They can go but only if we get extremely good deals for them. Otherwise Bolton and Rioli play out their contracts and we tell the other clubs to *smile* off.
Most of the kids on our list are no better than ordinary footballers. Some are clearly not up to it. I am really hoping that the kids we draft this year will very quickly go past them. Otherwise our stay in the abyss will be even longer than we thought.
I actually think this is the best thing that could of happened a forced rebuild of the list before Tassie from all reports the No 1 pick could be any of 9 players and the draft is quality till at least 40 we could have 1 6 9 10 17 21 etc etc be excited it’s not doom and gloom
I’d like Luke Parker and Tim Membray both still got good footy. Parker has showed recently that he can still produce and from a good culture Membray still kicked 30plus goals
Don't disagree, but I look at it a bit differently. We don't have the elite core, they all retired. Our task is to develop a new elite core. If we can do that, a lot of our players can make it as second tier/ role players. The fact most of our young players are ordinary is not the problem.
I agree with this.
The issue for us right now is that we have very few players on the list that can become part of an elite core. Bolton, Rioli and Baker are gone. Balta maybe? Gibcus maybe, if he can ever get on the park? Taranto but his kicking is poor. Our elite core is most likely going to have to come from players that we draft in the next two drafts and they will take a long time to develop. It's gonna be a long haul.
I think a couple in the group of kids that we currently have will surprise and step up more than anticipated. The current transitiona nd teh disruption this year is good learning but hasn't fully allowed the kids to flourish. More stability and we will be surprised by one or two. Which one's ? Not sure, but I just look to the Rhyan Mansell discussion and see how with another 15 games under his belt he's gone from "no hope" to "valuable". One or two others just need some consistency and stability around them and all on the same page and then we'll see who shines.
There is a chance one or two of them might make a big leap. It's hard to see right now though.
I'll admit I'm an optimist. Just from watching training you see a couple have skills/capability that's not showing on gameday yet. So yeah the optimist in me is hopeful/believing one or two will take a step forward. Be fun to watch the journey.
Depends on what you mean by "big leap". To elite level, most probably not, but to good solid AFL players then there is a good chance imo
Brown and Banks are the two most likely imo. Brown showed good signs early on and Banks is a much better player now than he was 12 months ago and looked pretty comfortable at the level in quite a few games.
