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nothing like an underwhelming couple of midgets to round out the draft hahaha
honestly I hope he's got something I can't appreciate, don't know anything about him.
Looks like we're just going for mids/forwards which isn't a bad idea
I always thought that Cat B rookies were not included in the total list of 44
Is that correct?
By my count we currently only have 2 cat A rookies, Gray and Trezise and 1 Cat B in OHB
End of season - CBA stats -
Toby Nankervis 457 83% 31yo his style of play likely means when the end comes it will come quickly.
Jacob Hopper 466 81% 29yo Hopper a good inside mid but has little pace and is found wanting on the spread
Tim Taranto 428 81% 28yo See Hopper total liability defensively too often because of his lack of pace.
Dion Prestia 189 68% 33yo been a great servant but is slowing and it kills us again on the spread and unable to run defensively. up its time to delist or make sure he is there only for cover and depth. trouble is when clubs keep these types they cant help themselves and they play all year just look at McIntosh. Mid numbers are horrible reckon all of Dow Ross and Prestia will stay not because they are going to take us anywhere but for depth due to those poor numbers.
Kane McAuliffe 70 59% A kid who has very good pace who crunches tackles and should become a good player.
Samson Ryan 25 56% Looks a flop atm he will enter his 6th season next year and turns 25 this december.
Thomson Dow 130 44% Slow battler has no real weapons and kills us on the spread.
Jack Ross 194 34% 25yo 92 game plodder who needs to go. He is typical of clubs making the same mistake over and over and not making a tough call. will be another very ordinary player we have got to 100 games. Early days it was okay but now we need to use games he is getting on kids and actually replace him with a mature mid WHO CAN ACTUALLY PLAY CONSISTENTLY WELL..
Kamdyn McIntosh 135 24% delisted.
Can see all of them being retained this year bar McIntosh obviously. but we sure as hell need to not only replace them but get our mid numbers up to a sustainable level without them on the list.
In Three years time it is not inconceivable, indeed likely all of them are gone bar McAuliffe hopefully and probably Taranto maybe Hopper as well as vets..
This year lets say we dont cut any genuine mids at all i would go something like this in this draft.
2024 crop
Lalor
Hotton
Smillie
McAuliffe
Pick 2 2025 mid
Pick 3 2025 mid
f/s Kellaway 2025 mid.
ND pick that we get in. Use on a ruckman. so there is a young ruckman.
F/A 2025. mature bodied mid if available or small forward or ruckman.
PSSS , MSD , PSD and Rookie Draft 2025.Utilise at least 2 of the rookie sytems Target a few state league types may not be on mids but flankers. Get 8 new faces in make sure we get 5 mids of differing types a ruckman and a small forward
Our mid numbers would then be where they need to be .
The current mids we have plus 5 this off season would equal 15. Pretty sure we are going to take at least three regardless and we would still have to cut the likes of ross dow Sonsie and retire Prestia over the coming seasons so still work to do over a three year period.
I know he’s from Mildura but he knows these guys as he’s played with them
For 1-2 years
Ah, see what you mean.
Thought you were alluding to go-home factor.
If you're just talking about companionship... surely it's cheaper and easier to just find some young girl to do that...
I know he’s from Mildura but he knows these guys as he’s played with them
For 1-2 years
