All Australian Team to be announced tonight (16/9/14)

[bennymacca]

The 40 man squad has been announced for the all australian team.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-02/a ... quad-named

Adelaide: Betts, Jacobs, Smith, Talia
Brisbane: Rockliff
Carlton: Gibbs
Collingwood: Beams, Pendlebury
Essendon: Heppell, Hooker
Freo: Ballantyne, Fyfe, Sandilands
Geelong: Hawkins, Longergan, Selwood, Taylor
GC: Ablett
GWS: Ward
Hawthorn: Breust, Burgoyne, Gunston, Lewis, Roughead
NM: Harvey
Port: Boak, Gray, Schulz
Rich: Ellis, Martin, Rance
Stk: Riewoldt
Syd: Franklin, Kennedy, Malceski, Parker, Smith
WC: Mackenzie, Priddis
WB: Liberatore

Who do you think should have made it? who will make the final team?

[bennymacca]

So I think it makes it easier if we group it into positions

Key Forwards (Choose 2?)
Hawkins, Roughead, Schulz, Riewoldt, Franklin

Small/MediumForwards (Choose 2?)
Betts, Ballantyne, Breust, Gunston


Mid/Forwards (Choose 2-3)
Harvey, Gray, Martin, Parker, Lewis

Mids (6-10)
Rockliff, Beams, Pendlebury, Heppell, Fyfe, Selwood, Ablett, Ward, Boak, Ellis, Kennedy, Priddis, Liberatore, Gibbs

Rucks
Jacobs, Sandilands (2?)

Small/Medium Defenders (choose 2-3)
Burgoyne, Malceski, Nick Smith, Brodie Smith

Key Defenders (choose 2-3)

Talia, Hooker, Lonergan, Taylor, Rance, Mackenzie

[woodublieve12]

Gee Sloane stiff and at a bias point of view McVeigh too

[bennymacca]

Gee Sloane stiff and at a bias point of view McVeigh too

yeah thats the name the AA blokes threw up. reckon he has had a better year than pendles (though is it just by his standards he seems to have had a poor year), ward, libba, ellis to name a few.

[Rik E Boy]

Priddis LOL. Gets a nom for being a consistent player over a long period. Lots of the pill but how effectively did he use it? A strong second half of the season gets him over the line, the same for Ellis. No probs with Ward or Libba's gong.

regards,

REB

[bennymacca]

Ok, here is my first crack at it. Was pretty hard haha. Reckon they wont pick all 3 of harvey parker and gray like i have, and will probably put another mid on the wing, but i think they all deserve it. was pretty hard for the last few spots. If i was in doubt i mostly tried to pick someone from a team which was higher on the ladder, not always though.

F: Breust, Roughead, Gunston
HF: Harvey, Franklin, Parker
C: Gray, Kennedy, Heppell
HB: Brodie Smith, Talia, Malceski
B: Burgoyne, Rance, Hooker
R: Jacobs, Fyfe, Ablett
Int: Rockliff, Sandilands, Pendlebury, Lewis

Emg: Boak, Martin, Gibbs

Miss:
Betts, Ballantyne, Beams, Hawkins, Lonergan, Selwood, Ward, Schulz, Ellis, Riewoldt, Priddis, Liberatore, Nick Smith, Taylor, Mackenzie

[helicopterking]

Priddis LOL. Gets a nom for being a consistent player over a long period. Lots of the pill but how effectively did he use it? A strong second half of the season gets him over the line, the same for Ellis. No probs with Ward or Libba's gong.

regards,

REB

Matt Priddis 2014

1st Total Disposals
2nd Total Contested Disposals
2nd Total Clearances
4th Disposals per game
3rd Total Tackles
8th Total Effective Disposals

[bennymacca]

didnt surprise me that priddis was there, and deserves his place in the top 40, but who do you displace for him?

[helicopterking]

He probably won't, but it's a very strong season even with his efficiently being down all the way at 8th.
I think MacKenzie will make it tho.

[David Brent]

F: Bruest Roughie Harvey/Lewis*
HF: Gray Buddy Parker
C: Heppell Kennedy Rocky
HB: B Smith Talia Malceski
B: Burgoyne Rance Hooker
R: Jacobs Gazza Fyfe
Int: Selwood (c) Priddis Pendles Sandi/Lewis*

*Wasn't sure on where to put J Lewis has had a better year than most so snuck him into a pocket.
Would love to have fitted Dusty in but couldn't.
Rance makes it after his efforts on Sat night against Sydney what a gun!!!
Luckiest to be in are no doubt B Smith & Burgoyne, small defenders a little light on in the group of 40.

[Spargo]

Watching Goldstein play every week, I was really surprised he didn't even make the squad of 40.
Very rarely beaten and far better around the ground than Sandilands & Jacobs. He rucks for 90% of the game & IMO is North's most important player. If he went down we'd be screwed.

[reppoh_eht]

Watching Goldstein play every week, I was really surprised he didn't even make the squad of 40.
Very rarely beaten and far better around the ground than Sandilands & Jacobs. He rucks for 90% of the game & IMO is North's most important player. If he went down we'd be screwed.

Stats don't lie...

Jacobs 8.8 kicks per game, 7.5 handballs, 4.1 marks, 34.7 hitouts
Goldy 3.9 kicks per game, 8.0 handballs, 2.2 marks, 34.1 hitouts

The only stat where Goldy is better is Tackles...

Sandi and Jacobs clearly the best two ruckman this season.

[Ron Burgundy]

Really like Robbos AA Team

B: Michael Hibberd (Ess) Alex Rance (Rich) Cale Hooker (Ess)

HB: Nick Malceski (Syd) Daniel Talia (Adel) Brodie Smith (Adel)

C: Tom Rockliff (Bris) Josh Kennedy (Syd) Nathan Fyfe (Frem)

HF: Brent Harvey (NM) Lance Franklin (Syd) Robbie Gray (PA)

F: Luke Breust (Haw) Jarryd Roughead (Haw) Jack Gunston (Haw)

Foll: Sam Jacobs (Adel) Joel Selwood (C, Geel) Gary Ablett (GC)

Inter: Luke Parker (Syd), Dyson Heppell (Ess), Jordan Lewis (Haw), Jarrad McVeigh (VC, Syd)

[Pup]

How people can continue to overlook McKenzie astonishes me. Don't let Rances brilliant effort over the weekend fool you that he has been a better key defender over the season because quite simply he hasn't.

McKenzie has consistently beaten the best forwards in the game for the past two years yet out of sight out of mind.

[Pag]

Talia, Rance, Malceski
B. Smith, Hooker, Burgoyne
Rockliff, Kennedy, Fyfe
Gray, Franklin, Beams
Breust, Roughead, Gunston
Jacobs, Ablett, Selwood

Heppell, Priddis, Lewis, Ballantyne

I admittedly don't see Mackenzie every week, but Rance had 4 kicked on him by Buddy mid-season and apart from that hasn't been beaten.

[bennymacca]

It is a fair point. You have to be much better outside Melbourne to get a jumper.

[Pup]

It is a fair point. You have to be much better outside Melbourne to get a jumper.

And i think he was. Better than Hooker for mine and just as good and played more games than Rance.

Got beaten by Roughy down in Tasmania and apart from that i can't remember him losing.

[valleys07]

B: C. Hooker E. MacKenzie S. Burgoyne
HB: B. Smith D. Talia N. Malceski
C: D. Heppell J. Kennedy N.Fyfe
HF: R. Gray L.Franklin L. Parker
F: L. Breust J. Roughead J. Gunston

R: S. Jacobs G. Ablett J. Selwood

I: T. Rockliff T. Boak J. Lewis S. Pendlebury

[Booney]

How people can continue to overlook McKenzie astonishes me. Don't let Rances brilliant effort over the weekend fool you that he has been a better key defender over the season because quite simply he hasn't.

McKenzie has consistently beaten the best forwards in the game for the past two years yet out of sight out of mind.

Rance missed several games IIRC, I think if you miss any more than 5/6 you can't truly be considered.

[Feenix]

I thought Nathan Jones was a bit hard done by to not get named in the 40 man squad