03-11-2020, 03:21 AM
Professor E.....might've covered this before in other threads but look back at our draft hauls since 2014 (but excluding 2019 as we won't know on that one for a while and excluding rookie/PSD etc):
2014 Boekhurst, Vojo-Rainbow, Smith, Foster
2015 Weitering, McKay, Curnow, Cunningham, J. Silvagni
2016 SPS, Fisher, Macreadie, Polson, Williamson, Kerr
2017 Dow, O'Brien, TDK, Schumacher, J. Garlett
2018 Walsh, Stocker, O'Dwyer, B. Silvagni
2014 was the one that absolutely put us back about 3 years! Those blokes should be coming into their prime into their 5th season. And we gave up pick 7 go get Whiley and Jacksch from GWS and pick 19 or thereabouts which we blew on Boekhurst.
2015 on paper was the winner but only two of those will play Round 1 this year. McKay, Curnow and Cunningham seem to be always injured. I'd argue Silvagni was a good get in hindsight.
For the other years, you can give Walsh the biggest tick of all but of the rest, have any come on like we'd hope and expect?
There's a school of thought that we should have Kennedy playing as a marking forward. He was recruited to be the big bodied midfielder to give Cripps a hand and now we're trying to fashion in into something he isn't? He might have to play that role as a forward without Curnow and Cunningham but his form in the first pre-season game doesn't warrant a spot in the 22 IMO.
On top of the draft picks we've bought in guys like Marchbank, Plowman etc from GWS and Plowman has been okay but Marchbank can't stay out there.
Anything less than significant improvement from the blokes in the 2015-2017 drafts this season will see us having another big cull come seasons end.
2014 Boekhurst, Vojo-Rainbow, Smith, Foster
2015 Weitering, McKay, Curnow, Cunningham, J. Silvagni
2016 SPS, Fisher, Macreadie, Polson, Williamson, Kerr
2017 Dow, O'Brien, TDK, Schumacher, J. Garlett
2018 Walsh, Stocker, O'Dwyer, B. Silvagni
2014 was the one that absolutely put us back about 3 years! Those blokes should be coming into their prime into their 5th season. And we gave up pick 7 go get Whiley and Jacksch from GWS and pick 19 or thereabouts which we blew on Boekhurst.
2015 on paper was the winner but only two of those will play Round 1 this year. McKay, Curnow and Cunningham seem to be always injured. I'd argue Silvagni was a good get in hindsight.
For the other years, you can give Walsh the biggest tick of all but of the rest, have any come on like we'd hope and expect?
There's a school of thought that we should have Kennedy playing as a marking forward. He was recruited to be the big bodied midfielder to give Cripps a hand and now we're trying to fashion in into something he isn't? He might have to play that role as a forward without Curnow and Cunningham but his form in the first pre-season game doesn't warrant a spot in the 22 IMO.
On top of the draft picks we've bought in guys like Marchbank, Plowman etc from GWS and Plowman has been okay but Marchbank can't stay out there.
Anything less than significant improvement from the blokes in the 2015-2017 drafts this season will see us having another big cull come seasons end.