Team of the Year for 2007

[Wedgie]

Thanks to King07 who posted this on the Roost, it was in the Budget.


F: Justin McConnell (G), Brant Chambers (St), Ian Callinan (CD)
HF: Jeremy Clayton (PA), Clint Alleway (NA), Adam Fisher (G)
C: James Gallagher (N), Jade Sheedy (St), Leigh Treeby (E)
HB: Brad Symes (CD), Daniel Schell (CD), Kieran McGuinness (N)
B: Paul Thomas (CD), Nathan Grima (CD), Sam Rudolph (G)
Ruck: Simon Feast (St), Ben Nelson (St), James Allan (NA)
Int: Paul Lindsay (E), Luke Powell (E), Ben Kane (G), Luke Crane (St)

Coach: Premiership Coach
Captain: Ben Nelson (Sturt)
Vice Captain: Paul Thomas (Central District)

Club Representation:
5 Central District
5 Sturt
4 Glenelg
3 W-WT Eagles
2 Norwood
2 North Adelaide
1 Port Adelaide
0 South Adelaide
0 West Adelaide

[bulldogproud]

From a Central perspective, four of the five appear quite worthy. Just not sure about Grima being the best Fullback in the comp.
Cheers

[Dutchy]

thats a very solid line up...great effort by Sammy Rudolph, esp after some of the comments over on the Louts after his first 2 games!

[Wedgie]

From a North supporters point of view I can't believe we have the same as Norwood, 3 less than Sturt and 2 less than Glenelg.
Absolutely staggering that Howard can be a runner up in the Magarey and not even get on the bench.
Even more staggering that O'Hara can make lead the hitouts in the SANFL comp with 322 hit outs in 2007 and Feast can make 164 hit outs and guess who makes the side?
Anyway, not an issue, they obviously got KG and Cornsey to put together the side or the blind school.
Bigger things to worry about like the game tomorrow.
We should be 100/1 with only 2 decent playes in the side.

[bulldogproud]

Do not forget, Wedgie, that a champion team beats a team of champions!

[Wedgie]

So I wont appear biased I think Mackenzie and Vince were hard done by too IMHO.

[spell_check]

Ah so it will be the premiership coach this year...I thought it was supposed to be that every year... But I know that the honour above is secondary to actually being the premiership coach.

[bulldogproud]

Wedgie, I agree that MacKenzie is an excellent player but I could not put him ahead of Daniel Schell at Centre Half Back this year.
Cheers

[kingrooster]

Thanks to King07 who posted this on the Roost, it was in the Budget.

Whilst it was in the budget, I must admit I got this off the bigfooty forum....thanks to Adelaide Hawk there.

[Wedgie]

Wedgie, I agree that MacKenzie is an excellent player but I could not put him ahead of Daniel Schell at Centre Half Back this year.
Cheers

That's a fair call but there is a bench.

[bulldogproud]

True, and he could have squeezed in front of Kane or Powell IMHO. If we name the side as they would play though, it is very rare that you would have a key position type player on the bench, is it not? One strange thing about the bench - there are four, should it not just be three?

[Wedgie]

Also, I'll just add to my previous post Daniel Schell at CHB was a no brainer, he's had a fantastic year and is a great guy to boot, had the pleasure of meeting him at Unley Oval this year when he was doing work for LifeFM.
A couple of months later at a North v Central game he said hello to me by name as he'd remembered me. Class.

[spell_check]

The team members have now been in the team on these occasions:

Paul Lindsay - 5th - 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
Brant Chambers - 4th - 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Jeremy Clayton - 3rd - 2005, 2006, 2007
Simon Feast - 3rd - 1997, 1998, 2007
James Gallagher - 3rd - 2000, 2005, 2007
Daniel Schell - 3rd - 2004, 2005, 2007
Jade Sheedy - 3rd - 2002, 2004, 2007
Paul Thomas - 3rd - 2003, 2004, 2007
Adam Fisher - 2nd - 2005, 2007
Ben Nelson - 2nd - 2003, 2007
James Allan - 1st
Clint Alleway - 1st
Ian Callinan - 1st
Luke Crane - 1st
Nathan Grima - 1st
Ben Kane - 1st
Justin McConnell - 1st
Kieran McGuinness - 1st
Luke Powell - 1st
Sam Rudolph - 1st
Brad Symes - 1st
Leigh Treeby - 1st

[spell_check]

True, and he could have squeezed in front of Kane or Powell IMHO. If we name the side as they would play though, it is very rare that you would have a key position type player on the bench, is it not? One strange thing about the bench - there are four, should it not just be three?

It's in line with the State Representation - there are 4 on the bench for State matches. This was first done in 2005 with that idea, but there were also 4 on the bench in 1992.

[bulldogproud]

Thanks for those comments on Schelly, Wedgie, and I second them. Btw, wondering if any other player would have ever been selected at Centre Half Back in one year and Full Forward in another? Shows his great versatility.
Cheers

[Dissident]

McKenzie should have earnt a spot I thought... one of those players you could stick anywhere anyway.

[bulldogproud]

Could the fact McKenzie missed a third of the season have cost him his spot? He never polled any Magarey votes after round 4 as a result of his injury.
Cheers

[Wedgie]

They must put large emphasis on games played.
Call me crazy but I'd rather Ben Hart in my back pocket* as opposed to Rudolph.

[bulldogproud]

But Rudolph's red nose may guide his team in night matches!

[FlyingHigh]

Pretty close on the money, this side.

McKenzie wouldn't have included given the footy he missed with injury. Lindsay lucky, Vince unlucky. Powell and Treeby well deserved. Jarrad perhaps?

Agree with Wedgie re lack of North players, also with BDP about Grima. Sherwood had a better year??