not so much who i want to see play but how we structure up and how many of the glass half fulls are ejected from getting regular games.
if i have to sit thru a season where ordinary players get games in front of kids i wont be watching for to long.
# and * denotes rotating forwards and backs. and are named both in position and as mids.
imo we need to prioritise 25 30 or so players i hope the season goes something like this as far as kids and the teams structure go.
backs - farmer/newman - gourdis- moore/grimes - grigg/deledio/dea/orielly - astbury/post. with thursfield and mcguane taking a back seat.
mids - martin, cotchin, contin, edwards, foley, tuck, connors, pick 6, newman#, deledio#, grigg#,morton*, webberley,nason,houli*
for - riewoldt, post, astbury, griffiths, morton, taylor, hicks,houli. i know most dont want hear or acknowledge this but miller will play probably 50% of games.
we are very light on in this area in all categories. talls mediums smls.
it is amazing we have just two genuine medium sized forwards on the entire list taylor and morton who has been earmarked for the midfield.
the smalls while we have some numbers are either tiny and likely not to make it or lack polish. we need to play at least one small forward i opted for the one with the best pace and skills in hicks. when you look at the others just dont have the polish and i would have delisted them without blinking.
rucks - browne, vickery, a mature ruckman in nd. time to get as many games into brown vickery should be given blocks as his size will still limit dramatically what he can do at the level. would prefer he gets 5 or 10 games and the rest at coburg where he can really develop and get a bit of the ball. have not included graham sorry hes a dud others will disagree but i reckon we really need to do better hence why i would chase another mature 22 24 yr old ruckman.in saying this its likely we wont chase a mature ruckman and we may have no choice but to play him until one of the kids we have can step up and pass him.
of course it does not include nd picks or rookie picks. apart from 1. theres a good chance we will take at least two more mature types. took the liberty to include nd pick 6 and assumed we will take houli psd.
included tuck in front of jackson but one could swap them around i have been adamant we can not play both. the need to do so should be alleviated as our players get bigger.
to me we need to play as many of the kids as possible. but we still need to structure up properly, we still need a smattering of experience right thru the side and we need enough big bodies.
i would hope we can get a minimum of 5 or so games into all the younger players mentioned but as many as is practicable should be the aim.
finally come rnd 1 and this will tread on toes but i would like to see a team looking something like this at least.
B/ Farmer - Gourdis - Moore.
HB/ Deledio - Post - Dea.
C/ Grigg - Martin - Newman
HF/ Houli - Miller - Morton.
F/ Astbury - Riewoldt - Hicks.
R/ Graham - tuck - foley.
I/ pick 6, connors, edwards, nd pick or mature recruit.
