Strategy 2025 | Let's Construct Our Best 22 | Part 3: Forwards

FootyGuy13 · Feb 14, 2025

Results from Part Two:

1| Steven May (96.9%)
2| Judd McVee (93.8%)
3| Jake Lever (81.3%)
4| Trent Rivers (75.0%)
5| Harrison Petty (71.9%)
6| Andy Moniz-Wakefield (34.4%)
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7| Tom McDonald (31.3%)
8| Christian Salem (25.0%)
9| Jake Bowey (21.9%)
10| Xavier Lindsay (18.8%)
11| Blake Howes (18.8%)

Taj Woewodin, Jed Adams, Marty Hore, Ricky Mentha (<10%).

It's unfortunate that Moniz-Wakefield debuted so late into the season as I can't seem to remember anything that he's done on the field. The other inclusion into the Best 22 Defense is Harrison Petty which means we have at least 2 changes to make in this thread.

Part 3 is looking at the forward six:
HF: Half Forward Flank | Centre Half Forward | Half Forward Flank
FF: Forward Pocket | Full Forward | Forward Pocket

Please vote for the six players you'd want to fill those positions. Voting ends Feb 21st.

Framework: We are pretending that everyone on the list is fit, uninjured and unsuspended, the only thing holding players back being age and inexperience. This isn't a Round 1 team either, just the Best 22 team against a random opponent in random weather conditions in a random round.

In the poll above are every player I've seen listed as a forward in either DreamTeam, SuperCoach and/or the Best 22 thread... Happy Voting! :smallfooty:

Headless · Feb 14, 2025

Found this one somewhat harder. Reckon TMac deserves to be a poll option.

Dancing Potato · Feb 14, 2025

Hmm, I can only find 4 (maybe 5) players I actually want to select in order to make a balanced forward line.

This is bad.

schmuttt · Feb 15, 2025

With Tholstrup out I really want them to give Brown a month as a pressure forward and see how he goes.

Headless · Feb 15, 2025

Dancing Potato said:
Hmm, I can only find 4 (maybe 5) players I actually want to select in order to make a balanced forward line.

This is bad.

Petracca forward makes a lot of sense.

A11dAtP0w3R · Feb 15, 2025

Since Trac isn't available to be selected as a forward i hope Jefferson becomes best 22.

HF: Langford, Jefferson, Chandler
F: Fritsch, Van Rooyen, Pickett

A11dAtP0w3R · Feb 15, 2025

Turner is nothing more than average at best. Still think he's a better back much like Petty.

No idea why you wouldn't give Jefferson a go early even if you're not convinced just to see how he goes, if he's going to spend the majority of the year in the reserves behind Turner you might as well have cut him at the end of last year.

Headless · Feb 15, 2025

A11dAtP0w3R said:
Since Trac isn't available to be selected as a forward i hope Jefferson becomes best 22.

HF: Langford, Jefferson, Chandler
F: Fritsch, Van Rooyen, Pickett

I had the same, but with Tholstrup HFF over Langford, who I imagine will be on my bench.

booshboy · Feb 15, 2025

A11dAtP0w3R said:
Turner is nothing more than average at best. Still think he's a better back much like Petty.

No idea why you wouldn't give Jefferson a go early even if you're not convinced just to see how he goes, if he's going to spend the majority of the year in the reserves behind Turner you might as well have cut him at the end of last year.

Agree Turner much better suited to backline. IMO we should have traded Lever, someone would have been dumb enough to stump up something decent.

FootyBot13 · Feb 17, 2025

Bump.

BTW, I'm pretty sure BigFooty only allows 25 poll options so, if either Jai Culley or Roy George get added to the squad before the SSP deadline, then I'll have to leave Ricky Mentha off the final poll as that will make 26 options for the Bench.

Theseventhhamster · Feb 17, 2025

I'd like a push notification for when/if (DO SOMETHING TIMB LAM) Roy George becomes an option.

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!

TheBoss · Feb 17, 2025

only Pickett, Fritsch and Van Rooyen deserve a vote.

The next three should just be whoever was BOG at Casey.

schmuttt · Feb 18, 2025

A11dAtP0w3R said:
Turner is nothing more than average at best. Still think he's a better back much like Petty.

No idea why you wouldn't give Jefferson a go early even if you're not convinced just to see how he goes, if he's going to spend the majority of the year in the reserves behind Turner you might as well have cut him at the end of last year.

If we aren't playing Jeffo in the first 6 weeks not sure he will ever play tbh.

Toump Ass · Feb 18, 2025

Mad respect to all the other legends who dropped votes for Charlie Spargo.
Will have an ANB-like year I feel.

Crusty Demon · Feb 18, 2025

lol. Our forwardline is absolute garbage. I can't even pick a half decent 4 let alone 6.

Koz, Fritta, JVR. That's it. I'd put Trac in there but he's not an option.

The Dr · Feb 18, 2025

Crusty Demon said:
lol. Our forwardline is absolute garbage. I can't even pick a half decent 4 let alone 6.

Koz, Fritta, JVR. That's it. I'd put Trac in there but he's not an option.

It really is poor. If goody had half a brain he'd find a way to isolate Frisch, Koz and Trac and clear out everyone else.

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Crusty Demon · Feb 18, 2025

The Dr said:
It really is poor. If goody had half a brain he'd find a way to isolate Frisch, Koz and Trac and clear out everyone else.

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Pretty much. But that means more duds upfield chopping the ball.

Scythe · Feb 18, 2025

Chandler's a solid enough player who'd look much better if we actually kept the ball moving and he had space to operate, but yeah, aside from those four, not working with too much (although I don’t mind Turner).

CTHORANGE · Feb 19, 2025

I'm guessing van Rooyen will still be doing some minutes in the ruck, which sucks because it stuffs up his game and having our best tall forward needing to ruck at all is a real problem. would much rather Turner do that but not sure he has been tried

Dancing Potato · Feb 19, 2025

Scythe94 said:
Chandler's a solid enough player who'd look much better if we actually kept the ball moving and he had space to operate, but yeah, aside from those four, not working with too much (although I don’t mind Turner).

We really have three clear categories of forwards.

Locks: JVR, Pickett, Fritsch

OK / average: Chandler

The rest.

You could maybe make an argument that Turner is in the OK / average category, but I don't think his ceiling is much higher than where he is currently. I'll happily give him a bench spot based on his versatility though.

It really is important for our team balance and scoring power that Trac is spending 60% or more of his time forward.

melbun · Feb 20, 2025

Dancing Potato said:
We really have three clear categories of forwards.

Locks: JVR, Pickett, Fritsch

OK / average: Chandler

The rest.

You could maybe make an argument that Turner is in the OK / average category, but I don't think his ceiling is much higher than where he is currently. I'll happily give him a bench spot based on his versatility though.

It really is important for our team balance and scoring power that Trac is spending 60% or more of his time forward.

I can't rate "Mr. GetAnotherEasyGoalOutTheBack" Fritsch. His work ethic is terrible.

Both Fritsch and Chandler seem unable to see Melbourne colours whenever the goal posts are within sight.

Scythe · Feb 20, 2025

melbun said:
I can't rate "Mr. GetAnotherEasyGoalOutTheBack" Fritsch. His work ethic is terrible.

Both Fritsch and Chandler seem unable to see Melbourne colours whenever the goal posts are within sight.

Fritsch is the one player on our list who can kick goals reliably, he can be as selfish as he likes as far as I'm concerned

schmuttt · Feb 20, 2025

melbun said:
I can't rate "Mr. GetAnotherEasyGoalOutTheBack" Fritsch. His work ethic is terrible.

Both Fritsch and Chandler seem unable to see Melbourne colours whenever the goal posts are within sight.

Fritsch has career accuracy of 63% which is elite when you consider the volume of shots he takes. I want him to be hungry FFS

Dory_77 · Feb 20, 2025

Yeah I'd much rather have some greedy campaigner* as forwards. Watching blokes being 'unselfish' with handballs rather than shoot while 30m out and inevitably **** it up is so frustrating. Sometimes shooting is the team thing to do.

melbun · Feb 20, 2025

My picks.

Locks: JVR, Pickett, Stengle, Hogan, J. Cameron

The rest don't matter.

Strategy 2025 | Let's Construct Our Best 22 | Part 3: Forwards

Which six players should fill the forward positions in a pre-2025 Best 22?

#2 Jacob van Rooyen

#9 Charlie Spargo

#10 Daniel Turner

#12 Koltyn Tholstrup

#14 Jack Billings

#16 Bailey Laurie

#18 Jake Melksham

#19 Harvey Langford

#21 Matthew Jefferson

#23 Shane McAdam

#31 Bayley Fritsch

#32 Tom Sparrow

#33 Tom Fullarton

#36 Kysaiah Pickett

#37 Kade Chandler

#38 Oliver Sestan

#39 Ricky Mentha

#41 Kynan Brown

#42 Aidan Johnson

#44 Luker Kentfield

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