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Roos Wants Midfielders.

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Roos in this interview has continually stated that he wants to get midfielders, so it would appear to be obvious that we will be chasing midfielders.

How far do you think hell go to get them?

if we get priority pick will he trade pick 1 and 2?? or 1 and 3?

So happy to hear it's priority also.

Also to sign up Watts and Sylvia

 
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Now that is a surprise, we need midfielders!

there is a difference between us saying we need midfielders and Paul Roos the gun coach saying it.

Does this now mean we are an attractive destination?

 

there is a difference between us saying we need midfielders and Paul Roos the gun coach saying it.

Does this now mean we are an attractive destination?

I would imagine that we have become a much more attractive destination for all players, from draftees, to veterans, to under 12's.


Looks like a PP is in the bag and odds that the AFL will insist it be traded for players only.

Looks like a PP is in the bag and odds that the AFL will insist it be traded for players only.

I hope the other clubs aren't aware of that or they may try and low ball us, knowing that we have to trade it.

 
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He wants to keep Watts. I wonder whether he'll try to turn him into a midfielder? I like that idea.

From what i've seen Watts does not go hard enough to be a midfielder, although could be a good prospect

there is a difference between us saying we need midfielders and Paul Roos the gun coach saying it.

Does this now mean we are an attractive destination?

Certainly more than we were a month ago!


Roos in this interview has continually stated that he wants to get midfielders, so it would appear to be obvious that we will be chasing midfielders.

How far do you think hell go to get them?

if we get priority pick will he trade pick 1 and 2?? or 1 and 3?

So happy to hear it's priority also.

Also to sign up Watts and Sylvia

Yer he just said he would trade those picks if there is anything good put on the table and I agree 100%

We can't develop kids when we have no leaders - lets get guaranteed talent who can have an immediate impact and help develop our youth for years to come.

We need Swallow, Adams - those types

there is a difference between us saying we need midfielders and Paul Roos the gun coach saying it.

Does this now mean we are an attractive destination?

There isn't any difference. It's the bleeding obvious.

Attractive destination??.........Not yet but Roos is a start.

Our B&F winner is a midfielder. We have Viney and Toumpas. There is no lack of talent in our midfield. It lacks one piece imo.

We should use both picks to trade for a star.

Our B&F winner is a midfielder. We have Viney and Toumpas. There is no lack of talent in our midfield. It lacks one piece imo.

We should use both picks to trade for a star.

We lack depth more I believe. You named one established, good midfielder and two up and comers.

The rest are either not up to it or not good enough (possibly Sylvia excepted).

We need at least 10 midfielders who can do their role and aren't substandard players.


We lack depth more I believe. You named one established, good midfielder and two up and comers.

The rest are either not up to it or not good enough (possibly Sylvia excepted).

We need at least 10 midfielders who can do their role and aren't substandard players.

Spot on it is way more than one

Our B&F winner is a midfielder. We have Viney and Toumpas. There is no lack of talent in our midfield. It lacks one piece imo.

We should use both picks to trade for a star.

No way. We only have 10 decent midfielders on our list and some should be in the VFL (Matt Jones, Toumpas, Evans shouldn't be regulars at this stage). We urgently need depth just as much as a star. A star will just carry a huge load unnecessarily. Get a mature guy, maybe get a Taylor Adams as well and then still get a potential star at the top of the draft.

We shouldn't be looking at Roos to just maximize wins in the next two years. He still has to maximize the list potential as well.

We lack depth more I believe. You named one established, good midfielder and two up and comers.

The rest are either not up to it or not good enough (possibly Sylvia excepted).

We need at least 10 midfielders who can do their role and aren't substandard players.

Haha I see you pretty much posted my thoughts exactly. Couldn't agree more.

No way. We only have 10 decent midfielders on our list and some should be in the VFL (Matt Jones, Toumpas, Evans shouldn't be regulars at this stage). We urgently need depth just as much as a star. A star will just carry a huge load unnecessarily. Get a mature guy, maybe get a Taylor Adams as well and then still get a potential star at the top of the draft.

We shouldn't be looking at Roos to just maximize wins in the next two years. He still has to maximize the list potential as well.

Sadly IMO there is not a lot of maximizing to be done there tm.

Achieve a good rebuild is what is needed.

A gun player would be pretty nice too though.

I can' t see us getting a star mid in a trade, maybe a couple of good ones but not a star.

I think we will have to draft our star mids and improve Viney and Toumpas and Blease.


I can' t see us getting a star mid in a trade, maybe a couple of good ones but not a star.

I think we will have to draft our star mids and improve Viney and Toumpas and Blease.

IMO Redleg we are seeing his best.

But otherwise I agree

I can' t see us getting a star mid in a trade, maybe a couple of good ones but not a star.

I think we will have to draft our star mids and improve Viney and Toumpas and Blease.

Agree with that, it's going to be very difficult to bring one in via trade.

Blease I don't hold much hope for to be honest. Kent on the other hand has some serious potential, though his future might lie more in the forward half of the ground.

From what i've seen Watts does not go hard enough to be a midfielder, although could be a good prospect

It's called the wing.

 

I'm convinced that is we get a priority pick it will be end-of-first-round, not number 1, simply for the sake of avoiding a kerfuffle (a known AFL HQ decision-making criteria).

And that's fine, we'll have options there, plenty of tough inside mids and guys who 'have everything but 5cms' to choose from, well into the pick 20s and even 30s.

If pick 2 could be traded alongside that pick 19ish to get an established good midfielder and something like pick 10, that would be ideal. From everything I've read and been told there's a whole swag of quality midfielders to take at the top end, maybe not even that great a difference from 5-12.

Also, we all know we have a host of players who have many good features but somehow can't reach the level of consistently effective AFL players. Particularly the grunt hardworker inside midfielders who there's no doubt Roos loves to get the most out of.

Just quietly I reckon Daniel Cross could be happy by the appointment of Roos,

I can see clubs like Brisbane, Adelaide, Collingwood, Freo and Western Bulldogs all very interested in talking to us in regards to pick 1. All at various times this year have struggled with their forward structures... We potentially have Tom Boyd on the table, come and give us your best offer for him. I'd be suprised if that didn't net us something special.


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