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[QUOTE="DangerSloane, post: 34146833, member: 133301]
Given the loss of draft picks previously, we badly need to get some more 18 year old talent through the door to set up for the future.
Its hilarious to watch the people that want us to blindly play the kids be the same people that want us to trade our first round pick every bloody season.[/QUOTE]
As the founding member and President of the "Play the KIDS" Society I refute this allegation.
Do teams need 2 gorilla defenders? Whilst it hurts like hell when Witts out marks the opposition defenders in the goal square once or twice a season, relatively few goals are kicked from contested marks. There are many more goals kicked from players getting free over the back due to the lack of pace of the chasing defender. The way the game is being played at the moment, it will be a while before we see a 190 cm, 98 Kg key defender challenging for an all Australian spot.
The first thing I would do is to give Hartigan and Luke Thompson an opportunity to show what they have to offer over the last 6 weeks of the season. I agree that we can trade in good quality 2nd/3rd tall defenders without spending a fortune (check out what Sydney have done over the years). If your going to trade high draft picks it should be for a key forward or a gun midfielder. I am comfortable building a forward line around Tex, JJ, Ranga and Eddie and we have more than enough inside midfielders. The recruitment of Eddie and Charlie has fixed up our greatest weakness in recent seasons.
I would use our first pick (9 - 12) on the best outside midfielder we can find and I wouldn't complain if we did the same with our second pick.
Given the loss of draft picks previously, we badly need to get some more 18 year old talent through the door to set up for the future.
Its hilarious to watch the people that want us to blindly play the kids be the same people that want us to trade our first round pick every bloody season.[/QUOTE]
As the founding member and President of the "Play the KIDS" Society I refute this allegation.
Do teams need 2 gorilla defenders? Whilst it hurts like hell when Witts out marks the opposition defenders in the goal square once or twice a season, relatively few goals are kicked from contested marks. There are many more goals kicked from players getting free over the back due to the lack of pace of the chasing defender. The way the game is being played at the moment, it will be a while before we see a 190 cm, 98 Kg key defender challenging for an all Australian spot.
The first thing I would do is to give Hartigan and Luke Thompson an opportunity to show what they have to offer over the last 6 weeks of the season. I agree that we can trade in good quality 2nd/3rd tall defenders without spending a fortune (check out what Sydney have done over the years). If your going to trade high draft picks it should be for a key forward or a gun midfielder. I am comfortable building a forward line around Tex, JJ, Ranga and Eddie and we have more than enough inside midfielders. The recruitment of Eddie and Charlie has fixed up our greatest weakness in recent seasons.
I would use our first pick (9 - 12) on the best outside midfielder we can find and I wouldn't complain if we did the same with our second pick.

