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Re: Rating the 2022 Trade Period - After 7.30pm Wednesday Night
Haha Power looks skinny bordering on unwell, no doubt it's been a big few weeks for him!
It is a good insight into the process of draft and trade week.
When you take a step back, we bring in 3 picks within the top 40 (yes I know bids etc) and addressed two key position needs down each end. Importantly, we underestimate the load that Naughton has carried. Having a player of Lobb's size and experience to compete in the air, as well as, relieve Tim in the ruck without losing much in the contest will be huge for our side.
As for Liam, yes he's been out for 12 months but he didn't cost us anything other than salary space. He walks into our backline as our best defender capable of taking a quality tall opponent.
I know there's been questions on the development of others such as Marra and Darcy but they either rise to the occasion and force them out, or develop further in their own time at VFL level.
I only see positives coming out of this most recent period.
One final factor which I think has been overlooked is the loss of Dunkley. Don't get me wrong, he is a quality player but when Treloar landed in our lap, we ended up with one genuine mid too many. I know you can never have too much quality but I think the coaches struggled to utilise them. All of a sudden 5 is manageable. Bont is the best player, Libba hunts on the inside and Macrae accumulates. Both Baz and Adz big a strong attacking presence. I feel the mix is right now.
Haha Power looks skinny bordering on unwell, no doubt it's been a big few weeks for him!
It is a good insight into the process of draft and trade week.
When you take a step back, we bring in 3 picks within the top 40 (yes I know bids etc) and addressed two key position needs down each end. Importantly, we underestimate the load that Naughton has carried. Having a player of Lobb's size and experience to compete in the air, as well as, relieve Tim in the ruck without losing much in the contest will be huge for our side.
As for Liam, yes he's been out for 12 months but he didn't cost us anything other than salary space. He walks into our backline as our best defender capable of taking a quality tall opponent.
I know there's been questions on the development of others such as Marra and Darcy but they either rise to the occasion and force them out, or develop further in their own time at VFL level.
I only see positives coming out of this most recent period.
One final factor which I think has been overlooked is the loss of Dunkley. Don't get me wrong, he is a quality player but when Treloar landed in our lap, we ended up with one genuine mid too many. I know you can never have too much quality but I think the coaches struggled to utilise them. All of a sudden 5 is manageable. Bont is the best player, Libba hunts on the inside and Macrae accumulates. Both Baz and Adz big a strong attacking presence. I feel the mix is right now.
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