03-23-2017, 08:57 PM
go back 2 or 3 seasons and we were stinking up the competition.
ask yourself how much promising youth we had on the list back then. wasn't a lot under 22. most of our draft picks from then and just prior are gone.
now ask yourself if we have more promising youth on the list. we still have some of the same 'senior' players stinking the joint up, but i personally have more confidence in the youth we have now.
really, when you have a club that is in need of a rebuild, then that's what matters.
i feel ok about last night's game. saw some good things, and saw some same old same old.
i do think we'll get better as the season progresses though. clearly still trying to get some cohesion and need to tidy up the skills quite a lot.
p.s. i thought Murphy & Special K played good games. Marchbank looked good but needs to tidy up disposal a bit - perhaps just needs to better understand his limitations by foot and eliminate a couple of shanks and suddenly his disposal will look good. he can read the play and take a mark though.
I know we have some guys who need to be backup only, no need to name them, but the kids need to prove to the match committee they deserve a spot in the seniors. there will be reasons we don't know about why some of them did not play last night.
it may well be a long year. hoping for a few surprise wins along the way. then we need to draft midfielders. lots of them...
i still think the plan was probably to -
draft talented tall forwards first (which we did). they take the longest to bring up to speed. they will be ready in a year or 2.
settle on a quality back 6. i think we're well on the way.
invest heavily in midfielders last draft and the next draft. they take a little less time to develop than talls.
have the youth develop in a way that they all start coming good at roughly the same time. still need older harder body's on the park, taking hits and in some cases just being there filling space while the younger guys develop.
this i think is what Bolton refers to as the plan for a sustained run at it.
the way our season is panning out we're going to have access to more quality mids at the next draft. that's what we need, and there's very few short cuts. i hope Gibbs either gets us more picks via trade, or is around in 2 or 3 seasons when the youth start to come good. i think he's the type of player that can play at his current level for quite a few years.
anyway - that's my 2 cents worth. hang in there guys.
ask yourself how much promising youth we had on the list back then. wasn't a lot under 22. most of our draft picks from then and just prior are gone.
now ask yourself if we have more promising youth on the list. we still have some of the same 'senior' players stinking the joint up, but i personally have more confidence in the youth we have now.
really, when you have a club that is in need of a rebuild, then that's what matters.
i feel ok about last night's game. saw some good things, and saw some same old same old.
i do think we'll get better as the season progresses though. clearly still trying to get some cohesion and need to tidy up the skills quite a lot.
p.s. i thought Murphy & Special K played good games. Marchbank looked good but needs to tidy up disposal a bit - perhaps just needs to better understand his limitations by foot and eliminate a couple of shanks and suddenly his disposal will look good. he can read the play and take a mark though.
I know we have some guys who need to be backup only, no need to name them, but the kids need to prove to the match committee they deserve a spot in the seniors. there will be reasons we don't know about why some of them did not play last night.
it may well be a long year. hoping for a few surprise wins along the way. then we need to draft midfielders. lots of them...
i still think the plan was probably to -
draft talented tall forwards first (which we did). they take the longest to bring up to speed. they will be ready in a year or 2.
settle on a quality back 6. i think we're well on the way.
invest heavily in midfielders last draft and the next draft. they take a little less time to develop than talls.
have the youth develop in a way that they all start coming good at roughly the same time. still need older harder body's on the park, taking hits and in some cases just being there filling space while the younger guys develop.
this i think is what Bolton refers to as the plan for a sustained run at it.
the way our season is panning out we're going to have access to more quality mids at the next draft. that's what we need, and there's very few short cuts. i hope Gibbs either gets us more picks via trade, or is around in 2 or 3 seasons when the youth start to come good. i think he's the type of player that can play at his current level for quite a few years.
anyway - that's my 2 cents worth. hang in there guys.