Adam The God

Thanks WJ. I'm looking forward to the SMALL FORWARDS breakdown.

I'd move Jones on and trade Viney. But I also wouldn't keep Frost by overpaying him. Here's the problem. He's not very good. The same posters that are bemoaning Tomlinson's seeming recruitment are the same ones championing Frost's re-signing.

Personally, I'd go hard for Beveridge. Clarkson IP and with our midfield, he would set us up beautifully.

Ah, yes. Thank you for posting this on 15 threads this morning. ? Are we talking about the same Choco Williams who left the year before Richmond completely turned themselves around?

Nah, I'm sorry mate. The comparison is ridiculous because one played 7 games in two years before being traded and the other has played 139 (including 24 games each season for the last three seasons) across 8 seasons. So one (the guy we're going after) was seen fit to last 8 years on GWS' overly talented list until he finally left as a FA. Meanwhile, your comparative player lasted two years. Laughable. And I've never said I'm a big Tomlinson fan, I'm just not going to compare him to [censored] Kristian Jaksch. FWIW, I was very wrong on Jake Melksham, so I will reserve judgement on Tomlinson until I've seen him play a year or two with us. Even Melksham was ordinary in his first year with us, until he moved forward.

A quick small (like Elliott) -- King -- Hannan Fristch -- McDonald -- Melksham That is a much more potent forwardline, particularly with Petracca, Vandenberg and Harmes rotating in and out. Even if we by some chance get Elliott, I'd be recruiting another two zippy smalls. To be honest, they usually come out of WA or even SA/NT. It also relegates Weideman to third fiddle, but I could see us playing three talls against certain opponents. And for those implying King's recruitment is linked to the GF sprint, take a look at this thread - most of it prior to the Grand Final sprint. Ridiculous.

Jaksch is a completely different scenario. Jaksch never locked down a position at GWS, nor at Carlton. Tomlinson has played about every game for consistent finalists over a four year period. The comparison is ridiculous, frankly.

About bloody time. A Western Australian. Maybe our WA scout has been working...

Sorry kids sings from your exact playbook, so no one else...

Brand also means game style. And no one is saying our culture is perfect. Don't put words into our mouths.

Just tell them that they've only just levelled us for flags. Get back to us when they surpass us. (yes, I know, that could happen next year) Staggering that we haven't drafted a player from WA since Hogan in 2012. Who is our WA scout? Does anyone know? That said, we haven't had a first rounder pick since 2015 when we landed Oliver (and to a lesser extent, Weideman).

Who ever said that brand (ie game style) and culture don't mean anything? Goodwin banged on about brand all last year and I, and many others, bang on about game style all the time. Such a condescending poster at times, mate.

Interesting. I missed it.

fAcTuAl.

Exactly.

He won't seek a trade, but if we can satisfy the Suns with pick 3... Keep Petracca. Has more x factor and power than Gus or Viney. They're the ones you trade, but not for King. For other mids that can compliment Oliver, Harmes and Petracca. So good users by foot and those with a bit of gut-running and pace about them.

Continuity is definitely important, but if you get your defensive system right, we should be able to plug and play a bit, as well as cover for injuries, providing we don't have too many.

Exactly mate. Both are depth players or at the very best, fringe 22 players that shouldn't play every game if we're flying.

6-7 goals sounds about right to me too mate.

Aren't the Stringrays part of our zone now too? That'd be right.

We can bounce back quickly with a simpler game style built on hard running and cleaner structures, but on a solid defensive 6 and a predictable but dangerous forward line built around two key marking talls, some zippy smalls and Melksham/Fritsch. King would immediately improve our forwardline. The guy is a beast and his height makes him very hard to defend against. Will explode next year.

Sounds very much like you're more hopeful than anything else, mate. Richmond win it unfortunately.

I'm doing what I did last year as I can't bare to watch it properly. I'll watch from three quarter time onwards if it's close. I expect Richmond to win easily. Urgh.

I'd go Gaff again. Trade out anyone other than Oliver from our midfield and get what we need to deal with the Eagles. Need better ball users surrounding Oliver and whilst I like the move for Langdon for what he brings aerobically, he's not going improve our ball skills. I'd keep Harmes as well. A hard running, goal kicking midfielder who is only going to get better. A real success story for our rookie list too. Petracca needs to step up next year and cement his spot in the midfield. He has the capacity to emulate Martin IMO, but only if he improves his tank. That leaves Viney and Gus as players that are tradeable for the right price. Both are potentially really good players, but our midfield is too samey and if we want to improve our midfield, we need to trade out one or two. Cue Demonland flaming. Oh and I'd trade pick 3 for Ben King. Thanks very much. ?

Mister Taylor is really going to earn his bickies this year. If we can nail an elite mid to compliment Oliver and Harmes in there, it could set us up for the next 5-6 years.