I think they did well out of this draft but I would have liked another key forward. If there weren’t any worth picking up then fair enough. They know more about it than I do. I suspect, however, that the Mid season draft will be used on a young key forward. It is an area of need.
Looking at our delistings vs draftees, we see the following:
Out Astbury, In Tarrant. Like for like, defers the decision to replace Astbury by about a season. We should be looking for a tall defender again next year.
Out Houli and Eggy, in Brown and Banks. good options to cover the losses and at Richmond, one can never have too many running half backs. No matter what the conventional wisdom says.
Out CCJ and Chol. No replacements recruited, hence my comment above. In reality, Soldo and Collina didn’t play last year so they are really the replacements. We needed at least one more though. I don’t think either is going to replace Jack in a year or two.
Out Naish, in Sonsie. Upgrade, surely. Cotchin replacement? Hopefully.
Out Garthwaite, in Gibcus. Upgrade.
We were never going to go all out midfielders this year because we already have Ross, RCD, Dow and Martyn who are not getting a game. They will sort through this group next year, along with Sonsie and a couple may find themselves traded or delisted.
Over the next couple of seasons, we will need to replace Jack, Cotch and Edwards. That means key forwards and mids are next year’s priorities. Three picks in the first two rounds is a good start. A quality free agent might be on the agenda too.
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