Best from 2000 Draft?

[Tarkyn_24]

Not really but I want Freo supporters to feel bad about themselves

 

[Eagle87]

Continue? You mean "a team with a great midfield and crap forwards won a premiership."

Kangas 1999 - Carey
Essendon 2000 - Lloyd
Brisbane 2001/2002/2003 - Brown, Lynch
Port 2004 - Tredrea
Sydney 2005 - Hall

Several of these players were well held in the GF's or were useful role players. But my point remains, as St Kilda would still have outstanding forwards in Gehrig & Kosi if they didnt have Riewoldt.

Would they be better off loading up in the middle (where they are slowish and have less depth when compared with the better sides). With the midfield I have suggested + Gehrig & Kosi they would romp home in finals. They arent romping home with Riewoldt.....

 

[DapperDon]

Not really but I want Freo supporters to feel bad about themselves

Fremantle the kings of trade week..... how many seasons until they give Tarrant back for a mid 40's pick?

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Fremantle the kings of trade week..... how many seasons until they give Tarrant back for a mid 40's pick?

1 season

 

[mad-saint-guy]

Several of these players were well held in the GF's or were useful role players. But my point remains, as St Kilda would still have outstanding forwards in Gehrig & Kosi if they didnt have Riewoldt.

Would they be better off loading up in the middle (where they are slowish and have less depth when compared with the better sides). With the midfield I have suggested + Gehrig & Kosi they would romp home in finals. They arent romping home with Riewoldt.....

The thing is, usually two of Kosi, Roo, G and Hamill are injured, leaving us just two key forwards. We had all of them in the final against Melbourne but by the end of the game, Riewoldt was the only one that could still stand and he hurt himself in the first half!

So I believe that if we actually had them all fit and firing we would "romp home in the finals" but yes, we would still romp home if you took out Riewoldt and Hamill and replaced them with Judd and S.Burgoyne.

It's basically this

B: S.Fisher, Hudghton, Baker
HB: Gram, Maguire, X.Clarke
C: Goddard, Hayes, Montagna
HF: Hamill, Riewoldt, Harvey
F: Koschitzke, Gehrig, Milne

Foll: Gardiner, Ball, Dal Santo
Int: Armitage, Birss, M.Clarke, Voss

Compared to

B: S.Fisher, Hudghton, Baker
HB: Gram, Maguire, X.Clarke
C: Dal Santo, Hayes, S.Burgoyne
HF: Goddard, Koschitzke, Harvey
F: Brooks, Gehrig, Milne

Foll: Gardiner, Judd, Ball
Int: M.Clarke, R.Clarke, Montagna, Voss

Not really a huge difference, but if everyone was fit and well I'd back the Judd/Burgoyne team. If all was as usual and two of our key forwards were injured (Leaving Brooks to take FF and Watts at CHF) you'd have to go for the real team.

 

[J-Ro-20]

... and yet teams with great midfields continue to win premierships.

The fact is St Kildas list is regarded highly because they have so many big name talls/forwards and yet it has done them little good. My question is would St Kilda have done better without Hamill and Riewoldt and with say Kerr & Judd?

There midfield would then have Ball, Judd, Kerr, Hayes, Dal Santo, Harvey etc - they would still have Gehrig, Kosi and whoever else.

The key is balance and the balance these days is weighted towards runners. Maybe a star midfielder is as important as a star forward. I mean would you take Riewoldt or Judd?

.... and Kerr isnt that far behind Judd.

Just a thought.

The National Draft provides clubs with mostly mid fielders, the rank of the pick is an indication of how far advanced these kids are. Forwards are rare, and like bigman ruckman these are key necessities for a club to improve their spine. Clubs nowadays yes are always after midfielders but one player wont improve a team dramatically, if you build a core of talented kids you can turn them into elite midfielders with the right programs. A natural gifted forward is a gift from the heavens above. Just ask God (Gary Ablett)!

 

[J-Ro-20]

Several of these players were well held in the GF's or were useful role players. But my point remains, as St Kilda would still have outstanding forwards in Gehrig & Kosi if they didnt have Riewoldt.

Would they be better off loading up in the middle (where they are slowish and have less depth when compared with the better sides). With the midfield I have suggested + Gehrig & Kosi they would romp home in finals. They arent romping home with Riewoldt.....

CHF is thehardest position in the game. Kosi and Gehrig wouldnt do half the amount of running and leading Riewoldt does. His work rate is amongst the midfielders. Kevin Sheedy knows this and hence turned Lloyd into a forward who leads outside of the 50 instead of sitting in the goals one on one like the forwards of the 80s and 90's

 

[Wizard]

Daniel Kerr, the guy is as tough as an old pair of boots.

Between Kosi and Riewoldt obviously you would take Riewoldt, but when he is up and running Kosi is a better footballer.

 

[Wizard]

The National Draft provides clubs with mostly mid fielders, the rank of the pick is an indication of how far advanced these kids are. Forwards are rare, and like bigman ruckman these are key necessities for a club to improve their spine. Clubs nowadays yes are always after midfielders but one player wont improve a team dramatically, if you build a core of talented kids you can turn them into elite midfielders with the right programs. A natural gifted forward is a gift from the heavens above. Just ask God (Gary Ablett)!

Rodge hows is hanging mate. Remember God played 50% or his career as a wingman/HFF.

 

[J-Ro-20]

Rodge hows is hanging mate. Remember God played 50% or his career as a wingman/HFF.

Hey man your from Waiks? Who are you? Is this Jeff Farmer the wiz or Gandolf?

 

[Yze_13]

Kerr for Me