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With only 5 more games to go before finals, the majority of awards (Brownlow, Coleman, Rising Star etc.) are starting to be discussed. What about the All-Australian team??
I know this topic has came up in a couple of threads, but who at this point in time would make the All-Australian team??
Which ruckman will get the starting position on the field??
How many Geelong players will make it this year??
Who has snuck underneath the radar in '08 to be a surprise selection??
Who will be the unlucky midfielders to miss out this year??
Will Hawthorn have more players then Geelong this year??
The ruck poses as a big question. Dean Cox has had a good season especially at the start of the year, but David Hille is finishing off extremely strongly and is one of the reasons Essendon has turned around it's mid-season form slump.
Interesting to see everyones teams and thoughts on who the best players have been this year....
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Which ruckman will get the starting position on the field?? Cox (cmon he gets over 25 disposals usually as a ruckman), Hille on the bench
Who has snuck underneath the radar in '08 to be a surprise selection?? Matthew Boyd
...and yea mite do the rest later haha
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readingfc wrote:Which ruckman will get the starting position on the field?? Cox (cmon he gets over 25 disposals usually as a ruckman), Hille on the bench
Who has snuck underneath the radar in '08 to be a surprise selection?? Matthew Boyd
...and yea mite do the rest later haha yeah, I am going to post my team later, but the Footy Show is just about to start so I might post it after that if I can be stuffed (lets hope it is a good episode this week). Just have to wait for the bloody Singing Bee to finish.........
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Possible Under the Radar. Josh Drummond. 
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Rough draft off the top of my head:
Martin Mattner, Matthew Scarlett, Ben Rutten
Darren Milburn, Nathan Bock, Corey Enright
Brent Harvey, Jimmy Bartel, Matthew Richardson
Robert Murphy, Nick Riewoldt, Lance Franklin
Alan Didak, Brendan Fevola, Ryan O'Keefe
Dean Cox, Simon Black, Gary Ablett
Sam Mitchell, Jason Akermanis, Matthew Pavlich, Aaron Sandilands
Others: Joel Corey, Chris Judd, Jarryd Roughead, Jason Porplyzia, Steve Johnson, Chris Newman, Daniel Bradshaw, Brett Kirk.
Probably forgot a couple, but quite a few of these will get in.
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Jimmylt wrote:Rough draft off the top of my head:
Martin Mattner, Matthew Scarlett, Ben Rutten
Darren Milburn, Nathan Bock, Corey Enright
Brent Harvey, Jimmy Bartel, Matthew Richardson
Robert Murphy, Nick Riewoldt, Lance Franklin
Alan Didak, Brendan Fevola, Ryan O'Keefe
Dean Cox, Simon Black, Gary Ablett
Sam Mitchell, Jason Akermanis, Matthew Pavlich, Aaron Sandilands
Others: Joel Corey, Chris Judd, Jarryd Roughead, Jason Porplyzia, Steve Johnson, Chris Newman, Daniel Bradshaw, Brett Kirk.
Probably forgot a couple, but quite a few of these will get in.  Without naming names there is two there that are total duds and would be lucky to get a game at a normal club let alone AA.
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yea coz richardson is a dud and all... are u an id.iot?
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Jimmylt wrote:Rough draft off the top of my head:
Martin Mattner, Matthew Scarlett, Ben Rutten
Darren Milburn, Nathan Bock, Corey Enright
Brent Harvey, Jimmy Bartel, Matthew Richardson
Robert Murphy, Nick Riewoldt, Lance Franklin
Alan Didak, Brendan Fevola, Ryan O'Keefe
Dean Cox, Simon Black, Gary Ablett
Sam Mitchell, Jason Akermanis, Matthew Pavlich, Aaron Sandilands
Others: Joel Corey, Chris Judd, Jarryd Roughead, Jason Porplyzia, Steve Johnson, Chris Newman, Daniel Bradshaw, Brett Kirk.
Probably forgot a couple, but quite a few of these will get in. I think Hille deserves a place in this side. Definitely the best big man in footy.
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Goreds wrote:
I think Hille deserves a place in this side. Definitely the best big man in footy.
ehhhh hes not better than cox sick of ppl sayin hilles better wen hes not
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readingfc wrote:
yea coz richardson is a dud and all...
are u an id.iot?
Oh I am sorry hey everyone I was wrong Richo is a superstar the greatest player ever to have played the game. But now I am confused because Richmond have no players worth a pinch of sh1t.
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readingfc wrote:
ehhhh hes not better than cox
sick of ppl sayin hilles better wen hes not
As am I Cox is clearly the best ruckman in the game
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DML wrote:
As am I
Cox is clearly the best ruckman in the game
agreed, hille doesn't even come onto cox's radar he's that far away
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hugues de payens wrote:
Oh I am sorry hey everyone I was wrong Richo is a superstar the greatest player ever to have played the game.
But now I am confused because Richmond have no players worth a pinch of sh1t.
didnt say he was the greatest player ever to hav played the game but sayin he wudnt get a game for another club is just stupid hes in career best form and gonna be an all australian this year so i hav no idea wat ur on about
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readingfc wrote:
didnt say he was the greatest player ever to hav played the game
but sayin he wudnt get a game for another club is just stupid
hes in career best form and gonna be an all australian this year so i hav no idea wat ur on about
Don't worry about it, i was perplexed about his views on Richmond myself, with him being a Tigers supporter and all. It's just his way of baiting the Carlton, Hawks etc. fans and giving them what they want... You took it
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Here's last years All-Australian side:
B: Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) Darren Glass (West Coast) Darren Milburn (Geelong)
HB: Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) (Captain) Matthew Egan (Geelong) Campbell Brown (Hawthorn)
C: Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide) Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide)
HF: Steve Johnson (Geelong) Jonathan Brown (Brisbane) (Vice-captain) Brent Harvey (Kangaroos)
F: Brad Johnson (Bulldogs) Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) Cameron Mooney (Geelong)
Foll: Dean Cox (West Coast) Daniel Kerr (West Coast) Gary Ablett Jr. (Geelong)
Int: Joel Corey (Geelong) Dustin Fletcher (Essendon) Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide)
Cameron Ling (Geelong)
Bolded are the ones I think can retain their spots this year. Not many highlighted......
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A rough draft of my side:
B: S. Fisher (STK); M. Scarlett (GEEL); N. Bock (ADEL)
HB: C. Enright (GEEL); J. Waite (CARL); M. Mattner (SYD)
C: A. Cooney (WB); J. Bartel (GEEL); S. Black (BRIS)
HF: B. Harvey (NM); N. Riewoldt (STK); L. Franklin (HAW)
F: M. Pavlich (FREM); B. Fevola (CARL); R. O'Keefe (SYD)
Foll: D. Cox (WCE), G. Ablett (GEEL); B. Kirk (SYD)
INT: D. Hille (ESS); J. Corey (GEEL); M. Richardson (RICH); J. Roughead (HAW)
COACH: Matty Knights (just kidding). Mark Thompson
Honourable Mentions: Daniel Bradshaw (BRIS), Alan Didak (COLL), Sam Mitchell (HAW), Ben Rutten (ADEL), Porplyzia (ADEL), Akermanis (WB), Medhurst (COLL), Swan (COLL), Cross (WB), J. Brown (BL), S. Thompson (ADEL), Bateman (HAW)
I still think I am forgetting a few but that will do.
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seethebombersflyup1 wrote:A rough draft of my side:
B: S. Fisher (STK); M. Scarlett (GEEL); N. Bock (ADEL)
HB: C. Enright (GEEL); J. Waite (CARL); M. Mattner (SYD)
C: A. Cooney (WB); J. Bartel (GEEL); S. Black (BRIS)
HF: B. Harvey (NM); N. Riewoldt (STK); L. Franklin (HAW)
F: J. Roughead (HAW); B. Fevola (CARL); R. O'Keefe (SYD)
Foll: D. Cox (WCE), G. Ablett (GEEL); B. Kirk (SYD)
INT: D. Hille (ESS); J. Corey (GEEL); M. Richardson (RICH); M. Pavlich (FREM)
COACH: Matty Knights (just kidding). Mark Thompson
Honourable Mentions: Daniel Bradshaw (BRIS), Alan Didak (COLL), Sam Mitchell (HAW), Ben Rutten (ADEL), Porplyzia (ADEL), Akermanis (WB), Medhurst (COLL), Swan (COLL), Cross (WB), J. Brown (BL), S. Thompson (ADEL), Bateman (HAW)
I still think I am forgetting a few but that will do. yeah, fair effort Would swap Didak with Roughead considering you have pav and Richo on the bench, whilst Medhurst is really unlucky, he's be on the cusp. Don't think Waite deserves a spot, but can't really think of anyone off the top of my head
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Pies4Life wrote:
yeah, fair effort
Would swap Didak with Roughead considering you have pav and Richo on the bench, whilst Medhurst is really unlucky, he's be on the cusp.
Don't think Waite deserves a spot, but can't really think of anyone off the top of my head
Yeah, that was similair to my thoughts. No backmen (apart from Scarlett) have really dominated this year. I was thinking Mackie or Campbell Brown but Jarrad Waite has gone under the radar this year. He has played some really good footy, but is it good enough to warrant him the CHB position was my thoughts. Mackie has a good chance this year. Also was extremely impressed with Josh Gibsons season so far. He will be a star in the future if he keeps his game up. Possible All-Australian selection this year??? He has a decent chance with the lack of defenders being noticed.
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The Crowd Porpleaser must get an AA guernsey
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Mighty Crow Army wrote:The Crowd Porpleaser must get an AA guernsey He has played some good footy, but his late-season injury-run can't help his chances especially getting knocked out earlier today. If he played the full season he would be in, but I think he will just miss out unluckily.
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