How many players post 27 would get a contract at any other club? Not many. So why are they on our list?
- C.Newman 31/32 = No
- C.Knights 27/28 = No
- M.Thomas 27/28 = No
- T.Chaplin - 27/28 = Maybe
- A.Edwards 29/30 = No
- J.King 28/29 = No
- O.Stephen 31/32 = No
- N.Foley 29/30 = No
Add R.Petterd who is 26.
That is a lot of old dead weight that no other club would want on their list. That is really alarming. 9 spots on the list we could have 9 rookies and even if 1 or 2 of them work out then its a win. None of those guys should be in our best 22, Troy Chaplin maybe scraps in, but an in form Grimes and a fit Rance with Astbury should edge Chaplin out in my opinion. I'd just play Grimes. Would free up 400k a year too.
What sort of list management policy is this? Charity F.C?
hmm
id agree the quality of a lot of the players aged 24 25 plus leaves a lot to be desired not just 27 plus.
there is a need for some of those older experienced players in the short term. none of us want to be uncompetetive and staret copping 100 point thrashings.
the only players who have really been regualrs for a substantial amount oif time are newman and chaplin. we can do something about newman but imo we are stuck with chaplin even if want to drop him.
it worries me that people think kids kids and more kids is the only way to go. its not its a balance we must find. if every single one of those 9 you mention were of a decent quality the kids would have to wait and earn their spots and no one would bat an eyelid.
we must find the right balance and we must have the quality to compliment the balance. me im happy for us to continue to value add if you like on players we have with late nd and rookie picks but ffs we need to target quality if possible in the erly to mid rounds of the nd and with f/a.