08-27-2017, 11:23 AM
(08-27-2017, 11:17 AM)sydneybluesfan link Wrote: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.
Agree with all of that...Fisher is a midfielder by trade as well...its slim pickings with what we have in terms of goalkickers......have the feeling the Weitering experiment will be back on next season
when all our tallĀ defenders are back.

