03-29-2021, 05:22 AM
Been saying it for years in these forums....we simply don't have enough blokes who you'd say are "elite" with ball in hand. Williams and Saad have probably doubled the number! You could quite easily drop half a dozen blokes from round 2 based on their first two games this year (Murphy, Setterfield, Dow, Plowman, Williamson, Casboult.....probably one or two more) but like every year for the last half a dozen or so, where's the quality to come in?
Apart from Walsh a few years ago, our recruiting has been sh#thouse. We seem to be able to identify and then draft blokes who can't kick properly. We still haven't been able to draft or recruit a designated defender who can play a lock down role on an opponent. People on here saying the days of the tagger are gone because of the rule changes.....tell that to you young O'Connor from Geelong who kept Lachie Neale to 3 first half possessions on Friday night. Ed Curnow is still the only run-with type we seem to have. We've recruited and drafted a plethora of half-backs and right now Saad is the only one who's guaranteed of getting a game.
We only have two key defenders on the list.
We have one genuine ruckman in TDK who's injured. Pittonet bangs in hard and gives it a real go but is a 2nd stringer at best.
We gave up plenty to get McGovern and into year 3, he's pretty much done nothing for us.
People are quick to bag Jack Silvagni and he might not be an A-Grader, but I'd have him in the team before most others for the chasing, tackling, smothers etc that he brings.
Freo might be without Fyfe this week along with their two best key defenders but one thing will be certain, they'll be ferocious and desperate to win. If we're not, then it's 0-3...no chance of playing finals footy (again) and another finish hovering around the bottom 5 or so....and in familiar territory with no sign of where the improvement will come from.
Apart from Walsh a few years ago, our recruiting has been sh#thouse. We seem to be able to identify and then draft blokes who can't kick properly. We still haven't been able to draft or recruit a designated defender who can play a lock down role on an opponent. People on here saying the days of the tagger are gone because of the rule changes.....tell that to you young O'Connor from Geelong who kept Lachie Neale to 3 first half possessions on Friday night. Ed Curnow is still the only run-with type we seem to have. We've recruited and drafted a plethora of half-backs and right now Saad is the only one who's guaranteed of getting a game.
We only have two key defenders on the list.
We have one genuine ruckman in TDK who's injured. Pittonet bangs in hard and gives it a real go but is a 2nd stringer at best.
We gave up plenty to get McGovern and into year 3, he's pretty much done nothing for us.
People are quick to bag Jack Silvagni and he might not be an A-Grader, but I'd have him in the team before most others for the chasing, tackling, smothers etc that he brings.
Freo might be without Fyfe this week along with their two best key defenders but one thing will be certain, they'll be ferocious and desperate to win. If we're not, then it's 0-3...no chance of playing finals footy (again) and another finish hovering around the bottom 5 or so....and in familiar territory with no sign of where the improvement will come from.