List Management 2015

[The Doctor]

Re: List Management 2015

Listed here is our team in positional order and their respective ages as at the start of the 2016 season. In this thread we can discuss what we need to do to improve our list, trade and recruiting ideas & rumours, types of draftees we need etc. The positions are just a guide as some players could easily cross from one group to another.


Key Forwards

Boyd 20, Stringer 21, Redpath 25,


Medium/Small Forwards

Crameri 27, Dickson 28, McLean 20, Hamilton 20, Dale 19,


Ruckmen

Minson 31, Roughead 25, Campbell 24,


Tall Midfielders

Bontempelli 20, Macrae 21, Stevens 24, Jong 22,


Small Midfielders

Liberatore 23, Wallis 23, Picken 29, Dahlhaus 23, Hunter 21, Hrovat 21, C.Smith 22, Honeychurch 21, Prudden 21, Daniel 19,


Key Defenders

Morris 33, Hamling 23, Roberts 22, Z.Cordy 19


Medium/Small Defenders

Murphy 33, Boyd 33, Wood 26, Johannisen 23, Webb 20, Biggs 24, R.Smith 19*, Suckling 27

Opening para now updated after trade week.

We have 4 positions on the primary list to fill and 3 on the rookie list.

This shows me that we are in need of 1 ruckman, 2 key defenders, 1 or 2 key forwards.

[Mofra]

Re: List Management 2015

This shows me that we are in need of 1 ruckman, 2 key defenders, 1 or 2 key forwards.

Excuse me for being anal, but I'd be more nuanced - we need a tall high forward, one who can cover ground and leave either Boyd or Redpath deep. If they were 193cm (shortish for a modern KPF) but could fill the role I'd be interested

[F'scary]

Re: List Management 2015

Excuse me for being anal, but I'd be more nuanced - we need a tall high forward, one who can cover ground and leave either Boyd or Redpath deep. If they were 193cm (shortish for a modern KPF) but could fill the role I'd be interested

Hamling?

[1eyedog]

Re: List Management 2015

Excuse me for being anal, but I'd be more nuanced - we need a tall high forward, one who can cover ground and leave either Boyd or Redpath deep. If they were 193cm (shortish for a modern KPF) but could fill the role I'd be interested

Grant?

In all seriousness doesn't / shouldn't Stringer or Crameri fill this role?

[boydogs]

Re: List Management 2015

This shows me that we are in need of 1 ruckman, 2 key defenders, 1 or 2 key forwards.

I think we need a small forward. You've got McLean, Hamilton & Dale listed there but none of them are lightning quick, highly skilled crumber types. We've never replaced Dahlhaus in the forward line

[Happy Days]

Re: List Management 2015

I think we need a small forward. You've got McLean, Hamilton & Dale listed there but none of them are lightning quick, highly skilled crumber types. We've never replaced Dahlhaus in the forward line

Honeychurch? Daniel?

Our ball containment inside 50 stems from our mids flooding down to create a stoppage anyway. We were one of the best teams from scoring from stoppages last year.

[boydogs]

Re: List Management 2015

Honeychurch? Daniel?

Our ball containment inside 50 stems from our mids flooding down to create a stoppage anyway. We were one of the best teams from scoring from stoppages last year.

Daniel's not quick, he's a genuine mid. I like Honeychurch down there, but he only played 11 games. The Boyd & Honeychurch combo worked well early in the season

[The Doctor]

Re: List Management 2015

Daniel not quick, he's a genuine mid. I like Honeychurch down there, but he only played 11 games. The Boyd & Honeychurch combo worked well early in the season

Honeychurch is not a great finisher nor a real opportunistic goalkicker. But I can see your earlier point about a small forward, someone who can finish & pluck a goal from his bum! Daniel Rioli might be that player. however a lot of people might get angry at recruiting another midget.

[Twodogs]

Re: List Management 2015

I'm not concerned its a midget we are recruiting, it's the fact his name is Rioli. All of the 4 or 5 Rioli's recruited to the AFL could play the game, some better than others, so I'm not really worried from a talent perspective. I'm worried that Bruce will make our games unwatchable on TV with his slobbering anf hyperbole.

[stefoid]

Re: List Management 2015

I think we need a small forward. You've got McLean, Hamilton & Dale listed there but none of them are lightning quick, highly skilled crumber types. We've never replaced Dahlhaus in the forward line

I agree.

But rather than specifically recruit a small forward, I think we will be better off recruiting a quality mid with speed and have Dal play forward more often. He is pretty good in the midfield, but an elite small forward offensively and defensively.

[Twodogs]

Re: List Management 2015

I agree.

But rather than specifically recruit a small forward, I think we will be better off recruiting a quality mid with speed and have Dal play forward more often. He is pretty good in the midfield, but an elite small forward offensively and defensively.

Agree. It's great to play in the midfield but Dal is a good hard working mid along with anot 20 other players. But like you say he is elite on a position that's noturiusly hard to fill.

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: List Management 2015

Agree. It's great to play in the midfield but Dal is a good hard working mid along with anot 20 other players. But like you say he is elite on a position that's noturiusly hard to fill.

I don't get the obsession with the small forward role. We have close to the best small forward going round in Tory Dickson.
Others rotate through the midfield and we also get goals from them.

I would say our forward line is in the best shape we have had for a very long time.
If we get the expected improvement from Tom Boyd over the next 2 to 3 years and continued development from Redpath, we will be more than competitive with anyone.

We really need to fix our ruck issues.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: List Management 2015

Thing about Dahl types is they don't stay forward for too long as they can do more further up the ground. If we were to find a replacement, he would then be also moved up the ground.

[F'scary]

Re: List Management 2015

We have heaps of good small forward options. Dahlhaus, Hunter, Honeychurch, Daniel, McLean, for example.

[Twodogs]

Re: List Management 2015

We have heaps of good small forward options. Dahlhaus, Hunter, Honeychurch, Daniel, McLean, for example.

But only on oNe of them is elite at the moment. A couple may become elie (Hunter, Honeychurch as small forwards, McLean as a mid, Daniel as a running defender.

Let's play our players in the positions they are best at. If we really need a small mid then we'd be better getting games into McLean and leaving Dahlhaus up forward to kick goals.