The three wins have masked the truth. We are a bottom 4 side ,and I would suggest that both the lions and Carlton are in front due to the overall structure and spine of those sides. We have had extremely poor positional recruiting for over 5 years and last year was the first time that the club has pulled its head out of its rear and tried to address that. However it will now take time, and it assumes we can recruit positionally right going forward. Our track record suggest we are no where near elite in this area. Our future ruck stocks rely on a chubby 18 year old and hope against all hope that an ageing sandi can still keep going.
Our back line is held up by a solid j hamming ( solid only), and our forward line rest on the back of a promising second/ 3rd tall, Mc carthy. All those 3 where recruited this year.
Sheridan was a midfielder not a backman and the same as Sutcliffe. Our obsession with recruiting midfielders and turning them into backs has not delivered results , though lachie Weller maybe one. Not sure where our next small forward is , though I am sure freo management will squeeze another 5 years from ballas before deciding to recruit another one. Yes Michael is still there but surely at 26 is time to get another young one on this list.
Just poor planning up to 2015 and over estimating the list . As for ibbo he has been let down by Ross. Instead of being dropped and letting him get form in peel , the coach is in his wisdom has allowed this poor footballer to absolutely lose all semblance of confidence in the 1st. As for Spurr , thankfully he plays at freo because would not be on any other list in the afl. Yes he has plenty of blood and guts but that does not make it when you can't run ,kick or win one on ones. I love sentiment up to a point!
