ianh wrote:
So how many need to go? Assuming we want to upgrade both Irishmen (unless there are long term injury concerns I'd say we would) and to pick up Son of Son of Serge (lynch mob if they didn't) that locks away 59,60 and 113 even assuming we don't need to pay more to outbid someone for SoSoS. We clearly would want to use the four early picks and keep 1 in reserve you would think for PSD in case someone good is there, and in any event gives us a pick before the rookie draft. So I think the structure is 38 main list plus 6 rookies plus Korchek outside the list. If that is right we need to cut back to 30 on the main list to add 7 ie 1 (Weitering), 8, 11,19, 59 (SoSoS), the 2 Irish rookie upgrades plus a PSD spot - perhaps only to 31 if we don't see any good in the PSD which I doubt. At the moment we have 34, so 4 must go. There are only 4 who do not have contracts past this year - Armfield, Holman, Warnock and White - and so the easy call might be to delist those 4, but of them all except perhaps Warnock have arguments to be kept. Armfield has pace, guts and versatlity and injury aside had a very good season. Holman shows a bit. White is versatile and a goer. Warnock has rare height that might be needed against some opposition, as well as the need to have cover for injury to ruckmen. The alternative is to bite the bullet and pay out one or more contracts. It seems we have salary cap room, but it would be a bit of a waste. If we were looking at this we would prabably look at guys contracted for 1 more season only. That includes Simpson, Buckley, Boekhorst, Rowe, Graham, Everitt, Casboult and Tuohy all of whom I see for various reasons as being safe. That leave 6 candidates - 3 young'uns and 3 more mature. The young'uns are DVR, Foster (both who look well off league level yet but would you think we given time) and Smith who has played seniors in his first year and also you think would be given time. That leaves the senior or more senior campaigners Dick, Tutt and Whiley all of whom have played seniors this year but all of whom I think are well behind others in the pecking order. But would the club be prepared to admit their mistakes with recruiting these guys in the first place?. And perhaps we need there more mature bodies in the short term. Of course if the club was willing to admit recruiting failures they could look at cutting Liam Jones even though he has 2 years left on his contract. Could any of these guys be moved over to the rookie list? I read somewhere a suggestion that this could be done with Jones, if so it could probably be done with any of them - maybe Foster and DVR who are longer term projects and Clam as nominated rookie?
My brain hurts - I wish I didn't rate Armfield and White, then it would be much easier.
great post, well thought out!!
i would keep Armfield, White and Holman, say a very fast goodbye to warnock, and if we need to cut any more players, pay out Tutt and Dick, i am still trying to work out why we recruited them, i think someone lost a bet....
i would love to pay out Jones, or rookie him, but the 2 year contract cost may stand in the way. it is a solid idea though. maybe he will have a break out year and we can trade him to richmond next year
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