bondiblue wrote:
keogh wrote:
This list isn’t good enough
Go to the draft get kids for 2 to 3 years
Look at Essendon**** and Sydney in the last year or two
Get it right we will have really good team in a few years that will march to a top 4 position.
With Weitering McKay Cripps Walsh and a few others there we can be up there again
You're not entirely correct keogh.
Have a look at Effendrug* and Swans. They ahve a core group of senior players who can carry the load.
You expect kids to keep getting smashed week in week out for 6 years now, and for another 3-4? Mate they will not hang around long enough.
Effedrug* imported Stringer, Shield, Stewart, Smith, Snelling, speaking of esses (s variety) also Saad (and wanted to keep him. he was in their top 3 in the BnF for 3 years running), Hind, Cutler and Wright who all played to support the kids. With them, they had senior players Heppell, Merrett, McGrath, Parish...all senior players and all of them in the midfield.
Let’s look at the players mentioned
Stringer on fire at the minute but has missed 5 games and has only played well the last 6 weeks
Shiel another overrated player has played 6 games this year
Stewart defender key defensive At the moment that isn’t our problem
Smith been good has missed 4 games
Hind cost Essendon** a late pick bizarre he got the arse from the Saints
Has been better than Saad in exactly the same position and Saad cost us pick 8 and salary cap space
Heppell getting older plays HBF has missed 5 games
Merrett and Parish have been guns but so are Cripps and Walsh
Mc Garth has missed 8 games
Two meter Peter has a couple of good games one game out of the box
Cutler has played half the games and is ordinary
Essendon** were forced to go to the draft because of Saad and Daniher wanting out
It’s guys like Perkins and Cox and co that have made the difference
They have showed it can be done by not trading picks out
You mentioned Snelling
He was a mid season pick matured aged 22 year old from West Adelaide
Cerra is a better player but not by that much
Snelling is tougher in the contest doubles Cerras tackle count
Argument over

I'm not arguing what you state.
My point is that team*, with a bunch of kids, well supported by the abovementioned group of "Retreads" just beat top of the table Bulldogs, and every team we've lost to in the last couple months. We don't have a quality senior core supporting the kids, and more kids will only continue to hinder the group's success...IMO.
You can't do what Effendrugs* is doing with a bunch of kids.