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Inside mid wise could see us having a close look at Connor Blakely with pick 23 if his still there
Whatever way you look at it our biggest need is speed.
If you look at our list
KPF - Patton, Cameron, Stewart, Tomlinson, Lobb, McCarthy, Finlayson
Small forwards - Hoskin Elliott, Smith, Palmer, Lamb, Addison, Steele
KPD - Davis, Haynes, Mohr, Plowman, Corr, Golds
Small defenders - Shaw, Patfull, Kennedy, Bugg, Hampton, Buntine, Williams, Wilson
Midfielders - Griffin, Treloar, Ward, Greene, Coniglio, Shiel,Townsend, Barrett,
Wings - Scully, Whitfield, Kelly, Sumner
Rucks - Mumford, Lobb, Phillips, Downie
To me we have tremendous grunt through the middle, good outside endurance, good core of attacking and defensive talls.
However I think we clearly lack speed. Hoskin Elliott and Smith are jets, Treloar, Shiel, Hampton and Coniglio very nimble but overall a clear lack of explosive dash.
We also have very questionable ruck depth if Mummy goes down (and we know he will at varying times).
For mine Wright is an absolute must even though we probably won't see him play in 2015. Wright has the capacity of filling a variety of roles and with his age profile will start making his mark at the right time for us.
The other area speed can be addressed with either Pickett, Ahern or Laverde. We have gone around such players in the past but unless any of those boys has done a Wingard in the interviews we simply need to take them. I believe Pickett nominated Gold Coast as his preferred home as they had a few WA boys that he knew but we have McCarthy, Lobb, Wilson and Cogs so he would hardly be one out if he came to us.
Our squad is pretty well balanced but we need some x factor to get us to another level.
Hope we go that way rather than the conservative route as there are some rich pickings in the speed department in this years draft.
If you look at our list
KPF - Patton, Cameron, Stewart, Tomlinson, Lobb, McCarthy, Finlayson
Small forwards - Hoskin Elliott, Smith, Palmer, Lamb, Addison, Steele
KPD - Davis, Haynes, Mohr, Plowman, Corr, Golds
Small defenders - Shaw, Patfull, Kennedy, Bugg, Hampton, Buntine, Williams, Wilson
Midfielders - Griffin, Treloar, Ward, Greene, Coniglio, Shiel,Townsend, Barrett,
Wings - Scully, Whitfield, Kelly, Sumner
Rucks - Mumford, Lobb, Phillips, Downie
To me we have tremendous grunt through the middle, good outside endurance, good core of attacking and defensive talls.
However I think we clearly lack speed. Hoskin Elliott and Smith are jets, Treloar, Shiel, Hampton and Coniglio very nimble but overall a clear lack of explosive dash.
We also have very questionable ruck depth if Mummy goes down (and we know he will at varying times).
For mine Wright is an absolute must even though we probably won't see him play in 2015. Wright has the capacity of filling a variety of roles and with his age profile will start making his mark at the right time for us.
The other area speed can be addressed with either Pickett, Ahern or Laverde. We have gone around such players in the past but unless any of those boys has done a Wingard in the interviews we simply need to take them. I believe Pickett nominated Gold Coast as his preferred home as they had a few WA boys that he knew but we have McCarthy, Lobb, Wilson and Cogs so he would hardly be one out if he came to us.
Our squad is pretty well balanced but we need some x factor to get us to another level.
Hope we go that way rather than the conservative route as there are some rich pickings in the speed department in this years draft.
Tell me this kid Ahern isn't a prototype of what we need!
Do it SOS!
Haha the one I had leaving!! Happy to be wrong!!
Believe it when the pen is actually put to paper ... But... You gotta be happy with that.
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I know I am a bit of a torch bearer here, but I do believe this guy will be a marquee player, he will be our NRoo and destroy defenders
Leon on twitter hinted at some big news coming soon..resignings?
This from Jezza is gold..
This from Jezza is gold..
If he's prepared to buy in now and not use his manager to bleed us to the last second then I love him and pray he becomes an absolute superstar!!
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Leon's response wasn't bad, something along the lines of with his complexion he'd be doing him a favour keeping him out of the sun...
We know the guy is slow, and would not make our 22. Do we need him running around our NEAFL side with the young fringe players? Maybe. I wouldn't pick him up at this stage. Will depend on the number we draft?
Look I think it's a good move. With Gilham gone in the twos he adds experience and much like Addison if he performs he may put pressure on the kids. 28 years old is a good age I think
No thanks
I would rather we secured another senior ruckman if there was a good one floating around
Looks like we might bypass Wright and are looking more at bringing in a key defender such as Hugh Goddard, Caleb Marchbank or Jake Lever.[/QUOTE]
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-02/drift-from-the-wright?utm_medium=RSS
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-02/drift-from-the-wright?utm_medium=RSS
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-02/drift-from-the-wright?utm_medium=RSS[/QUOTE]
Unlikely tbh, we look very much like getting a KPD, a KPF/Ruck and an outside mid or small fwd with our three picks, nothing has changed that I can see, the story feels like a space filler.
Leon did say on twitter we would likely go tall, inside mid ,and outside run
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If we were going to pick an inside mid surely we would keep Whiley?
I did see the tweet though...
Maybe Leon just didn't rate Whiley as highly as some of us did, or could point to Greene being gone at the end of '15
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Either that or Barrett is primed to go
4 Lever/Durdin
6 Laverde/Langford
7 Wright/Goddard
23 Gore/DaGoey/Ahern
The order likely wrong but I don't see a gun inside mid that we would target, unless we are to take someone with 7 because they wont be there at 23, if so Ellis or Neal-Bullen come in to play. I really like Weller but he looks a flight risk, as does Pickett
I'm not keen on Goddard, would be reaching with an early pick.
Somebody here suggested a tactical selection of Laverde at 4 knowing Collingwood will take him at 5.
I don't mind the rationale of that if it is we're not keen on Wright.
Could net us Laverde, Pickett, Lever which would be a nice haul!!
I love our positioning in this draft, so many combinations we can come up with.
So long as we really address speed I'll be happy.
Somebody here suggested a tactical selection of Laverde at 4 knowing Collingwood will take him at 5.
I don't mind the rationale of that if it is we're not keen on Wright.
Could net us Laverde, Pickett, Lever which would be a nice haul!!
I love our positioning in this draft, so many combinations we can come up with.
So long as we really address speed I'll be happy.
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Probably a bit of not meeting Leon's plans, also likely to be a better deal for Whiley, better age mix too.
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