Your Round 1 Side.

[am Bays]

Refuse to count AFL players as you never know who your going to get and you can't rely on them being available, so in my humble opinion

Hooper Trembath Hender
Holmes Kirkby Davenport
Roach Tenace Jolly
Milne Proud Agnew
Mules Tapp Underwood
McGinty McNeil Allen

IC E Gill, Nicholson, Pitt

Emergencies from: M Snook, Carger, McFarlane, Curran

Up to another five players with league experience will miss out too most likely in Rd 1

Unavailable Button (susp) Scharenburg (AIS)

Despite my earlier comment on AFL players it is more likely than unlikely that Lynch, Lyons, Clurey, Hitchcock and Logan based on trial game selections will be with us for Rd 1, so up to five of the blokes I've named in our 21 will move to the emergencies.

Got a bit more depth this year, which is what all clubs need as you never have your best 21 available.

[FOURTH ESTATE]

It will be a lot easier to pick the sides in the next couple of years as we won't have AFL players to worry about.
But any up and coming player you might have who is drafted out of your U/18 program might end playing for Sturt if drafted by the Crows. and who knows where for the Power. Pity the poor kid who is drafted forced to play for another SANFL club but never plays AFL could be lost to you for good.

Just keep an eye on the WAFL not a happy lot there at the moment!!!!

[Macca19]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

[CoverKing]

Haren the same bloke that was playing for Port Districts at the end of last year?

[Aerie]

A stab in the dark at an Eagles side (without AFL listed players):

F: Lane Grocke Fitzgerald
HF: Staple Ainger Hall
C: Jarrad Lewis Goldsworthy
HB: Raymond Day Sumner
B: Giuffreda Culley Allmond
R: Parry Powell Rowntree
I: Poole Appleton Borholm

[Macca19]

Haren the same bloke that was playing for Port Districts at the end of last year?

We dont really have anyone else.

[RB]

A stab in the dark at an Eagles side (without AFL listed players):

F: Lane Grocke Fitzgerald
HF: Staple Ainger Hall
C: Jarrad Lewis Goldsworthy
HB: Raymond Day Sumner
B: Giuffreda Culley Allmond
R: Parry Powell Rowntree
I: Lewis Appleton Borholm

That's as good a stab in the dark as I can come up with. On paper, it's a fairly strong team, and one that should have no probs making the five. The only question mark is the void left by Grieger - will Day or Guiffreda or Culley be capable of filling it, or will we be bleeding goals? The forward line structure is something we did have trouble with last season, and you'd want the midfielders to look a little sharper than last year, but all in all we've got a best 21 capable of challenging for the flag.

[JK]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

Is Surjan injured?

[CENTURION]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

pretty good side!

[Big Phil]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

pretty good side!

Would be bolstered even more when Hayes and Surjan return from injury

[Mr Fuller]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

pretty good side!

x2

[Mr Fuller]

A stab in the dark at an Eagles side (without AFL listed players):

F: Lane Grocke Fitzgerald
HF: Staple Ainger Hall
C: Jarrad Lewis Goldsworthy
HB: Raymond Day Sumner
B: Giuffreda Culley Allmond
R: Parry Powell Rowntree
I: Lewis Appleton Borholm

That's as good a stab in the dark as I can come up with. On paper, it's a fairly strong team, and one that should have no probs making the five. The only question mark is the void left by Grieger - will Day or Guiffreda or Culley be capable of filling it, or will we be bleeding goals? The forward line structure is something we did have trouble with last season, and you'd want the midfielders to look a little sharper than last year, but all in all we've got a best 21 capable of challenging for the flag.

Not liking how Lane is in the side. He is one of these players who tries hard but is simply not up to it. I'd swap Goldsworthy's position with with Hall and vice-versa. Hall showed last year he is not capable of the small forward role but played some really good games towards end of last year on the wing. Is Rowntree not in the side due to injury? He'd be a lock in the midfield. Bornholm only gets a nod due to Kirk going down. Lets hope he is more competitive to than Bock as the back up ruckman.

Realistically, we will get service from AFL players. For the first game at least I expect that we will have the option to pick Mitchell, Thompson, Ellis-Yolman, Joyce and Heath. A strong possibility we will also have Petrenko if Crows don't feel he has had enough game time yet and a slim chance we will get Redden if the Power go for the Lobbe-Renouf combination. Throw in a couple of those guys and this is a strong team.

[Aerie]

A stab in the dark at an Eagles side (without AFL listed players):

F: Lane Grocke Fitzgerald
HF: Staple Ainger Hall
C: Jarrad Lewis Goldsworthy
HB: Raymond Day Sumner
B: Giuffreda Culley Allmond
R: Parry Powell Rowntree
I: Lewis Appleton Borholm

That's as good a stab in the dark as I can come up with. On paper, it's a fairly strong team, and one that should have no probs making the five. The only question mark is the void left by Grieger - will Day or Guiffreda or Culley be capable of filling it, or will we be bleeding goals? The forward line structure is something we did have trouble with last season, and you'd want the midfielders to look a little sharper than last year, but all in all we've got a best 21 capable of challenging for the flag.

Not liking how Lane is in the side. He is one of these players who tries hard but is simply not up to it. I'd swap Goldsworthy's position with with Hall and vice-versa. Hall showed last year he is not capable of the small forward role but played some really good games towards end of last year on the wing. Is Rowntree not in the side due to injury? He'd be a lock in the midfield. Bornholm only gets a nod due to Kirk going down. Lets hope he is more competitive to than Bock as the back up ruckman.

Realistically, we will get service from AFL players. For the first game at least I expect that we will have the option to pick Mitchell, Thompson, Ellis-Yolman, Joyce and Heath. A strong possibility we will also have Petrenko if Crows don't feel he has had enough game time yet and a slim chance we will get Redden if the Power go for the Lobbe-Renouf combination. Throw in a couple of those guys and this is a strong team.

Rowntree is named as Rover. Had Lewis down twice so put Poole on the bench. Fair point re Goldy and Hall. Hall on the wing and Goldsworthy spending plenty of time on the ball and some time down forward.

Haven't heard much at all about the Eagles this year after all the hype last year. Probably a good thing. How has Batley been going pre-season? Expected him to have a break out year last year but didn't play a league game. Is he over his injuries and could he play league as he seemed to me to have good skills and excellent pace which is something we lack.

[andyw]

Am I the only one that thinks the Dogs side looks ordinary?
Never even heard of a third of he side.
Compare it to the same side 5 years ago and it looks awful IMHO.
Or has the standard of the SANFL dropped so much that even though a side can compare horribly to a side of 5 years ago it can still be regarded as a strong side in 2013?
Even the side that got flogged in the first semi looked better on paper IMHO.
Mind you Norths side of that game looked a hell of a lot better than their side will look in Round 2 too.

Yes that 1st semi final side did look stronger/better but....
they got flogged. well and truly..
I wont comment on the standard of the comp untill a game has been played.
Personally, I think the young kids will be really hungry now some of the older blokes have departed.
Come on you doggssssss

[The Dark Knight]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

Pretty good side there, just a few things-

Will be great to see Johansen in there.
Thurgood will probably play up forward all year.
Still got Surjan and Hayes to come in as mentioned and also Brett Ebert.
Thinking Butcher is in the Power's best 22 and might not play for the Magpies much if in good form.
Bobby more suited to FB and Beard CHB but that's a minor detail.

[whufc]

Am I the only one that thinks the Dogs side looks ordinary?
Never even heard of a third of he side.
Compare it to the same side 5 years ago and it looks awful IMHO.
Or has the standard of the SANFL dropped so much that even though a side can compare horribly to a side of 5 years ago it can still be regarded as a strong side in 2013?
Even the side that got flogged in the first semi looked better on paper IMHO.
Mind you Norths side of that game looked a hell of a lot better than their side will look in Round 2 too.

Yes that 1st semi final side did look stronger/better but....
they got flogged. well and truly..
I wont comment on the standard of the comp untill a game has been played.
Personally, I think the young kids will be really hungry now some of the older blokes have departed.
Come on you doggssssss

Also the big improvement for Centrals from that finals side will come from the players we already had.

-O'Hara and Dutschke did stuff all pre season last year and continued to get injured throughout the year
-Obst was playing his 2-3rd game back from a reco
-Hayes had barely played all year
-supposedly the players who were behaving badly have now gone.
-looking like we might see a fair bit of Ian Callinan this season best player in the comp at full flight imho

The players who people may not have heard of that I think will be very handy SANFL players by the end of the year are

Colqhourn- been named in the Powers best in each trial game, is only rookie listed and with one spot available at this stage the dogs should see a fair bit of him

Castree- nephew?? Of Rick MacGowan has that same knack of finding the footy but has alot more speed and a beautiful long kick, huge potential imho

[Mickyj]

A stab in the dark at an Eagles side (without AFL listed players):

F: Lane Grocke Fitzgerald
HF: Staple Ainger Hall
C: Jarrad Lewis Goldsworthy
HB: Raymond Day Sumner
B: Giuffreda Culley Allmond
R: Parry Powell Rowntre
I: Poole Appleton Borholm

Not a bad team I'd be inclined to say Lane or Goldsworthy spot maybe in doubt on saturdays perfromance !!
I wouldnt be surprised if they lined up like this
F Peters Ainger Fitzgerald
HF Staple Grocke Goldsworthy
C Allmond Rowntree Jarrad
HB Raymond Day Sumner
B Giuffreda Culley THOMPSON
R Parry Powell Lewis
I Borholm Poole
third spot on the bench out of Blessing or Baust or LLOYD

Back six may not line up that way but will be down back

[Macca19]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

Pretty good side there, just a few things-

Will be great to see Johansen in there.
Thurgood will probably play up forward all year.
Still got Surjan and Hayes to come in as mentioned and also Brett Ebert.
Thinking Butcher is in the Power's best 22 and might not play for the Magpies much if in good form.
Bobby more suited to FB and Beard CHB but that's a minor detail.

Yeah, I left Surjan, Henry Slattery & Hayes out because of injury. I put Thurgood down b ack as I think AhChee might play Round 1. I suspect Thrugood might go to FF when Butcher goes back up, but I reckon Butch will play at least a few rounds in the SANFL first.

[Jim05]

F: Cockshell / Butcher / AhChee
HF: Harder / Haren / Kulikowski
C: Rose / Gray / Mckenzie
HB: Scanlon / Raikiwasa / Sharrad
B: Hoskin / Beard / Thurgood

R: Meiklejohn / Newton / Summerton
I: Slattery / Johansen / Kirkwood

Pretty good side there, just a few things-

Will be great to see Johansen in there.
Thurgood will probably play up forward all year.
Still got Surjan and Hayes to come in as mentioned and also Brett Ebert.
Thinking Butcher is in the Power's best 22 and might not play for the Magpies much if in good form.
Bobby more suited to FB and Beard CHB but that's a minor detail.

Yeah, I left Surjan, Henry Slattery & Hayes out because of injury. I put Thurgood down b ack as I think AhChee might play Round 1. I suspect Thrugood might go to FF when Butcher goes back up, but I reckon Butch will play at least a few rounds in the SANFL first.

Thought Butcher broke his wrist on the weekend

[Big Phil]

Colquhoun been named in the Powers best in each trial game, is only rookie listed and with one spot available at this stage the dogs should see a fair bit of him

Castree- nephew?? Of Rick MacGowan has that same knack of finding the footy but has alot more speed and a beautiful long kick, huge potential imho

Sam is not a Rookie at the Power, he was taken at pick 3 in the Pre-Season draft and is a full listed player, able to be picked for senior AFL selection from Round 1.

Brock Castree is indeed the nephew of Rick MacGowan, but much like Uncle Rick, lacks any genuine foot speed. Still can find the ball and uses it pretty well. AFL recruiters are well aware of Brock but perhaps just a little concerned over his lack of genuine leg speed.