2025 List Management Thread

[Sedat]

I like Dolan but the kid just isn't ready yet. LT he projects more of a HF, Lohmann type.
Hence my interest in drafting Dovaston. Forget just his stats (which are good at u18 champs level), to the eyeball the kid plays 'desperate' in the way Dahlhaus did in his dreadlock era. We need that.

I forgot Dolan, yep I'm also a fan and I believe he will make it. We do need more of this type in the list.

[Scott2016]

Yep. GWS has about 55 small pressure forwards in their squad. We have retro-fitted West to become one, and we have VDM and McNeil with the cupboard completely bare beyond that. Weightman is awesome but he is not a small pressure forward.

VDM and Mcniel dont offer us anything of quality. The are very fortunate that we have no one else. They would struggle to get a game in any of the top 8 teams. We need quality not seat warmers. Its why we cannot go anywhere while we keep giving them games. They dont crumb, their tackles barely stick, low possession numbers, miss easy shots at goal and their opponent picks up plenty of the footy which starts the drama down the other end. If one of them took a running defended out of the game, I would be happy but they dont. Thats why I am keen to let the new kids have a go. VDM and Mcniel have had plenty of games to make a solid contribution. West is just hanging in there but he has been taken out of the game, mainly because the opposition put time into him as they dont need to worry about the other smalls

[Mofra]

Yep. GWS has about 55 small pressure forwards in their squad. We have retro-fitted West to become one, and we have VDM and McNeil with the cupboard completely bare beyond that. Weightman is awesome but he is not a small pressure forward.

I like Dolan but the kid just isn't ready yet. LT he projects more of a HF, Lohmann type.
Hence my interest in drafting Dovaston. Forget just his stats (which are good at u18 champs level), to the eyeball the kid plays 'desperate' in the way Dahlhaus did in his dreadlock era. We need that.

[Sedat]

Need small forwards badly who can hit the scoreboard and wingers who can deliver the ball with class to the forwards

Yep. GWS has about 55 small pressure forwards in their squad. We have retro-fitted West to become one, and we have VDM and McNeil with the cupboard completely bare beyond that. Weightman is awesome but he is not a small pressure forward.

[Scott2016]

We are starting to see the flaws in the playing list.
A small defender, A tall defender, A tall forward and a midfielder should be on the shopping list.

We've got some academy and father son priorities as well to consider.

Need small forwards badly who can hit the scoreboard and wingers who can deliver the ball with class to the forwards

[Mofra]

I'm leaning towards keeping our first rounder this year, taking it to draft and grabbing Dovaston.

He's exactly the type of forward we need. A tiny bit scrappy at times in a Dahlhaus kind of way but he just stays involved and causes scoring opportunities. Can such a tackle. A bit like Watson without the field kicking, and a touch more defensive.

[Pleather Sole]

Just because Arty is an Indigenous player and not tall everyone thinks he is a small forward. He is more a winger and I am not sure about HBF, although as GVGjr says he was tried there in the VFL and I can't remember how he played. In his junior years he played the wing role.

I don't know how he played as HBF either. His speed and agility might suit him in a JJ type role. JJ appears to be on borrowed time. It could be worth another try in the 2's when he's healed and match fit again. A friend of mine with a much better antennae for these things than me pinged him as an explosive HBF early doors. Thinks its the missing piece of the puzzle as to why he hasn't fulfilled his potential yet. He's a bit more mature now and if it would be worth a punt if Pratt and Edge is willing to give him a go. Jacques has been playing forward quite a bit in the 2's as he's developing.

[jeemak]

We are starting to see the flaws in the playing list.
A small defender, A tall defender, A tall forward and a midfielder should be on the shopping list.

We've got some academy and father son priorities as well to consider.

Why a tall forward when we have Croft in the development pen, possibly JUH coming back and Naughton and Darcy capable of playing elite football? Agree with the other three categories, and I'd also add a classy wing/half forward to that mix.

[Bornadog]

Thanks Gary, No good there I take it?

Just because Arty is an Indigenous player and not tall everyone thinks he is a small forward. He is more a winger and I am not sure about HBF, although as GVGjr says he was tried there in the VFL and I can't remember how he played. In his junior years he played the wing role.

[Pleather Sole]

Yes, he's been tried there before

Thanks Gary, No good there I take it?

[GVGjr]

Has Arty ever played HBF for us?

Yes, he's been tried there before

[Pleather Sole]

Has Arty ever played HBF for us?

[GVGjr]

We are starting to see the flaws in the playing list.
A small defender, A tall defender, A tall forward and a midfielder should be on the shopping list.

We've got some academy and father son priorities as well to consider.

[Stevo]

I don't think we need a short term solution for the role he plays.

If you explain things like that before going down the age route then I can get on board with that.

[FrediKanoute]

Buss is a bit a victim of circumstance. He gets drafted and is injured so his development is held back. At he time of his drafting we had a problem in the backline. Gardner was essentially our starting CHB, with Jones and a few other players filling bit parts, with mixed success. In 2023 we bring in O'Donnell and Lobb. A fit O'Donnell grabs his chances and really shows something as a defender. Buku gets thrown from end to end, but is a useful backman, slightly more developed so he gets the nod in competition with O'Donnell. The real kicker was Rory Lobb transforming from a ruck/forward to a CHB. It's meant that we drafted for a need and then filled it with spare parts players who have turned out to be pretty good.

Given we are in the window NOW, we don't really have the luxury of developing Buss in he senior side.