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Where has our Finals Squad come from?
How the 2021 Finals Squad of the three finals, and likely four finals, has been put together (exc. emergencies):
1st Rounder: Bontempelli (4), Macrae (6), B. Smith (7), Naughton (9), Weightman (15), English (19)
Later: Dunkley (25), Vandermeer (37), Wood (43), Dale (45), Daniel (46), Williams (48), Young (49)
Father/Son: Liberatore, Cordy, Hunter
Rookie Draft: JJ, R. Smith
Trade 2nd Rounder: Treloar (net nothing for us overall though with Points last year), Schache (& a 3rd)
Trade 3rd Rounder: Keath (& small future swap), Hannan
Trade 4th Rounder: Duryea
Trade Player: Martin (for Lachie Young who had already quit)
Footscray VFL: Scott (SSP), Gardner (Rookie)
My Take:
We nailed our First Rounders, For talls and smalls. Our mid to late drafting is sublime. Benefitted from a few F/S. Drafted some good rookies since forever. The trading is just brilliant, we’ve gotten some very critical players without selling the farm. While seeing a few guys at Footscray for a Rookie Spot & SSP after Lloyd retired early this year. Basically we’ve done everything well, as almost all Grand Final teams need to.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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