WATTS - had his chances like the guy but sick of talking about him 1 good season in 9 time to trade - Agreed.

SALEM - again consistency & fitness a huge concern, maybe for the right trade - Keep, classy player.

TYSON - maybe we have a few to many like him maybe for the right trade - Keep, great ball-winner but needs to improve his kicking.

KENT - so inconsistent & injury prone - Not much good so cannot trade.

STRETCH - what does he give us? - Keep, only just starting his career, and showed quite a bit in 2016.

JKH - Hasn't stepped up from VFL to AFL - Keep, only just starting his career, and has speed.

WAGNER - to many half back flankers!! - Keep, only just starting his career, and had a pretty good 2016.

Edited October 2, 20178 yr by JackDeMan

I thought this was the most interesting interview on sport I had heard in a long time. I'm not usually a stats man but this is much more than that.

Ben Darwin was on with KB and Brian Waldron at the start of the year and predicted Collingwood would drop off when everyone was talking them up. He also said we are heading up and surprisingly had the Tiges on the improve, he didn't predict a flag but said they finally had it right.

They also looked at the Dogs 3 years back and predicted their rise.

His predictions are based around analytics his company has developed called the TWI (team work index)...

I think it's worth a good listen, he starts at around 1 minute 50...

It might temper some of the aggressive traders and maybe get us to think more clearly about what it takes to build a champion team.

The messiah complex cops a real beating here and I think we can see why Richmond are now successful. They've built a lot of their own and brought in to fill needs...it's how I see us heading and I hope we stick to it.

 

https://audioboom.com/posts/5608235-ben-darwin-gainline-biz-on-hungry-for-sport