My wish list this draft.
Luke Jackson- more than happy to take a ruckman this draft. And he seems to be a good one. I like the idea of him growing and developing with our next gen of mids. Get that combination started early. Jackson could be around at our first or second pick. I am one that doesnt think we need to trade into the club a mature ruck to cover martins retirement, ceglar has been spoken about in the trade thread. i think the way martin has played this year and the last, he has a cpl of good years left in him. By then big O will be no1 ruck, ballenden has potential to be a ruck/rwd, archie smith could still be a pure ruckman.
Will Gould- a 191cm rebounding/intercept defender from S.A. He has played a good deal of sanfl this year against grown men and has performed well with good stats (cant remember them off hand but i think his disposal efficiency was around the 87% mark and i think his tackle average was good too). Just the type of player we need.
I dont think we will drafting more than our 3 required by the afl cos i dont think there will be a large player turnover this year and i think we will be trading for 2 or 3 depth/best 22, young Ah Chee from suns eg. So with our third pick happy to go with best available mid or sm fwd.
Luke Jackson- more than happy to take a ruckman this draft. And he seems to be a good one. I like the idea of him growing and developing with our next gen of mids. Get that combination started early. Jackson could be around at our first or second pick. I am one that doesnt think we need to trade into the club a mature ruck to cover martins retirement, ceglar has been spoken about in the trade thread. i think the way martin has played this year and the last, he has a cpl of good years left in him. By then big O will be no1 ruck, ballenden has potential to be a ruck/rwd, archie smith could still be a pure ruckman.
Will Gould- a 191cm rebounding/intercept defender from S.A. He has played a good deal of sanfl this year against grown men and has performed well with good stats (cant remember them off hand but i think his disposal efficiency was around the 87% mark and i think his tackle average was good too). Just the type of player we need.
I dont think we will drafting more than our 3 required by the afl cos i dont think there will be a large player turnover this year and i think we will be trading for 2 or 3 depth/best 22, young Ah Chee from suns eg. So with our third pick happy to go with best available mid or sm fwd.