your ideal 2007 team

[Poida]

Good move, i'd definately give captaincy to Payney, but Thursto has been preparing for it all year with an ongoing VC role and part of his contract was that he was made captain for '07-'10 anyway, so as much as i'd like to see PAyne with Captaincy, I don't think it'd happen...

yeh id have payne or thurston.
if neither maybe bowen or odonnell

[Go_The_Doggies]

would brent sherwin be a good vc?

Yeah I think he would, so would Haz..but hes all the way out on the wing..

[Flanker/5-8]

Bulldogs '07

1. Luke Patten
2. Hazem El Masri
3. Andrew Emelio
4. Willie Tonga
5. Matt Utai
6. Daniel Holdsworth
7. Brent Sherwin
8. Mark O'Meley
9. Billy Ngawini
10. Chris Armit
11. Willie Mason
12. Andrew Ryan
13. Reni Maitua

14. Adam Perry
15. Sonny Bill Williams
16. Jarrad Hickey
17. Dallas McIlwain

[Poida]

actually i saw the cowboys finals squad in the 2005 season

i would use

matt bowen
brenton bowen
ty williams
paul bowman
neil sweeney
justin smith ( to start the game at 5/8)
johnathan thurston
shane tronc
aaron payne
carl webb
steve southern
matthew scott
luke odonnell

david faiumu
rod jensen
jacob lillyman
jason smith . ( i think like they did with firman in 2005 they start justin smith at 5/8 with jason on the bench, the cowboys doing this proved valuable )

[Cowboys_Rabbit_Fan]

I wouldn't do that because Brett Firman and Jason Smith are two incredibly different players if you get me, sure it's a good idea, but I think we'll want Smithy out there as much as we possibly can

[Poida]

true but it is a good tactic they use.

[Robbie_Dee]

actually i saw the cowboys finals squad in the 2005 season

i would use

matt bowen
brenton bowen
ty williams
paul bowman
neil sweeney
justin smith ( to start the game at 5/8)
johnathan thurston
shane tronc
aaron payne
carl webb
steve southern
matthew scott
luke odonnell

david faiumu
rod jensen
jacob lillyman
jason smith . ( i think like they did with firman in 2005 they start justin smith at 5/8 with jason on the bench, the cowboys doing this proved valuable )

surely matthew scott in the front row over carl webb! webby's a legendary player...at 2nd row...not front row...

[Poida]

it didnt cross my mind about that but i agree

[Cowboys_Rabbit_Fan]

Definately agreed, but in saying that it was a good tactic for last season as Brett Firman wasn't the best defender as we all would know. Now during the first 10-20 minutes of a game the pace is at the peek. Firmo coulden't defend too well and we saw that was a weakness during the opening stages of the game. Smith is a strong bloke and without saying can play lock forward if he wants to and that requires top tackling skills. Smith to me is definately a starter for us along with Justin Smith up in the second row beside Carl Webb. My cowboys team would look like this:

Cowboys:
1. Matt BOWEN
2. Ty WILLIAMS
3. Mark HENRY
4. Paul BOWMAN
5. Ashley GRAHAM
6. Jason SMITH
7. Johnathan THURSTON
8. Matthew SCOTT
9. Aaron PAYNE
10. Ray CASHMERE
11. Carl WEBB
12. Justin SMITH
13. Luke O'DONNELL

14. Rod JENSEN
15. Jackson NICOLAU
16. Steve SOUTHERN
17. Shane TRONC

Also to be considered would be Jacob Lillyman over Steve Southern for me and Faiumu over either Jensen or Nicolau, depending on how they are all playing.

[Capital_Shark]

Sharks 2007 a little something like this:

1. David Simmons
2. Darren Albert
3. Josh Hannay/Paul Stevens
4. Ben Pomeroy
5. Luke Covell
6. Brett Kearney
7. Brett Kimmorley
8. Ben Ross
9. Kevin Kingston
10. Luke Douglas
11. Luke Bird
12. Lance Thomson
13. Paul Gallen

Not too sure about the bench but it would include Issac De Gois running in at hooker for Kingston and Craig Stapleton in the front row. Would love for Ricky to find the magic cure that'd have Kimmorley and Dykes play good together, and if that happens then Dykes would certainly be in the halves with Kearney and De Gois to fight it out for a utility bench spot.

[Social Loafer]

I probably already posted a team before, but anyway here is my current line up.. Keep in mind Thom Learloyd Lahrs will miss the start of the season...

1. Bronx Goodwin
2. Colin Best
3. Phil Graham
4. William Zillman
5. David Howell
6. Todd Carney
7. Michael Dobson
8. Scott Logan
9. Lincoln Withers
10. Troy Thompson
11. Matt Bickerstaff
12. Neville Costigan
13. Alan Tongue (c)

14. Michael Weyman
15. Josh Miller
16. Dane Tilse
17. Andrew Dunneman

I'm resigned to the fact that Dunneman will be in the side, hopefully he will be a good acquisitions, but I really don't want to see him used in the halves, we got better long term prospects there...

Glen Turner is also regarded highly by Henry, so I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a starting spot.