Strategy 2020 | Let's Construct Our Best 22 | Part 2: Defenders

[FootyGuy13]

Results from part one:

1| Clayton Oliver (97.6%)
2| Max Gawn (92.9%)
3| Angus Brayshaw (83.3%)
4| Ed Langdon (81.0%)
5| Jack Viney (73.8%)
6| James Harmes (71.4%)
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7| Christian Petracca (35.7%)
8| Adam Tomlinson (19.0%)
9| Christian Salem (19.0%)

Nathan Jones, Jake Melksham, Alex Neal-Bullen, Braydon Preuss, Luke Jackson, Kade Kolojashnij, Aaron vandenBerg, James Jordan, Trent Rivers, Aaron Nietschke, Tom Sparrow, Oskar Baker, Kade Chandler, Corey Wagner, Josh Wagner, Kyle Dunkley (<10%).

Part 2 is looking at the defending six:
FB: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith
HB: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith

Please vote for the six players you'd want to fill those positions. Voting ends Feb 15th.

2016 team:
B: Neville Jetta | Lynden Dunn (vc) | Colin Garland
HB: Christian Salem | Tom McDonald | Tomas Bugg
C: Dom Tyson | Bernie Vince | Angus Brayshaw
HF: Christian Petracca | Cam Pedersen | Dean Kent
F: Jeff Garlett | Jesse Hogan | Jack Watts
R: Max Gawn | Nathan Jones (c) | Jack Viney
I/C: Aaron vandenBerg | Sam Frost | Jack Grimes | James Harmes

E: Billy Stretch | Heritier Lumumba | Jack Trengove

2017 team:
FB: Neville Jetta | Oscar McDonald | Tom McDonald
HB: Jayden Hunt | Sam Frost | Michael Hibberd
C: Jordan Lewis | Clayton Oliver | Dom Tyson
HF: Christian Petracca | Jesse Hogan | Dean Kent
FF: Jeff Garlett | Cam Pedersen | Jack Watts
R: Max Gawn | Nathan Jones | Jack Viney
INT: Angus Brayshaw | Christian Salem | Billy Stretch | Bernie Vince

E: Jake Melksham | Aaron vandenBerg | Tomas Bugg

IN FROM 2016: Oscar McDonald, Jayden Hunt, Michael Hibberd, Jordan Lewis, Clayton Oliver, Billy Stretch
OUT FROM 2016: Lynden Dunn, Colin Garland, Tomas Bugg, Aaron vandenBerg, Jack Grimes, James Harmes

2018 team:
FB: Neville Jetta | Oscar McDonald | Jake Lever
HB: Jayden Hunt | Sam Frost | Michael Hibberd
C: Angus Brayshaw | Dom Tyson | Nathan Jones
HF: Jake Melksham | Jesse Hogan | Christian Petracca
FF: Jeff Garlett | Tom McDonald | Mitch Hannan
R: Max Gawn | Clayton Oliver | Jack Viney
INT: Christian Salem | Alex Neal-Bullen | Jordan Lewis | James Harmes

E: Cam Pedersen | Bernie Vince | Corey Maynard | Joel Smith

IN FROM 2017: Jake Lever, Jake Melksham, Mitch Hannan, Alex Neal-Bullen, James Harmes
OUT FROM 2017: Jack Watts, Dean Kent, Cam Pedersen, Billy Stretch, Bernie Vince

2019 team:
FB: Neville Jetta | Steven May | Jake Lever
HB: Michael Hibberd | Oscar McDonald | Christian Salem
C: Angus Brayshaw | James Harmes | Nathan Jones
HF: Christian Petracca | Sam Weideman | Alex Neal-Bullen
FF: Jake Melksham | Tom McDonald | Aaron vandenBerg
R: Max Gawn | Clayton Oliver | Jack Viney
INT: Bayley Fritsch | Kade Kolodjashnij | Charlie Spargo | Jordan Lewis

E: Mitch Hannan | Braydon Preuss | Billy Stretch | Sam Frost

IN FROM 2018: Steven May, Sam Weideman, Aaron vandenBerg, Bayley Fritsch, Kade Kolodjashnij, Charlie Spargo
OUT FROM 2018: Dom Tyson, Jesse Hogan, Jayden Hunt, Sam Frost, Jeff Garlett, Mitch Hannan

2020 team:
FB: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith
HB: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith
C: Ed Langdon | Jack Viney | James Harmes
HF: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith
FF: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith
R: Max Gawn | Clayton Oliver | Angus Brayshaw
INT: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith

E: Who | is | Nick | Smith?

IN FROM 2019: Ed Langdon
OUT FROM 2019: Jordan Lewis

 

[Headless]

I've gone with:

Jetta - May - Hore
Salem - Lever - Smith

 

[dylan93]

FB: Jetta May Hore
HB: Hibberd Tomlinson Lever

Prefer that with Tomlinson in, Salem to be pushed up MID/FWD.

Also hoping Tomlinson takes second best forward, to free up Lever to play his best rebounding footy.

 

[HANDSOLO]

I didn’t choose Oscar McDonald’s

 

[nacnud]

I'm probably one of the only dees supporters who sees valuable use in Omac. His best position is clearly as a 3rd tall and with a solid preseason he should thrive in that role this year.

 

[Proper Gander]

I've gone with:

Jetta - May - Hore
Salem - Lever - Smith

I got confused by the whole thing so I’m going to borrow your defenders if that’s okay. Also it’s vaguely unnerving seeing you on this side of this thread

 

[Topkent]

I'm probably one of the only dees supporters who sees valuable use in Omac. His best position is clearly as a 3rd tall and with a solid preseason he should thrive in that role this year.

Explain how he's a good 3rd tall.

 

[nacnud]

Explain how he's a good 3rd tall.

I’m not usually one to make excuses but the bloke just did not have a clear run at it last year. Did barely any preseason and often (along with frost) had to take on the opposition’s best forward. So from that perspective it’s no wonder why he, much like the team, was absolutely shithouse last season.

By all reports Oscar has completed pretty much every session this preseason and if may and lever can stay on the park this year then there is use for omac as a 3rd tall. If he’s s**t again then he’ll probably be delisted and I’ll look like a massive campaigner but she’ll be right.

 

[saj_21]

If Omac wants to be playing senior footy, he has to be good enough to take the 1st or 2nd tall. He can’t play as the third tall, that is lever’s role.

Also I don’t see Thomlinson playing as a defender. He is an elite runner, I don’t see one on one defending as a strength of his.

 

[AmericanAFL]

I cheated and put Salem in my 6, after having also put him in my midfield 6. Not much I could do about it though... I didn’t know too many of the other choices and I sure as s**t wasn’t putting Oscar out there.

 

[saj_21]

I cheated and put Salem in my 6, after having also put him in my midfield 6. Not much I could do about it though... I didn’t know too many of the other choices and I sure as s**t wasn’t putting Oscar out there.

In an ideal world we would have 2 Salem’s, so he can kick the ball out of the backline to his clone on the wing

Actually this happened in a game sandy Roberts was commentating and Jetta (actually JKH) managed to kick it to Jetta

 

[DeesFanTheMan]

FB: Hore, Omac, Jetta
HB: Salem, May, Lever

I think I voted Salem for mids, but I am basing this off of the popular vote listed in this post. If I had to switch out Salem it would be Hibberd.

 

[Topkent]

The thing I noticed about this was how crap our defence is.
Genuinely can't pick the 6th player.

Jetta May Hore
Hibberd Lever ....
Genuinely missing someone who can run and carry the footy there.

Gonna say Tomlinson because it releases Hore and Hibberd to play more attacking.


Hate Salem in defence.

 

[Meds]

The thing I noticed about this was how crap our defence is.
Genuinely can't pick the 6th player.

Jetta May Hore
Hibberd Lever ....
Genuinely missing someone who can run and carry the footy there.

Gonna say Tomlinson because it releases Hore and Hibberd to play more attacking.


Hate Salem in defence.

I had the same as you, but put Salem in.

Harmes was mentioned as a potential HBF'er late last year (at the B&F i think) which might be the run and carry you're looking for. Personally I'd prefer him to be in the middle, pushing forward, but if it happens with Harmes and it works I actually think it's a pretty good back 6.

Smith and Omac as depth, Salem and perhaps Jones/Tomlinson able to roll back at a pinch.
Hopefully some guys developing (Petty, Rivers, small defender I can't remember)

 

[Topkent]

I had the same as you, but put Salem in.

Harmes was mentioned as a potential HBF'er late last year (at the B&F i think) which might be the run and carry you're looking for. Personally I'd prefer him to be in the middle, pushing forward, but if it happens with Harmes and it works I actually think it's a pretty good back 6.

Smith and Omac as depth, Salem and perhaps Jones/Tomlinson able to roll back at a pinch.
Hopefully some guys developing (Petty, Rivers, small defender I can't remember)

Trent Rivers is a genuine shout for Round 1

 

[ponsdale]

Harmes was mentioned as a potential HBF'er late last year (at the B&F i think) which might be the run and carry you're looking for. Personally I'd prefer him to be in the middle, pushing forward, but if it happens with Harmes and it works I actually think it's a pretty good back 6.

Harmes has been training with the backs. He will start there. I would have voted for him if he was in the list.

My defensive six:
Jetta | May | Smith
Hibberd | Lever | Salem


Progressively:
2020 team:
FB: Jetta | May | Smith
HB: Hibberd | Lever | Salem
C: Langdon | Viney | Tomlinson
HF: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith
FF: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith
R: Gawn | Oliver | Brayshaw
INT: Nick Smith | Nick Smith | Nick Smith

E: Who | is | Nick | Smith?

 

[AmericanAFL]

Harmes has been training with the backs. He will start there. I would have voted for him if he was in the list.

This is pretty shocking. I’m a novice but it feels to me like this wastes some of the talents he brings to the game.

 

[ponsdale]

This is pretty shocking. I’m a novice but it feels to me like this wastes some of the talents he brings to the game.

I don't think so. He's accountable, good overhead, a good runner, and I think he will add some flair to the back line as a distributor. Plus, there's plenty of stoppages in the back half of the ground in which he will have plenty of impact.

 

[Topkent]

I don't think so. He's accountable, good overhead, a good runner, and I think he will add some flair to the back line as a distributor. Plus, there's plenty of stoppages in the back half of the ground in which he will have plenty of impact.

We don't need flair from the backline. We need to kick goals and defend better.
We have May, Salem, Jetta, Hore, Hibberd and Lever. Plenty of blokes who can kick nicely, none are bad kicks.

What we do have is a one position, one way midfield and we are removing the only rounded midfielder we have to fill probably the least important of our issues.

We had major issues defending turnovers due to a lack of pressure up field. We had major issues defending clearances due to a poor defensive midfield, we had major issues converting inside 50s. I never once thought we had an issue moving the ball out of the back 50.

We were 9th for inside 50s but 16th for points scored.
We were 16th for uncontested touches league wide.

So we've moved our most dangerous mid/forward and most balanced inside/outside mid to the backline.


Well ******* done Goody

 

[saj_21]

We don't need flair from the backline. We need to kick goals and defend better.
We have May, Salem, Jetta, Hore, Hibberd and Lever. Plenty of blokes who can kick nicely, none are bad kicks.

What we do have is a one position, one way midfield and we are removing the only rounded midfielder we have to fill probably the least important of our issues.

We had major issues defending turnovers due to a lack of pressure up field. We had major issues defending clearances due to a poor defensive midfield, we had major issues converting inside 50s. I never once thought we had an issue moving the ball out of the back 50.

We were 9th for inside 50s but 16th for points scored.
We were 16th for uncontested touches league wide.

So we've moved our most dangerous mid/forward and most balanced inside/outside mid to the backline.


Well ******* done Goody

All good points, let's just see about Harmes it seems a lot of talk about him playing HBF. Where there is smoke there is fire.

For mine last year we were horrible at ground balls inside 50m, and it hurt us big time - we didn't score crumbing goals but worst of all we lost the footy inside 50, had all the side forward pressing up and the opposition defenders would win the ground ball inside our 50m and spit it out the other way and waltz down the other end to score.

 

[Topkent]

All good points, let's just see about Harmes it seems a lot of talk about him playing HBF. Where there is smoke there is fire.

For mine last year we were horrible at ground balls inside 50m, and it hurt us big time - we didn't score crumbing goals but worst of all we lost the footy inside 50, had all the side forward pressing up and the opposition defenders would win the ground ball inside our 50m and spit it out the other way and waltz down the other end to score.

Yep I'd agree and I don't think it's gonna be solved just by Pickett. Think we will need to find more than that.

 

[saj_21]

Yep I'd agree and I don't think it's gonna be solved just by Pickett. Think we will need to find more than that.

Davey circa 2004.