Are we witnessing a re-build by stealth

[Little Goffy 14,645]

I want to see this reenacted by Taylor and Goodwin.

"Even though it was little, you don't want anything stuck to your list. So I tanked a season to try to get the picks, when seven guys start screaming at me because now the tanking is slowing us down more than the lack of talent. What you've got to do; you've got to draft them in and let the culture lift them up, then draft more in, and lift them up, in a windmill motion. In and out until you've got it."

"The selectors aren't choosing for a season, they are choosing for a premiership, and if you don't think that draft pick swaps shouldn't matter... and if you think that I am going to miss even one opportunity to pick up half a round of draft position, you are absolutely out of your mind. When it costs us nothing? When we give up nothing?"

 

[Little Goffy 14,645]

Okay, but seriously.

Gawn, May and Viney are our three crucial older players. Short of recruiting both De Konings and LDU as free agents in 2025, that's going to be a tricky one to solve in the near future.

(with all due respect to the excellent renewal of McDonald and the triumphant return of superstar Melksham who is currently ranked 1st for goal assists, 12th for goals and 4th for marks inside 50 per game in the entire league)

We seem to have a deficiency in the middle but that could be nothing more than Oliver's poor form and missing Petracca. 2025 may even be stronger in the middle thanks to the opportunities opened by this situation.

The really unpredictable part of our list is the tall forward and defender stock. There are three 'ifs'; whether we retain Petty, and the progress of Jefferson and Adams.

I'm not sure we haven't already done 80% of a rebuild already.

Although the De Koning and LDU option sounds good to me anyway.