Its time with all this talk of front ending contracts we need to aggressively attack the list of the 3-4 major clubs in the AFL - which luckily for us are Victorian based.

Geelong, St Kilda Bulldogs & Collingwood

We need to start now and get in their ears early - money talks.

I strongly believe that there are blokes missing out or will miss out to some extent during the course of the season - who would not easily walk into our 22.

Why would we pursue players from other clubs who would not be in our 22???

Attracting players to move from other clubs over the next couple of years will be very difficult as if they're an attractive player on the market then GC & GWS will be able to overbid every other club, and in some cases, just take them with no need to trade at all.

We've got a list full of promising young players, mostly high draft picks, our success will come from developing these kids, not from trading for other Clubs' players.

Its time with all this talk of front ending contracts we need to aggressively attack the list of the 3-4 major clubs in the AFL - which luckily for us are Victorian based.

Geelong, St Kilda Bulldogs & Collingwood

We need to start now and get in their ears early - money talks.

I strongly believe that there are blokes missing out or will miss out to some extent during the course of the season - who would not easily walk into our 22.

Looking at the four clubs you have named, even a player who is destined for a season in their VFL feeder club would still not be enthralled about joining us in our present position, in two or three years time the only danger we will have is other clubs trying to poach our talent, this is what we need to put all our efforts into, retaining them.

I can't see the need to even look at, the couple of players we have picked up through trades, Meesen - if he was fit and not cursed I reckon he would be flying and Joel Mc were both needs, we have the rest covered, what we need to buy is time

Like the Doggies, Cats and Saints we should focus on developing our own until such time as we only need a gun recruit to push us over the top (Ottens, Hall and King/Gardiner respectively).

We may be able to do it without the recruit, but we won't be able to do it without developing our own.

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I think he meant to say "who WOULD walk into our top 22."

Otherwise the post makes no sense.