
C: Amon Buchanan (Syd), Adam Goodes (Syd), Sean Dempster (Syd)
HF: Ryan O'Keefe (Syd), Barry Hall (Syd), Jude Bolton (Syd)
F: Paul Williams (Syd), Michael O'Loughlin (Syd), Nick Davis (Syd)
FOLL: Darren Jolly (Syd), Brett Kirk (Syd), Luke Ablett (Syd)
INTER: Jason Ball (Syd), Paul Bevan (Syd), Nic Fosdike (Syd), Adam Schneider (Syd)
EMERG: Nick Malceski (Syd), Jarrod Moore (Syd), Andrew Schauble (Syd)
COACH: Paul Roos (Syd)

[sharpie]

Not bad effort that, but surely there's a spot for Chris Judd somewhere?

[BeeEmmAre]

Why?
He hasn't got a premiership medal.

[BeeEmmAre]

Okay, now I've got your attention - and not many bites so it must have been pretty good - I'll give you my real choices.
This team is based on points scored from appearances in the best players throughout the season, as against their winning or losing margins.
Brownlow votes are also taken into account.
I found the team a lot harder to pick than the other leagues I'm involved in as there was an oversupply of midfielders near the top of the list.
Finals are not taken into account.
Here is my real team of the year - although the other one had a lot of merit, and 22 premiership medals
NB: From the 22 as ranked, I had to promote two ruckmen, a full back and centre half back (these were the highest ranked in their positions), as well as Fraser Gehrig, who is automatically full forward with the Coleman Medal around his neck.
The coach is my opinion, pre finals, of who got the most out of his list - everyone I know, myself included, had Adelaide finishing in the bottom four and they finished on top before falling over in the finals.
As much as I wanted to select the messiah, the great Sir Paul Roos, I selected the Swans to make the top four at the start of the year and our premiership, our premiership, our premiership (had to keep saying it so it will sink in - for me that is) is three places higher than I picked us.
Adelaide (4th), were 12 spots higher than my tip.

My AFL Team of the Year 2005

B: Mark Ricciuto (Ade), James Clement (Coll), Dean Cox (WC)
HB: Luke Power (BL), Kane Cornes (PA), Brett Kirk (Syd)
C: Nick Dal Santo (StK), Ben Cousins ? (WC), Luke Hodge (Haw)
HF: Barry Hall (Syd), Matthew Pavlich (Fre), Travis Johnstone (Mel)
F: Brent Harvey (Kan), Fraser Gehrig (StK), Warren Tredrea (PA)
FOLL: Peter Everitt (Haw), Scott West (vc) (WB), Lenny Hayes (StK)
INTER: Chris Judd (WC), Tyson Edwards (Ade), Jude Bolton (Syd), Daniel Kerr (WC)
EMERG: Shane Crawford (Haw), Shane Tuck (Rich), Simon Goodwin (Ade)
COACH: Neil Craig (Ade)

I will add my Top 50 to this thread tomorrow night.

[Pekay]

Re: AFL All Australian Team

Originally posted by BeeEmmAre
As promised on the NSW/ACT Footy forum, here is my AFL Team of the Year for you to dissect.

AFL Team of the Year 2005

B: Jared Crouch (Syd), Leo Barry (Syd), Lewis Roberts-Thomson (Syd)
HB: Ben Mathews (Syd), Craig Bolton (Syd), Tadgh Kennelly (Syd)
C: Amon Buchanan (Syd), Adam Goodes (Syd), Sean Dempster (Syd)
HF: Ryan O'Keefe (Syd), Barry Hall (Syd), Jude Bolton (Syd)
F: Paul Williams (Syd), Michael O'Loughlin (Syd), Nick Davis (Syd)
FOLL: Darren Jolly (Syd), Brett Kirk (Syd), Luke Ablett (Syd)
INTER: Jason Ball (Syd), Paul Bevan (Syd), Nic Fosdike (Syd), Adam Schneider (Syd)
EMERG: Nick Malceski (Syd), Jarrod Moore (Syd), Andrew Schauble (Syd)
COACH: Paul Roos (Syd)

legend-but wheres all the Jets???

[BeeEmmAre]

If you look a little closer and use your imagination, you'll find them.

[BeeEmmAre]

Here is my AFL Top 50 for 2005.
Please note, these rankings are based solely on my formula.
Finals were not taken into account.

AFL TOP 50

1. B. Cousins (WC) 199
2. S. West (WB) 158
3. M. Pavlich (Fre) 154
4. N. Dal Santo (StK) 152
5. L. Hayes (StK) 141
6. L. Hodge (Haw) 139
7. L. Power (BL) 137
8. T. Johnstone (Mel) 135
9. B. Hall (Syd) 126
10. B. Kirk (Syd) 125
11. B. Harvey (Kan) 122
12. M. Ricciuto (Ade) 116
13. C. Judd (WC) 116
14. T. Edwards (Ade) 116
15. W. Tredrea (PA) 115
16. J. Bolton (Syd) 113
17. S. Crawford (Haw) 113
18. S. Tuck (Ric) 110
19. S. Goodwin (Ade) 108
20. D. Kerr (WC) 106
21. C. Fletcher (WC) 103
22. L. Ball (StK) 103
23. P. Everitt (Haw) 102
24. A. Cooney (WB) 101
25. C. Ling (Gee) 97
26. N. Stevens (Car) 97
27. J. Brown (BL) 95
28. K. Cornes (PA) 95
29. D. Wells (Kan) 94
30. J. Corey (Gee) 94
31. P. Bell (Fre) 93
32. J. Akermanis (BL) 92
33. P. Burgoyne (PA) 91
34. S. Grant (Kan) 91
35. K. Johnson (Ric) 90
36. F. Gehrig (StK) 89
37. J. Bartel (Gee) 89
38. B. Johnson (WB) 89
39. C. Cornes (PA) 87
40. D. Cox (WC) 87
41. A. Goodes (Syd) 87
42. D. Wirrpunda (WC) 86
43. H. Black (Fre) 85
44. R. Harvey (StK) 85
45. J. Hird (Ess) 84
46. P. Hasleby (Fre) 84
47. S. Black (BL) 82
48. A. Simpson (Kan) 81
49. M. Coughlan (Ric) 81
50. M. Johnson (Ess) 81

So, in other words, my selections for each club?s best and fairest (and I know some have already been counted) are:
Adelaide ? Mark Ricciuto
Brisbane Lions ? Luke Power
Carlton ? Nick Stevens
Collingwood ? James Clement
Essendon ? James Hird
Fremantle ? Matthew Pavlich
Geelong ? Cameron Ling
Hawthorn - Luke Hodge
Kangaroos ? Brent Harvey
Melbourne ? Travis Johnstone
Port Adelaide - Warren Tredrea
Richmond - Shane Tuck
St Kilda - Nick Dal Santo
Sydney - Barry Hall
West Coast - Ben Cousins
Western Bulldogs - Scott West

The mighty Swans premiership team ranked as follows:

9. Barry Hall 126
10. Brett Kirk 125
16. Jude Bolton 113
41. Adam Goodes 87
81. Amon Buchanan 57
96. Paul Williams 48
97. Michael O'Loughlin 48
100. Ryan O'Keefe 46
101. Tadgh Kennelly 46
127. Leo Barry 38
134. Luke Ablett 36
178. Lewis Roberts-Thomson 23
186. Darren Jolly 21
195. Nick Davis 19
221. Jared Crouch 15
250. Ben Mathews 10
265. Craig Bolton 9
288. Nic Fosdike 7
289. Adam Schneider 7
324. Jason Ball 4
348. Sean Dempster 2
***. Paul Bevan 0
***. Nick Malceski 0
***. Jarrod Moore 0
***. Andrew Schauble 0
-----Didn't play in grand final-----
264. Matthew Nicks 9
315. Luke Vogels 5

The Swans rankings in the finals were:
J. Crouch 24, N. Davis 17, B. Kirk 15, R. O'Keefe 10, L. Roberts-Thomson 10, B. Hall 9, J. Bolton 8, A. Buchanan 6, C. Bolton 6, N. Fosdike 6, T. Kennelly 5, L. Barry 2, M. O'Loughlin 1.

[ugg]

Chad is the CHB not Kane. Still, if there's only one other defender in the team I guess it doesn't make much of a difference.