The Road Ahead 2016 and beyond

[Auntie.Gerald]

Well HFF flank on the SCG is the wing anyway

[Auntie.Gerald]

UPDATE : pre selection Rookie draft ?

SENIORS:

Heeney, Tippo, Rohan
KJack, Bud, Macca

Sinclair
Parker
Kennedy
Hannes
HarryC
Lloyd

Rampe, Grundy, Jones
Laidler, Ted, Smith

Bench:
Towers
BJ
Mitchell
Reidy

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RESSIES:

Rose, Nanko, Dawson
McGlynn, Davis, Foote

Naismith
Mills
Robbo
Hewett
Hiscox
Leonardis

Marsh?, X, AA
Newman, Talia, Melican

Bench:
TomD
Oriordan
AJ
Galloway?
Murray?

[Auntie.Gerald]

Swan Melican fits the bill

he is still my bolter to get some game time in Snrs mid way thru the year ala Alex Johnson

[barry]

I think taliax will be our best recruit this year. A real steel. Thanks cheeney!

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I also think father time will catch up to mchack sooner than we think .

[Ludwig]

I also think father time will catch up to mchack sooner than we think .

I'd like to POINT out to you that McVeigh's had knee surgery and has come back looking like a new man. I think he'll be around for a bit longer than you think.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Alrighty

so everyone is dancing around the issue

Who are you 3 smokies from the Ressies 2015 team to play 10 plus games in Snrs in 2016 ?

Inside Football - AFL Player Ratings - George HEWETT

If you went by the comments everyone states Towers, Jones and Hewett as the most dominant when playing Resizes

Towers and Jones in my mind are already in the top 22 so lets not count them

Injuries always strike.........so who will step up and play Snrs and do it well ?

Sinclair and Talia are already counted as players who will feature at stages in Snrs if not all season

For me the 3 from ressies that will step and help upon injuries striking are:

Robbo
Hiscox
Hewett

[Mountain Man]

I am hoping Sinclair and Tippett can have injury-free seasons.

With the reduction to 90 for interchange rotations, the key men will need to play longer minutes. Ruck work seems to me to be very physically draining, so their "rest" will have to be standing in the square.

It seems to me that such a setup will have consequences for the roles for Reid and Franklin, and 2 better mobile talls would be hard to find.

[liz]

A big key for me is Sam Reid. He has shown what he can do. We need him to stop being a bit-part player who turns it on for a quarter here, maybe a half there, and realise he's now a senior and core part of the side and can produce regularly. It will help if he can stay clear of regular soft-tissue injuries too.

[Auntie.Gerald]

loved hearing Kinnear say "something very very special" re Mills

[Bazman]

I heard on Triple M Melbourne this arvo that Sam Reid had been delisted and pickup up by GWS. Fact or Fiction????

[Gronk]

A big key for me is Sam Reid. He has shown what he can do. We need him to stop being a bit-part player who turns it on for a quarter here, maybe a half there, and realise he's now a senior and core part of the side and can produce regularly. It will help if he can stay clear of regular soft-tissue injuries too.

Agree. It would be great if they could settle him into a permanent position. I would like to see Reid permanently playing centre half back. Grundy or T. Richards at full back and Talia as 3rd back tall.

[Auntie.Gerald]

permanent position like Jarred Roughhead or Jack Gunston ?