Players next year?

[sapaul]

Haha, I missed that.

 

[napsyd]

There are big wraps on Reilly & Mattner, but again they are midfield players which we already have plenty of - ie. McLeod, Riccuito, Johnson, Goodwin, Bickley, Bode, Edwards, Doughty, Gallagher, etc. We can afford to trade a top line midfielder, as we have plenty of depth & there is a fair chance a Reilly or Mattner could take the next step ... unlike our key forwards (except Stevens) who don't appear capable of doing so.

You know, when you spell it out like that Kane, you actually begin to wonder whether we could actually be in a position of power come trade time? As long as we were willing to bleed to make a decent gain.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

* loves the irony in that *

Yeahh, I was thinking of that when I wrote it.

You know, when you spell it out like that Kane, you actually begin to wonder whether we could actually be in a position of power come trade time? As long as we were willing to bleed to make a decent gain.

Not sure whether we will be in a position of power, as that may depend upon who Carey & Pavlich nominate as their preferred clubs. However, one thing we have at the moment is a great midfield & it would appear pretty good depth with some of these youngsters coming through. We don't seem to have problems drafting decent midfield talent. So why not trade some of our midfield for quality talls (rather than risking our poor record through the draft), as we are likely to be able cover the loss OK & on our past record we will probably draft more decent midfielders to replace what we trade.

 

[napsyd]

I guess I wasn't thinking about Carey or Pavlick particularly. You never know what might come out of the wood work at trade time.

Certainly when dealing with someone like a Richmond, we would be in a position of power. Not sure whether we'd go down that path again though!