nice work mt. for me i break it down just a little different as far as the actual list structure goes.
imo we need
1 junior genuine ruckman. should have 4.
2 tall forwards should have 6 as a minimum we have numbers but lack a certain type, quality, and what you would call genuine key forward.
3 genuine mids . two hard running quick and polished more outside and 1 inside. should have as a minimum 16 genuine mids first and foremost.
positionally i break the list down thus
rucks- stephenson 31 and needs to be replaced, maric 28, hampson 26, imo they are ruckmen first and foremost. just 3 and ones a battling 31yo.
for/ruck - vickery 23, mcbean 19. to my way of thinking they are more kpps than ruckmen. i cant see either ever being a combative #1 ruck. so thats 2 for/rucks 3 if you include hampson more than enough.
tall forwards - riewoldt 25, astbury 23, griffiths 22, elton 21. really need a tall quick agile good marking good kicking tall forward jonathon marsh would suit us to a tee. we could also do with a real big dominant kpf with astbury,griffiths, and elton all struggling to date. if none manage to step up it will leave a huge hole.
tall defenders - chaplain 28, rance 24, grimes 22, mcintosh 20, darrou 20. i make that 5 we need at least 1 more gorilla if you like.
tall/med/sml mids - mids first and formost. - foley 28, jackson 28, deledio 27, knights 27, grigg 26, cotchin 24, helbig 22, martin 22, conca 21, arnot 20, ellis 20, vlastuin 20, williams 19.
these are genuine mids whose primary role is to play midfield a lot can play on the flanks. for me we need at least 3 more.
specialist flankers forwards - king 30, a edwards 30, possibly knights 27, s edwards 25, petterd 25, ohanlon 20, mc donough 20, simon 19. mcdonough and knights may become regular mids.
even if thjey do we have too many in this area we only need 4 at the most.
specialist flankers defenders - newman 31, houli 25, morris 25, batchelor 22, dea 22, peeterd again too many only need 3 or 4.
