lose Astbury we need to replace him with a tall backmen, lose Rance/Chappy long term we are relying on Batch/Dea (prob playing both which is a disaster)as well as Elton (jury still out). for this reason i say we keep him but if the deal is too good to refuse take it
To me an early 2nd rounder eg Brisbane's is too good a deal to pass up....
And BTW I'd be surprised if Dea is there next year
U might think different if rance does a knee in r 2
Nope can't base trade decisions on "what if" scenarios
Besides unlike the lions who do rate Astbury, I don't rate
You may not, but i think most people do base trade decisions on what ifs. It is a part of looking at both depth and quality and is a big part of list management imo. If you lack numbers or quality or both in an area you must address the need. Injuries will impact a teams chances and a club must ask if it has adequate cover for certain players.
Even if we keep all of our talls we are lacking in the area both quality and the numbers.
Clearly the clubs thinking is the same as yours and what happens is we never truly address list needs.
It is a disgrace that those in charge cannot see the list deficiencies that are hitting them in the face. One reason They continually fail in this is because too often they over rate the players we have.. It is an even bigger disgrace to place so much reliance on one player which is what is happeneing in most areas. If they are chasing top 4 as they say, it would be criminal if they can't ask themselve's what if we lose Rance? How big a gap is it to the replacement player?. Besides imo you need two top notch tall defenders not one which makes not going after any of the talls up for trade even more disgraceful. They are truly blind to the lists problems.
Imo they continue to get so much wrong in recruiting and list management and making finals has made it worse.
