08-03-2016, 12:38 AM
(08-02-2016, 11:20 PM)Pratty link Wrote: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.
Agree on all of that....one Crouch Brother will probably mean the other either now or later.....
Jack Steele will probably come at some cost as other teams are keen especially Stkilda so I would view him as a separate deal to say Tomlinson, Marchbank/Stewart who you
might be able to package up either as 2or 3 player deal.
I like Mitch Grigg out of the cheaper options...nice kicking left footer who would help our delivery up forward.....Curnow and Kerridge are great workhorses but we need an onballer who can give
us some Pendlebury/Burgoyne like silky disposal.....Ellis Yolmen is more your bigger Blue Collar mid and would be my backup if any deal for Steele fell through.
We need more depth with our midfield and I remain unconvinced about Graham, Boekhorst and Buckley...