Coach Eyes v Fan Goggles

[ElwoodBlues1]

EB what sort of role would Hayes likely fill? Is he purely a midfielder? If so, hard to see how he breaks into the team when you've got Cripps, Walsh, Cerra, Hewett, Kennedy etc. Or is he more of an outside sort that could play on the wings? Even then, we seem to have a number of options for that as well....question is whether he's a better option than everything we've already got?

Where we seem to be short of options is key defender and ruck. Support for Weitering is basically Young, McDonald and McGovern. If I'm a betting man then it's odds on that McDonald and McGovern will get injured again before the season is out....leaving only Young. And he might now be required to play in the ruck if Pittonet is out for an extended period.

I would've thought those would be the two positions we'd be addressing at the mid-season draft? Even last year, Boyd was a player where we already seemed to have enough options and selecting him seemed strange at the time?

Surfie, I'm not sold on Hayes either as I think too he is on the small side but sometimes form and local knowledge over rides need and Nick Austin like his ex Dogs players ie Boyd, Young....
Blake Schlensog is a player who could fill a need as a Key defender and can also play as a swingman and like Young can run in the ruck given he is 199cm. You would probably know more about him than me given he plays for Sth Fremantle and has been on the fringes of being drafted as a mature ager in recent times due to his good WAFL form.
If Hayes did get picked up I think he would play on a wing which has been a problem area in that Ed Langdon type of role where he can get 30 possies a game and link up from half back to half forward with his hard running which is what Langdon is now famous for.