Under 22 Listed Players Age in 2025
B: 22 Duffy 19 O'Farrell 20 Wilson HB: 20 Carroll ________ 20 Cowan C: 20 Hollands 19 Smith 19 L.Campo Fol: 20 O'Keefe 20 Lord 19 B. Campo HF: 21 White _________ 21 Motlop F: 22 Durdin 20 Lemmey 20 Moir
IC: 19 Charleson 20 Binns 211 Monohan
23 O.Hollands 23 Young
24 Kemp 24 Walsh 24 Evans
We have a depth issue because we have too many kids, let alone too many small forwards
We also have 18 Dean, 18 Ison and 18 Gresham as potential draftees come season's end.
Surely we don't need more kids, and are the 3 young draft targets better than what we already have?
THE BURNING QUESTION
Should we be discarding kids and keeping veterans to improve our depth?
Veterans out of contract: 30 Fantasia, 32 Docherty, 31 McGovern, 33 Haynes, 32 Newman
Experienced out of contract: 28 Silvagni, 28 Cincotta, 29 Hewett, 24 Evans
Kids out of contract: Lemmey, Wilson, Lord Monohan, White, Motlop, F.Young and Kemp
We have to replace/ improve on what we already have with:
Running HB .................Bergman for TDK compo pick Replacement Ruck.........2nd & 3rd round picks traded O'Reilly?? Small Forward ..............2026 1st round traded. No idea who, but there's got to be better than what we have. Quick Mid/ HB...............FA?
Somehow we need to be creative and get 4-5 ready made players into our best 23, better than we have got, to improve the list in 2026, and with that our fortunes.
WE don't have to let go of any stars other than TDK. Discarding veterans and replacing them with experienced players doesn't improve our depth.
It may be cheap to retain some veterans as depth and discard some contracted kids to improve our depth?
Perhaps its easier to make list of untouchable kids who will step up in 2026, such as O.Hollands Smith, Lord, Campo, Campo, Cowan, Carroll, O'Farrell, O'Keefe, and need to see if Wilson continues with his recent improvement. We have Walker joining us end of 2026 too.
I can't see the need for Evans, Motlop, Fantasia, Monohan, Binns, White, Moir and F. Young hasn't had a chance to stake his claim. I'd like to say we don't need Lewis Young, but until we have a replacement for Young as depth, he's required to fulfill his contract obligation in 2026.
Interesting times.
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