Agreed. I wouldnāt get rid of any of them.
I reckon TBell will retire by the end of 2020. Hooker might too, even though his contract goes til 2021.
Hurley is still very important to us.
Zaka isnāt an important cog to the team at all these days, but he adds competition for spots. Iād still prefer him to go back to a forward flank now
Robertsonās leadership has been compared to Hodgeās, but he is a genuine midfielder. Freo will have two picks and be frothing that he lasts past Adelaide and whomever is picking at 5
We need to make the best of this Daniher and Fantasia situation. Go hard at the draft this year. It prefer pick 10 for Fantasia than a single player, but if they want to give us SPP and Howard Iād take it.
Possibly aim to offload somebody else like Zaka to get higher or more picks. If we take 5 inside 30 thatās 16% of the draft to us when youāre only supposed to get around 5% of the players in the first two rounds. So your taking out a chunk off other clubs future talent. We realistically should get 2-3 good players out of that once we take a late pick or two.
Iād be aiming to base the list build on Rutten era, with Merrett and below as the core group going forward, itās where Iād be targeting age and games wise.
Looking to bring in a FA next year and the year after from banking the cap space from Daniher and Fantasia.