not a fan of bottoming out , it is a dangerous strategy
Top 3 picks do throw up true elite talent and plenty of very good players , but 20+% would not be regarded as elite or very good
in recent times , 2017 Paddy Dow Blues #3 , 2015 Josh Schace Lions #2 , 2014 Paddy McCartin (thru injury) Saints #1
and if you think for a second that would never happen to us say out loud Tambling , Conca , Oakley-Nicholls ... it can and does happen to most clubs
Top 3 picks do largely stay with their original club , but if you are seen as a basket case , think us raiding the Gold Coast , Port raiding North last year and plenty raiding GWS
you can pick well only to have them stolen by another club
We are witnessing North & Gold Coast bottom out and it aint pretty
Go clubs with a bigger base Melb. Essendon and Carlton , Melb did manage to finally get out of the bottom 4 , then get to finals and whole the whole thing
but the other two have had long hard struggles , things are looking better for both but neither are there yet
Not only does the playing list look sad but the sponsors drop off , so to the fairweather supporters (but hey they bring money)
and the football dept. and admin all get run down and the board often start in fighting
we've been there and its a cold and lonely place
I like the way the club is trying to unearth talent
instead of mindlessly going to TAC Cup player in the National Draft and maybe a VFL player as a rookie
Mate Colina , Eggmolesse-Smith , Taylar Young , Bradtke , Sampson Ryan etc
Kane Lambert & Jake King were mature aged rookie success stories
I would rate Soldo as a Cat B success
We take players from every state , even thou we do seem to like WA
We've taken risks with players who are seen as a risk Stack & Pickett
at first under hardwick we did trade in something of list cloggers , they were bargain basement players
but as we started improving we have targeted quality players like Prestia , Caddy , Lynch , Grigg , Houli
Tarranto and Hopper are a work in progress
the likes of Baker & Broad weren't applauded here in their first two years , but don't we love them now
if we bottom out I'd say us or any club is a 40% chance of a 10 - 20 year prison sentence hanging around the bottom , with a couple of false dawns thrown in , I don't want to go there again in my life time
We are hanging our hopes on Gibcus , Sonsie , Ryan , Young , Clarke etc
we also need some of Green , Banks , Brown , Biggie to come thru
and looking at the VFL highlights from the weekend , a very brief cameo of Archie May , tall skinny and 18 , very much a long term project , but first thoughts were "oh hello
"
keep doing what they , go everywhere and any where looking for talent
Top 3 picks do throw up true elite talent and plenty of very good players , but 20+% would not be regarded as elite or very good
in recent times , 2017 Paddy Dow Blues #3 , 2015 Josh Schace Lions #2 , 2014 Paddy McCartin (thru injury) Saints #1
and if you think for a second that would never happen to us say out loud Tambling , Conca , Oakley-Nicholls ... it can and does happen to most clubs
Top 3 picks do largely stay with their original club , but if you are seen as a basket case , think us raiding the Gold Coast , Port raiding North last year and plenty raiding GWS
you can pick well only to have them stolen by another club
We are witnessing North & Gold Coast bottom out and it aint pretty
Go clubs with a bigger base Melb. Essendon and Carlton , Melb did manage to finally get out of the bottom 4 , then get to finals and whole the whole thing
but the other two have had long hard struggles , things are looking better for both but neither are there yet
Not only does the playing list look sad but the sponsors drop off , so to the fairweather supporters (but hey they bring money)
and the football dept. and admin all get run down and the board often start in fighting
we've been there and its a cold and lonely place
I like the way the club is trying to unearth talent
instead of mindlessly going to TAC Cup player in the National Draft and maybe a VFL player as a rookie
Mate Colina , Eggmolesse-Smith , Taylar Young , Bradtke , Sampson Ryan etc
Kane Lambert & Jake King were mature aged rookie success stories
I would rate Soldo as a Cat B success
We take players from every state , even thou we do seem to like WA
We've taken risks with players who are seen as a risk Stack & Pickett
at first under hardwick we did trade in something of list cloggers , they were bargain basement players
but as we started improving we have targeted quality players like Prestia , Caddy , Lynch , Grigg , Houli
Tarranto and Hopper are a work in progress
the likes of Baker & Broad weren't applauded here in their first two years , but don't we love them now
if we bottom out I'd say us or any club is a 40% chance of a 10 - 20 year prison sentence hanging around the bottom , with a couple of false dawns thrown in , I don't want to go there again in my life time
We are hanging our hopes on Gibcus , Sonsie , Ryan , Young , Clarke etc
we also need some of Green , Banks , Brown , Biggie to come thru
and looking at the VFL highlights from the weekend , a very brief cameo of Archie May , tall skinny and 18 , very much a long term project , but first thoughts were "oh hello
" keep doing what they , go everywhere and any where looking for talent
