The Sack team picks its Sokkah XVIII for AFL

With the first match of the Brazil 2014 World Cup played just a few short hours ago it is really not that hard to convert that love and passion towards AFL fever…even for the staunchest of round ball loving hipsters.

If you’re a Soccer fan, don’t you feel just a little jealous that the best players from our sport can’t showcase their skills in a code that according to “Eddie Everywhere” is the BEST in the World!

Well, here’s our figurative chance.

With AFL being the world’s greatest sport [no small matter that the world doesn’t know it even exists] it made sense to choose a ‘Sokkah XVIII’ who could match it with the best on an oval pitch.

If you think that creating a team full of players from a different code with piss-weak reasons for player inclusions is ludicrous then just go speak to our friends at the Herald Sun who obviously know better than you.

We’ve selected the team with the view of using the popular 3-3-6-3-3 AFL formation, which is a tradition-focused setup used by every team ever that definitely doesn’t hint at a lack of tactical innovation in the sport.

Think this is funny? Get this sort of humour in podcast form during the Brazil 2014 World Cup with The Football Sack Podcast.

Tando Velaphi (back pocket): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Ante Covic (fullback): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Lawrence Thomas (back pocket): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands

Michael Theo (half-back flank): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Mark Schwarzer (centre half-back): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Brad Jones (half-back flank): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands

Liam Reddy (wing): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Dean Bouzanis (centre): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Adam Federici (wing): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands

Nathan Coe (half-forward flank): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Mark Bosnich (centre half-forward): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Vedran Janjetovic (half-forward flank): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands

Mitch Langerak (forward pocket): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Mat Ryan (full forward): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Eugene Galekovic (forward pocket): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands

Zeljko Kalac (ruckman): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Jess Van Strattan (ruck rover): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands
Danny Vukovic (rover): He would be brilliant at AFL because he can use his hands