Last year the average number of delist, trade, retire was 8.7 per club. That included blokes who were cut and retaken as rookies, ie Cumberland and Nyuon with us. That still meant 7 changes to the list for us.
The least number of changes last year was 6 on two occasions.
Reckon at the least we are looking at 7 maybe 8 changes.
There is one contracted player on the list i would cut but it won't happen.
Are you talking 7 or 8 changes to this weeks team or the list.
You normally want to turn over 15-20
Hmm yes i do !!!! Rather than argue lets just say i always bring up who i think are most vulnerable it is usually a pile but its not over one year. If your implying i want 15 20 players dropped in one year every year then id say your being deliberately disingenuous.
I could name close to 20 odd again who i think we should be at least looking at to value add on what they offer.
This year i think the club will cut trade retire 7 or 8 players, personally i think 9 should be a minimum..
Id be going and 4 decisions have been made for us.
Caddy, Lambert, Edwards, Parker all retired. from here its just 5 players.
Obviously Aarts, for me.
Castagna even though they just resigned him.
Martyn a big mid and can only get a kick across hb in the vfl.
RC-D Riley will be 23 5 yrs in and to date cannot even get picked for games, imo i think he will get there, but he has to be in trouble. Stack and Mansell will want out imo too good not to be getting regular games..
Dow and Nyuon must be in the spotlight as well.
Just okay players who id be looking to replace thru upgrades over time are
Soldo if a club offered something decent for him id take it.
Ross still young is never going to be a top liner hopefully he can become consistent.
Short well people know my thoughts on him and he would get us something in a trade.
McIntosh is already 28 and for the role he has played has just never been rounded enough for me.
Graham another who is servicable but lacking in areas and limited.
Then of course you have the oldies who are going to be gone in say two seasons if not earlier. Surely we have an eye on this
Cotchin playing well enough atm, But signs are there.
Riewoldt 34 at the end of the season still kicks some goals but there have been a lot of signs that he is in decline.
Tarrant is also 34 in april has to be getting close to retirement.
Grimesy is 31 and injuries are starting to come back.
Even with Lambert, Caddy, and Edwards retired, 12 of our starting 22 will be 28 years or older.
There will come a point where 5 or 6 pick changes each year will not be enough to offset the need to regenerate.
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