Dogs in Dream Team squads

[aker39]

Cooney & Griffen in Dream Team squad and Johnno, Morris & Murphy in Victorian squad

[LostDoggy]

5 too many.

[Dancin' Douggy]

5 too many.

We must kidnap them for a week.

[Mantis]

Gilbee would have to be a bit stiff.

Good recognition for our players.

Would love Cooney & Griffen to play with & against the elite in the comp. (as long as they don't get injured). Great experience for them both.

[The Coon Dog]

How did Johnno get a game???

In all honesty you would have to say he's very lucky as his form certainly hasn't warranted selection, likewise Aker is stiff not to be selected if form is a criteria.

Full squads (thanks A39!!).

Dream Team

Andrew McLeod (captain), Adelaide - 31 years old, 287 games, 249 goals
Chance Bateman, Hawthorn - 26 years old, 100 games, 32 goals
Simon Black, Brisbane Lions - 29 years old, 216 games, 135 goals
Nathan Bock, Adelaide - 25 years old, 67 games, 51 goals
Craig Bolton, Sydney - 27 years old, 154 games, 23 goals
Peter Burgoyne, Port Adelaide - 30 years old, 212 games, 185 goals
Shaun Burgoyne, Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 133 games, 154 goals
Brett Burton, Adelaide - 29 years old, 155 games, 219 goals
Jamie Charman, Brisbane Lions - 25 years old, 108 games, 47 goals
Adam Cooney, Western Bulldogs - 22 years old, 91 games, 93 goals
Joel Corey, Geelong - 26 years old, 155 games, 51 goals
Chad Cornes, Port Adelaide - 28 years old, 189 games, 154 goals
Kane Cornes, Port Adelaide - 25 years old, 144 games, 66 goals
Dean Cox, West Coast - 26 years old, 149 games, 75 goals
Alwyn Davey, Essendon - 24 years old, 18 games, 20 goals
Leon Davis, Collingwood - 26 years old, 143 games, 175 goals
Alan Didak, Collingwood - 25 years old, 124 games, 177 goals
Tyson Edwards, Adelaide - 31 years old , 270 games, 168 goals
Corey Enright, Geelong - 26 years old, 129 games, 40 goals
Lance Franklin, Hawthorn - 21 years old, 60 games, 146 goals
Darren Glass, West Coast - 27 years old, 149 games, eight goals
Simon Goodwin, Adelaide - 31 years old, 219 games, 136 goals
Ryan Griffen, Western Bulldogs - 21 years old, 55 games, 22 goals
Tom Harley, Geelong - 29 years old, 163 games, 10 goals
Lenny Hayes, St Kilda - 28 years old, 172 games, 62 goals
Adam Hunter, West Coast - 26 years old, 136 games, 71 goals
Graham Johncock, Adelaide - 25 years old, 130 games, 82 goals
Tadhg Kennelly, Sydney - 26 years old, 140 games, 29 goals
Daniel Kerr, West Coast - 24 years old, 148 games, 85 goals
Brett Kirk, Sydney - 31 years old, 175 games, 71 goals
Justin Koschitzke, St Kilda - 25 years old, 101 games, 101 goals
Matthew Leuenberger, Brisbane Lions - 19 years old, 13 games, one goal
Tarkyn Lockyer, Collingwood - 28 years old, 171 games, 91 goals
Luke McPharlin, Fremantle - 26 years old, 116 games, 78 goals
Cameron Mooney, Geelong - 28 years old, 148 games, 163 goals
Matthew Pavlich, Fremantle - 26 years old, 179 games, 324 goals
Matthew Richardson, Richmond - 33 years old, 260 games, 755 goals
Nick Riewoldt, St Kilda - 25 years old, 138 games, 264 goals
Ben Rutten, Adelaide - 24 years old, 84 games, five goals
Matthew Stokes, Geelong - 23 years old, 34 games, 49 goals


Victorian

Jonathan Brown (captain), Brisbane Lions - 26 years old. 143 games, 281 goals
Gary Ablett, Geelong - 23 years old. 129 games, 169 goals
Jimmy Bartel, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 64 goals
Daniel Bradshaw, Brisbane Lions - 29 years old. 185 games, 379 goals
Campbell Brown, Hawthorn - 24 years old. 100 games, 38 goals
Paul Chapman, Geelong - 26 years old. 140 games, 176 goals
Travis Cloke, Collingwood - 21 years old. 59 games, 61 goals
Nick Dal Santo, St Kilda - 24 years old. 124 games, 60 goals
Brendan Fevola, Carlton - 27 years old. 146 games, 406 goals
Dustin Fletcher, Essendon - 32 years old. 280 games, 64 goals
Nathan Foley, Richmond -- 22 years old. 53 games, 12 goals
Josh Fraser, Collingwood - 26 years old. 160 games, 133 goals
Adam Goodes, Sydney - 28 years old. 213 games, 203 goals
Jason Gram, St Kilda - 24 years old. 56 games, 21 goals
Brent Harvey, North Melbourne - 30 years old. 245 games, 283 goals
David Hille, Essendon - 26 years old. 126 games, 92 goals
Luke Hodge, Hawthorn - 23 years old. 115 games, 73 goals
Brad Johnson, Western Bulldogs - 31 years old. 303 games, 471 goals
Kane Johnson, Richmond - 30 years old. 205 games, 71 goals
Steve Johnson, Geelong - 24 years old. 91 games, 165 goals
Chris Judd, Carlton - 24 years old. 138 games, 140 goals
James Kelly, Geelong - 24 years old. 112 games, 56 goals
Nigel Lappin, Brisbane Lions - 31 years old. 279 games, 174 goals
Cameron Ling, Geelong - 27 years old. 163 games, 96 goals
Matthew Lloyd, Essendon - 30 years old. 234 games, 839 goals
Darren Milburn, Geelong - 31 years old. 217 games, 81 goals
Sam Mitchell, Hawthorn - 25 years old. 112 games, 18 goals
Leigh Montagna, St Kilda - 24 years old. 77 games, 50 goals
Ryan O'Keefe, Sydney - 27 years old. 145 games, 158 goals
Luke Power, Brisbane Lions - 28 years old. 199 games, 186 goals
Matthew Scarlett, Geelong - 28 years old. 188 games, 16 goals
Heath Shaw, Collingwood -- 22 years old. 57 games, 12 goals
Adam Simpson, North Melbourne - 32 years old. 271 games, 75 goals
Brent Stanton, Essendon - 21 years old. 80 games, 46 goals
Dane Swan, Collingwood - 24 years old. 80 games, 39 goals
Dale Thomas, Collingwood - 20 years old. 45 games, 37 goals
Jeff White, Melbourne - 31 years old. 257 games, 110 goals
Dale Morris, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 66 games, one goal
Robert Murphy, Western Bulldogs - 25 years old. 131 games, 101 goals
David Wirrpanda, West Coast - 28 years old. 195 games, 100 goals

[The Underdog]

5 too many.

Don't worry, at most, Johnno and Cooney will play. Griff might be an outside chance if he keeps going as he is. Johnno on current form would be there on name rather than form, as will a few others.
Be glad we aren't Geelong, they've got 13 and many of them will get a game.

I know they are only squads but there's some wierd calls in there, Leuenberger??, I mean he's going to be very good but now? And as for the awesome form of Jeff White.

[hujsh]

Don't worry, at most, Johnno and Cooney will play. Griff might be an outside chance if he keeps going as he is. Johnno on current form would be there on name rather than form, as will a few others.
Be glad we aren't Geelong, they've got 13 and many of them will get a game.

I know they are only squads but there's some wierd calls in there, Leuenberger??, I mean he's going to be very good but now? And as for the awesome form of Jeff White.

Don't discount Morris. With the way he played against Riewoldt and the lack of tall timber (only seems to be Scarlett and Fletcher) in defence he may get a gig/

Thomas is a bad call for me. I HATE HIM SO MUCH. If Cooney performed as well as Thomas he couldn't dream of being chosen.

[bornadog]

5 too many.

these games scare me.

[LostDoggy]

Yeah like what TUD said, the Cats have 13! So in fact, we have it quite lucky in that regard.

Here's my attempt at the best 22 for the Vics.

B: C Brown Scarlett Fletcher
HB: Shaw Milburn Lappin
C: Power Judd Goodes
HF: Chapman J Brown Murphy
F: Lloyd Fevola Ablett
R: Hille Bartel Hodge

I/C: O'Keefe, Mitchell, Dal Santo, B Johnson

EMG: S Johnson, Harvey, Morris

[The Underdog]

Don't discount Morris. With the way he played against Riewoldt and the lack of tall timber (only seems to be Scarlett and Fletcher) in defence he may get a gig/

Thomas is a bad call for me. I HATE HIM SO MUCH. If Cooney performed as well as Thomas he couldn't dream of being chosen.

Morris won't get a game. He's nowhere near a sexy enough name (sorry DG 38). You don't think players for this are going to be chosen strictly on merit do you? Lloyd's barely played for a year and done bugger all this year, but he'll be there on the day.

[hujsh]

Morris won't get a game. He's nowhere near a sexy enough name (sorry DG 38). You don't think players for this are going to be chosen strictly on merit do you? Lloyd's barely played for a year and done bugger all this year, but he'll be there on the day.

I guess your right with it being a one off game which will serve the main purpose of making money. However it will be bad if the Vics loose.

[Bulldog Revolution]

I wouldn't be surprised to see none of our players play in this due to niggles

[hujsh]

I wouldn't be surprised to see none of our players play in this due to niggles

Then they wouldn't be allowed to travel to Freo.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Then they wouldn't be allowed to travel to Freo.

I think most of the guys they have named will be able to make pretty convincing cases

Cooney - ongoing management of OP
Griffen coming of a dislocated kneecap, twisted bowel
Johnson - general wear and tear having played 300+ games
Murphy - knee reconstruction and soft tissues injuries in 07

Morris is the one who the case is not as easy for but he is perhaps less likely to be selected

[hujsh]

I think most of the guys they have named will be able to make pretty convincing cases

Cooney - ongoing management of OP
Griffen coming of a dislocated kneecap, twisted bowel
Johnson - general wear and tear having played 300+ games
Murphy - knee reconstruction and soft tissues injuries in 07

Morris is the one who the case is not as easy for but he is perhaps less likely to be selected

But didn't the AFL say that if you can't play for the DT/Vic then you can't play the week after regardless of the reason?

[LostDoggy]

Morris won't get a game. He's nowhere near a sexy enough name (sorry DG 38). You don't think players for this are going to be chosen strictly on merit do you? Lloyd's barely played for a year and done bugger all this year, but he'll be there on the day.

I tried to tell my family that Dale would get picked for the squad and they wouldn't have any of it, so I'm just happy that he was picked for that...I doubt he'll get a game, like you said, these games are about flash and that's just not him.

[Bulldog Revolution]

I tried to tell my family that Dale would get picked for the squad and they wouldn't have any of it, so I'm just happy that he was picked for that...I doubt he'll get a game, like you said, these games are about flash and that's just not him.

I was also really pleased he was picked DG, as I was when he made the Australian squad vs Ireland - hes a great footballer and even when he plays a down game, his commitment and application to the task are incredible.

[LostDoggy]

Not that I give a stuff who in the squads but some of the picks are ridiculous. You can see Sheedy has gone for mates in a couple of instances.
Hille & Fraser surely aren't the two best VIC rucks.
Stanton is an obvious Sheedy pick.
There are few media hyped Pies players - Shaw, Swan, Davis & Thomas.
What has Alwyn Davey done to deserve a game?

[hujsh]

Not that I give a stuff who in the squads but some of the picks are ridiculous. You can see Sheedy has gone for a couple of mates in a couple of instances.
Hille & Fraser surely aren't the two best VIC rucks.
Stanton is an obvious Sheedy pick.
There are few media hyped Pies players - Shaw, Swan, Davis & Thomas.
What has Alwyn Davey done to deserve a game?

He' sooooooo exciting:rolleyes:

[LostDoggy]

He' sooooooo exciting:rolleyes:

...for his handful of touches.

He will get a game, mark my words. There will be a high Indigenous player ratio, or the AFL would be RACISTS!

[hujsh]

...for his handful of touches.

He will get a game, mark my words. There will be a high Indigenous player ratio, or the AFL would be RACISTS!

I wonder how much influence Sheedy has over Thompson's selections, being his old boss. Players like Davey are Sheedy esque for the style he's chosen for the International Rules.

Perhaps he's trying to generate a legit gameplan that involves forward pressure which Davey provides in spades. (just for discussion sake) Instead of just choosing the seemingly best players.

[LostDoggy]

In my team ive got Murphy (previously had Johnno), Morris, Crossy, Ward (bench), Callan (bench) & Big Will Minson

[hujsh]

In my team ive got Murphy (previously had Johnno), Morris, Crossy, Ward (bench), Callan (bench) & Big Will Minson

Are you talking Supercoach?

This is for the Vic/Allstar match:D