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Early I know but lets have a look at how we might look in 2020.

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Full backs:Mitch Lague, Christopher Bryan, Clayton Giblett, Mathew Taylor, Jacob Coniglio

Half Backs:Kasey Nicholas, Michael Sinclair, Zac Hill, Guy Langdon, Devin McFarlane, Lennon Marlin

Centres: Brett Edmonds, Chris Masten*(WCE), Corey Yeo, Jacob Peletier*(Subiaco), Ryan Murphy*(Claremont), Regan Clarke

Half Forwards:Jack Richardson*(Claremont), Keiren Delahunty*(NTFL), Brant Colledge, Blake Johnson, Joshua Burke, Ethan Hansen, Che Wyatt, Richard Bourne

Full Forwards: Zareth Roe, Samuel Stubbs*(QFL), Matt Rogers, Christian Martin, Marshall Jones

Ruckmen: Dakota Baldwin-Wright, Christian Eyres, Daniel Chapman-Hill
Rovers: Corey Byrne, Jacob Payne, Austin Davis, Mitchel Browne

Interchange: Lachlan Dennis, Mitch Henderson, Jack Amos*(EP), Sam East*(EP), Jayden Quill*(EF)

No doubt others will have different opinions and I've no doubt left some out i just cant think of. It's just a rough sketch.

As you say DD, it is a bit early. Will get a better idea when intra club starts.
Just my thoughts ......
Guy Langdon to play up forward with Delahunty, Matt Rogers at HF flank, Stubbs forward pocket, Richardson HF flank, Taylor and Sinclair HB line with license to run the lines, Yeo and Murphy rotate in centre with Byrne. Masten and Clarke on the wings. DBW ruck with Delahunty and Eyres as backup.
I expect Bryan, Davis and Coniglio , Hill and Nicholas will vye for possies in defence.
The one thing that appeals to me is that we look to have more depth and flexibility than we have had for a long time.
Other than Clarke, who IMO is a walk up start, I think that there may be one or two surprises emerge from the Colts.

Surprise Smokey?
More info please.

Smokey I think we’ve got a lot of depth in the big man department around the 194 - 198 cm mark and then it shoots up to 205cm with young Chapman-Hill. Having acquired Delahunty, East and Amos both from EP, and last year Langdon and Martin from Subiaco. None of them really proven at this level but I think big two Dads can take the next step and take the mantle as the clubs No1 ruckman and if Langdon can improve and if Delahunty is anywhere near as good as his cousin there will be a bit to look forward to.

Demons Forever wrote: Surprise Smokey?
More info please.

No names no pack drill DF. Just MHO. There are two maybe three young blokes who may get the opportunity to step up to senior ranks sometime in 2020. I will be watching closely with interest when new faces start to appear in the ressies and see how they perform.

the two ex-Claremont boys Ryan Murphy and Jack Richardson should be great pick ups - Murphy will be a very good addition to the middies and Richardson is a bloody dangerous threat up forward
could be that different dimension

As I have (regretfully) said before, I have real concerns about our season. With the loss of the brat Leggett (i note he has been moved from the list, so it seems we have given up on him playing), we have the following losses over the past 2 seasons: Bell, Levien, Ninyette, Jones, Garstone, Scotney, and Bennell. I would say we have fallen well short of replacing them. I remain hopeful these guys will play but Clarke, McFarlane and Richardson still do not appear on our list at all.

I think we lack depth and class. I see our team like this:

A graders: Masten, Byrne, Yeo, Sinclair, Taylor, Colledge, Giblett.
B graders: Lague, Murphy, Bryan, Payne, Rogers, Langdon, Nicholas, Johnson, Hill, Edmonds, Coniglio, Burke, Hansen, Davis, Roe
Unknown: DBW, Delahunty, Stubbs, Peletier, emerging colts players
Not up to it: The rest - including guys that have played league, like Dennis, Browne, Eyres (sorry, given great service effort-wise, but one of the worst around the ground ruckman in the WAFL), Henderson.

We need to have a charmed run with injury and to have the B graders and unknowns really step up in a big way. I think only Johnson and Burke are capable, plus hopefully the new recruits.

Sorry to be negative. I predicted 7th in the Predictions thread. With the loss of Leggett, Bennell and Ninja since then, I now say 8th. I hope to God I'm wrong.

Ted I do not disagree with you often but I do beg to differ on this one.
Jones is a huge loss and Leggett will be missed. Levine and Scotney moved on 2 seasons ago so I don’t count them as losses. Bell was laid low with another knee but sadly he was caught out often on loss of pace. Ninyette is not a huge loss I think we have him covered. He is very undisciplined and unreliable. Garstone never reached his potential and was too injury prone.
Bennell ditto Ninja.
It seems to me that you may be selling the recruits short albeit sight yet unseen. I think we have to trust the football department.
I am more positive on our chances this coming season. My prediction is we will play finals.
I see Delahunty has been allocated #23 so his clearance must be thru finally.
I do see the 2020 squad as having much more depth and flexibility. We are probably seeing the biggest turnover of players for some time.

Something that hasn't been said on here re: Leggett. It was the players who pushed the club to hold Leggett to his contract. I'm happy that the players were united about this.

On to the likely line-up for Round 1 2020 (I've only considered those on our list on the club's website, eg. not Clarke and Richardson):

FB: Lague (if fit) - Giblett - Davis
HB: Taylor - Sinclair - Payne
C: Masten - Yeo - Murphy
HF: Rogers - Johnson - Bourne (if fit)
FF: Langdon - Roe - Jones
Foll: Eyres - Byrne - Colledge
Res from. Hill, Burke, Coniglio, Bryan, Sing, Edmonds, Hamilton, Haywood, Marlin, DBW.

Unknowns (ready to be proved wrong): Delahunty, Pelletier, Stubbs, Martin
Not included: most recent colts players and colts players
Highly unlikelys: Amos, East.

Delahunty & Stubbs not on WAFL list so maybe clearances still being finalised.
Maybe allocated numbers on PFC list because they made it?