Claw, you're preaching to the converted on Merrett
Would get 4 years out of him give or take
Would have thought Grimes' injury opened some of the nuff nuffs eyes, guess not
it doesnt have to be merret its the type of kpd he is that im after.
dunno who said play griffiths at chb this week. im not against trying him there especially when atm all we have is rance.
but im adamant hes a ff and is our best chance of finding a genuine tall forward prospect going forward.
i would like nothing more thab to see all of griffiths post and vickery make it. if fit and in form and we had say merrett i would like to see us line up so.
b/ morris - merrett - grimes.
hb/ dea - rance - batchelor
c/ grigg - martin - deledio
hf/ conca - riwoldt - quality medium sized forward. we dont have one
f/ vickery - griffiths - quality small forward we dont have one.
r/ maric - cotchin - foley
int from/ helbig - ellis - tuck - arnot - newman - 1st rnd pick - 2nd rnd pick both mids.
that amounnts to the following being depth players or in development or being delisted. we all have our opinions on them and their worth.
mids - edwards, jackson, webberley, houli who i don rate a mid, nahas and white who are more sml forwards. any other mids we may draft or trade for.personally would be looking to upgrade the lot obviously not all in one go.
tall defenders - mcguane, moore, any one we may draft or trade. the cupboard is bare when it comes to depth and development in this area. fair enough if and thats a big if one of the young kpfs can be converted to a defender but sheesh that will put a lot of pressure on our kpf situation. bit like robbing peter to pay paul.
tall forwards - astbury,elton, miller. anyone we may draft or trade. would cut miller without hesitation we are wasting our time with him. obviously we could do with a couple more in development
small/med defenders and forwards - connors king, a maric, o'hanlon, anyone we may draft or trade. desperately need sml/med forwards would keep ohanlon and cut the rest if possible.
ruckmen - derickx, graham, browne. i think all three are unlikely to make it. we need a quality young ruckman in our system to take over from big ivan im 3 or 4 yrs time. and would look to rookie one as well. would even go so far as to find another mature one as well. obviously i would cut all three if possible.
any way just a broad outline of my thinking on the list just my opinion and i think most of us know it but we still have a lot of work to do.
