scottopee wrote:
Blue Sombrero wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
When talls Rowe Casboult White become depth players we should have a pretty good spine.
IF we can get Marchbank Stewart and Corr on board whilst McKay develops then our spine is set.
Gives us Weitering and Marchbank as swingmen, as well as increasing our pace and mobility from talls.
When midfield-forwards Thomas Sumner Lamb become depth players we should have a good forwardline.
IF we can get Pickett Hrovat Hoskin-Elliot/Ellis-Yeolman and add a 2016 first round mid whilst Curnow and Silvagni develop around them our forwardline improves as does our midfield depth.
IF pick 5 helps us get the above mentioned and we can receive a pick 14-16 for the 5, I think we have expedited our rebuild, and are on par with the depth of all the teams outside the 8.
From there we can add class from the 2017 and 2018 drafts along with a FA star in the mould of a Fyfe.
We could be ready to fire for finals from 2018 onwards.
A great trading period in the next fortnight can set us up quicker than some think.
The Dogs have shown how quickly things can turn around.
We weren't too far off the pace in about five games, some of them top teams.
We do need an elite outside mid with run. We have Gibbs who is elite but not quick. The Dogs won the prelim AND the GF on the back of Johannisen (sp) run and carry late in the games.
The dogs drafted themselves to success picked the players they wanted not take heap of other teams cast offs hoping some become stars.
I see what you're saying but the Doggies didn't have the opportunities the GWS present, but when they did, they took Boyd. Gordon knew Boyd was gettable before Griffen left.
I agree with the need for outside speed ie JJ Norm Smith. Incredibly Doggies got him on the rookie list in 2010. Picken was recruited in 2008 as a rookie.
We tried to build a list around Juddy and the No 1 drafts...and still had holes everywhere let alone a lack of depth with our KP's.
Doggies have 4 x FS. They have been very lucky with their 3rd rounders and rookies. We can too if that's the way to go. A lot of luck required looking for 2 in the bush.
We lack a spine. We have aging and sub par KPs Rowe, Casboult, White, Kreuzer with back ups in Jones, Gorringe and Jaksch. We need to replace all of them. There's a lot of them.
Talls are hard to get. How long do you think it would take to replace/ upgrade on those 8 mentioned from the draft, along with midfielders.
There's an opportunity for SOS to take advantage of the plethora of talls the GWS can't keep, and perhaps a super zippy Pickett packaged with them.
I believe Cuningham, Murphy, Docherty and Boekhurst provide outside speed and Byrne will add to them when he's fit. All are babies except for Murphy, but he will be like a new recruit next year.
We can load up and go focus on mids over the 2017 and 2018 drafts. I'd like to see the spine sorted and build from there. That's just me..only if they are bonafide KPs.
Marchbank and Corr for example are mobile KPs. I don't think we need gorillas with team defense working.
Stewart is a KP who can kick. There's nothing wrong with these talls if they are bonafide guns. I'll leave that to SOS.
There's no guarantees we can get the talls we want in any future draft unless we take them earlier than they are valued. I can see us having to trade for talls anyway and that will cost us more than the current unique GWS situation presents.
There no right or wrong. None of us are Nostradamus. Just different angles for success. We lack depth.
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