Jeff Gartlett ain't getting us off the bottom of the ladder.
FACT!
Nothing really to debate, if we can get him for nothing, it could shift a chair or two in the good ship Titanic but there are bigger things to worry about
by himself of course he wont get us off the bottom. sheesh by itsself pick 2 3 4 or 5 or what ever the pick we get is, wont get us off the bottom.
but find a decent sml fwd, find a combative competetive decent kp fwd. find a real good big bodied kpd find two or 3 real good mids and one or two other types and as a collective they will get us off the bottom.
we cant fix all the problems in one go there are just too many.and if we take exclusively kids we can wait 3 or 4 yrs before we get anything consistent or substantial out of em.
i look at this site and others and i dont believe for one second that richmond people would have the patience to go back to the bottom for another 3 yrs, they are forever screaming out for results right now.
if people think next yr things will just magically turn around they are kidding themselves. especially if we take nothing but 18 yr olds. im happy to take nothing but kids but if we do i know it will take time.
i keep on saying it go to the draft with our first 4 or 5 picks and take the best quality kids we can get our hands on. then address a few serious needs by taking one or two mature types if possible with f/a, psd late nd, trade, or rookie draft.
swap vickery or griffiths for garlett with an upgrade of picks. that fixes a problem, take the best most accomplished player we can in f/a, look hard at the state league lads and look hard at players not getting a go at other clubs especially gws and gcs. it aint hard to do.
personally id like to see us cut and trade 9 or 10 players including rookies. id like to see 6 or 7 juniors bought into the club and 3 or 4 mature types.