On Josh Kennedy, he is a very very good player, and I am all for bringing in good players, but for me he seems the wrong sort of player for us. He has good acceleration and gut running, but does not have great disposal and I would like to think that our inside mids in viney, jones, tyson, brayshaw etc could hold their own against the best in the comp.
If we are going to part with a top pick/picks in order to get players of this standard, then I would rather target players who offer something a bit different, whether it is x factor like bennel, foot skills like hartlett, or end to end running like a brad hill or an isaac smith (Unobtainable but you get the idea).
The players I have mentioned are outside players that add polish to the grunt work of the inside mids. If you look at teams like hawthorn or geelong or freo, they have the inside grunt, which we have also, but they then have the players that can use the ball and make the most of the clearance rather than just bombing it long, for example, hodge, burgoyne, bartel, mundy, etc. In my opinion these are the players we need rather than the big bodied inside mids.
However it is all well and good identifying a need, finding players that are willing to make the move, and that are available is tough, so I will back in the new team at the club
