Dunno why we’d go shiel this year when we could wait 1 year and not give up anything. Seems a silly and rash decision especially when this years draft is talked up stop highly and we will likely get our last top 10 pick for a number of years (hopefully)
May also be a case of we could (hypothetically) put together the best deal for GWS this year out of the handful of clubs he might be interested in vs next year we could simply be priced out?
Either way with the age breakdown of our list we need to be pushing hard right now for a sustained run at it over several years.
Looking at past deals steak knives are always thrown in. They also have experienced players coming to an end as well as injury prone. They also have a cap issue and a player/s that will inevitably leave. They need senior players just as much as high draft picks. Dea would be perfect to take over Shaw and Ambrose or Hartley wouldn’t hurt their depth in experienced KPP.
I think I went unders on 2nd round over another first. Probably has to be this years first and next year pick between 13-20. Shouldn’t be giving away two top 10’s.
Shiel would put us in the window, Kelly kicks a hole in the window and barges through.
One of the extremely talented GWS boys will get shaken loose by the salary cap in the next couple of years, I hope we are there to cash in.