Our "AFL Final Four 22"

[LordLucifer]

How does Charlie Curnow earn a spot with a couple of games and a handful of kicks, over and above McKay, SOJ etc?  In this sort of exercise I'd back the kids to perform until I see something to change my mind!!

Remind me again how many senior games McKay & SOJ have played ???

[LordLucifer]

Byrne must be close to being an inclusion.

Very !!

[LordLucifer]

B : Docherty, TBA, Byrne
HB : Simpson, Weitering, Plowman
C : TBA, Cripps, TBA
HF : Gibbs, TBA, J. Silvagni
F : TBA, TBA, TBA
R : TBA, Murphy, C. Curnow

I/C : TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA

The Silvagni kid can play, he has the right attitude and will only get better with age & solid training.

The focus is clearly going to be on finding another 3-4 gun midfielders plus at least two more genuine key position players.

Some big hopes resting on McKay's shoulders right now.

[JonHenry]

B : Docherty, TBA, Byrne
HB : Simpson, Weitering, Plowman
C : TBA, Cripps, TBA
HF : Gibbs, TBA, J. Silvagni
F : TBA, TBA, TBA
R : TBA, Murphy, C. Curnow

I/C : TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA

The Silvagni kid can play, he has the right attitude and will only get better with age & solid training.

The focus is clearly going to be on finding another 3-4 gun midfielders plus at least two more genuine key position players.

Some big hopes resting on McKay's shoulders right now.

Phillips has all the attributes of becoming a very good ruckman.

[Peter Brady]

The Silvagni kid can play, he has the right attitude and will only get better with age & solid training.

The focus is clearly going to be on finding another 3-4 gun midfielders plus at least two more genuine key position players.

Some big hopes resting on McKay's shoulders right now.

The strange thing for me is that of the players we picked up in the draft last year the one I had the most doubts about making it was Silvagni.
At the moment he is the one I'm least concerned about.
He has the skills but also the football smarts.

Weitering is obviously a clear standout of the group in terms of class.
My concerns with him are that in the early years he is not called upon to do too much.
He's picked up a few injuries in his short career. He was hurting again with a calf injury yesterday but was sent out again.
In the end it no doubt helped us get as close as we did but it wouldn't surprise to see him miss a couple of games now.

[JonHenry]

The strange thing for me is that of the players we picked up in the draft last year the one I had the most doubts about making it was Silvagni.
At the moment he is the one I'm least concerned about.
He has the skills but also the football smarts.

Weitering is obviously a clear standout of the group in terms of class.
My concerns with him are that in the early years he is not called upon to do too much.
He's picked up a few injuries in his short career. He was hurting again with a calf injury yesterday but was sent out again.
In the end it no doubt helped us get as close as we did but it wouldn't surprise to see him miss a couple of games now.

He is getting knocked about because he is treated like a senior player.
He has been told to expect different treatment to the other draftees because he is elite.
He loves the responsibility he has been given and he loves the the coach.

[Peter Brady]

He is getting knocked about because he is treated like a senior player.
He has been told to expect different treatment to the other draftees because he is elite.
He loves the responsibility he has been given and he loves the the coach.

Which is to be expected. If you play at that level it's required.
He may love that responsibility and he may love the coach.That's largely irrelevant.
The onus is on  the club to ensure that he is looked after.
That doesn't mean put him in cotton wool but they need to manage his development and execute a proper regard in the terms of managing his injuries. I'm not saying they're not doing that, but my concern here is that while it's fair enough to treat him as a senior athlete (with a senior body) he has had a few knocks and niggly injuries very early in his career.

[JonHenry]

Which is to be expected. If you play at that level it's required.
He may love that responsibility and he may love the coach.That's largely irrelevant.
The onus is on  the club to ensure that he is looked after.
That doesn't mean put him in cotton wool but they need to manage his development and execute a proper regard in the terms of managing his injuries. I'm not saying they're not doing that, but my concern here is that while it's fair enough to treat him as a senior athlete (with a senior body) he has had a few knocks and niggly injuries very early in his career.

Loving the coach won't be irrelevant when it comes to re-signing.
We want this bloke long term and his relationship with BB is critical.

[Blue Moon]

My vision of our future team is more optimistic

B.  Buckley Jaksch Plowman
H/B Byrne Weitering Docherty
C.    Boekhorst Cripps DVR
H/F  Silvagni McKay Lamb
F.    Gorringe C.Curnow Sumner
R.    Phillips Graham Cunningham
I/C  Kerridge Gibbs Pick 1, Pick 2 2017 Draft

Emerg: Korcheck, Glass-McCasker Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 2017 Draft

Other than Gibbs, these players are all born in 1991 or later.

[LordLucifer]

Here it is, the real foundation for the future :

B : Marchbank, Macreadie, TBA
HB : Docherty, TBA, Plowman
C : Williamson, Cripps, Fisher
HF : TBA, Weitering, J. Silvagni
F : TBA, TBA, Petrevski-Seton
R : TBA, TBA, C. Curnow

I/C : TBA, TBA, TBA, TBA


If McKay, Cuningham, Kerr & Polson make the grade as well, look out, we are on our way.

Genuinely can't wait for the next two draft & trade periods to see who we unveil to fill those last 11 places.