Forget Chambers Knee. He wont be missed. It must now be apparent that Geelongs Ruck division is constructed from players who are not capable of supporting the midfield division we are building. Who is our ruck division. In order
1,King
2, don’t have a real #2
3,Loats
4,Chambers
5,Mooney
6,Playfair
7,Blake
8,Smith
At least 25% haven’t played AFL footy, 25% are band-aids,12.5% are injury prone,12.5% are not up to it ,12.5% is vacant as we are missing a real back up and 12.5% of the division is left trying to support the whole club and if we are no careful we will add to the injury prone division making it 25.0%
It must now be strongly assessed when Blake will be up to playing (probably not till next year if Thompson follows form) and then contributing ( I think it wasn’t till about Kings 3rd season that he started to be an equal contributor)
If this is anywhere correct it means that the next 4 years King can only expect relieve
If his two main support players perform at a new level and prove previous assessment incorrect.!!
Loats - a player who was let go by his previous team because it was judged that he will most likely always struggle to put games together,He appears to have talent but I doubt he will ever play much more than 1 game in 2.Hes a player who really is somebody that is only up to being the 3rd ruckman
Chambers – a player, not through a lack of effort, has proved that he is simply not up it and has failed to step up when our two main men were down. I think this period has shown that there really isn’t a reason for keeping him as a back ruckman. His position on the list needs to be replace by somebody with more talent and more ability. He needs to be a bloke who can be considered as a serious alternative to help King a player with enough talent that could grow into out 2nd best ruckman if it pans out that way. A player who’s able to play in other positions and relieve him for 20-25 minutes when King is playing and step and carry us when he isn’t.
We must now get fair dinkum when trading at the end of the year and go for a player a player like Jason Laycock at Essendon and Hamish McIntosh at Kangaroos.These two were both were drafted 2002 and would be coming off their initial 2 year contract this year’s. Although not ready to been the main guy they would be a year a head of Blake so these guys would be ready to start playing some AFL footy next year( I think McIntosh might have played already) and both might give an added option up forward. It would be costly to get them as both are tall(Laycock at 198 and McIntosh at 201), both were first round picks(Laycock at 9 and McIntosh at 10)but as they are still in the early stages of development the cost might not be extreme.
Maybe somebody else has alternatives but I think we must be serious about bolstering this area if we want King to still be around and useful when we start kicking bums again in a couple of years.
1,King
2, don’t have a real #2
3,Loats
4,Chambers
5,Mooney
6,Playfair
7,Blake
8,Smith
At least 25% haven’t played AFL footy, 25% are band-aids,12.5% are injury prone,12.5% are not up to it ,12.5% is vacant as we are missing a real back up and 12.5% of the division is left trying to support the whole club and if we are no careful we will add to the injury prone division making it 25.0%
It must now be strongly assessed when Blake will be up to playing (probably not till next year if Thompson follows form) and then contributing ( I think it wasn’t till about Kings 3rd season that he started to be an equal contributor)
If this is anywhere correct it means that the next 4 years King can only expect relieve
If his two main support players perform at a new level and prove previous assessment incorrect.!!
Loats - a player who was let go by his previous team because it was judged that he will most likely always struggle to put games together,He appears to have talent but I doubt he will ever play much more than 1 game in 2.Hes a player who really is somebody that is only up to being the 3rd ruckman
Chambers – a player, not through a lack of effort, has proved that he is simply not up it and has failed to step up when our two main men were down. I think this period has shown that there really isn’t a reason for keeping him as a back ruckman. His position on the list needs to be replace by somebody with more talent and more ability. He needs to be a bloke who can be considered as a serious alternative to help King a player with enough talent that could grow into out 2nd best ruckman if it pans out that way. A player who’s able to play in other positions and relieve him for 20-25 minutes when King is playing and step and carry us when he isn’t.
We must now get fair dinkum when trading at the end of the year and go for a player a player like Jason Laycock at Essendon and Hamish McIntosh at Kangaroos.These two were both were drafted 2002 and would be coming off their initial 2 year contract this year’s. Although not ready to been the main guy they would be a year a head of Blake so these guys would be ready to start playing some AFL footy next year( I think McIntosh might have played already) and both might give an added option up forward. It would be costly to get them as both are tall(Laycock at 198 and McIntosh at 201), both were first round picks(Laycock at 9 and McIntosh at 10)but as they are still in the early stages of development the cost might not be extreme.
Maybe somebody else has alternatives but I think we must be serious about bolstering this area if we want King to still be around and useful when we start kicking bums again in a couple of years.
