08-27-2017, 11:17 AM
No doubt the list is still massively unbalanced at the moment and we are underweight KPF's, and medium sized goal kickers.
We have a plethora of small forwards [Pickett, Sumner, LeBois, Galluci, Fisher, Wright] but only one them has shown consistent goal scoring ability [Wright].
Our medium sized forward stocks are also very thin [SOJ, Lamb]. We then have 3 KPF's - Charlie, Kerr, McKay and 3 Forward/Ruck - Cas, Jaksch & Gorringe.
So that's 15 players in a squad of 44, which sounds about right. But in all likelihood 5 might go - Sumner, LeBois, Galluci, Jaksch & Gorringe. Given this, and the uncertainty around so many of the 10 remaining, you would think that we might need to recruit 7-8 forwards. Of these you would hope at least 2 have some level of AFL experience. It's still a huge turnover.
The sins of the 2010-2014 drafting disaster are really being felt now, and SOS still has a huge amount of work to do to establish a list that can actually challenge for the 8, and build an AFL quality forwardline.
We have a plethora of small forwards [Pickett, Sumner, LeBois, Galluci, Fisher, Wright] but only one them has shown consistent goal scoring ability [Wright].
Our medium sized forward stocks are also very thin [SOJ, Lamb]. We then have 3 KPF's - Charlie, Kerr, McKay and 3 Forward/Ruck - Cas, Jaksch & Gorringe.
So that's 15 players in a squad of 44, which sounds about right. But in all likelihood 5 might go - Sumner, LeBois, Galluci, Jaksch & Gorringe. Given this, and the uncertainty around so many of the 10 remaining, you would think that we might need to recruit 7-8 forwards. Of these you would hope at least 2 have some level of AFL experience. It's still a huge turnover.
The sins of the 2010-2014 drafting disaster are really being felt now, and SOS still has a huge amount of work to do to establish a list that can actually challenge for the 8, and build an AFL quality forwardline.