who is under pressure in 2014 ?

[liz]

Reid, LRT, Rampe, Shaw and Benny all seem to be best 22, but somehow it's hard to see who goes out when they go in. I've got 25 in our best 22, which of course doesn't fit, and another half dozen that should be pushing hard for selection.

With our 9.8% advantage we have over everyone else, don't we get to field an extra two players each game?

[aardvark]

With our 9.8% advantage we have over everyone else, don't we get to field an extra two players each game?

That's an extra 2.156 players so we get 2 players plus Benny McGlynn.

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With our 9.8% advantage we have over everyone else, don't we get to field an extra two players each game?

That's an extra 2.156 players so we get 2 players plus Benny McGlynn.

[wolftone57]

Richards and Reg are our 2 key defenders. They are easily the best and this won't change.

LRT is ahead of AJ.

Also, it is going to take AJ time to come back from his knee, so wouldn't be placing much reliance on him this year.



Rampe would be 4th key defender. Can only see him playing if one of the above is injured (based on AJ and LRT's record, a scenario quite likely).

AJ had LAARS and will be ready for round one according to the club. He might not play seniors in round one so he can get as much match practice in the Twos before returning to the seniors but he should be back in seniors by May.

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Richards and Reg are our 2 key defenders. They are easily the best and this won't change.

LRT is ahead of AJ.

Also, it is going to take AJ time to come back from his knee, so wouldn't be placing much reliance on him this year.



Rampe would be 4th key defender. Can only see him playing if one of the above is injured (based on AJ and LRT's record, a scenario quite likely).

AJ had LAARS and will be ready for round one according to the club. He might not play seniors in round one so he can get as much match practice in the Twos before returning to the seniors but he should be back in seniors by May.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Out of our first 4 picks ( perhaps only 4, not sure) in the 2012 draft, not one has played a senior game yet. Not too unusual , but Towers was taken as a 22 year old, and the club must have hoped he would be ready to jump in and make an impact almost immediately. He's had a whole season on the list and still doesn't appear likely to make an appearance in the 1's any time soon, which is made more disappointing considering how many spots opened up due to injury last year. Must be under a bit of pressure to justify retaining his spot on the list if he can't crack it for a debut soon. Brown and Lockyer ( class of 2011) must also be wanting to show something this year to justify keeping their spots on the list, although I don't believe they are under the same pressure as Towers.

[Reggi]

In truth we cough up an enormous amount of young talent as there are too many guys in front of them. Some of those guys just have two many players ahead of them. They might be getting games ahead of other guys.

We must have almost 20x former players on other clubs lists which is some record

[liz]

Brown and Lockyer ( class of 2011) must also be wanting to show something this year to justify keeping their spots on the list, although I don't believe they are under the same pressure as Towers.

Brown was delisted at the end of 2013.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Well that settles that one then !

[Ludwig]

The 2012 PSD with Tippett and the rookie draft produced the most promising players. BJ and X have already had games, plus Lloyd and Robinson played well enough to get games for many clubs.

It seems like in the reserves, the topups get a bit more space and the listed players get tagged. Maybe a Towers or Membrey would do better in the seniors than the reserves. All 4 of the picks have shown something, but difficult to say if it's enough to make it at senior level.

They all must be under pressure, because a few will have to go at y.e.

[jono2707]

They all must be under pressure, because a few will have to go at y.e.

I guess it also depends how many out of ROK, Goodsey, LRT and Rhys retire, or get pushed out, at the end of the year.....

[Ludwig]

I guess it also depends how many out of ROK, Goodsey, LRT and Rhys retire, or get pushed out, at the end of the year.....

Unless they've changed the rules again, there will also be rookie list pressure, because I believe we can only have one 3rd year rookie. This would mean that Biggs would have to be elevated or be delisted, plus only one of Lloyd, Robinson, X Richards and Naismith can become a 3rd year rookie next year, meaning 3 will be in a similar position to Biggs. We could, I suppose, delist a couple and redraft them as rookies, as it would be unlikely that they would be drafted by another club.