Shaz2012
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- Sep 15, 2012
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We seem to be 1 of the only clubs in the league not to do a complete rebuild in The last 20 years.
The list we have currently is not deep enough to win a premiership in the next 4 years imo and imo we will lose our best players/leaders in that time period. If we don't do a rebuild now I fear for what our team will look like in 2023.
The players we will lose between now and the start of 2023 will be imo:
Eddie betts
Taylor walker
Rory Sloane
Josh Jenkins
Tom lynch
Bryce gibbs
Talia
Mackay
Hartigan
Jacobs
Otten
Douglas
With quite a few more on the edge. If we can't win a premiershio in the next 4 years we are wasting time by not doing a rebuild now.
Thoughts?
I'm not going to dismiss this outright. I think its a fair question that we should be asking ourselves every year. As it stands we are pretty much having a mini-rebuild at the moment. Due to Lever and Gov departures we have 4 very good picks. I don't think you can really add more than 4 top end talents in a single year anyway. The real problem will not be our list so much as giving opportunities to these 4 kids, along with our other young players.
You can remove Mackay, Hartigan, Otten and Douglas as I don't think they are best 22 anymore anyway. Sauce needs replacing and I feel the club has dropped the ball here. It could cost us next year.
I think we already have replacements lined up for Tex and JJ in Fog and EH. I am thrilled with what we have waiting in the wings.
We do need to look at adding an elite KPD to replace Talia, but he still has a few years left at the top level. I'd draft Ben King if he fell to us, or look at a rookie like Grundy.
I think Eddie and Lynch are quite difficult to simply replace. Unique players imo. With any luck we will get back Rankine and Luko in a few years time, but I am not expecting that. Eddie is an all time great in his role. Can't expect the club to snap its fingers and replace him.
But where I agree with you is looking at our midfield stocks. We dont have a lot on our list that can fill the void in terms of quality. Hopefully we draft to meet this need.