So Reid comes in Day 1- Best available selection I’d suggest but fair to say we have midfield depth. I think tomorrow should be centred on positional management.
My thoughts:
Tall defenders- Cox, Pearce, MCDonald, Draper, Davies-Well and truely covered, no picks this year
Mid defender- Chapman, Walker, Ryan- Good, if Draper has flexibility, area is covered
Small defenders/ rebounders- Clarke, Aish, Wagner, Warner- As Belly said, area for focus, lacks depth and succession, not sure any mids (other than Young have defensive flexibility. Priority for pick 30. ( now 38) but don’t expect that pick will have the quality to solve this gap.
Ruck - Darcy, Jackson, Reidy- Don’t want to invest too much considering what we have but should look at rookie opportunity.
Mids- Fair to say we have depth and succession- 1st choice Bradshaw, Serong, Young and Sharp &Johnson on the outside plus Fyfe, O’Meara, Erasmus, Brodie and O’Driscoll immediate depth and Reid a future replacement. No more on day 2 although one thing we lack is bigger bodies.
Mid/Forward- Bolton, Banfield, Switkowski, Fredrick and Simpson- I feel this area is covered with Reid an additional option now
Small forward- Walters, Delean - An area lacking depth but I feel there is enough dynamic mid/forward to cover. Late pick/rookie for one of those prospect picks.
Mid forward-Sturt- not a lot but really only required if talls have depth issues.
Tall forwards- Amiss, Tracey, Voss, Jones (recent injury concern)- whilst A&T are young and talented, we have Tabs, Kuek delisted and Jones questionable, I’d consider this area for pick 38 if someone has slide to that pick.
I’ve heard that club has not only registered Carr as option for F/S but have told him he will be picked up.
