Been alot of threads about 'who would you prefer' so I thought I should make one which addresses all of the options and with a poll.

Edited September 17, 201312 yr by PJ_12345

Sloane for me... Will be better than any others mentioned!

Swallow for me! May have been a little quiet this year, but he will be a gun no doubt!!

Swallow

Swallow. Former pick 1. Good character. Could run through the side of a German pill box at Normandy.

Swallow. I'd take Adams second.

Swallows year in the VFL was something special, i feel his best form would trump the best of anyone else on the list and his worse would still trump most of our list.

I'm someone else!

Swallow, followed by Thomas

Sloane for me... Will be better than any others mentioned!

Yeah exactly i think he is a great quality mid IMO

Swallow. Was touted as being capable of being the best player of all time.

Martin and Adams are huge risks as both have perceived poor characters.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/greater-western-sydney-giants-player-taylor-adams-charged-with-assault-over-incident-in-january/story-e6frf3e3-1226339153730

Edited September 17, 201312 yr by Bring-Back-Powell

Swallow will be a star

Sloane for me... Will be better than any others mentioned!

Yeah exactly i think he is a great quality mid IMO

Ive popped Sloane in there for you guys - sorry I forgot about him!

Swallow.

Swallow or Adams

Definitely not Aish - we need to face it - we can't develop players (name one high draft pick we have developed successfully).

I know development might be better under Roos but still we should get some young semi developed players like Swallow and Adams (then by the end of 2014 we will have a decent culture to develop players in)

- Sloane the pick of the bunch in terms of current ability and character. Perhaps the most unrealistic though

- Martin on raw potential, poses the biggest risk though

- Swallow will be a gun.

If all were attainable easily enough, I'd go:

1. Sloane

2. Martin

3. Swallow

4. Other (Gaff, Daisy)

5. Adams

6. Aish

1. Swallow

Sloane

Martin

Aish at a bit of a disadvantage in this scenario as he hasn't even hit the scene yet, but may be the best of the lot?

Here is a comparison of Sloane and Martin on Footywire:

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?tid1=2&pid1=3150&tid2=15&pid2=3316&type=A&fid1=S&fid2=S

Pretty intreresting

Here is a comparison of Sloane and Martin on Footywire:

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?tid1=2&pid1=3150&tid2=15&pid2=3316&type=A&fid1=S&fid2=S

Pretty intreresting

Very interesting reading. I am a huge Sloane fan but would have thought that Martin was well ahead on many of those stats. However, I reckon Sloane emerges from this comparison with a much better overall position. The tackles, marking and contested possession favour Sloane with some strength.

Swallow

Very interesting reading. I am a huge Sloane fan but would have thought that Martin was well ahead on many of those stats. However, I reckon Sloane emerges from this comparison with a much better overall position. The tackles, marking and contested possession favour Sloane with some strength.

I am always sceptical of stats - I don't really read too much into them. Good for a rough comparison though.

Very interesting reading. I am a huge Sloane fan but would have thought that Martin was well ahead on many of those stats. However, I reckon Sloane emerges from this comparison with a much better overall position. The tackles, marking and contested possession favour Sloane with some strength.

Spot on. Effective disposals was also a surprise for me.

I think Sloane, Gaff, Selwood and Shuey are unrealistic. Adams, Swallow, Martin and obviously the draftees are all potentially obtainable.

My order would be:

Swallow

Adams

Aish/Freeman/Kelly/Sheed

Martin

Edited September 18, 201312 yr by Goodvibes

I can't fairly vote because I've never seen Aish play, but of the existing players I'd choose Swallow.