2011 Team Line ups?

[Archduke_Franz]

Hey Guys,

I tried to buy a Season Preview mag today to see all the teams line ups for this year but had no luck tracking one down. So I am hoping that you will all be kind enough to post up what you think will be the closest to the best 17 for your club to start the season. For the Knights im thinking..

1. Gidley
2. Mcmanus
3. Sau
4. McDougall
5. Uate
6. Mullen
7. Henry
8. Costigan
9. De Gois
10. Houston
11. Taia
12. Patterson
13. Hilder

14. Rogers
15. Faaoso
16. Tui
17. K O'donnell/M Taufua/Kaufusi

Cheers..

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

Hmmmmmm

Boyd
Morris
Gasnier
Cooper
Nightingale
Soward
Hornby
Hunt
Fien
Weyman
Scott
Creagh
Young

Prior
Merrin
Greenfield
Stanley

Cuthbertson
King
Green
Penese
Gower
Marketo

 

[age.s]

Coote
Tighe
Jennings
Gordon
Earl
Burns (Taumata)
Walsh
Grant
Kingston
Petero
Waterhouse
Lewis
Smith

McKendry
Bell
Plum/Y Gordon/Paulo
Taumata/Iosefa/Seluini

 

[Scottey]

lol. Dream Team much?
something along the lines of...

1 - Lance Hohaia
2 - Krisnan Inu
3 - Joel Moon
4 - Jerome Ropati
5 - Manu Vatuvei
6 - James Maloney
7 - Brett Seymour
8 - Sam Rapira
9 - Aaron Heremaia
10 - Russell Packer
11 - Feliti Mateo
12 - Simon Mannering
13 - Michael Luck

14 - Shuan Berrigan
15 - Ben Matulino
16 - Jacob Lillyman
17 - Lewis Brown

but there's a bit of depth in the squad so this is far from concrete. Ukuma Ta'i will probably feature somewhere.

 

[Boofhead]

Selections based on 2010 form, round one team will be completely different due to injury.

1. William Zillman
2. Kevin Gordon
3. Clinton Toopi
4. Joseph Tomane
5. David Mead
6. Greg Bird
7. Scott Prince (c)
8. Luke Bailey
9. Nathan Friend
10. Matthew White
11. Anthony Laffranchi
12. Mark Minichiello
13. Ashley Harrison

14. Preston Campbell
15. Michael Henderson
16. Brad Meyers
17. Bodene Thompson

18. Riley Brown
19. Luke Capewell
20. Ryan James
21. Brenton Lawrence
22. Kayne Lawton
23. Will Matthews
24. Steve Michaels
25. Luke O'Dwyer
26. Dominique Peyroux
27. Jordan Rankin
28. Ben Ridge
29. Ryan Simpkins
30. Matt Srama
31. Sam Tagataese
32. Esikeli Tonga
33. Joe Vickery
34. Shannon Walker
35. Richie Williams

 

[Proud2BeCanberran]

1. Josh Dugan
2. Blake Ferguson
3. Jarrod Croker
4. Joel Thompson
5. Daniel Vidot
6. Josh McCrone (Terry Campese when fit)
7. Matt Orford
8. Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
9. Glen Buttriss
10. David Shillington
11. Joe Picker
12. Bronson Harrison
13. Alan Tongue (c)

14. Shaun Fensom
15. Trevor Thurling
16. Dane Tilse
17. Brett White

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

1. Josh Dugan
2. Blake Ferguson
3. Jarrod Croker
4. Joel Thompson
5. Daniel Vidot
6. Josh McCrone (Terry Campese when fit)
7. Matt Orford
8. Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
9. Glen Buttriss
10. David Shillington
11. Joe Picker
12. Bronson Harrison
13. Alan Tongue (c)

14. Shaun Fensom
15. Trevor Thurling
16. Dane Tilse
17. Brett White

How about the size of that bench. The Raiders will have some expectation on them this year & rightly so. That team has more potential to explode than Bunnies Man upon sighting Greg Inglis in his ample flesh.

 

[Billythekid]

lol. Dream Team much?

Time to make another quick $1000 ;-)

 

[_snafu_]

1. Darius Boyd
2. Brett Morris
3. Mark Gasnier
4. Matt Cooper
5. Jason Nightingale
6. Jamie Soward
7. Ben Hornby (c)
8. Dan Hunt
9. Nathan Fien
10. Michael Weyman
11. Beau Scott
12. Ben Creagh
13. Matt Prior
14. Michael Greenfield
15. Trent Merrin
16. Jake Marketo
16. Nick Emmett
18. Jack Bosden
19. Bronx Goodwin
20. Jon Green
21. David Gower
22. Daniel Penese
23. Adam Cuthbertson
24. Mitch Rein
25. Peter Cronin
26. Nathan Jones
27. Ratu Peni Tagive
28. Cameron King

 

[BunniesMan]

1. Rhys Wesser
2. Nathan Merritt
3. Dylan Farrell
4. Greg Inglis
5. Fetuli Talanoa
6. John Sutton
7. Chris Sandow
8. Luke Stuart
9. Issac Luke
10. Roy Asotasi
11. Dave Taylor
12. Sam Burgess
13. Ben Lowe

14. Michael Crocker
15. Eddy Pettybourne
16. Ben Ross
17. Scott Geddes

Best 17 in the comp. A handful of stars from Toyota cup last year and George Burgess will be knocking on the door for opportunities so it'll keep the first 17 on their toes.

Superstar talents.
Hardened veterans.
Exciting young players with limitless potential.

2011 premiers.

 

[Boofhead]

More like limitless brain drain...

 

[hutch]

Souths have a strong squad but will always struggle with the big guns with ordinary halves!

 

[mxlegend99]

1. Rhys Wesser
2. Nathan Merritt
3. Dylan Farrell
4. Greg Inglis
5. Fetuli Talanoa
6. John Sutton
7. Chris Sandow
8. Luke Stuart
9. Issac Luke
10. Roy Asotasi
11. Dave Taylor
12. Sam Burgess
13. Ben Lowe

14. Michael Crocker
15. Eddy Pettybourne
16. Ben Ross
17. Scott Geddes

Best 17 in the comp. A handful of stars from Toyota cup last year and George Burgess will be knocking on the door for opportunities so it'll keep the first 17 on their toes.

Superstar talents.
Hardened veterans.
Exciting young players with limitless potential.

2011 premiers.

:lol:

There are a few players in that squad which would struggle to get a run at many other clubs.The main names that spring to mind are Rhys Wesser, Dylan Farrell, Fetuli Talanoa and Ben Ross. They wouldn't be in the Panthers top 17 atleast.

 

[FUIFUI_MOIMOI]

1. Jarryd Hayne
2. Luke Burt
3. Paul Whatuira
4. Joel Reddy
5. Chris Walker/Chris Hicks
6. Daniel Mortimer
7. Jeff Robson
8. Justin Poore
9. Matthew Keating
10. Fui Fui Moi Moi
11. Nathan Hindmarsh (c)
12. Ben Smith
13. Justin Horo

14. Casey Mcguire
15. Tim Mannah
16. Shane Shackleton
17. Carl Webb

 

[BunniesMan]

:lol:

There are a few players in that squad which would struggle to get a run at many other clubs.The main names that spring to mind are Rhys Wesser, Dylan Farrell, Fetuli Talanoa and Ben Ross. They wouldn't be in the Panthers top 17 atleast.

Dylan Farrell scored a hattrick on debut. He's the next superstar centre of the game. I see a lot of Inglis in him.

As for the rest, I said it's the best 17, as in the best 17 man team. Not the best 17 players in the NRL. Or it would be QLD v NSW v South Sydney or Australia v NZ v South Sydney. Ofcourse some of our players wouldn't make it in some other teams first 17. That's the case for every team in the NRL.

And every team in the NRL has some strengths and some weaknesses, and if Chris Sandow and John Sutton are our biggest weakness...it's like saying Miranda Kerr is ugly because her toes are too long or something silly like that.

In the grand scheme of things 2 halves that led you to the 2nd most tries in the comp (before Inglis) being your biggest weakness only says you have a lot of strengths.

 

[mongoose]

1. Rhys Wesser
2. Nathan Merritt
3. Dylan Farrell
4. Greg Inglis
5. Fetuli Talanoa
6. John Sutton
7. Chris Sandow
8. Luke Stuart
9. Issac Luke
10. Roy Asotasi
11. Dave Taylor
12. Sam Burgess
13. Ben Lowe

14. Michael Crocker
15. Eddy Pettybourne
16. Ben Ross
17. Scott Geddes

Best 17 in the comp. A handful of stars from Toyota cup last year and George Burgess will be knocking on the door for opportunities so it'll keep the first 17 on their toes.

Superstar talents.
Hardened veterans.
Exciting young players with limitless potential.

2011 premiers.

Take Inglis out and thats a very average backline.
They will be contenders but you go on like that team is up there with the 07 Storm, 94 Raiders and 98 Broncos in terms of roster talent. Not even anywhere near close.

 

[Marshall_magic]

We'll look something like this

1. Wade McKinnon
2. Lote Tuqiri
3. Blake Ayshford
4. Chris Lawrence
5. Beau Ryan
6. Benji Marshall
7. Tim Moltzen
8. Bryce Gibbs
9. Robbie Farah
10. Keith Galloway
11. Liam Fulton
12. Gareth Ellis
13. Chris Heighington

14. Robert Lui
15. Simon Dwyer
16. Todd Payten
17. Andrew Fifita

 

[InThatNumber]

The Rabbitohs can certainly put points on most teams... but they have so far failed to stop the opposition from scoring more... If you were able to claim second best defensive team in the comp (before Inglis), you would be closer to having the best 17.. as it is that honour belongs to the 2010 premiers....

 

[BD5733]

Dylan Farrell scored a hattrick on debut. He's the next superstar centre of the game. I see a lot of Inglis in him.

Jordan Atkins scored 4 on debut.

He's pudgy like Inglis.

 

[mxlegend99]

Dylan Farrell scored a hattrick on debut. He's the next superstar centre of the game. I see a lot of Inglis in him.
Big f*cking deal. Every year there are a number of players that have exceptional debuts, who are meant to be superstars of the game etc. and end up going nowhere. I'm not saying he couldn't be a future superstar... but at the moment he's just another kid with potential that would struggle to get a run at most clubs. As nearly every club has a few blokes like him waiting for a shot.

As for the rest, I said it's the best 17, as in the best 17 man team. Not the best 17 players in the NRL. Or it would be QLD v NSW v South Sydney or Australia v NZ v South Sydney. Ofcourse some of our players wouldn't make it in some other teams first 17. That's the case for every team in the NRL.
There are plenty of teams with stronger and better balanced top sides then that. The forward pack is awesome, the halves are solid at best and the backline is weak. Hardly anywhere near a best 17.

When a quarter of your team would struggle to get a run at most other clubs... it's not the best 17 in the NRL. As an example, the Dragons have a roster where pretty much every player and some of their depth players would be able to go to another club and find a spot in the top 17.

Souths have a solid squad. Definitely top 8 quality and if everyone fires probably even top 4. But it's nowhere near the best 17 in the NRL.