St kilda need to trade aggressively. The current team is not going to improve, there are only 4 non tradeables:
Riewoldt
Hayes
S Fisher
Kosi
The problem is, players like the clarkes, ball, maguire, dal santo have lost their currency and are seen as damaged goods.
St Kilda need to aggressively go after paul haselby who will be on the market this season and brent reilly type players with polish
laughable. del santo, for one, was a huge target from carlton. Would not want to trade many people, perhaps some fringe players.
Our form has been good over the last half of the season, now we are more familiar with our new game plan.
This is not really the time to be defending us after missing the finals, but if we can get some more fitness together with a full preseason, we will be able to have some legs left in the last quarter. That will give us another three to four wins next season.
Goddard will be back, there is the polish and maybe even Gardiner, and maybe,maybe even Hamill. That is not a bad three ins.
We need another backman to cover Max, McGuire has a busted leg so is still recovering and will be better.
Harvey's and Gehrig's decisions will be important for the trade, but not crucial.
It is not dire straights yet, and I am sure StKildadon is sick of putting up the age stats on our core group, but it is still okay.