I believe we've offered him two years. If someone's offered him 4 we may need to at least offer three.
We don't need talls, period, unless there's an actual mature body KPF who we can bring in if Lynch goes down and Lefau isn't fit.
Miller, Young, Balta, Gibcus, Trainor, Gray. Even Brown and Broad. We are sorted down back to the point that we delisted Blight.
Forward we have Lynch, Lefau, Armstrong, Faull, Sims. Much less suitable demographic.
Don't agree.
Balta. Gibcus. Miller. Trainor. Gray. - is not enough key defenders. More so when you consider the coach like to play 4 bigs in the back 6.
Young. Blight. Kosi. Is a lot of depth to lose in one go.
With Andy on this one. even with the loss off those three can add Bauer in that mix as a tall thats gone as well. Its only a problem if we have no one left. But we have tons of tall defenders even some who may become tall defenders.
Its not depth that should be debated here, its how we rate and rank those we have keeping those we rank highest and getting rid of excess for good reasons.
Its not about next year or the year after but about four or five years time. That means we still have plenty of time to get a f/a or draft another tall defender if need be.
Historically and its a league thing that most clubs go with two big kpd we generally have a third tall think Grimes and for the last 10 years we have had Broad who really is a medium who just happens to be on the taller side.
I have banged on about mirroring what we do in the seniors in the magoos.
imo the ideal has long been 4 big KPD and two third tall types with the rest being small/or mediums or even talls who play like general defenders ie Broad.
the hope would be based on current players we have
Vlastuin - Miller/Balta - Trainor/Brown
Banks - Gibcus/Gray - Broad/Campbell
The ressies
Trezise - Miller/Balta - Trainor/Brown
Smith - Gibcus/Gray - Broad/Short/Smillie
Then add in someone like Liam Fawcett who may be down the pecking order a tad as a forward but is converted to Kpd then of course if most dont make it we go back to the well.
One thing for sure is we have more than enough kpds and tall defenders and options. We actually have too many.We just have to have faith that they will develop.
I hope in a few years time we are having the same problem and thats deciding who to keep and who to trade. To me thats what good list management is all about sometimes you have to give up a good player.
Key forwards and third tall forwards well we have KPF Armstrong, Faull, Sims, Fawcett thats your senior and reserves kpf covered.
in the short term we have Lynch and Lefau for maturity and experience.
Finding a third tall type who can play like a medium is a type we dont have. Of course the argument is the lack of general forwards of quality and real potential outside of Algar. Atm we are going to be heavily reliant on mid/forwards to roll thru the fwd half Campbell,Hotton, Lalor.
An emerging ruckman is a need outside wings of quality is a need imo we are going to need all of four years to become really competetive.
