08-02-2016, 11:20 PM
(07-31-2016, 10:47 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:i disagree. Whether it's Bolton, the players making a collective decision to try, the injection of new players or whatever, a few things seem clear:
1. our best is better than in recent years eg the win over the Cats without Murphy
2. Our worst is considerably better than our worst in recent years
3. Less of our troops drop their bundles when the heat is on
4. it appears, touch wood, we are starting to be able to stem those run ons that teams have which used to bury us eg against the Swans and the Hawks in the 3rd terms - we kept in touch.....
5. The average gap between our best and worst seems to be shrinking - though granted much room for improvement.
2017 - key goals
1.Trading for two established mids with established skill at senior AFL level (not O'Meara or Prestia); one, at least, a big body;
2. Some smart draft picks and trading as per 2016 Draft - you'd assume Tomlinson is a done deal, for example. I'd like Stewart too (son of....)
3. Plenty of gym time for the younger blokes - Charlie, SOJ, Harry......
4. Kicking practice galore for the likes of Levi, Kerridge....
Tomlinson and Marchbank from GWS would be a good start. Add James Stewart to that too.
As far as good mids go - look to Jack Steele from the Giants and some Crows mids.
The Crows mids in order of preference for me are Brad and Matt Crouch (Matt contracted next year), Mitch Grigg, Cam Ellis-Yolmen and to a lesser extent Harrison Wigg.
Grigg and Ellis-Yolmen we'd get much cheaper than the likes of Tom Mitchell, Prestia, O'Meara and the like. Even Brad Crouch but IMO he's very gettable and still wouldn't cost the earth. Jack Steele is gettable as far as trade goes IMO and $$ wise.
Steele and Brad Crouch/Grigg added to Cripps, Murphy, Gibbs, Ed Curnow, Kerridge, Wright, Cuningham and some draftees, hopefully some early picks to secure two gun young mids.
Depends on who's going out, what trade bait we use, how much we get for them, how many draft picks we want/get, etc.