On Lloyd, I think we could comfortably fit him in the backline without forcing out anyone important.
Lloyd, Marchbank, Plowman
Docherty, Weitering, Williamson
Byrne on the interchange.
Jones or Rowe come in for Byrne if we come up against a side that has a particularly tall forward line, and Willo moves up the ground.
The bigger question is what we'd have to trade for him and whether there would be a more appropriate acquisition we could make for the same price. Mids and athletic medium forwards should be higher on our shopping list.
Why is there any debate about Lloyd being in our best 22? He will be our second best running defender behind Doc straight away.
I agree a small/medium forward and mids are the highest priority, but we should get another good running defender if available...it's a higher priority than people think.
Simmo is retiring this year or next and is on the decline anyway.
Thomas has done OK this year but we would want him out of the backline if possible.
Doc is the obvious gun but coming off a knee reco.
Byrne is injury prone and not proven.
Willo looks good but 2nd year player and missing a whole year of footy.
Mullett is depth.
Schumacher and McDaid are completely unproven and look very raw.
So in my eyes we only really have Doc, Willo and Byrne and they are all coming off an injury plagued year.
I reckon our 2019 2nd gets the deal done (Sydney won't love it but begrudgingly accept imo...they gave up Mitchell for pick 14 with little fight) and i would definitely do that.