jezzarules wrote:
I'd be keeping one spot open for SSP or MSD and I'd also would not be offering a contract to any of our long term injured if they are still out of action come renewal time.
Yeah, look, that’s fair enough, but I think it depends on the injury, the position they play & where they sit in the pecking order.
Take Marchbank for instance, a meniscus tear for him is utter horse shit. OK, he’s done a knee reco, but the rest of his rap sheet is just voodoo stuff. He’s #1, imo, in that medium defender role. He’s no athletic phenom, but he’s strong enough and plays smart footy… take a look at what’s behind him and there isn’t much choice but to keep signing him to short term deals.
McGovern is contracted & no one is going to bite early there.
Plowman is a horror show, but it’s almost always because he’s been victimised by the extremes - either way too big, or way too quick.
Kemp is still trying to figure out whether he’s Arthur or Martha.
Akuei is the exact opposite of Marchy, but counts outside the list numbers, so who cares.
Cuningham is the other one that can be moved on and, yeah, he’s probably looking at a curtain call. But, the #1 weakness in our game is the lack of forward half intercepts. We just don’t put enough pressure on the rebound. Without that recycle element, our game becomes make-or-break at the stoppages, and the extras that we bring to set pieces in the forward half are deadset turnstiles on the outside. It’s a massive vulnerability that can’t be rectified via the draft. If he’s fit for R1, then he can contribute to the solution. If not, then we’ve got the MSD as cover.
For mine, the SSP is just bin dipping after the drafts are complete. If the right guy is there in November, get it done.
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