2021 ORFFF Rep Footy - Team West

Ziebell is Out
So maybe Dunkley gets a reprieve afterall.
Toby Greene is named, so we can slot him in.

Steven May is named too, so up for discussion, perhaps in place of either Cumming or Blicavs?

Also, if we name May onfield, we wouldn’t necessarily need Isaac Smith in fwd line, but he’s probably good enough on merit anyway.

 

Do we want Dunkley or Brown to take Ziebell’s spot?
or do we want both of them & May instead of Cumming?

 

The latest:

Def - Whitfield, Daniel, Lloyd, Rich, Cumming, Ryan (May)

Mids - Oliver, Merrett, Parker, Miller, Walsh, Guthrie, Mitchell, Taranto (Wines)

Ruc - Gawn, Goldstein (O'Brien)

Fwd - Greene, Smith, Dale, Stringer, Wingard, Dunkley (Brown)


Do we want to swap Dunkley & Brown?

Our team isn’t looking as strong as previous seasons.

 

I think we need to post the team by 1pm.

Anyone have any thoughts about this lineup?

 

@That KI Guy @anthak @YAD69 @port_leschenault @Bearfly @MrsBear @leematty1 @Brett Sanders

 

1pm will not be strictly enforced but the idea is to get it done before 5pm so people can focus on SC and other keeper league teams rather than get distracted by this or ignore it completely.

 

Looks a pretty solid team, but replace O'Brien as ruck Emergency due to not playing.
I personally would have Wines on field on the strength of his 139 last time against Dogs, he'll be the prime mover again in our win tonight

 

Who should we drop for Wines?
Oliver, Merrett, Parker, Miller, Walsh, Guthrie, or Mitchell,

 

Unless we drop Taranto, and pick up a different player from @MrsBear ? Perhaps a fwd to replace Dunkley?

 

Also, who should we replace ROB with? @Bearfly @leematty1

 

I would say Taranto is the weakest of the mids - score last week was boosted by the goals but with Toby back he definitely won't be playing that role.
Dixon is probably the only PLP forward worth considering

That's probably an easy one, Lycett

 

Thanks.

I’ve posted the team:

 

Breakdown by team:

Walpole: 4
Wedge Island: 4
Heard Island: 4
Mount Thirsty: 3, + 2 emergencies
Neptune Island: 3
Maralinga: 2
Useless Loop: 1, + 2 emergencies
Port Lincoln: 1


Def - Lachie Whitfield (WPW), Caleb Daniel (WPW), Jake Lloyd (HIS), Daniel Rich (NIN), Isaac Cumming (MTB), Luke Ryan (HIS), (e: Steven May (ULV))

Mids - Clayton Oliver (WPW), Zach Merrett (WPW), Luke Parker (NIN), Touk Miller (MTB), Sam Walsh (WIW), Cam Guthrie (WIW), Tom Mitchell (HIS), Ollie Wines (WIW), (e: Lachie Neale (ULV))

Ruc - Max Gawn (NIN), Todd Goldstein (MLA), (e: Scott Lycett (MTB))

Fwd - Toby Greene (WIW), Isaac Smith (ULV), Bailey Dale (MTB), Jake Stringer (HIS), Chad Wingard (MLA), Charlie Dixon (PLP), (e: Ben Brown (MTB))

 

Of the back of Wines' 161!, this looks like a good call so far.
Taranto would need to score 125+, for Taranto/Dunkley to do better than Wines/Dixon

 

It all depends on how Taranto goes.
Dunkley only scored 66, so we only lost 36 points there, whereas Wines went huge with 161.
I initially thought we should play Taranto as our Port Lincoln player, but it was a good call by you and Bear to include Wines. Problem was you didn’t say whose place you thought he should take. I agree with Bear that Taranto seemed the obvious one to make way for Wines. And we didn’t take too much of a hit from changing Dunkley to Dixon.

 

This seems to have sufficiently motivated the Western players so far.

 

Yeah they’re putting on a show so far, but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves. Still gotta finish the game off strong. Can’t take the East lightly with lots of great players still to come.

 

Well done team