Make no mistake though, the tigers are short on talls and will fix that up this year, this is the draft for it.
The thing is that we donât draft to fix our flaws, other teams do. Our midfield has been a flaw for over a decade and itâs continually ignored. Small defenders are ignored for flankers, crumbing/pressure forwards are ignored for flankers. Everythingâs ignored for tweeners.
I rated them at their peak I guess, clearly Stanton at his best was A grade. Licka for a year was an elite forward. So was Davey for a time.
But none were A-grade at the same time and had greatly declined at the end.
Realistically though the balance of the list could be fixed in one draft/trade period. Whether weâd have quality in all places is another matter, but it would be easy to fix the balance if 8 or 10 of the right players are turned over and replaced by the right types
Absolutely.
Any idea how much say the coaching panel has in that decision?
If Joel Selwood is available at our first pick, weâll still take Scott Gumbleton.
Because list balance is over rated.
I actually think the coaching changes are part of the problem, over the last 10 years we have several coaches with different ideas on game style and we drafted to suit those visons
Then we hung onto guys we liked as people if they didnât exactly fit the current coaches style.
I truly believe itâs development not drafting that is killing us. Disco from the outside seems to of picked very well.
For some reason the club seems to really struggle with the development of players. He can only pick them I highly doubt he has any say on if they get picked each week.
For instance he might of chosen Langford as a mid. But the coaches lay him at half forward. Then eventually swap him into the midfield, then donât pick him.
You canât blame that on the recruiter.
He picked up 3 guys who have all been serviceable or in the case of saad really good, or in the case of Smith fantastic. From memory he gave up very little in return.
Back him in, and pour more resources into development
Will be interesting.
With the picks we traded we could gave had Tim Kelly and James Worpell and a rd 2 pick in '18 deaft (supposedly a strong draft).
Langford played most of his junior footy as 3rd tall forward
Iâm a Jackets fan, but I would be worried if we finish with a pick somewhere 2-4 that Jackets would take one of the King twins over the best available mid.
The whole middle could be fixed, as someone said earlier if Clarke and Langford come on.
Yep I agree. Give them til the end of the year and I reckon theyâll be solid best 22 players at the start of next season
And a half back. And if you include school football, an anywhere he was needed utility.
Please donât kill my post with facts
Thereâs only one way to resolve the is it the recruiting or coaching that has made us â â â â , and that is with an old fashion dance off. Itâs the Essendon way, as we donât believe in violence.
This will be news for a couple of Yak farmers in Tibet maybe.
Thereâs a reason weâve brought in about 10 mids & flankers over the past 2-3 years - McGrath, Mutch, Clarke, Begley, Guelfi, Redman, Parish, Mynott et al; along with Green, Smth, Saad & Stringer.
The missing link is actually playing them. If youâd asked Disco he wouldâve given McGrath midfield time from much earlier last year, he wouldâve had Begley in the side mid-2017.
and also floors on different levels.
Dodoro has a good eye for talent and is a good recruiter. The one thing thatâs always â â â â â â me off though is his failure to recognise matches are won from the midfield. I almost feel as though we should have one guy specifically who specialises in identifying midfield talent and dodoro can do all the other picks for every other position.