I haven't a problem with Lloyd. We seem to want these media guys to hop off the fence and give some sort of criticism/analysis.
There are plenty that don't, plenty around draft time that are so overrated it ins't funny. They sit on the fence.
Time now for the Club, moreso the players, to prove Lloyd wrong. Simple.
Hopefully that article has been cut out, photocopied, and put around the Club, so the players can dig in and show some good ol' G&D. And get the job done!
Lloyd's article didn't make me angry. It's fair game, we are open to this with our past history and decisions, and even recent ones. Time will tell and we'll see how it all pans out. I trust in SOS, Bolts and co. We'll see if they got it right.
What I can say is, that I think SOS, Bolts and co need another draft/trade period or two, plus the in-season and pre-season's with that. It'll take time. Thought the Swans and some other clubs have made huge inroads into their lists that had immediate impact the following season. We need more smart and cunning list management decisions. We need our kids to play plenty of games in 2017 too!
I think it's fair to say many of our players, many recruited ones, have something to prove.
Think - Kerridge, Thomas, Phillips, Plowman, Jones, Jaksch, Sumner, Pickett, Marchbank, Smedts, Palmer, etc. Wright had an excellent first season. We need more of that! Marchbank and Pickett I think will be something quite special. Phillips goes well for a young ruck. Plowman handy and needs another bunch of games on end, Sumner too. Most have had injury issues to contend with. But, that's the line SOS and co went down.
Then there are guys like - Buckley, Boekhorst and Graham. Over to you boys! MASSIVE year for these blokes.
Big money for guys like Murphy and Gibbs - hoping they have HUGE years along with Cripps and the like. We need injury free years from these sorts of blokes, and let them play together each week and see how they go.
I think if we get to the end of the 2017 season, and our kids have played little to no AFL footy, we are in BIG trouble!
There are plenty that don't, plenty around draft time that are so overrated it ins't funny. They sit on the fence.
Time now for the Club, moreso the players, to prove Lloyd wrong. Simple.
Hopefully that article has been cut out, photocopied, and put around the Club, so the players can dig in and show some good ol' G&D. And get the job done!
Lloyd's article didn't make me angry. It's fair game, we are open to this with our past history and decisions, and even recent ones. Time will tell and we'll see how it all pans out. I trust in SOS, Bolts and co. We'll see if they got it right.
What I can say is, that I think SOS, Bolts and co need another draft/trade period or two, plus the in-season and pre-season's with that. It'll take time. Thought the Swans and some other clubs have made huge inroads into their lists that had immediate impact the following season. We need more smart and cunning list management decisions. We need our kids to play plenty of games in 2017 too!
I think it's fair to say many of our players, many recruited ones, have something to prove.
Think - Kerridge, Thomas, Phillips, Plowman, Jones, Jaksch, Sumner, Pickett, Marchbank, Smedts, Palmer, etc. Wright had an excellent first season. We need more of that! Marchbank and Pickett I think will be something quite special. Phillips goes well for a young ruck. Plowman handy and needs another bunch of games on end, Sumner too. Most have had injury issues to contend with. But, that's the line SOS and co went down.
Then there are guys like - Buckley, Boekhorst and Graham. Over to you boys! MASSIVE year for these blokes.
Big money for guys like Murphy and Gibbs - hoping they have HUGE years along with Cripps and the like. We need injury free years from these sorts of blokes, and let them play together each week and see how they go.
I think if we get to the end of the 2017 season, and our kids have played little to no AFL footy, we are in BIG trouble!