Hopefully his successor isn't on the list yet.

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I think you're onto to something there...

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Kreuzer kicked 13.1 last year or so. He also has the best pair of hands in our team.
Kreuuuuuuzeeee is too valuable to be a ruckman. The chances of Kreuze wrecking his knee in a ruck contest is far too likely. Hartlett can be a leading player, like an Okeefe. Hopefully one of Tiller, Stanton and Hartlett come on and can be a 150 game forward.

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I'd be going hell for leather after a young key forward or drafting the best available key forward in this years draft with our first pick.

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Outside of what we have, I don't think we'd be able to snag someone even close to being as productive as Fevola in the forward line. We're not likely to have a top 10 selection anytime soon and even if we did top key forwards aren't available every year and when they are, they are more than likely going to disappoint (Thorp, Kennedy, Gumbleton, Dowler).

We shouldn't hold our breath waiting for someone to come in and take over Fev. We can add pieces, but as for a key forward, I believe what we have will be as good as it gets.

Kreuzer is a good kick, hard worker, mobile, he could definitely be someone players look for in the forward line. If any one of Jacobs, Hampson, Warnock turn out to be a top 5 Ruckmen, there is no reason to not play Kreuzer in another area that require his services more. Add in Betts, Yarran, Cloke, Garlett, Micho, plus whoever else, then it's a competitive Forward line.

I do believe, probably like most of you, that our best team over the next 10 years will be one with Fev still in it.

Perhaps we should have a crack at a Thorp or a Hawkins to see if we can pry someone loose?

These are just two examples so don't quote me on saying we should go after either of these two.

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Wasn't Fev pick 40 something?

Who's to say we can't find a handy forward with a late pick.

We just need to hide one away or have Shane O'Sullivan scouting the country

Daniel Rich

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Mr. Logic says we can't.

It was 10 years ago. Fev also had issues that took 5 years iron out and another 4 for more issues to be ironed. Regardless, with the football world looking for someone who can kick straight, has speed to burn and shoulders you can fit your bum on, isn't going to drop to pick 38.

Brad Dalziel was pick 50 or some where near there and is one of the better lions onballers

Shane O'Sullivan would have picked Rich.

Is meh, I mean Dalziel eligible for the rising star?

Onballer are a cheap as cask wine, there will always be one that will be available as a late pick.

I get the feeling that the day of the full forward specialist is numbered, more and more teams are looking towards a structured forward area rather than forward players, Collingwood, Dogs, Geelong are teams that rely on the structure and onballers to kick a winning score. Going down this route will make it harder for teams to defend as you are not sure who the most dangerous forward will be and in the likes of Geelong and Dogs, they can kick a very big score without any one player dominating.

My boy's 10, but he kicked 5 in a quarter playing u/12's last year...he'll be right to go in 7 seasons

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Walker ............ Grigg ........... Yarren
Betts ............ Kreuzer .......... Garlett


What do you think ??? Add a resting giant (Hampson or Warnock) and a dominant midfield (Gibbs, Murphy, Judd, Hadley, Robinson) and I think it would be a pretty potent forward line. I am hoping that we can make the core of a backline out of Browne, Armfield, Johnson, Austin, O'Keefe, Waite, Bower, Thornton and Jamison. Hopefully Walker can sort out the shoulder problems with his new reco (keep him in cotton wool for 2009 !!!!!!!!!!) and I think Grigg could be a wild card up forward.

It wouldn't be the biggest forwardline going around, but it's chocked full of X-Factor could b hard to match up on IMO .......... Plus I think teams are moving away from a dominant CHF ..........

Walker can take a big grab. Russel Robertson and Daniel wells combined makes Walker. Walker is 189cm or so with flar and a monster leap.
Dont know about Grigg.. Dont see him kicking too many on a good defender.

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Myles Pitt. Stingrays forward. Has kicked 5 and 4 in the first 2 rounds and impressed me last year. Not sure where he would sit in the order right now but it's early days.

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Chris Dawes pick 28
John Anthiny pick 37

just two quickies for ya...




ROFL!!!

by the time this becomes a problem, grew swann and co. will have developed some kind of drug that makes you age backwards and fev will remain in our forward line forever! ....one can only hope

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Lewis Johnstone would have been a pretty fair succession plan IMHO.

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