Strategy Planning for 2019

[Wizard17]

Our first problem is we have way too many key position/ruckmen. Sixteen, over a third of our list play tall.
Campbell
Boyd
Trengove
English
Collins
Young
Naughton
Schache
Redpath
Cordy
Roughead
Roberts
Adams
Wood
Biggs
Morris

Wood, Biggs & Morris can also play on mid size.
The next problem is how many of them are actually any good.
Cordy, Naughton & Young show very good potential. The rest have serious limitations.
With Picken & Dale unavailable our reserves mids are down to 3 possibles Wallis, Jong, Webb based on last weeks VFL team.

We need to unload a minimum of 3 of the above and replace with on ball running midfielders also any mid size player has to be replaced with another mid.

and we have 17 players who play in defence and only about 8 who are forwards and 3 of those are probably going to be too old for our next tilt. Also all but 2 of our more pure inside mids are OCC and of the two that aren't one has been played mostly as a marking forward and the other was taken with pick 70ish in last years draft.

We need about 2 good trade periods/drafts to fix up the problems on our list.

 

[The Original Swooper]

I’m working backwards. Establishing who on our list would be almost indisputable best 22. The gaps then show. Strategies needed to fill them up. Certain players who when fit would be best 22 are not included, as this is a team looking forward.

BACKLINE.
I see little problem with establishing an A grade back half using current stock

Williams. Has stood up this year. Entrenched
Trengove. Has his knockers, but solely as KPD I like what he brings. Haven’t seen the best with multiple roles in 2018. Experience invaluable with young talls.
Cordy. Use as third tall. Reads play well. Intimidates.
Wood and JJ. Classy flankers who offer great run.
Naughton. I’ve seen enough to suggest he’s a 10 year KPD.

RUCK
This is easy. Ready or not, he must be the man. Possibly the best potential ruckman we have seen.
English.

MIDS
Selected as their PRIMARY role. 2 inside. 2 outside. And a GOAT.
Bont. & Macrae. No need to qualify either.
Libber & West. Libber is our best clearance beast when fit. West is ours if wanted and needed. Yes to both. Have a few others who can fill in whilst he develops named on bench and as forwards. West may be bench material, but looking forward should and could be best 22.
???? That pacy, elite disposal mid with burst potential we need to feed the forwards.

Depth. As forwards and bench players will fill rotation spots, depth is non selected players.

FORWARDS
Opting for 2 KPF , 2 mid size, 2 Smalls. Our coach insists on flexibility, so rotating Ruck, and mids have to be put in here.
Boyd & Schache. We’ve made the investment. Time to stick by it. Both can pinch hit ruck, prefer Boyd for this and English will he dangerous resting and maintain structure.
Maclean & Dale. Both good overhead, both have goal sense. Dale needs to lift his defensive acts, or he will be excluded from this team.
Dahlhaus & Lipinski. Dal here will be questioned due to his kicking woes. But his defensive pressure, intent and desire unquestionable. Lippy has shown enough goal sense and ability to pop up in the right place at the right time.

INTERCHANGE
Hunter. Accumulator as a mid. Needs to tweak his goal scoring as a forward
Richards. Love this kid. And in time will become a valuable play anywhere type
Wallis. Forget current stand off. He is an inside beast when on song and we know it.
Dunkley possibly contentious, but if used as inside muscle and occasional mid forward offers flexibility.

So my 22 has 20 current players, an assumed recruit, and a hired gun opening.

MUST KEEP DEPTH
Young Can slot in if we lose a tall defender
Daniel. Arguably best 22 will keep Dunkley, West et al honest.
R.Smith. Like what I’ve seen. Club has had patience, seems sillly not to persevere now.

NOT FUSSED. (Handy types, Who if we are offered something for won’t be overly missed)
Suckling. Polarising type. Definitely has tricks. Definitely has flaws.
Crozier. Depth cover for JJ, Wood, Williams Richards and R Smith but that’s a decent queue
C.Smith. Will he ever get back to ‘16 form. Doubt it.
Greene. I’ll defer to those who rap him that have seen him play.
Roberts. Loyal. Versatile. And a Premiership player. No star.
Redpath. Future lies with flexible KPF. He’s not. But if happy at VFL, is handy back up if Boyd or Schache go down
Roughead. Doesn’t quite fit in anywhere. But either him or TC need to be kept as insurance.
Adams. Injury free might be good for 6 games. No doubting his ability. It’s durability he needs
The next two WILL be missed, but if it’s next gen we are talking, these guys unlikely to be a part of.
Moz. Love him. But when does he hinder development of next gen ? Next season imho.
Picken. If his health comes good and it doesn’t impact his playing style he is elevated without Q. If not, he’ll remain a club icon ! I’d rather he protects himself from himself and retires.

So if you are not listed in the 23 required players you may be part of a grand scheme to get Mr Hired Gun, and making way for Mr West. If you don’t at least make the Not Fussed list, ummm, your goneski !
Campbell may have a smidge of trade currency, Dickson is succumbing to injuries, Biggs, Honey and Jong may have small change currency.

I’m not up to speed on the machinations of the draft, points, etc., so I’ll leave it to those more qualified to go find my gun !

Cheers.

 

[godoggies15]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-06-06/podcast-who-will-the-dogs-be-targeting-this-year

Sam power on AFL podcast

 

[joel_billo]

Anyone summarise the podcast?

 

[Golden_6]

Anyone summarise the podcast?

From the list management thread:

http://m.afl.com.au/draft/road-to-the-draft

On Sam himself, he seemed very calm and controlled. Didnt make a misstep.

Libba wont be done till back end of yr. Comfortable with that. Discussions re Bont ongoing. Relaxed.

Re Wallis and Rough he said the the right things, it was just a cautious tone thing, whereas Dahl he was more expansive and seemingly definitivly keen to retain. Others may differ.

Seems likely to upgrade Gowers. Did specifically say Billy had matured. Seemed like he will back Schache and Boyd in. Did unprompted say Schache is more settled back home.

Re young talent he kept his cards close to his chest. Did acknowledge ball use and inside fifty conversion an issue on our list. Didnt say much about West but sounded like we are likely to take him

Also made an unprompted comment that we've historically been relatively inactive in FA and trade market. Just got the feeling that this trade period he will seek to be more active in this space.

If i was to hazard a guess (and its a big extrapolation)

- Rough and Wallis on thin ice
- Dahl and Libba much safer
- gowers upgraded
- will take a balanced recruitment approach, ie did not give anything away. But did acknowledge ball use and fwd conversion an issue
- will be more aggressive in targeting players via FA and trade

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Re-sign
Matt Suckling - two years, slightly above average wage
Tom Liberatore - two years with trigger for third, slightly above average wage
Fergus Greene - one year with second year trigger, below average wage
Clay Smith - one year with second year trigger, below average wage
Billy Gowers (upgrade) - three years, average wage
Roarke Smith (retain as rookie) - one year, rookie wage

Trade
Tom Campbell - Saw him at Afghan Gallery the other night. Large lad. This isn't relevant at all. Anyway, we aren't going to play him and I think he's AFL standard. He needs to get out to salvage his career and there's no point us paying him to play VFL eternally. Sydney, GWS, Carlton, Essendon, Geelong, Saints...plenty of teams who should be at least somewhat interested. Third rounder likely price.
Shane Biggs - I don't want to dispose of too many mature players but we're overloaded in defence and he can't seem to force his way back in. He makes way in a quest to get back into the draft. I think he'd still maintain value to a side who's looking for some mature rebound and capacity to play above his height; potentially a late second/early third. Never forget.

Trade Bait
Kieran Collins/Fletcher Roberts - I think one of these lads needs to come off the list. One is experienced and a known quality, one inexperienced and has the potential to be a much better player than Fletch. Right now Fletch leads the race for this spot, but I think ideally I'd prefer to keep Collins as Trengove can plug holes in defence if required, ably supported by an inexperienced but capable cast that maintains the ability to play smaller if required. I don't think Roberts as a forward will stick anywhere other than at VFL level. Anyway, depending on how the end of the year plays out, at this stage I'd dangle them both as trades and see what eventuates. I would probably delist and aim to rookie one if all else fails but I think somebody would bite at either of them for a middling price.
Lukas Webb - he's not going to make it at the Dogs. He has some AFL attributes but lacking in areas that we require him to be strong in. Other clubs may have more luck. If we can eek out a late pick with a few academy/FS points attached to it I'd be stoked, otherwise I'd be content to delist and move on.
Lin Jong - see what other clubs are prepared to offer. Happy to re-sign if all else fails. Mature depth, which I'm mindful to keep to some extent. Think he probably gets retained on a one or two year deal.
Mitch Honeychurch - see Jong.

Delist
Brad Lynch (R) - not up to it
Nathan Mullenger-McHugh (R) - not up to it

Retire
Dale Morris - I think he'll call it quits but wouldn't be against having him for one more year. Many tears will be shed.

Status Unknown
Mitch Wallis - would prefer to retain but it depends on the offer and his state of mind. I wouldn't be matching anything significantly above AFL average wage. I think leaving is the most likely at this stage.
Jordan Roughead - see Wallis. I think he'll leave.
Luke Dahlhaus - would match offers for a higher price than Wallis but his form is a concern. Not sure if he's carrying anything. Would like to retain him but it's dependent on what the offers are like. I lean towards thinking he'll stay.
Tory Dickson - really torn here, I think I'd like to keep him around for now but his body is well cooked. I think he has earned the right to make the call himself. If he doesn't retire, re-sign.
Liam Picken - situation speaks for itself. Track over the rest of the year. Would retain if at all feasible/advisable.

Likely outs at this stage: Campbell (T), Biggs (T), Webb (T/D), Roberts/Collins (T), Morris (R), Wallis (FA), Roughead (FA), Lynch (D), Mullenger-McHugh (D)
Likely ins: Gowers (upgrade), pick 5, pick 24 (Wallis FA), pick ~42, pick ~43 (Roughead FA), pick ~61, pick ~63, pick ~79, pick ~97, pick ~115, rookie selection 1, rookie selection 2, rookie selection 3

From here, I'd explore some of the bigger names, like De Goey, Sloane, Lynch (GC), etc, but I wouldn't expect to have much luck. I'd dabble in the idea of Burgoyne for a year with a move into coaching after that. I'd then move down the pecking order and have a look at the likes of Tom Lynch (ADE), Atley, Menzel and potentially someone like Horlin-Smith. After that I'd pursue some low-cost trades for guys like Tyson Stengle or Anthony Miles, off the top of my head. Overall, I'd be pursuing (1) genuine stars that are available as they rarely are - but unlikely to entice them; (2) some low-cost maturity, even if it is depth; and (3) some low-cost young forwards that may end up AFL standard. We won't get all of them here but if we come away with one of them I'd be pretty happy.

Likely outs at this stage: Campbell (T), Biggs (T), Webb (T/D), Roberts/Collins (T), Morris (R), Wallis (FA), Roughead (FA), Lynch (D), Mullenger-McHugh (D)
Likely ins: Gowers (upgrade), pick 5, pick 24 (Wallis FA), pick ~42, pick ~43 (Roughead FA), traded/FA player, pick ~63, pick ~79, pick ~97, pick ~115, rookie selection 1, rookie selection 2, rookie selection 3

From here, unless we manage to grab more of the above players, or get involved in pick swaps, I'd go to the draft.

Pick 5: First priority should be Bailey Smith. From there, Rankine/Hately. Maybe a King if they're clear best available, but I'd be wary given list profile.
Bid on West - pick 15: let's say he's bid on here. We'd have to give up pick 24 and 42, and get 49 back.
Bid on Khamis - pick 23: just a guess, somewhere around here. We'll have to use pick 43 and 49 and get ~70 back.

We'd then have two main list spots left, with the following picks: Pick ~63, pick ~79, rookie selection 1, rookie selection 2, rookie selection 3

I'd probably pass on Chatfield and Dawson unless they are very highly rated and/or we're able to pick them up as academy rookies.

With the remaining picks, I'd target mature mid/forwards like Jye Bolton and Haiden Schloithe and youngish state league forwards like Corey Rich and Liam Fitt. Potentially a prospect key forward or wing in there.

So an example of ins and outs:
OUT: Campbell (T), Biggs (T), Webb (T/D), Roberts/Collins (T), Morris (R), Wallis (FA), Roughead (FA), Lynch (D), Mullenger-McHugh (D)
IN: Gowers (upgrade), traded/FA player, Bailey Smith, Rhylee West, Buku Khamis, Corey Rich, Liam Fitt, Haiden Schloithe, Jye Bolton, prospective player

I've left best 22 out as it's too tough to pick given so many changes/unknowns, particularly with a lot of more mature bodies coming in. But I think this allows us to take three highly-rated kids that have the potential to offer us something, and balance the list more adequately, without haemorrhaging mature bodies.

There would still be some deadweight on the list but I think this would give us a great foundation to cull further in future.

EDIT: just realised I left out the traded in picks. Eh, you get the idea. Can flip around and retain some of the players or have extra picks at the draft. Principle is the same.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

So with my previous post... some of the categorisations are mostly meaningless so let's try to use them as a guide and not as gospel.

BACKLINE

Key Position
Marcus Adams
Aaron Naughton
Zaine Cordy
Jackson Trengove
Kieran Collins/Fletcher Roberts
Lewis Young

Medium Defenders
Easton Wood
Bailey Williams
Hayden Crozier
Buku Khamis

Small Defenders
Roarke Smith

High Defenders
Jason Johannisen
Ed Richards
Matt Suckling

Status: Very sound for the future. Ok in the shorter term but lacking experience. Could use another running, high defender but not a huge priority - maybe use a rookie pick here if an appropriate player is available. Comfortable with this region of the ground.


MIDFIELD

Inside/Outside
Marcus Bontempelli
Jack Macrae
Toby McLean
Lachie Hunter
Bailey Smith

Inside
Tom Liberatore
Luke Dahlhaus
Rhylee West

Outside
Matt Suckling

Mid/Forward
Bailey Dale
Josh Dunkley
Patrick Lipinski
Mitch Honeychurch
Lin Jong
Corey Rich
Haiden Schloithe
Jye Bolton
Trade/FA

Ruckmen
Tim English
Tom Boyd
Jackson Trengove

Status: Needs some skill and speed and the return to form of at least one of our clearance specialists. I think with the changes I've made above this looks a bit sounder, but we could still really use some more class on the outside.


FORWARD LINE

Key Forward
Jack Redpath
Josh Schache
Zaine Cordy
Marcus Adams
Marcus Bontempelli

Forward/Ruck
Tom Boyd
Jackson Trengove
Josh Dunkley
Lin Jong

High Half-Forward
Caleb Daniel
Liam Picken
Matt Suckling

General Forward
Billy Gowers
Tory Dickson
Clay Smith
Fergus Greene
Cal Porter
Liam Fitt
Lachie Hunter
Toby McLean
Hayden Crozier

Status: unproven and not well-versed in kicking goals. Some room for development but it's still an area that we need to improve in. Some of the new recruits listed as mid/forwards may end up better placed as general forwards which would be handy - but the fact remains that we don't have much in the way of proven talent here. If any proven forwards are available we should be in the hunt.

 

[Rambo_Cambo]

At this stage we have 16 players out of contract Matt Suckling and Fergus Greene recently signed 1 year extensions:
Mitch Wallis - FA
Luke Dahlhaus - FA
Tom Campbell
Tom Liberatore
Jordan Roughead - FA
Shane Biggs
Tory Dickson
Dale Morris
Lin Jong
Mitch Honeychurch
Kieran Collins
Clay Smith - Retired
Brad Lynch (R)
Billy Gowers (R)
Roarke Smith (R)
Nathan Mullenger-McHugh (R)

Of the out of contract senior listed players I would resign Wallis for 3 years, Liberatore and Jong for 2 years and get Dale Morris to go around for one more year before retiring at the end of 2019. I would resign all of the rookies on the list as i don't see any gain in delisting any of them and they have all shown enough to warrant another contract. Gowers and Lynch will be upgraded for 2 and 1 year respectively while Roarke Smith and NMM will remain on the rookie list.

Of the remaining out of contract players, Dickson, Biggs and Collins are delisted with Clay Smith retiring earlier in the year.

I will release Dahlhaus and Roughead through free agency, while picking up Daniel Menzel from geelong on a two year deal. This will give a 2nd round draft compensation pick (#25) for Dahlhaus while the Roughead pick is cancelled out by the Menzel acquisition. This leaves us with picks 6, 25, 43, 64, 65 and 80 coming into the trade period.

There were a players that i would target in the trade period:
The main focus would be to bring Aaron Hall across from the gold coast. I would trade Tom Campbell, Mitch Honeychurch and pick #65 to gold coast for Aaron Hall and pick #77.
Nic Newman from Sydney can play all over the ground and would be a good depth option that could easily force his way into the best 22 at the dogs. I think that he would be a good addition and a swap for pick #64 should get the deal done.

I think that we are missing a small, pressure forward on the list. There are a number of possibilities in this area such as Ben Keays from brisbane (still contracted and probably won't move) or one of the geelong smalls (McCarthy, Gregson) or possibly Darcy MacPherson from Gold Coast who could be involved in the Hall trade. However I don't think that any of these players are gettable this trade period so maybe just use the draft to address this area.

Following the trade period where we land Menzel, Hall and Newman, we have picks 6, 25, 43, 77 and 80 to fill three spots on the senior list and then two places on the rookie list. Depending on where other clubs view Buku Khamis we may need to trade a future 3rd or 4th round pick for one this year to cover the points, but if a bid in the 50s comes, there are enough points here to cover it.
Pick #6 - Take either Ben or Max King (whichever is still available) as a tall forward prospect.
I expect a bid for Rhylee West to come at #14 from Hawthorn which would be matched with picks #25 and our pick #43 would slide back to #56
Pick #56 - Buku Khamis
Pick #77 and #80 pass

In the rookie draft i would take a forward with a bit of X-factor such as Matt Parker from South Fremantle, and a mature age ruck prospect. Assuming that both Lachlan Dawson and Josh Chatfield don't get picked in the national draft, they can both be selected as category B rookies from our next generation academy. Chatfield addresses the need for a young pressure forward while Dawson would be midfield depth.

AFL Best 22:
FF: Menzel Boyd Picken
HF: Wallis Schache McLean
C: Hunter Macrae Hall
HB: Williams Cordy Wood
FB: Morris Adams Johannisen
Ruck: Trengove Bontempelli Dunkley
Bench: Gowers Daniel Suckling Crozier

Reserves squad:
FF: Jong M/B.King Greene
HF: Dale Redpath M.Parker
C: Lipinski Newman Richards
HB: Webb Naughton Lynch
FB: Young Roberts R.Smith
Ruck: English Liberatore West
Bench: Khamis NMM Porter Dawson Chatfield ????(Ruckman)

This list has great depth in all areas with Dale and Lipinski as forward cover, Liberatore and Newman as mid cover, English in the ruck and Naughton and Richards as cover in defence. Any of these players are good enough to break into the 22 but the make-up of the team will probably depend on injuries and pre-season form.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my analysis,
Cam

 

[dogwatch]

That's a pretty comprehensive plan Cam. Obviously it's premised on the gettability of pick #25, Menzel and Hall and even then there have been strong arguments for and against both of those players (more arguments against in the case of Menzel IIRC).

Expect some flak on not having Libba in your best 22. You might be the only one here who thinks that way, assuming he's 100% fit and focussed. He was certainly looking good in this year's pre-season.

Same story with Naughton IMO. He'd be in my first 22 even if everybody else on the list is fit. Outstanding prospect and holds his own even on the form he's shown as an 18yo. Will be even better next year. Might say the same of Richards too.

At the end of the day it's just one person's opinion against another. Good effort.

 

[Rambo_Cambo]

That's a pretty comprehensive plan Cam. Obviously it's premised on the gettability of pick #25, Menzel and Hall and even then there have been strong arguments for and against both of those players (more arguments against in the case of Menzel IIRC).

Expect some flak on not having Libba in your best 22. You might be the only one here who thinks that way, assuming he's 100% fit and focussed. He was certainly looking good in this year's pre-season.

Same story with Naughton IMO. He'd be in my first 22 even if everybody else on the list is fit. Outstanding prospect and holds his own even on the form he's shown as an 18yo. Will be even better next year. Might say the same of Richards too.

At the end of the day it's just one person's opinion against another. Good effort.

With the amount of money that rival clubs will be willing to pay Dahl and the length of the contract (3+ years) i reckon that would warrant a 2nd round compo pick which lands at #25. But it could possibly be pushed back to and end of 2nd rounder, in which case there would need to be a swap of draft picks to ensure we have enough points to match the bids for West and Khamis when they come.

Even with Menzel's injury history i just think that he offers so much in terms of goal scoring power which is something we sorely lack at the moment. Plus he would be an absolute bargain signing for what he brings to the club and is not that big a risk due to his low wage and short contract. As for Hall, he is such a classy player with real speed so i think that he would complement the likes of Macrae, Bont, Dunkley, McLean and Wallis as an outside runner on the wing. I think both players are very gettable, although they haven't been linked to us at this stage, and they would be the two players i would target.

The only reason that Libba doesn't make my 22 is that he is coming off the knee and our inside mid stocks are really strong. At the moment I don't see him playing in front of Bont, Macrae, McLean, Dunkley, Wallis or even Daniel because of their flexibility and the form that they have shown at the back end of this year. But there is no reason why he can't force one of these guys out of the team, and he would be in if we don't land Hall during the trade period.

There are two reasons why Naughton doesn't make my 22. The first is that there are already 4 guys in there that can play tall in Adams, Cordy, Morris and Wood. Secondly, although his intercepting is outstanding, his kicking is really poor and often makes critical turnovers in the back half. In the end it was a toss up between him and Cordy (who is also guilty of poor kicking/decisions) for the 2nd key defender spot but I've gone with Cordy because of his experience but its a 50/50. As for Richards, he was also stiff to miss out but I just think that wood, crozier, suckling, williams and jj are ahead for the small/medium defenders positions. Crozier and Williams have been excellent this year so it was down to him and suckling for the last defensive position and i think that suckling is still the better player at the moment.

 

[dogwatch]

Fair enough. As I said it's just our opinions and that's what this board is for.

Fit and firing I'd rate Libba second only to Bont among our midfielders. Whether he gets back to his best is the big question.

 

[Mattdougie]

Wouldn’t touch Menzel for $30

His body is cooked and we have an awful history with injury prone players.

 

[Braybrook Son]

Rourke Smith, Brad Lynch, MM, Roughy, Dickson, Collins have to go. Greene is on our best 22 in our starting 6 forwards next year for mine. Boyd, Schache, Gowers, Greene, Wallis and whoever else is a solid 6 going ahead.

 

[The Inbetweener]

At this stage we have 16 players out of contract Matt Suckling and Fergus Greene recently signed 1 year extensions:
Mitch Wallis - FA
Luke Dahlhaus - FA
Tom Campbell
Tom Liberatore
Jordan Roughead - FA
Shane Biggs
Tory Dickson
Dale Morris
Lin Jong
Mitch Honeychurch
Kieran Collins
Clay Smith - Retired
Brad Lynch (R)
Billy Gowers (R)
Roarke Smith (R)
Nathan Mullenger-McHugh (R)

Of the out of contract senior listed players I would resign Wallis for 3 years, Liberatore and Jong for 2 years and get Dale Morris to go around for one more year before retiring at the end of 2019. I would resign all of the rookies on the list as i don't see any gain in delisting any of them and they have all shown enough to warrant another contract. Gowers and Lynch will be upgraded for 2 and 1 year respectively while Roarke Smith and NMM will remain on the rookie list.

Of the remaining out of contract players, Dickson, Biggs and Collins are delisted with Clay Smith retiring earlier in the year.

I will release Dahlhaus and Roughead through free agency, while picking up Daniel Menzel from geelong on a two year deal. This will give a 2nd round draft compensation pick (#25) for Dahlhaus while the Roughead pick is cancelled out by the Menzel acquisition. This leaves us with picks 6, 25, 43, 64, 65 and 80 coming into the trade period.

There were a players that i would target in the trade period:
The main focus would be to bring Aaron Hall across from the gold coast. I would trade Tom Campbell, Mitch Honeychurch and pick #65 to gold coast for Aaron Hall and pick #77.
Nic Newman from Sydney can play all over the ground and would be a good depth option that could easily force his way into the best 22 at the dogs. I think that he would be a good addition and a swap for pick #64 should get the deal done.

I think that we are missing a small, pressure forward on the list. There are a number of possibilities in this area such as Ben Keays from brisbane (still contracted and probably won't move) or one of the geelong smalls (McCarthy, Gregson) or possibly Darcy MacPherson from Gold Coast who could be involved in the Hall trade. However I don't think that any of these players are gettable this trade period so maybe just use the draft to address this area.

Following the trade period where we land Menzel, Hall and Newman, we have picks 6, 25, 43, 77 and 80 to fill three spots on the senior list and then two places on the rookie list. Depending on where other clubs view Buku Khamis we may need to trade a future 3rd or 4th round pick for one this year to cover the points, but if a bid in the 50s comes, there are enough points here to cover it.
Pick #6 - Take either Ben or Max King (whichever is still available) as a tall forward prospect.
I expect a bid for Rhylee West to come at #14 from Hawthorn which would be matched with picks #25 and our pick #43 would slide back to #56
Pick #56 - Buku Khamis
Pick #77 and #80 pass

In the rookie draft i would take a forward with a bit of X-factor such as Matt Parker from South Fremantle, and a mature age ruck prospect. Assuming that both Lachlan Dawson and Josh Chatfield don't get picked in the national draft, they can both be selected as category B rookies from our next generation academy. Chatfield addresses the need for a young pressure forward while Dawson would be midfield depth.

AFL Best 22:
FF: Menzel Boyd Picken
HF: Wallis Schache McLean
C: Hunter Macrae Hall
HB: Williams Cordy Wood
FB: Morris Adams Johannisen
Ruck: Trengove Bontempelli Dunkley
Bench: Gowers Daniel Suckling Crozier

Reserves squad:
FF: Jong M/B.King Greene
HF: Dale Redpath M.Parker
C: Lipinski Newman Richards
HB: Webb Naughton Lynch
FB: Young Roberts R.Smith
Ruck: English Liberatore West
Bench: Khamis NMM Porter Dawson Chatfield ????(Ruckman)

This list has great depth in all areas with Dale and Lipinski as forward cover, Liberatore and Newman as mid cover, English in the ruck and Naughton and Richards as cover in defence. Any of these players are good enough to break into the 22 but the make-up of the team will probably depend on injuries and pre-season form.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my analysis,
Cam

I thought if you took any FA you lost all possible compo whether you lose one player or two?

 

[Rambo_Cambo]

I thought if you took any FA you lost all possible compo whether you lose one player or two?

No the compensation is based on the net losses and gains through free agency so we would still get compensation for losing Dahlhaus and Roughead even if we pick up Menzel

 

[ScragCity]

Sack: honeychurch, jong, webb

Get: lynch, kelly, shiel

Win the next 5 flags easily. Its not rocket science.

 

[True Dog]

Sack: honeychurch, jong, webb

Get: lynch, kelly, shiel

Win the next 5 flags easily. Its not rocket science.

Genius