Aside from the handful of blokes that are a little bit of this & a little bit of that, our current list looks like:
[3] Key Defenders: Weitering, Young, S. Durdin [4] Med Defenders: Marchbank, Kemp, McGovern, Akuei [6] Small Defenders: Saad, Williams, Newman, Boyd, Cowan, Cincotta [4] Ruck: Pittonet, De Koning, O’Keeffe, Mirkov [3] Inside Mid: Cripps, Kennedy, Hewett [4] Midfield: Walsh, Cerra, Docherty, Carroll [4] Wing: Acres, O. Hollands, Cottrell, Binns [3] Mid Forwards: E. Hollands, Cuningham, Fogarty [1] Med Forwards: Martin [3] Small Forwards: Motlop, Durdin, Owies [4] Key Forwards: Curnow, McKay, Silvagni, Lemmey
[2] IRISH: Monahan, Duffy
The Irish are a bit of a mystery, but even if they come in as medium forwards, that’ll be at least one of our draft picks in November. We’ve heard Vossy on more than one occasion state that there’s only one Jack Martin. As much as it is high praise for the player, it’s also the cold hard fact of the list profile.
Eight specialist forwards… eleven if you include the mid forwards. It’s difficult to looks at them as a group and be convinced that they can deliver a dozen goals a game without Charlie. Not that you’d plan for the worst, but there’s no denying the massive hole in expected output between our best and second best lineup.
The other vulnerability in our list profile is the age (and durability) of our small/medium defensive group. The Camporeale boys will come in for 2025 & both will probably begin their journey across half back. However, we might find ourselves crying out for an intercept if the usual pair miss games in bulk again.
That being the case, I’d guess that the picking slip reads something like:
1x Medium forward 1x Medium defender 1x Two-way mid (because there’s never enough of them on hand)
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