Sin City wrote:
Looks like we really shored up our outside run in 2017 as Bolton wished. We'll probably have another couple of years of early picks before all these young guns mature to add some more elite talent to our midfield.
Looking at the way SOS built that powerful GWS midfield he used first rounders on Kelly, Coniglio, Whitfield, Adams, Greene as well as signing Scully, Ward, Treloar and Shiel. Looks like he uses the lower picks on flankers, third talls etc.
He's done similar since he's been with us, using first rounders on SPS, Dow, Cuningham and O'Brien while preferring to use later picks on guys like Williamson, Macreadie, Polson etc.
I can see us adding another two mids with elite talent before our crop of 2015 draftees mature and take us up the ladder in 2020.
Now let's see if they are actually allowed to run and carry.
Our game plan for two years has been up and back, down the wings to a contest and kick to a crowded forward line hoping for a big mark or a goal from the spillage.
Those rare occasions we ran the ball through the corridor shocked the opposition so much they actually worked a treat.
We look to have the cattle for a plan A and plan B, which the great Brisbane team had under Leigh Matthews. Try A and if it isn't working, go to B.
I am always optimistic that next year will be a big improvement on last year. Sometimes I am disappointed, sometimes not.
Next year we have to make some sort of statement, even if we only jump a few places and show the competition our list is coming for them.
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