Agree claw we needed a big mid but lets look at his stats for a so called quality mid. Not great! Someone else could have filled his spot this year, and for cheaper as well.
Yes he missed a few, but he did last year as well. How many full seasons has he played?
One of the biggest dissappoints of the year for me, and a major reason why dimma jumped a sinking ship IMO. He thought he would produce more and delivered sfa.
I agree we did not need to trade for him we had the opportunity to draft a few big mids ie the 2021 nd.
Like it or not though Frankie We did the deal and over paid but its pointless to now get rid of him we still need some more big mids to develop while he is there..
Its similar with our key forwards we desperately need two kids for development, and not these half forward half ruck but not quite either types we have been so fond of.
Personally i would have been happy if Jack had wanted to go around again.
Even at a slowing aging 34 yrs of age.. Because there is no one anywhere near his level there is no one because there is literally none
We are perpetually hedging our bets and putting our heads in the sand.. Its the same with Hopper.
We only overpaid for hopper because we finished 13th or whatever.
Tbh I think if Lynch hadn't gone down and another sliding door moment or two went our way that would have been pick 10-12 easily and it gets murky down there in the draft.
As for Jack, I doubt many were as sad to see him retire as me, but what's the point playing a 35yo bloke with a stuffed body when you acknowledge we're on the decline? Agree we haven't drafted and KPFs but with a guy like Kosi and then blokes like Bauer, Ryan, Miller all needing an opportunity there's really no point playing Jack anymore unfortunately.
Nope we over paid and in the process have basically turned our backs on too many drafts.
It goes back before Hoppers time with us.
We just continue to fail to recognise where the game is going what serious list short comings we have and where the list is at.
If Jack continued on who would he be taking games off? More to the point who is coming thru? who warrants a game.
Since 2017 we have bought into the club just three big ball winning mids that includes trades and all other avenues. You guessed it Taranto, Hopper both Trades and RC-D a bust. Would add Ross but no way in hell can you classify him a big ball winning mid.
In all honesty we have been poor when it comes to recruiting since 2016.
People blame aging players for our decline but its more than that we are back to the bad old days where we just are not getting enough good players into the club.We totally ignore dire list needs.
We were going to go into decline but we have done little to help ourselves and just blame it all on aging players.