I said this in June. Over and above any player we should be going for a certain type:-
I disagree. He is exactly what we need, now and going forward. I would also add Touk Miller, Adam Saad, Jasper Pittard or as a left field suggestion, Zak Jones or Dane Rampe from Sydney.
If we are going to have sustained success we need to strengthen this area.
Boyd and Murphy are older. Maybe they have 2 years left. But what about after that? JJ and Wood are also prone to injury.
Our offensive game and as a consequence scoring has suffered terribly ever since both JJ and Murphy went down. Our best offensive game starts with rebound off half back and we have looked a shadow of our best ever since JJ/Murphy and now Wood have been out of the team. We now attack slower, and teams are more easily able to defend us.
Whilst I want our younger boys we've recruited to succeed, how long should we wait? We should be looking to contend now, next year and every year. Hunter, Stevens and Libba, while they can cover injuries to the back line are better suited in midfield. Why rob our midfield of rotations when we could have a ready made good attacking rebounding defender who can make the right decisions?
Look at the games on the weekend. Jarrad Mcveigh, Heath Shaw, Jimmy Bartel, Corey Enright.
You put your best decision makers behind the ball and let them direct traffic.
I will reiterate we have not looked anywhere near our offensive best because the ball on the rebound is too stagnant, too slow. This is central to our game plan and I hope we go out into the trade market to fix it.
Now Lids is older and a bit more injury prone than what i'd like. But still. He's not quite the stopper that Moyd can be, but decision making off HB and through the middle. Jesus we would be electric.
A risk using our pick 18, but worth it. And possibly some steak knives.