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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on October 12, 2025, 09:06:33 PM

Title: Best 23 in 2026?
Post by: one-eyed on October 12, 2025, 09:06:33 PM
No movement on the trade-front, but how far can these talented Tiger cubs go in season 2026?

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https://x.com/traderadio/status/1977188773990371684
Title: Re: Best 23 in 2026?
Post by: Andyy on October 12, 2025, 09:15:38 PM
Broad, Nank, Prestia and Lynch all to move on in the next 2 years you'd think.

Need to upgrade Ralph, Short/move on, maybe Banks too.

So yeah...another 6-8 players and we may be sorted.
Title: Re: Best 23 in 2026?
Post by: TigerLand on October 12, 2025, 11:20:50 PM
Yeah we have this draft to look at cutting into 1/4 of that.

Reality is you can't build a lost with top end talent. You need a mix. We need to start also hitting wins in Rookie draft and will also hit free agency soon. I expect for probably a gun ruck as picking one up in draft is really 6 years away from a break out year and by then Lalor and CO will be FA available and we can't afford to wait that long to be back in top 8. As wed struggle to keep a hold of all that draft crop coming to FA at once. If we are playing finals it'll be easy to sign them.

So 8 players Andy, agree. 2 of them come this year in pick 2 and 3. Next year's first is probably a top 6 pick minimum.  So 3. Get 2-3 rookies to add and then 2 FA big names or trade ins on big contracts. We are cooking.