T Bell is a must keep, has improved every year and his out put on the field has closely matched Ryders in the last 2 seasons. Not sure why their is a question mark on having your second ruck being able to play forward and kick 30 odd goals for the season.
On top of that why do we need to say one is number 1 and number 2 if both can play multiple roles.
To me Ryder and T bell form a really important part of the side going forward. Their ability to not just play in the ruck will be an asset even more so when we are playing with limited interchange numbers and less rotations.
Yes Tommy would attract a decent draft pick or trade but do we need a decent draft pick or trade at this stage ? Why do we need a gun young player for 2015 right now ?
As for forward line function or lack off it the problem has not really been Bellchambers playing in it, the issue has been players leading to the same spots all the time and the fact that we where so predictable with the long bomb inside forward 50 a lot of the time. To add to this for whatever reason we could not take a lot of contested marks inside 50. Hurley because of his wrist issues, Joe because he is a first year player, Crameri as he is not that sort of player, Ryder as sides know if they block his run at the ball he is out of the contest.
Another issue with the forwards has been getting sucked too far up the ground and not working back quick enough. Yes you have to play up the ground for the zone but they need to watch a replay of the Hawks forwards over and over and over during summer.
The other issue late in the season was midfield turnovers, hard for the forwards to get a rythem and be predicting the second or third possession going forward when the first one gets kicked straight to the opposition.
Getting back to Bellchambers what is wrong with your third forward kicking 30 goals in a season ?