I would have thought there would be some attention to address our front half in the off season, our midfield and defence is first class. We lack class forwards, if we could add a player like gary ablett senior or a goal kicking freak, voila , hello top 4
disagree while a work in progress the defense is ordinary. thats not to say most of the players we have cant improve and become a v/good defense.
yes we have some good mids with a few promising ones but it is as shallow as they come.
i do agree the front half needs some work but first things first. there is a greater need atm in defense and midfield. we cant fix all areas in one go.
we could do lee fwd/def, duffy med for. chaplin def fa, 5 mids with two being mature very easily plus rookie a few mature types like hartigan kpd and dramatically improve two key areas and do just a little bit for another.
we actually have as far as tall forwards go.
griffiths nd19 , astbury nd35, riewoldt nd13 , elton nd 26, plus ruckman forward vickery nd 8.. some would argue post nd 26 is a forward as well. there are some seriously good picks being expended in this area already.
if we have recruiting right it is a matter of development rather than expending more picks on kpfs. even with the above list if a mature kpf was available in free agency or mid nd you would seriously look at taking him. one of or even both cloke and lee should be considered.
have said this before the tall forward type we lack is a gunstan type.
we sure as hell lack for both QUALITY and nunbers of sml and med forwards. we can and do rotate mids thru the forward line our first pick in the nd should go on a player like jake stringer who is a genuine utility and imo the next pavlich can be played thru there if we take him or we can play midfield with just as much effect.