Starting over

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Starting over

Our cattle are stewing steak

Logic, reason, argument, debate, qualified opinion. None contained in the above.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Starting over

A Goddard, an Enright and a Pendlebery (spelling?)

Pendlebury

[LostDoggy]

Re: Starting over

Fyfe, pendlebury and another bob murphy....

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Starting over

Generally those top five or so mids have the ability to play 'inside' and 'outside' ala Griffen/Cooney.

So:

- A Dustin Martin
- A Griffen
- Best available with the third pick. Shouldn't pick the best KPD if there's a better player available.

Sounds easy in theory

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Starting over

Generally those top five or so mids have the ability to play 'inside' and 'outside' ala Griffen/Cooney.

So:

- A Dustin Martin
- A Griffen
- Best available with the third pick. Shouldn't pick the best KPD if there's a better player available.

Sounds easy in theory

That was my thinking too.

[Desipura]

Re: Starting over

Assuming we have 3 picks inside the top 25 (lets assume we don't trade an early pick or use one on Lachie Hunter), what would our requirements be in terms of type of players (perhaps as a guide use a current AFL player)?

A Pendlebury type a Luke Hodge type and a Ben Reid type.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Starting over

Assuming we have 3 picks inside the top 25 (lets assume we don't trade an early pick or use one on Lachie Hunter), what would our requirements be in terms of type of players (perhaps as a guide use a current AFL player)?

Simply the 3 best available picks at the time

If the 3 picks fail to address our current/future perceived required 100% then we can always augment our playing stocks with trades, rookies, state league players and later national draft picks

Lets find simply the best available players and bring them to our club

I'd doubt that the 3 best available picks would be slow running, hard at in inside midfielders with 'reasonable' kicking skills (given Smith, Libba and Wallis fit this mould and will all be on our list hopefully for the next > 10 years - not taking into account the disparity between the 3 players 'kicking' skills)

[chef]

Re: Starting over

I would like a Stephen Hill type, a Fyfe type and a Sam Reid type for me.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Starting over

Simply the 3 best available picks at the time

If the 3 picks fail to address our current/future perceived required 100% then we can always augment our playing stocks with trades, rookies, state league players and later national draft picks

Lets find simply the best available players and bring them to our club

I'd doubt that the 3 best available picks would be slow running, hard at in inside midfielders with 'reasonable' kicking skills (given Smith, Libba and Wallis fit this mould and will all be on our list hopefully for the next > 10 years - not taking into account the disparity between the 3 players 'kicking' skills)

This is exactly what got us in this predicament in the first place.

You can't re-balance your list with trades, rookies and VFL players.

Who gets traded? Battlers usually, if you want to trade for a decent player he will cost you the earth and you'll have to pay him a fortune.

Rookies and state leaguers are what they are because they have flaws. Occasionally you hit the jackpot but you draft 6 rookies a year and 1 makes it every 2nd year (if you're lucky) - and you have no say in which ones do and don't!

[Missing-Dog]

Re: Starting over

Ablett senior
Ablett jnr
Abletts cousin

[Dazza]

Re: Starting over

3 Goddards would help.

One for each area of the ground.

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Starting over

I stopped reading after this paragraph:

The skill level of the Dogs has been poor for a number of years now and in recent times the recruitment of Clay Smith, Mitch Wallis and Tom Liberatore has added more grunt but not the polish or leg speed that the Dogs desperately require. Robert Murphy spent last Saturday night manning Stephen Milne in the back pocket, which Saints coach Scott Watters would have loved considering Murphy is the only elite ball-user in the Dogs defence. The Dogs need to become less predictable going forward and Murphy needs to be used through the middle of the ground or forward to improve their efficiency".

The skill level at the dogs in 2010 was still regarded as high and last year everyone expected the Dogs to go on and win the flag.

As for Murphy forward - its docuemtned that if we wanted to fninsh Murphy's career that's what we should do.

[Pedro Sanchez]

Re: Starting over

Ablett senior
Ablett jnr
Abletts cousin

Agreed, although Judd's little brother, 3rd cousin and infant son should not be glossed over lightly either...

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Starting over

Ablett senior
Ablett jnr
Abletts cousin

You mean Luke, the one that was at Sydney? Why would you want him?

[chef]

Re: Starting over

You mean Luke, the one that was at Sydney? Why would you want him?

Or the Tuck brothers