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Edit: Seeing as a un-expected family tragedy arose I wasn't able to complete this within the time frame I had set myself to complete this was not met. Due to this most of the stuff I previously wrote isn't really valid, so I've edited lots of stuff to clear up any confusion. If I have missed something please let me know!
So seeing as I have a bit of free time on my hands at the moment I've decided to start writing a team review. Don't expect this to be amazing as I'm no journalist and I do tend to overlook obvious things. It's all a work in progress as well, I'll look to add more to it whenever I've got time.
Also it would be great if you guys could chip in when I make mistakes with anything, I'll be happy to acknowledge you.
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What a season it has been. We went from being premiership favourites, to just scrapping into the top 4, to just making finals and finally not making finals at all. Without a doubt this year has been a failure, and a costly one at that. We've lost our premiership coach in John Worsfold, three premiership players and it has already been hinted that the current playing list is under scrutiny. Really the only major positive coming out of this year is us getting a decent draft pick.
We finished 13th with a dismal 9 wins and 13 losses totalling 36 points.
Best 22:
B: Mitch Brown Darren Glass Will Schofield
HB: Beau Waters Eric Mackenzie Shannon Hurn
CEN: Andrew Gaff Scott Selwood Sharrod Wellingham
HF: Mark LeCras Jack Darling Jamie Cripps
F: Josh Hill Josh Kennedy Dean Cox
FOLL: Nic Naitanui Chris Masten Luke Shuey
BENCH: Daniel Kerr Mat Rosa Mark Hutchings
SUB: Andrew Embley
What I would change:
Trade: (Some of these may be unlikely)
Mitch Brown - I see him going to Carlton to get Yarran or to St Kilda [Signed a 3 Year deal]
Matt Priddis - Would be good to trade him to an elite clearance midfielder, this would require a bundle deal.
Delist/Retire: (Although some of these players have had good years so far, I don't see them having an impact next year, all of them are open as trade bait, although I highly doubt any of them will be traded.)
Dean Cox - Probably has another year in him, don't see him playing on after next year.
Adam Selwood - Well past his prime [Retired]
Andrew Embley - Although he has played well this year I don't see him continuing on after this year. [Retired]
Mark Nicoski - Too many injuries [Retired]
Brad Dick - [Retired]
Ashton Hams - [Retired]
What’s been good? Seeing as I can’t just write “nothing” I thought I would scrape the barrel a bit and produce some crappy positives from this year. It's not all doom and gloom I suppose, there have been some really big positives from this year. I’ll start off with our rookie/fringe player development. Bradd Dalziell, Jamie Cripps, Adam Carter, Mark Hutchings, Blayne Wilson, Callum Sinclair and Scott Lycett have all benefitted hugely from our injury list and look set to continue to develop and improve as they continue to get game time.
What’s been bad? I was tempted to just write everything and leave it at that. I biggest disappointment this year for me was our senior players. With players like Daniel Kerr, Nic Naitanui, Sharrod Wellingham, Andrew Embley, Scott Selwood, Shannon Hurn, Beau Waters, Mark LeCras, Sam Butler, Matt Rosa, Mark Nicoski, Will Schofield and Luke Shuey getting injuries throughout the year we never really stood a chance.
What we need:
Coach Replacement: John Worsfold has now left the club and left a gaping hole for somebody to fill. Scott Burns is most likely to get the job at the moment.
Options:
Scott Burns:
Paul Roos: [Signed to Melbourne] damn
A quick, Clearance Machine Midfielder: (Another midfielder) t we have lacked in this department and its cost us. Priddis is good, but not good enough for us to build the team around him. His kicking is horrible and speed isn't the best, simply put he isn't good enough to build a team around. Obviously there's several ways we could go about this. Option one being attempting to recruit a rookie and option two attempting to trade for a solid player.
Options:
Dustin Martin: An extremely talented football player with the ability to dominate games. Big question marks over his fitness and lifestyle.
Dom Sheed: Dom Sheed is a well developed midfielder. He has a good inside game, he is willing to work hard for his own ball. His outside game is also very good with the ability to run hard to receive the ball. His extremely talented by foot and rarely makes a mistake. Dom would slot in nicely to our current midfield, which could do with an injection of pace like his.
Reece Conca: Reece Conca is a W.A boy who
Darren Glass/Mitch Brown Replacement: With Darren Glass' career coming to an end and Mitch Brown being trade bait our backline lacks dearly. I don't believe our rookies are ready to replace Glass/Brown at this stage so I see us needing another experienced defender. EDIT: Mitch Brown signed.
Free Agent Targets:
Reece Conca:
Lance Franklin -
Dale Thomas -
Adam Cooney -
Colin Sylvia -
Trade Targets: With all our retirements and the possibility of a few players being delisted we have to be cashed up which makes it possible that we might make a splash come October.
Dustin Martin: (C&P from above)
Chris Yarran: Yarran is a West Australian boy, who has reportedly been offered a deal to come home. He super quick and exciting to watch. Doesn't really fix our current problems in the midfield but his injection of pace will benefit us greatly.
Draft Targets: (This depends on whether we keep or trade our pick)
#1 - Bontempelli: Marcus Bontempelli is an tall athletic midfielder with good pace and endurance for his height. He can play through the backline, or push forward if needed. Still plenty of development left in him which makes him an exciting prospect. Marcus is the sort of player we need, a quick ball carrier with good foot-skills.
#2 - Sheed: (C&P from above) Dom Sheed is a well developed midfielder. He has a good inside game, he is willing to work hard for his own ball. His outside game is also very good with the ability to run hard to receive the ball. His extremely talented by foot and rarely makes a mistake. Dom would slot in nicely to our current midfield, which could do with an injection of pace like his.
#3 -Billings: Jack Billings is a standout with his kicking. He has the ability to go to right if needed and kick it comfortably or he can use his left just as well. He can spot someone up inside the forward fifty or go forward himself and use his overhead marking ability to become a presence.
#4 -
#5 -
Thats it for the review now onto the preview.
Next years prediction: I think that we have the capacity to be a top 4 side again, if we handle the draft/trade period correctly. Acquiring the right talents will see us easily burst back into the top 4 whereas a poor off-season may see us only just scraping into the top eight. I don't see us missing the finals next year and I definitely don't think we will see a repeat of this (Last) year, if everyones fit.
All Australian Players:
Still working on the 2014 preview part
So seeing as I have a bit of free time on my hands at the moment I've decided to start writing a team review. Don't expect this to be amazing as I'm no journalist and I do tend to overlook obvious things. It's all a work in progress as well, I'll look to add more to it whenever I've got time.
Also it would be great if you guys could chip in when I make mistakes with anything, I'll be happy to acknowledge you.
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What a season it has been. We went from being premiership favourites, to just scrapping into the top 4, to just making finals and finally not making finals at all. Without a doubt this year has been a failure, and a costly one at that. We've lost our premiership coach in John Worsfold, three premiership players and it has already been hinted that the current playing list is under scrutiny. Really the only major positive coming out of this year is us getting a decent draft pick.
We finished 13th with a dismal 9 wins and 13 losses totalling 36 points.
Best 22:
B: Mitch Brown Darren Glass Will Schofield
HB: Beau Waters Eric Mackenzie Shannon Hurn
CEN: Andrew Gaff Scott Selwood Sharrod Wellingham
HF: Mark LeCras Jack Darling Jamie Cripps
F: Josh Hill Josh Kennedy Dean Cox
FOLL: Nic Naitanui Chris Masten Luke Shuey
BENCH: Daniel Kerr Mat Rosa Mark Hutchings
SUB: Andrew Embley
What I would change:
Trade: (Some of these may be unlikely)
Mitch Brown - I see him going to Carlton to get Yarran or to St Kilda [Signed a 3 Year deal]
Matt Priddis - Would be good to trade him to an elite clearance midfielder, this would require a bundle deal.
Delist/Retire: (Although some of these players have had good years so far, I don't see them having an impact next year, all of them are open as trade bait, although I highly doubt any of them will be traded.)
Dean Cox - Probably has another year in him, don't see him playing on after next year.
Adam Selwood - Well past his prime [Retired]
Andrew Embley - Although he has played well this year I don't see him continuing on after this year. [Retired]
Mark Nicoski - Too many injuries [Retired]
Brad Dick - [Retired]
Ashton Hams - [Retired]
What’s been good? Seeing as I can’t just write “nothing” I thought I would scrape the barrel a bit and produce some crappy positives from this year. It's not all doom and gloom I suppose, there have been some really big positives from this year. I’ll start off with our rookie/fringe player development. Bradd Dalziell, Jamie Cripps, Adam Carter, Mark Hutchings, Blayne Wilson, Callum Sinclair and Scott Lycett have all benefitted hugely from our injury list and look set to continue to develop and improve as they continue to get game time.
What’s been bad? I was tempted to just write everything and leave it at that. I biggest disappointment this year for me was our senior players. With players like Daniel Kerr, Nic Naitanui, Sharrod Wellingham, Andrew Embley, Scott Selwood, Shannon Hurn, Beau Waters, Mark LeCras, Sam Butler, Matt Rosa, Mark Nicoski, Will Schofield and Luke Shuey getting injuries throughout the year we never really stood a chance.
What we need:
Coach Replacement: John Worsfold has now left the club and left a gaping hole for somebody to fill. Scott Burns is most likely to get the job at the moment.
Options:
Scott Burns:
Paul Roos: [Signed to Melbourne] damn
A quick, Clearance Machine Midfielder: (Another midfielder) t we have lacked in this department and its cost us. Priddis is good, but not good enough for us to build the team around him. His kicking is horrible and speed isn't the best, simply put he isn't good enough to build a team around. Obviously there's several ways we could go about this. Option one being attempting to recruit a rookie and option two attempting to trade for a solid player.
Options:
Dustin Martin: An extremely talented football player with the ability to dominate games. Big question marks over his fitness and lifestyle.
Dom Sheed: Dom Sheed is a well developed midfielder. He has a good inside game, he is willing to work hard for his own ball. His outside game is also very good with the ability to run hard to receive the ball. His extremely talented by foot and rarely makes a mistake. Dom would slot in nicely to our current midfield, which could do with an injection of pace like his.
Reece Conca: Reece Conca is a W.A boy who
Darren Glass/Mitch Brown Replacement: With Darren Glass' career coming to an end and Mitch Brown being trade bait our backline lacks dearly. I don't believe our rookies are ready to replace Glass/Brown at this stage so I see us needing another experienced defender. EDIT: Mitch Brown signed.
Free Agent Targets:
Reece Conca:
Lance Franklin -
Dale Thomas -
Adam Cooney -
Colin Sylvia -
Trade Targets: With all our retirements and the possibility of a few players being delisted we have to be cashed up which makes it possible that we might make a splash come October.
Dustin Martin: (C&P from above)
Chris Yarran: Yarran is a West Australian boy, who has reportedly been offered a deal to come home. He super quick and exciting to watch. Doesn't really fix our current problems in the midfield but his injection of pace will benefit us greatly.
Draft Targets: (This depends on whether we keep or trade our pick)
#1 - Bontempelli: Marcus Bontempelli is an tall athletic midfielder with good pace and endurance for his height. He can play through the backline, or push forward if needed. Still plenty of development left in him which makes him an exciting prospect. Marcus is the sort of player we need, a quick ball carrier with good foot-skills.
#2 - Sheed: (C&P from above) Dom Sheed is a well developed midfielder. He has a good inside game, he is willing to work hard for his own ball. His outside game is also very good with the ability to run hard to receive the ball. His extremely talented by foot and rarely makes a mistake. Dom would slot in nicely to our current midfield, which could do with an injection of pace like his.
#3 -Billings: Jack Billings is a standout with his kicking. He has the ability to go to right if needed and kick it comfortably or he can use his left just as well. He can spot someone up inside the forward fifty or go forward himself and use his overhead marking ability to become a presence.
#4 -
#5 -
Thats it for the review now onto the preview.
Next years prediction: I think that we have the capacity to be a top 4 side again, if we handle the draft/trade period correctly. Acquiring the right talents will see us easily burst back into the top 4 whereas a poor off-season may see us only just scraping into the top eight. I don't see us missing the finals next year and I definitely don't think we will see a repeat of this (Last) year, if everyones fit.
All Australian Players:
Still working on the 2014 preview part
