Bigeasy
I'm here for the buffet
Most will agree that that our mid age group of players are not top 4 quality. Some of our seniors are stars like Higgins, Taz, Goldy and Cunners but following them apart from Polec, Brown and maybe LMac and possibly Dumont there is a dearth of quality players in the 24 to 28 yo age group.
Our under 23 group show great promise with 5 already nominated for the rising star over the last 2 seasons with quality players in Hayden, Walker and LDU yet to be nominated and each have a good excuse for not being able to show their best during that time but their time will come.
We have unknowns in Xerri, Mahoney, Bonar and Comben but each have shown glimpses but they all still have a long way to go to be quality AFL players.
I see this group potentially deliver flag number 5 but we still need more quality kids.
The Tough Call:
Trade Brown or Cunnington for 2 first rounders, one a future.
Both have excellent currency and still have a few good years left in them so 2 first rounders wouldn't be out of the question for either of them.
If the club did this we would have 5 first rounders over 2020/21 with potentially all in the top 10. This would mean we would be crap for a couple of years but it does give us access to high end talent.
What you say?
Our under 23 group show great promise with 5 already nominated for the rising star over the last 2 seasons with quality players in Hayden, Walker and LDU yet to be nominated and each have a good excuse for not being able to show their best during that time but their time will come.
We have unknowns in Xerri, Mahoney, Bonar and Comben but each have shown glimpses but they all still have a long way to go to be quality AFL players.
I see this group potentially deliver flag number 5 but we still need more quality kids.
The Tough Call:
Trade Brown or Cunnington for 2 first rounders, one a future.
Both have excellent currency and still have a few good years left in them so 2 first rounders wouldn't be out of the question for either of them.
If the club did this we would have 5 first rounders over 2020/21 with potentially all in the top 10. This would mean we would be crap for a couple of years but it does give us access to high end talent.
What you say?