The Gryffindor Quidditch Team

Steve bboy_mn at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 5 21:25:09 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 53248

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Gregory Lynn"
<gregorylynn at a...> wrote:
> I'm a bit concerned about the Gryffindor Quidditch Team.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't we know that Wood and the Weasley
twins are out of school?  What about the chasers?  I don't know that
it was ever specified but I got the feeling that Alicia Spinnet,
Angelina Johnson, and Katie Bell were in the same class as the Weasley
twins.  If that's the case, isn't Harry the only one left?
> 
> Even if the chasers are back, the team will be dramatically
different.  Who's going to be the captain?  Who's going to be on the
team?  Will Ron get a shot?  Presumably he's been playing quidditch
with his brothers his whole life and at least three of them were good
enough to make the team so there's a good chance he's got the ability.
> 
> Any thoughts on what we're going to see?
> ___________
> Gregory Lynn


bboy_mn:

Excellent point, this has been briefly touched on before, but so has
everything else, so don't let that bother you.

My vote is for Ron to be the new Keeper. We know Ron is a decent
flyer, but he doesn't have a decent broom to play on, and I think that
is one of the reasons he hasn't pressed harder to get on the team.

Since at the end of book 5, they  will lose all the players except
Harry and the new Keeper, I think they need to start evaluating people
and start training a Reserve Team. I think that is what a Reserve Team
is, these are the play that will replace players that are leaving, and
who would be available to replace an injured player. 

For the most part, it looks like you can't addes/sbustitute a player
in the middle of a game, although, during the game that went on for 3
months they did. But Wood played against Ravenclaw and apparently
played with out a Seeker (Harry was in the hospital). Persumably, he
played with out a Seeker or with a randomly selelcted Seeker because
he doesn't have any reserve players. Although, he has had reserve
players in the past, because one of the current chases was brought up
from the reserves; can't remember which one right now.

Also, remember that there are only 3 other guys in Harry & Ron's year,
so they are probably going to have to build a substanial part of the
team from underclassmen. Since Harry and, by year 6, Ron are the
experienced players, I find it hard to believe Harry will be able to
continue as seeker. My guess that Ron and Harry will become Beaters.
Keep in mind that the only underclassmen that have any presents in the
story are the Creevey brothers and Ginny. That leaves Seamus and Deam
to play Chasers, and I suspect Colin Creevey as the new Seeker.
Creevey brothers are WAY too small to be Beaters. None of the
Gryffindor girls seem to have expressed an interest in QUdditch beyond
wanting to win, and want to watch cute guys getting hot and sweaty (OK
maybe to some extent I made that last part up, but they really haven't
shown any interest in the game).

So for the year/book 6 team, I see-

Harry - Beaters - Captain in year 5
Ron - Beater
Dean Thomas - Chaser
Seamus Finnegan - Chaser
Unkown - Chaser
Unkown - Keeper (Hermine??? Pravati???...)
Seeker - Colin Creevey

I see Harry starting out as Captain, but I really don't think he wants
to be Captain. So eventually, I see Ron becoming Captain in years 6 & 7.

Ron Weasley - Mirror of Erised - Best Boy, Quidditch Captain,
Quidditch Cup Winner ... heaves a heavy sigh... "My Hero," I say
wistfully.

bboy_mn

PS:
As a side note: when you start thinking about new players for the
Gryffindor Quidditch team, you realize just how many Gryffindor
students you DO NOT know. 

Senior Classmen not on the Quidditch team - Lee Jordan

Underclassmen named - Creevey Brothers and Ginny

That's out of roughly 70 to 140 Gryffindor students.






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