Good Ross Lyon sides had:
An elite KPP at each end
2-3 inside mids that are or are close to elite
Elite kick from half back
2 gun small forwards
Gun ruckman
At least two servicable wingmen
Zac Dawson
It's clear we don't have all that atm.
1. Hogan and ?Pearce?
2. Fyfe and ?Mundy? OR ?Cerra? OR ?Brayshaw? OR ?Blakely?
3. Wilson
4. Walters and ?Switkowski? OR ?Matera?
5. Sandilands or Darcy or Lobb
6. ?S. Hill? and ?B.Hill?
7. Joel Hamling
4 and 6 seems the the most uncertain or unlikely (Im willing to hypothesise that the centre mids will recover quickly because we have dome strong looking youngsters there).
The thing with the wingmen is that we have a heap of speedy gut runners (Hills, Brayshaw, Langdon etc.) but not players that are dangerous either in the air or consistent by foot; as Mark Duffield in the West said, we probably don't have the luxury of having enough skilled midfielders to play Cerra as a defender.
I am worried about Switkowski becoming the next Ruffles, Matera is wearing my patience, Giro is more a midfielder, Crowden started with a burst and has not come back the way I would like yet, not going to judge Shultz until he has played but probably needs to starting getting games. I also like McCarthy and Cox as a possible tall "small forwards" (ie good when the ball is on the ground, pressure acts etc.) but want to see a bit more and with Cox that's also two slowish forwards (if the other is Walters) which worries me. I also think Sturt is an upcoming option.
I have left Bennell out of the above for obvious reasons and assumed that when it comes to it Walters will play more forward.