Why is Joey our #1 midfielder to stop? Not Jack.
Because he is the most damaging... Before that it was Dal, and BJ... Before that Lenny.
Jack has got elite a attribute and flaws.... But he is a quality AFL mid regardless
Armo, I would hate to see go... He is a warrior.... We are a worse team without him... He could lead this midfield until we are a contender.... He is our modern day Greg Burns.
His growth suggests captaincy before Luke D for me...
You wouldn't have let BJ or Dal go… & certainly wouldn't have traded McEvoy out.
Which would mean that we currently don't have Lee, Hickey, White, Wright, Dunstan, Acres, Longer, Savage etc
But on the other hand you often reflect on how poor our recruiting has been for so many years.
Adding one good player per year isn't going to see us rise up the ladder. Because of these well publicised drafting errors we need to make some serious moves to regenerate the list… not every player we select will make it, but we need to take some risks or we'll be in no-mans land for a decade like Carlton have been.
We all hate to see great players pushed out of the club & ideally it never happens, but our list was completely ******… so drastic decisions had and still have to be made.
I don't want to get into a slanging match with you marto, but I do think you will enjoy it when we have a superb list in 5 years time.