if only we were good enough to tank. middling side performing like a middling to poor side. for us most of the regulars are at their ceiling there is little upside.
finals are not an option this yr. a smart club would now change tack admit it got things wrong and start playing others in the hope we can actually find a few players.
i still maintain though we cant just throw piles of kids in the deep end by themselves, i have never ever believed big floggings is good for anyone. in fact in many positions we are very limited in what we can do and who we can play anyway.
play as many kids and promising players as possible, find out what they have to offer and if they are worth persevering with, but we do have to maintain some experience and structure so they can compete . there is a huge melbourne lesson to be learnt from. get rid of all your experienced players and you will get belted from pillar to post every week.
as for the nd well i am hoping we get a top 5 pick now.
im hoping we can find a way to trade into a top 15 pick as well.
picks 5 12 23 41 and say 50 would be great.
what areas do we target with these picks? we lack for kpfs, kpds, mids and really quick skillful sml/med fwds. we also need to get at least 1 junior ruckman into our freakin system.
i think we could use the two early picks on the area of greatest need and still address in some way most other areas with players.
lets say we target tall fwds as the area most in need. if we target two fwds we also likely target best available.
5 sam durdin will probably be gone at 1.so pat mccartin.
12 tom lamb may not make it to here but imo this kid is the best hit up tall going. these two in the long term would shore up our tall fwd stocks.
or change it and take a mid here and hope a player like kietel will be available at pick 23.
23 we could target a decent mid peter bampton, ryan lim maybe.
41/50 best available hopefully a kpd aother mid.
59 take a punt on a kid like jermaine miller-lewis, this kid is a highlight reel if he can find some consistency we would have our x factor med/fwd.
use a late pick on a kid like darcy cameron theres your promising ruck.
shore up the defense by taking matt sully as a rookie. if cameron conlon can play some footy and play well take punt onhim. i still think isaiah miller should be given a go hourigan was also overlooked last yr im not sure why. they all address a need.
