fair call but what about the list that he has got and brought to the club
whose to blame for their lack of development and will to play.
who didnt pick up a KPP in the 05 draft
who kept schulz
kent kingsley
i agree with u spud left us in a hole but how many other coaches pick up train wrecks and deal with it successfully. i only hear about wallace complaining.
I guess you've got to put all of Plough's choices together to judge. Having a decent senior core would have helped speed up our cubs' development. Mind you Patto and McGuane had to swim this year after being chucked in the deep end. On top of that IMO Plough needs to get back to basics and have us playing as we train with more pressure applied at training.
Here's Plough's recruits:2004: Lids, Tambo, Meyer, Patto, Polo, McGaune,
Limbach, Mark Graham, Knobel, Thursty, Simmo
The "fab 5" will be under pressure to perform next year. Thursty and Simmo have been Plough's best gets so far. McGuane started to show something this year2005: JON, Hughes, Casserly, White, Angus Graham, Howat,
Humm, Paddy BowdenLots of question marks on this group. We did pick up a KPP in Cleve btw. 2006: Jack Riewoldt, Edwards, Connors, Peterson, Collins, King,
Clingan, Kingsley, Polak
The two gones were cheap yet wasted choices but overall pretty good although early days. Perhaps the only criticism is too many of the same height/type. We should have picked up another young KPP instead of Tas, Kingsley or Collins IMO2007: McMahon, Morton, picks 2, 18, 51, PSD and 3 rookies.
We don't know yet. Let's hope we have some rookie finds.Breakdown by height:199+ cm: Gus,
Knobel194-198cm: Simmo, Patto, Polak
190-193cm: Thursty, Hughes, McGuane, Riewoldt,
Limbach, Paddy Bowden, Kingsley, Mark Graham186-189cm: Lids, Polo, JON, Casserly
180-185cm: Tambo, Meyer, Collins, Edwards, Connors, Peterson, Howat, McMahon, Morton,
Clingan, Humm <180cm: White, King
Not the midget recruiting as some claim but we needed to double up with talls to make up for Spud's negligence. Not enough ruckman though and an extra big KPP would be useful. No obvious true high possession ballwinners from the groups of smalls either as yet.