We do not have speed - We do not have a game breaker

[Soidee 1,496]

Paul Roos needs to recruit speed, recruit ruckman, and above all recruit 1 or 2 absolute stars who break the lines, take the game on and can win a game off their own boot.

Nothing can be done this season other than teach those who will stay on the list. I'm tipping PR has already worked out who to bone, and there are plenty to choose from.

Watching the rubbish our B graders serve up can't last beyond this season. I was in the members on Sunday and the bad sentiment is towards the awful skill errors by the same culprits every week.

These culprits would not get a game in any other side. It is simply astounding that these guys are supposed to be among the best in the world at their sport.

Money must be set aside to get a superstar into this team....imperative this happens.

[BrisbaneDemon 1,572]

B-graders? I wish we had a team of B-graders!

[chook fowler 19,459]

Dangerfield come on down.

[P-man 13,366]

Dangerfield come on down.

The only way he's coming here is with a gun held to his head. If he leaves Adelaide it will be for success, and fairly immediate success.

[Gorgoroth 12,974]

What we need is smart footballers who can use the ball and see the good leads of other smart footballers.

So often I see a good lead to a good spot not honoured due to they either cannot see it, or does not have the ability to hit that target.

I'd rather we recruited players who can use it.

Blease has speed, can't kick for shite, but has speed. Can't get the pil often, but has speed. Foot speed gets over rated, quick thinkers, quick movers who can bloody use it.

[Soidee 1,496]

What we need is smart footballers who can use the ball and see the good leads of other smart footballers.

So often I see a good lead to a good spot not honoured due to they either cannot see it, or does not have the ability to hit that target.

I'd rather we recruited players who can use it.

Blease has speed, can't kick for shite, but has speed. Can't get the pil often, but has speed. Foot speed gets over rated, quick thinkers, quick movers who can bloody use it.

No argument GG, quick thinkers will help us a lot. I noticed GC have a lot of smart footballers, unlike our mob and especially our recruiters of recent years.......no smarts at all

[Chook 15,013]

The only way he's coming here is with a gun held to his head. If he leaves Adelaide it will be for success, and fairly immediate success.

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Anyone have a gun?

[P-man 13,366]

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Anyone have a gun?

...I know a guy.

[Gorgoroth 12,974]

Who knows a guy...

[Soidee 1,496]

Jake King knows a guy

[Sir Why You Little 37,053]

What we need is smart footballers who can use the ball and see the good leads of other smart footballers.

So often I see a good lead to a good spot not honoured due to they either cannot see it, or does not have the ability to hit that target.

I'd rather we recruited players who can use it.

Blease has speed, can't kick for shite, but has speed. Can't get the pil often, but has speed. Foot speed gets over rated, quick thinkers, quick movers who can bloody use it.

Agreed...Smart footballers who want to get better...

Once again we must be at the forefront of FA trading...$$$ are in the kitty...Todays game is the yearly reminder.

Compare it to yesterdays second Quarter...Same ground

[mauriesy 7,302]

Dangerfield come on down.

We had our chance to get Dangerfield but we took Morton. The bird has flown.

[Deemotivated 550]

We had our chance to get Dangerfield but we took Morton. The bird has flown.

Just puked in my mouth reading that...

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

We had our chance to get Dangerfield but we took Morton. The bird has flown.

I thought we took Morton over Cyril?

[ChaserJ 5,106]

A player with speed (or more importantly acceleration to create separation), core strength and good decision making should be what we're looking for at the top end of the draft. Their are a couple with at least two of those categories covered in Clem Smith and Jarrod Pickett, I want to see Brayshaw play. Apparently he has worked on his speed, but he already has good core strength and makes good decisions. Likes to tackle too.

Something about Smith makes me think his combination of speed and aggression could really be an x-factor for whoever picks him. Dermie mentioned something on the radio that resonated the other day. It went along the lines of "the one thing that has been consistent about playing the top side or top two sides in the competition is that you always walk off the field sore after playing them. They punish you physically." Smith likes to punish opposing players when he plays.

A combination of Viney, Jones, Cross (for now) and eventually Salem and Hogan is a core of guys that like playing physically aggressive football. It's a start of a change of (what I've considered to be) our 'polite' brand of football. Drafting someone like Smith could really emphasise a change in tone in our brand of football. I want to see all of our players hitting the contests hard, all of the time. It's what I liked about St Kilda this weekend. They weren't playing a pretty brand of football, but they all followed where Lenny Hayes led them.

[Earl Hood 6,086]

Agreed...Smart footballers who want to get better...

Once again we must be at the forefront of FA trading...$$$ are in the kitty...Todays game is the yearly reminder.

Compare it to yesterdays second Quarter...Same ground

If Frawley walks I don't think we will be doing much in the FA period, hoping for an early compensation pick, that we may then use for horse trading with clubs desperate for some of the talls supposedly available this year.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

The OP is on the money.

This club hasn't had a match winner or 2 since Alan Jakovich and Gazza were running around sticking it up the opposition and that's an eternity ago.

There's no speed, no silky skills and no power in a marking contests, other than Dawesy. We have an amazing mid, in terms of grunt and see ball get ball with the Jones boy but not really a match winner as such.

Very few weapons to worry anyone. No wonder so many opposition players, even the rookies, just run off their opponents and spread like mad whenever it looks like they might gain possession.

It's a massive 2 to 3 years in the draft for us... and Roosy must surely be realising the enormity of it all by now. He can't leave in 2015. He'll sign for 2016 for sure now. 2015 is just the beginning of the build of a new look list for mine.

[Sir Why You Little 37,053]

If Frawley walks I don't think we will be doing much in the FA period, hoping for an early compensation pick, that we may then use for horse trading with clubs desperate for some of the talls supposedly available this year.

We need ready made experience as well as kids to get this girl off the canvas

[Watts Jurrah Dunn? 735]

Wouldn't it be great if there was a Jaeger O'Meara or a Deledio available in this years draft.

I am so deflated that they are talking about the first handful of players being key position talls who'll take 3-5 years to develop.

[praha 11,240]

Toumpas was drafted as this player.

[DeeSpencer 25,752]

Hogan - Key forwards make teams play more direct

Kent - fast and runs with the footy

Salem - smart, pacy and skilled

Toumpas - fit, runs and uses the ball

Plus the more speculative in Hunt as a speedster from half back.

The list managers know full well speed kills. Roos knows it too. Roos also knows that the first step in winning games is winning the contested ball hence the recruitment of Tyson, Cross, Michie and Riley.

Geelong maintain the quickest ball movers in the league despite having a mix of slow players and quicker guys.

[Pennant St Dee 13,245]

A player with speed (or more importantly acceleration to create separation), core strength and good decision making should be what we're looking for at the top end of the draft. Their are a couple with at least two of those categories covered in Clem Smith and Jarrod Pickett, I want to see Brayshaw play. Apparently he has worked on his speed, but he already has good core strength and makes good decisions. Likes to tackle too.

Something about Smith makes me think his combination of speed and aggression could really be an x-factor for whoever picks him. Dermie mentioned something on the radio that resonated the other day. It went along the lines of "the one thing that has been consistent about playing the top side or top two sides in the competition is that you always walk off the field sore after playing them. They punish you physically." Smith likes to punish opposing players when he plays.

A combination of Viney, Jones, Cross (for now) and eventually Salem and Hogan is a core of guys that like playing physically aggressive football. It's a start of a change of (what I've considered to be) our 'polite' brand of football. Drafting someone like Smith could really emphasise a change in tone in our brand of football. I want to see all of our players hitting the contests hard, all of the time. It's what I liked about St Kilda this weekend. They weren't playing a pretty brand of football, but they all followed where Lenny Hayes led them.

Smith is not a big lad he is around the 175-78 mark and I don't see him getting any bigger he has some speed but lacks a tank. He does like to hurt people when he tackles but does not have the tank to do it often enough or be the game changer we hope for. He lacks the size to be a big mid using his pace and size to burst out of clearances like a Judd or Dangerfield. I would describe Smith as a poor mans Cyril Rioli and at best he may end up being a Lyndsay Thomas type.

Pickett has blinding pace but can go missing for long spells during games, not sure about this kid, has all the tools but IMO lives on the tools when needed and the reason he goes missing so much is because he lacks the hunger, which will be amplified at the next level

[1 red eye 1 blue eye 771]

What we need is smart footballers who can use the ball and see the good leads of other smart footballers.

So often I see a good lead to a good spot not honoured due to they either cannot see it, or does not have the ability to hit that target.

I'd rather we recruited players who can use it.

Blease has speed, can't kick for shite, but has speed. Can't get the pil often, but has speed. Foot speed gets over rated, quick thinkers, quick movers who can bloody use it.

Completely agree the non honoring of leads is doing my head in.

[Vanilla Gorilla 204]

We don't need a "match winner." We need 22 players that can put in a consistent 4-quarter performance with no lapses in pressure.

Do that and many will seem like match winners.

[Rod Grinter Riot Squad 5,654]

Hunt is meant to be very quick