AA (no, not a thread about my alcohol abuse and what I arguably need but . . . )

[dejavoodoo44]

Rather, All Australian. Five Swans named and all deserved. The one player who has every right to be peeved is Reg.

AFL All Australian 40-man squad named - AFL.com.au

Yes, when I looked at the squad, I also thought that Reg was unlucky. Nick Smith too. Both beat their opponents week in and week out, but probably don't have enough rebounding flair to attract the notice of the AA selectors.

[aardvark]

. . . horse crap.

I thought he's been pretty good this year!

[veramex]

Joey is mr consistent, but I feel in the back end of the season, he takes it to another level. I remember feeling the same way past year - he knows how to peak at the right time of the year. Let's hope he has another blinder and wins the swans player of the finals again

[goswannies]

Joey is mr consistent, but I feel in the back end of the season, he takes it to another level. I remember feeling the same way past year - he knows how to peak at the right time of the year. Let's hope he has another blinder and wins the swans player of the finals again

They really should have an "All International team of, say, the 21st century, or since the first Gaelic international player was signed.
Surely Pyke & Tadhg would get in ... delay it 2 year & Aliir would be there.

& how would it be? First Irish & Canadian recruited premiership players ... & dare to dream ... 1st Sudanese ...

[Meg]

I thought he's been pretty good this year!

ROFL!

[Zlatorog]

It's funny if you think about it that we have the best defence in the competition and only one defensive player gets nominated.

[ScottH]

It's funny if you think about it that we have the best defence in the competition and only one defensive player gets nominated.

It is a champion defence, not a defence of champions.

[Faunac8]

It is a champion defence, not a defence of champions.

What Scott said + 1

[bloodspirit]

+2

[dimelb]

It is a champion defence, not a defence of champions.

Correct. And with the focus on individuals from elsewhere it comes as close as possible to flying under the radar. Not that we can expect much of that this season.

[Dosser]

A good tweet from Teddy saying "If All-Australian key forwards are judged on goals kicked, interesting to know which key defender had the least goals conceded? Surely the answer couldnt be Heath Grundy as he wasnt picked in the AA squad???"

[Industrial Fan]

It's been a top defensive unit but Grundy is the glaring omission.

[AnnieH]

Awesome that we have five players named.
That's a feat within itself.
Sad about Reg, but Rampe was a bit better. Must've been hard for the selectors.

[giant]

I also agree on Reg. He's had a brilliant year.

Unquestionably, but the number of outstanding KPDs has been unusually large this year. Dead unlucky but.

[dejavoodoo44]

On a related note, three of our AA nominations finished in the top ten of the AFLCA votes. Parker was 5th with 86 votes, Hannebery 7th with 83, and Kennedy finished equal 10th (er, with Josh Kennedy) on 69 votes.