Knightmare
Brownlow Medallist
- Sep 22, 2010
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Just curious KM, what's your reasoning behind switching out the key forward we desperately need and swapping in an inside mid of which we have more than sufficient depth? And then adding insult to injury (no offense to Marco!) by slotting him in with our 2nd?
Not having a yarn at you or anything as I think this is the most frustratingly realistic scenario that will happen for us, as shown time and time again in the past.
- I'm just curious to get your take on Freo's drafting in your update.
I agree that KPPs are the key need for Fremantle, and key forwards most specifically but I don't see Shaw specifically going so high. The recent talk is that he is more of a 2nd rounder so likely he features more in the 20s but it will be interesting to hear more news on where he might feature over coming weeks.
The other factor with Fremantle is that I see a relatively short window. Pavlich, Sandilands and McPharlin I can't imagine have all that many more healthy + good years and with KPPs generally taking longer to develop I think it's entirely realistic that Fremantle go for the more immediate player - perhaps a strong bodied mid first (which with Ross Lyon being all about the now) could well be the approach taken even if long term it's less than ideal with few young quality KPPs on the list.
On the midfield I don't see that same strength. Fyfe is a star of the competition already then Barlow, Mundy and Pearce are productive through the midfield but I think there is still some grunt missing to really compete with that very top end (Sydney and Hawthorn) which is where I have Lonergan coming in who is an excellent, immediate big bodied inside ball winner and distributor who can take some pressure off Fyfe which isn't so bad.
But it could really go either way and will largely as with any club depend on who is available at that selection.