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now that scott is openly admitting we are going through a complete rebuild i thought it would be interesting to see how our list is progressing to a serious tilt at the flag in 4 years time. i do not think we have the talent to push for a flag between now and then. there is going to be signification drop off when the likes of hayes, milne, reiwoldt, fisher, dal santo, montagna retire/age further.
so i started to lock players into positions for the 2017 side that have at least shown signification signs that they will be ready to play that position. the one rule i had was that no player can be older than 29 in 2017. heres side i could lock in:
B Geary (29) FB BP
HB Roberton (26) CHB HB
C Newnes (24) Armitage (29) Steven (27)
HF HF CHF Siposs (24)
F Saad (28) FF Stanley (26)
R McEvoy (28) RR ROV
I/C/SUB
we are seriously lacking some quality midfield talent coming through. i do not think we have any game winning mids that we can say right now have shown signs of becoming that player. its crucial that we start uncovering more A grade midfield talent.
likewise we have massive holes when it comes to FB/CHB. our best options are probably ferguson and lever. ferguson is probably more suited to a third tall or off HBF and who knows when it comes to lever. our best option is probably to recruit a CHB and FB who will be ready for 2017. nathan and or mitch brown would be a good get and would be 29 in 2017. but i think we still need to draft kids to potentially fill these gaps in 3-4 years time.
the other hole is CHF and FF. white and lee are our two available options now. lee is more of a HFF though than a CHF or FF. i can see us drafting another tall kid or two over the next two years to give us depth in this position. in the meantime i think beau will be used to cover the FF position.
i'd be very interested to hear from other supporters to see when they think we can challenge for a flag again and where they think the list will be at
so i started to lock players into positions for the 2017 side that have at least shown signification signs that they will be ready to play that position. the one rule i had was that no player can be older than 29 in 2017. heres side i could lock in:
B Geary (29) FB BP
HB Roberton (26) CHB HB
C Newnes (24) Armitage (29) Steven (27)
HF HF CHF Siposs (24)
F Saad (28) FF Stanley (26)
R McEvoy (28) RR ROV
I/C/SUB
we are seriously lacking some quality midfield talent coming through. i do not think we have any game winning mids that we can say right now have shown signs of becoming that player. its crucial that we start uncovering more A grade midfield talent.
likewise we have massive holes when it comes to FB/CHB. our best options are probably ferguson and lever. ferguson is probably more suited to a third tall or off HBF and who knows when it comes to lever. our best option is probably to recruit a CHB and FB who will be ready for 2017. nathan and or mitch brown would be a good get and would be 29 in 2017. but i think we still need to draft kids to potentially fill these gaps in 3-4 years time.
the other hole is CHF and FF. white and lee are our two available options now. lee is more of a HFF though than a CHF or FF. i can see us drafting another tall kid or two over the next two years to give us depth in this position. in the meantime i think beau will be used to cover the FF position.
i'd be very interested to hear from other supporters to see when they think we can challenge for a flag again and where they think the list will be at

