Fyfe just seems to spend too many games out through injury (although his games lost to suspension with new Tribunal rules should help that) for me to include him in my team at this point. A gun, but does not inspire any confidence re longevity for me.

Lets give it a go hey?

B:Gibson, Newnes, Lumumba, Haynes, Whitecross, Goddard, (Edwards, Saad)

M: Ablett, Pendlebury, Sloane, Greene, Griffen, Newton, Anderson, Vandenberg, (Freeman, Dumont, Krakouer)

R: Maric, Naitanui, (Read)

F: Gray, Franklin, Martin, Swan, Karnezis, Lambert, (Hogan, Lonie)

GnR for me with the exception of D4 which will be one of Haynes/Sheppard/KK/Geary/Langdon.

i'm interested in sheppard as well backs look thin as jason said wouldnt think whitecross would be getting a game soon

gibbo could be gold too this year

No Team but any thoughts on these players

van berlo should score ok
swallow second year back form achilles
Boyd dropped interupted pre season last year libba gone for the year
hallahan should get plenty of games at gc
sheppard will he step up in eagles backline
stevens wilth libba gone scoring potential or is it more likely to be wallis/boyd/dal/mcrae
gibson frawley in does he become lose man ?

add jack steven to that list as well will he get tagged out of games?

i will be taking nic nat as well as lycett in the fwds nic nat is sure to get the general at some stage imo

The beauty of Greene is that he isn't damaging enough to warrant the tag, which should go to Griffen (not worried about his score being affected by the tag as 2013 he managed to play through it pretty good). Personally I think GWS are the more talented of the 2 new expansion teams and if the Gold Coasts last year is anything to go by (coupled with GWS' easy first half draw) GWS should be in for more wins, which equals more points. Greene averaged something like 130 over the last 5 games of '13 so can realistically see him increasing his average plus I like him as a POD. Obviously rookies aren't set in stone but I can see Whitecross averaging a decent 70+ when he comes back in. Should Edwards and Saad be named I may consider starting one of them and leaving Whitecross on the bench or ultimately scrapping him all together, however I can't justify Rohan when his DE is >50%.

Sorry Greene's 5 game average meant to be '14

As a carlton supporter I can say with confidence that Boekhorst has very little selfconfidence, in fact he looks SCARED. This is of great concern seeing as we wasted a pick 19 on him, but certainly why i will not take him in SC. He will not take the game by the balls, he will pick up occasional loose balls and score 50 ave at best IMO. buyer beware

i think belly will go well this year his ankle is fixed asada crap will be resolved (hopefully) sole ruckman maybe a swap out at stages with daniher/giles/mckernan was tracking nicely until ankle injury never really got going last year

Gray will definitely be one of the top forwards this year. He'll be in my side but not round 1. Has 4 tough games to start the season and then Crows in Rd 5 (a team he scored badly against last year). I am hoping for 4 upgrades prior to the byes and have my eye on him as one.

I agree on Bellchambers IF Essendon get off then he picks himself in my team. R/F helps with an injury or resting to my rucks and all the while averaging 75+ is a win in my books! We will wait and see!