I think when the club announced a "brutal trade period" is going to be interesting. If we are a "no nonsense football club" then some major changes are ahead. We will get an attacking team. If we don't then we will have egg on our face.
I have just finished watching the R23, Qualifying and Prelim games.
Don't get me wrong i bleed purple and a some of the guys below are favorites, even my buddy is on the list.
Guys that we should move:
Hannath,
Guys we could package up for deals:
Sutty - Currency. SA clubs might get a pick upgrade
Clarke - Currency. Luey is on his way to the Dees. Bulldogs, Dees pick upgrade?
Clancee - Currency. Quicker than he looks, is a bullet kick, ready made
Suban - Currency. Is a good player. But, we have too many GOOD players. We need a couple of other GREAT players.
Barlow - Currency. Ready made tall inside midfielder
DeBoer - Currency. Ready made, hard as nails, Inside mid/tagger/defensive forward.
Duffield - Currency. Ready made HBF, good kick
Mayne - Currency. Ready made 3rd tall
Muzungu - Currency. Ready made utility
How good would it be, if Hogan was to announce he wants to come home? Probably won't happen. Maybe next year. Raid the 2 best young forwards in the game.They are both ready made, young, from WA, Freo supporter guns + Bennell - Peel boy.
I'd like to get McCarthy this year for our 1st pick and 2nd pick upgrade (Clarke + our 2nd to Melbourne for their 2nd rounder). Take it or leave it. He will be home in 3 years (so will Hogan). The teams they grew up barracking for are top 4 in the comp. They have seen huge success.
Bennell i'd give next years 1st to GC. That's really a bargain if it pays off.
Pav will go on if we get him help. He didn't take many marks i50, but kicked a few. What he did though was continually bring the ball to ground for Walters and Ballaz. Not many can out body him.
Black is on the cards now, as is StevieJ (who i would just love to see line-up next to Ballaz - that would be mayhem).
We need goal kicking power. We were going to gets Schulz, so age isn't a factor. Get Stevie J, Bennell, Fyfe in the froward line.