MIL wrote:
The more I look at it, the more SOS is starting to look pretty ordinary.
The draft picks may or may not work out ok......SPS has talent but has gone backwards this year, although way too early to write him off. Williamson and Fish are good, and McReadie should deliver. Cunners has talent and should improve. Harry is the big unknown, Dow is not the best kick (hardly the Hawks model Bolts ?) so pick 3 hmmmm, and LOB appears ok.
But it's the experienced pick ups that are a worry. Mullet and O'Shea are battlers and won't be there in 2 years. Phillips is a huge query, and Lamb and Sumner were poor selections. Shaw is yet to play but on what we've seen of him don't hold your breath. Happy to wait for Kennedy to be injury free before judging him but gee we need him to deliver. Plowman is a pass mark, but not playing well at the mo'. Marchbank and Wright are by far the best of our more experienced pick ups.
We need to get better quality more experienced players to allow our kids to develop. No good having a truck load of youth if they get smashed each week and get no example to follow from our experienced players. The Hawks pick up a guy like Impey.....while we get Mullet. Until we stop this crap we're going nowhere.
So SOS has done well with Williamson, Fish, Macreadie, Cuningham. (Curnow who you conveniently forgot about). SPS, Dow and O'Brien it's too early to call on. And Harry is the unknown. Lets not even mention Garlett hey?
How do you think that compares to other recruiters? Which ones have performed better?
As for established players, Marchbank is a star IMO, Lamb has been very serviceable, Plowman has been a constant in our backline and Phillips has been often injured but IMHO, he towelled up Brayden Preuss on the weekend who is a highly rated up and coming ruckman. Phillips is 26 so he's coming into his prime as a ruckman. Kennedy was highly sought by a number of clubs and he chose us. Thats a bonus. He'll be a very good player.
I understand people are looking for answers after a poor start this season but lets be realistic in our assessments. Yes our list is unbalanced at the moment but it will balance out after another draft. We did the right thing chasing KPP first because they require more time.