Glad as I am to see WA's stocks again quite plentiful come draft time, I believe that Freo need to draft our next great KPP defender, stat.

Ibbotson, Palmer and Mayne (and others) have the midfield and forward line covered, mostly. I think we need to develop another forward pocket, given that Jeffrey won't last forever and Andrew Browne seems too injury-prone to make it.

But if the weekend's game proved one thing, it's that without Grover, Hayden and McPharlin our defence looks somewhat shabby. Therefore we need to get a developing draftee in there to learn while those guys are still active, who can take over on the gorillas of the league when required.

Is there anybody around shaping up as though they could meet this criteria?