Our Worrying Defence

[Eastdog]

What do you reckon? Our forward line looks like its getting better especially with the great get in Tom Boyd, our midfield is decent and our defence well for me that's the concern. Our rucks are decent. This is the next thing will have to focus on now.

[comrade]

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I'm quite bullish on Roberts and Talia as long term defensive options but agree, it's an area that needs urgent attention.

With our picks in the 20, one should be used for the best key defender available.

And I think we should go hard at a gun key defender during next year's trade period.

[BulldogBelle]

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This end of the ground does need some serious attention.
Hopefully some of our young defenders come on but we still need to be drafting in more quality defenders.
If we can get it right we will be a very good team.

[Missing Dog]

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too late to swap one of the 20s picks for Sauce Merrett?

[Go_Dogs]

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Good thread, ED.

I tend to agree with comrade, we need to try and identify a key defender with our first selection in the draft this year. Tom Lamb is potentially a bloke who may be around the mark, although perhaps not quite a genuine key defender size.

Given we have now recruited Boyd as a forward, and we will have a new coach presumably with some new ideas, it will be interesting to see whether we persist with Roughead as a key defender. We also must continue to hope that Talia and Roberts can develop their games and become key defenders for us.

[Bigboyjp]

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Morris is still our trump card down back. With his wisdom hopefully he can teach Roberts, Talia and Cordy how to body and spoil there opponent. Roughy hopefully can take his game another step forward this year with one or two of the younger guys coming on, so Morris can be the general down back. We desperately need more height with some of the monster forwards in the game these days.

[GVGjr]

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too late to swap one of the 20s picks for Sauce Merrett?

Wouldn't need to be one of those picks. 45 would get it done

[Rocket Science]

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too late to swap one of the 20s picks for Sauce Merrett?

Wonder if they've cooled on parting with him having dealt Patfull.

He'd be handy and lend a bit of steel to a young squad.

[Dry Rot]

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Wouldn't need to be one of those picks. 45 would get it done

I'd do that.

[Cyberdoggie]

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Pick 6 would of been nice for Jake Lever. Looks like a born leader and tough as nails.

[bulldogtragic]

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Pick 6 would of been nice for Jake Lever. Looks like a born leader and tough as nails.

So is Tom Boyd.

[1eyedog]

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Pick 6 would of been nice for Jake Lever. Looks like a born leader and tough as nails.

Yeah can't have them all hey.

[FrediKanoute]

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We have options though. Could Stringer end up as a key back? What about Foster if he falls to us a rookie and Redpath? Not "A" grade, but useful. I always feel that you take a good tall who is mobile and can read the play and turn them into a CHB. Reading the play is key.

[KT31]

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We have options though. Could Stringer end up as a key back? What about Foster if he falls to us a rookie and Redpath? Not "A" grade, but useful. I always feel that you take a good tall who is mobile and can read the play and turn them into a CHB. Reading the play is key.

The way this trade period is going I have no doubt Foster will fall through to us as a rookie.

[Eastdog]

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How did you guys think it held up last Saturday night. Will Roughy recapture his form down there?