List Management thread (For 2022)

[EasternWest]

Do you really think Narkle has more upside than Stack?

Q is a nice player but, Stacky, well...he is a game changer.

Why would you make me choose?

We should go after both.

[Grantysghost]

Why would you make me choose?

We should go after both.

We need to Stengle Stack.

[Dogs 24/7]

There is some talk that Bruce plays off the bench and he is going to be played as a defender.
Good move or not?

[bulldogtragic]

There is some talk that Bruce plays off the bench and he is going to be played as a defender.
Good move or not?

This has been my hobby horse. I like moving him back. Jones gets the best forward. Bruce gets the lesser mobile tall. Keath back to intercepting as he did at Adelaide. Gardner to keep pressure on for spots.

[GVGjr]

This has been my hobby horse. I like moving him back. Jones gets the best forward. Bruce gets the lesser mobile tall. Keath back to intercepting as he did at Adelaide. Gardner to keep pressure on for spots.

I think it makes a lot of sense to try Bruce as a defender particular if we are also playing Jones, Gardner and Keath.
Bruce can move forward and back.

We need a potential round one team discussion BT with some creative moves like Dale to a wing and Daniel to a HF

[bulldogtragic]

I think it makes a lot of sense to try Bruce as a defender particular if we are also playing Jones, Gardner and Keath.
Bruce can move forward and back.

We need a potential round one team discussion BT with some creative moves like Dale to a wing and Daniel to a HF

Daniel to HF? So Richards is kicking out after behinds?

[GVGjr]

Daniel to HF? So Richards is kicking out after behinds?

Richards, Duryea and Williams. Might need another option.

[Axe Man]

I think it makes a lot of sense to try Bruce as a defender particular if we are also playing Jones, Gardner and Keath.
Bruce can move forward and back.

We need a potential round one team discussion BT with some creative moves like Dale to a wing and Daniel to a HF

Moving our best 2 kicks out of the backline sounds like the kind of thing that will significantly reduce my life expectancy.

[GVGjr]

Moving our best 2 kicks out of the backline sounds like the kind of thing that will significantly reduce my life expectancy.

I get that, I can't see both of them happening but we might look at some changes.

[soupman]

I think Bruce goes back because I can't see him being in our first choice plans forward but I am super sceptical on it.

Two out of three seasons with us he has been completely unable to read the drop of the ball and has relied on enthusiasm to make an impact. Down back I think this will get exposed, as will his clumsiness and lack of agility.

[Bulldog4life]

Pre-season and a practice match or 2 will show if Bruce has got a position in the back 6 or else he might have to start off in the forward line at Footscray if no injuries.

[Mofra]

Or... Bruce is depth?
Lobb, Naughton and Marra is pretty handy F50 marking power. Lobbs height means we shouldn't have May/Stewart/McGovern killing us with intercept marking.

Bruce has to earn his KPD spot, and right now we've backed in Jones and it's likely Gardner gets the other gig based on closing speed/lockdown. Keath isn't a lock either but does have the ball in flight reading advantage over Bruce and can actually intercept.
The dark horse is Darcy - does he make it impossible to leave out? He reads the ball well in flight in defence and what he did as a kid with no pre-season and losing half of the year is nothing short of remarkable.

[Rocket Science]

It's difficult to forecast but so much hinges on what versions of Bruce & Keath we get next year.

If they resume in '2022' mode then they're probably on the outside looking in, subject to the patience of the match committee.

But if they can recapture something near their 2021 contributions it gives us so much structural flexibility.

Which begs the hypothetical, which'll never happen. Are we better served by Bruce coping at centre half back, or Naughton dominating back there?

[Grantysghost]

It's difficult to forecast but so much hinges on what versions of Bruce & Keath we get next year.

If they resume in '2022' mode then they're probably on the outside looking in, subject to the patience of the match committee.

But if they can recapture something near their 2021 contributions it gives us so much structural flexibility.

Which begs the hypothetical, which'll never happen. Are we better served by Bruce coping at centre half back, or Naughton dominating back there?

Bruce, Jones, Gardner, Keath would be a pretty solid defence.

[bulldogtragic]

Or... Bruce is depth?
Lobb, Naughton and Marra is pretty handy F50 marking power. Lobbs height means we shouldn't have May/Stewart/McGovern killing us with intercept marking.

Bruce has to earn his KPD spot, and right now we've backed in Jones and it's likely Gardner gets the other gig based on closing speed/lockdown. Keath isn't a lock either but does have the ball in flight reading advantage over Bruce and can actually intercept.
The dark horse is Darcy - does he make it impossible to leave out? He reads the ball well in flight in defence and what he did as a kid with no pre-season and losing half of the year is nothing short of remarkable.

If it happens that the bench goes to 5, and a tall is the strategy everyone/we go with. If Darcy can put form together to warrant that spot that’s a helleva wildcard. If he can play swing man, and if Bruce is playing so can he, then Bevo can throw some AFEL quality KPP magnets all over the board. Not to mention at times when English or Lobb are in the bench for a breather, theres a replacement 205cm+ target to plug the forward line hole. Or throw Bruce forward if the match up is better for Darcy down back.

Bevo should really have a lot of fun next year on match day if all these moves work.