Agree. Play consistent good football as a team and the rest falls into place.
He’s had a couple of games where he helped us win off his own boot kicking 3 goals, and being dangerous.
Has been asked to play CHF, tag the best midfielder in the comp and HFF, after Langford locked down FF, Perkins is a bit of a swiss army knife
If we land 2 KPs the melts here will be all time.
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We have been for a few generations (in football time) now.
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I can handle a key forward, but another key back would just about break me
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Could we argue that they are both Mediums/KPP
I’d be happy with Caddy. (potential midfield there as well)
Shoenmakers - great kick in back half, we need that, would be a bit of a bargain if still there.
If we got Archer Reid as well, yep that would be pretty top heavy.
I’m for as many key position forwards or backs as we can get. We haven’t had domination (week in week out) in these areas since Fletcher, and to a lesser extent, Hooksey retired. If not, Windsor on a wing looks a pretty classy alternative at our pick.
our picks 31/35 may not be that bad, could be some decent kids at that point if were lucky
Ashton Moir, Archer Reid, Arie Schoenmaker, Jack Callinan, George Stevens, Caiden Cleary, Tew Jiath, Logan Morris, Phoenix Gothard, Charlie Edwards, Harry Demattia (linked to Cats at 25)
There will be someone rated in the 20’s that falls.
Seems to be a lot of 200cm project guys too around that mark - Hopefully other clubs need rucks)
Taylor Goad 206cm ruck
Archer Ried 203cm Key fwd/ relief ruck
Mitch Edwards 206cm ruck
Will Green 204cm Ruck
Ollie Murphy 200cm Key defender
The club will have to tank to get top end picks and that’s not going to happen
Only option we have is to improve and try to achive success with the current group we have.
Lual?
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I see Cox as having the greatest impact playing a wing rotating HFF/3rd tall role. Which is part of the reason I’d go Leake over either Wilson or Windsor, and am quite open to trading back or out of the first round.
I think our biggest needs are small/medium defenders and then big midfielders. Neither of which are really at our pick except Leake (depending on what he becomes).
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Yep.
Blitz needs to remember Perkins is in his 3rd year. Geelong tried to trade Steve Johnson after his 5th season…
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I don’t think the article is saying we’d take Caddy and Reid. From what I’ve read, I didn’t think Schoenmakers is a KP player, despite his height. I think he’s more a rebounding HB. Which is definitely a need.
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So like Cox
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From a pure talent perspective a big list need is best 22 quality forwards in my opinion. Still very speculative with a lot of rookie listed players in those roles.
Looking at preseason photos obviously gets you excited, but it also makes you realise the amount of untapped potential talent we have. And then the X factor of who may or may not make it.
Our tall backline looks stacked if Reid, Hayes, Cox make it.
Our tall forwards look stacked if JOnes, Hunter make it.
Our small forwards could be anything with Wanga, Daveys, Menzie.
Our Wingers and Flanker are stacked.
So we really could be ready for a boom or we could really beb a complete bust.
And that’s why this draft is so hard.
What we don’t have is a superstar. So do we just try and pick a kid who could be that?
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“We were in x position with a few rounds to go”, “if we just didn’t have x player injured, we would have been fine”, “if we just have a few players come on/traded in, we’ll shoot back up the ladder”.
It’s just the same thing year in, year out. We caught a few top 8 teams at a low ebb but for the most part, we’ve been pretty soundly beaten by the top sides and fell over the line against bottom sides. It just doesn’t hold up to me.
We finished the year terribly and we don’t have the draft pick to show for it. We can think about trading future first when our formline shows improvement.
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covers a list need. “An aggressive rebounding defender,
Only 1 week until the draft.
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