With the way that Worsfold is instructing the side to perform, Iām not really surprised by those 3 being delisted, and the 3 that will be kept. ie. Long, Merrett & Morgan.
Thanks for the info. As you and Fogdog said, putās Bird, Morgan, Howlett under pressure. It might, might not be relevant for McKernan as a rookie.
Seems odd Jerrett would be retained. I was a big fan at the start of 2016, but heās had two pretty meh years, although he did have some good form pre-injury this year in the VFL.
Amazing stuff from Draper to come from nowhere to upgraded.
As for Long, should be thanking his lucky stars. As should Jerrett. But pacey outside mids we are still lacking in so theyāve survived, for now anyway.
I expect we probably will only have 1ND selection, pick up 1 DFA kpf (Close/Crameri?) ā¦ and then have the 2 rookie upgrades.
So main list cuts to come still. Bird. Howlett. Morgan.
Rookie list cut. Smack (will leave 4 spare spots given Eades is gone and the 2 upgrades)
The other thing is that some of these guys may literally be being considered āholdersā for a list spot for the 2018 draft. At the moment there are no obvious retirements (Goddard and Bags both possibilities), and a good chunk of the list is young. Jerrett and Long as senior players might be seen as one year to show something, or out.
His improvement was pretty massive this year. His first vfl game he looked like he didnt know what he was doing. he looked lost and out of his depth. Then at the tail end of the season he was crashing packs, taking big marks, kicking goals and holding his own in the ruck.
Itll be well deserved if its true that hes being upgraded.
Agree, I really like him on the ball for a few minutes each quarter. Gives him the freedom to go anywhere on the ground, has great speed and anticipation and he is a beautiful and very creative kick.
I wouldnāt cut Bird AND Howlett tbh. I donāt see much of a future at senior level for either, however, given we have little in the form of inside midfield depth, we could probably do worse than hang onto one for surety. And fwiw I would prefer Bird in that case.
Nah, cut them both. Myers will be the inside mid depth. Blokes like Langford, Mutch, Begley and Clarke should be getting a run as depth before Bird and Howlett from next year.
Yup. If we have a few injuries, we should be good enough to be able to bring in some younger guys for top level exposure. If we have so many injuries that we run out of those guys then weāre ā ā ā ā ā ā anyway, and Bird/Howlett arenāt going to save us.
If thatās true then that is just blatant charity from the football club.
I wonder if his brother being arguably our best player at the ripe old age of 21 and keeping him as happy as possible has any bearing on Jackson being allowed to stick around?