rjay

The concern I have is for Taggert to hold his place on the list, not that he won't get a game. At the moment he is uncontracted, the negative with Cross is that whilst he doesn't cost much he does take a place on the list, that's the price we pay.

Goal kicking mids.

Madness

...or does the rumour come from a serial pest?

Many of the mids.

Last year we took on players who were well past their prime and some who never had a prime. Cross is at worst a good mentor to the younger players and at best a solid performer in the midfield. My negative on this is I hope he doesn't come at the cost of someone like Taggert. There's nothing wrong with your opinion or Barrett's for that matter (although I do think his description on here is pretty accurate), at the moment nothing has been proven. It was the same last year when we all put on the rose coloureds and the Barrett's of the world were probably proven right, at least in the short term. The one thing they didn't get last year though was the value of Hogan, the long term game. In the end the only KPI that counts...The Scoreboard...will as always be the ultimate decider.

They already have Boyd and Gia so they couldn't keep another pensioner on the list. Cross was the unlucky one.

That is very, very funny 'Deestroy'.

That's a good question and if they did why not for pick 10? what's so special about pick 11? I'm not so sure they are desperate for Sheed at all.

Cross out Blease and replace with Silvia.

Yep.

He was told he needed to improve his outside game, at least he listens. Can't see it myself but we all know Terry's record at selecting players.

Would be pretty close to right, he was getting a lot of ball at tac cup level. A bit quieter at the champs as he was coming off broken hand.

Not now, we really need some x-factor and a bit of leg speed in the middle. This is why so many posters are pushing for Freeman, Lennon is another who could give us something a bit different.

At least we won't get..."I didn't see the coming".

The point was not about taking the game on 'bb', just an observation that his weakness given by the mock draft guy is similar to these 2 guys. Haven't really taken a lot of notice of him in the games I've seen so can't make a critical evaluation plus or minus. I don't think many, if any of us have had a good look at him but the prevailing wisdom is that he's the one. His write up looks good and if we pick him up I'm sure Roos and co will have good reason to. I'm pretty comfortable we will pick up a good player at 9, probably be out of Freeman, Lennon and Bontempelli.

Thanks 'Pennant', that collar bone has caused some issue's for those of us that like to keep a bit of an eye on who's who in the draft but I'm sure the club's will have him well pegged by now. Funny how WC are saying they need more pace around the mids but Sheed is seen as their no.1 target. Maybe he is, maybe he's not.

I would have taken Grundy if I was them but time will tell, Grundy v Vlastuin.

A bit like the coach.

I will trust Roos and our recruiters on this pick, he looks the goods but can he improve on this part of his game or will he do a Silvia/Moloney.

I don't think Cripps will get through to 40 but would be a very good get.

Not sure it's that deep but the first 10 or so mids seem pretty even.

I'm not sure where they rate Nick Holman at the moment but he is a good one to have a look at. I like the sound of the WA boy that 'Pennant' has written up as well. We could pick up a good player here.

I'm not so sure that Crouch will be on our radar now we have Tyson, Michie and Vince added to Viney. He is the best in and under clearance player in the draft but we might now be looking for a player with a more rounded game. I like his attack on the footy though.

No, homesickness is only an excuse. I don't think it is an issue as such and I think once things settle a bit more with the new clubs it will be used a lot less. I'm not convinced the Eagles will go for Sheed unless they get the later first round pick and that's why they are looking at trading out 6 for 2 later picks. They couldn't justify Sheed at 6. I might be way off the mark but lets watch what happens over the next month.