bazza1 wrote:How well will each team do this year. These are my thoughts
WYC With Press and King playing B grade this year it will be interesting to see the depth of the batting line up. Bloods has to move up into to the top 5 and if Mckay doesnt play Lowrey has to take the next step. Still a have the players to be a premiership threat.
ICC Always a premiership threat with the unlimted supply of good players. WYC done very well to get past them last year.
Sheidow If Macca, Fordy and Jibba leave to go to southern, i feel there in massive trouble. They have always been good with the ball but with the 2 Run machines leaving, it would be hard for them to make a competitive total.
Ramblers Need 2 good batsmen to make them a premiership contender. As i said earlier, great bowling and fielding, and the players want to play for there skipper.
Plympton A bit unlucky not to play finals last year. Pritchard is the key. If he stays there a real chance to grab a finals berth. Probably need another fast bowler.
Keswick Bowling attack is there strength. Mckinley, Corretti, and Curyer all great bowlers, need a bit of back up with the bat. Never count them out.
Coromandel Talented side with Cheek the gun of the team. If they keep a bit of the form they had in patches last year, they could be a dark horse.
Westminster Not sure were there at, still some good players with the Murphys and McCrae, but no young players coming through.
South Road Young captain still finding his feet, but done a fine job with what he had after losing alot of great players. Still improving, mid table i think.
Glenelg Came home with a rush, no young players, so there window of opportunity is now. Goodrich is a big in ( i hear) The D Rowe will have to have another big year.
Morphy Pk A big step up from the twos, Rooke has to continue his fine form from last year, Danny Miller is a big loss if he doesnt play.
North Haven After a terrible year last year and given a life line from Mitchell pk, the young lads are a year wiser and expected to be more consistant. Still not finals contender, but more competitive.
Fair assessment there from my view there Bazza.
With us, we are looking probably to have a couple bats step up, those 2 being young Tom Fiebiger and Drew Whenan. And also Benny Mac, who we are hoping maximises his talent and scores 450+. Its time for him to do so now. Of those two, one will probably open, the other bat at 5. Bloods will from a look at it now, will probably be batting at 6 or 7, but definitely be bowling a lot more overs i would think. So if macca is to play, we would probably not replace him with the bowler but another batter (that making it 3). In the GF we had a plethora of bowlers. Hopkins, Chris Allen, Matt King, Karl Wild and Macca himself, plus bloods as the spinner. So with the loss of probably the best two bats this decade in our association at once, we will probably look to bring 3 bats in to minimise there loss.
Thats if we have 3 bats worthy of selection mind you. ICC flag favourites for sure. WYC probably next only cause we have Hopkins and the success from last year and the ability to defend low totals, with Ramblers and Plympton next in line. I am honestly fearful Sheidow will come bottom 3 if they do end up losing both maccas and ford. it could be bye bye to the bulls.
. There well rounded attack is no doubt their strength and they will need a gun bat and another good bat to be a serious threat. The same can be said about me AF WYC wouldn't win a flag with me as one of the two best bats but as 6th or 7th best it makes us a strong side IMO. Your bowling will get you to the finals but runs on the board in a final will always be telling and you were probably 70 runs away last year of putting us under some real pressure.
