I agree Collins should now play. Its essential to see what the Pearce/Collins spine might look like. Why waste time?
We have to make a few assumptions and an actual plan. Everyone wants success now but lets be realistic. We need to be bottom this year and really, much as I hate to say it, bottom again next year. As we gave away this years second round draft pick, we are really not going to pick up too much at the draft this year.
I know I am going to be howled down here but..... There are no good KPPs in the top ten this year so I would pick up a Petrevski seton type midfielder type with our first pick ......to replace Fyfe in the middle. With our third pick go for a tall. Leave McCarthy for another year.
Second year get more talls and pick up McCarthy for free. That gives us Fyfe at Centre Half forward, Tabs and McCarthy with Bennell, Yarran and Ballantyne. That's a good forward line I would think.
Midfield would be the top midfielder drafted this year, whoever that may be, Walters, Weller, Hill, maybe Blakely.
Back line has Collins and Pearce as the anchors.
Third year we challenge
Year Four we go for a flag.
Trying to do it any quicker than that and we will fall short again.
If we try for a second class tall with our first pick this year and he is no good, that means we have to leave Fyfe in the middle. We know he would be just about the best CHF in the comp, its the hardest position to recruit for and we have a ready made one. I know he is probably even better in the midfield but midfielders are easier to find.
PS basically no one who is NOT going to be in the 2020 Dockers Premiership side should be playing ie The Fist, Barlow etc. Pav and Johnno should be eased out with dignity and class of course but this is the track we have to be on. I am happy if Roly wants to play Sheridan and Sutcliffe purely to increase their trade value at the end of the year though.
