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We are playing terrible football but it starts with these 2 fellows, would there be any worse ruckmen playing at the minute then what's these 2 guys are putting out? Clarke has been appalling for a number of years now and think his knees have largely contributed to his growth and confidence as a footballer because a number of years back he looked real promising and Griffin since his knee recon has never been the same. So we have Sandy but he is really getting long in the tooth but may still be good for 1/2 years.
As important as it is to get a forward, it is also vital to draft a young tall ruckman type to develop, if we don't we are going to have serious issues in a few years. We need to get talls and quite a few of them, forget about this "best available highest ranked player” if he isn't a tall, we have enough midfielders.
Our first target is a CHF, targeting Hogan is a priority but I would only give our first draft pick and nothing more (it’s likely to be very high), we can’t afford to give away our picks especially if we get low picks, we need them for drafting, I would only part with our third pick for McCarthy which is still likely to be a low pick.
We then also need to get a key tall back man in the draft. So our priority in the draft should be 1. CHF (Hogan or draft a young tall) 2. Ruckman (draft) 3. FFW (McCarthy or draft a young tall) 4. A key FB to be drafted.
Our first 4 picks should be for the best talls in the draft discounted only by 2 if we land Hogan & McCarthy. It wouldn’t hurt to get an extra 1 or 2 more though, especially if they have speed and get to join Fyfe as a tall midfield option.
McCarthy (only 192cm) is really only a Gunston/Stringer type full forward but we still need a bigger stronger option at CHF like Hogan.
Once all our injured players return ,we can built a strong team once again, hopefully in a very short period of time….starting next year
The main subject in this thread is that we need to develop a new ruckman just as important as it to get Hogan or similar.
As important as it is to get a forward, it is also vital to draft a young tall ruckman type to develop, if we don't we are going to have serious issues in a few years. We need to get talls and quite a few of them, forget about this "best available highest ranked player” if he isn't a tall, we have enough midfielders.
Our first target is a CHF, targeting Hogan is a priority but I would only give our first draft pick and nothing more (it’s likely to be very high), we can’t afford to give away our picks especially if we get low picks, we need them for drafting, I would only part with our third pick for McCarthy which is still likely to be a low pick.
We then also need to get a key tall back man in the draft. So our priority in the draft should be 1. CHF (Hogan or draft a young tall) 2. Ruckman (draft) 3. FFW (McCarthy or draft a young tall) 4. A key FB to be drafted.
Our first 4 picks should be for the best talls in the draft discounted only by 2 if we land Hogan & McCarthy. It wouldn’t hurt to get an extra 1 or 2 more though, especially if they have speed and get to join Fyfe as a tall midfield option.
McCarthy (only 192cm) is really only a Gunston/Stringer type full forward but we still need a bigger stronger option at CHF like Hogan.
Once all our injured players return ,we can built a strong team once again, hopefully in a very short period of time….starting next year
The main subject in this thread is that we need to develop a new ruckman just as important as it to get Hogan or similar.
