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Gone Critical
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I agree I am not worried about the loss of Phillips. I just take comments that he wasn't best 22, that Rantall might be a good Trelaor replacement, that Stevo isnt a big loss because he was not much chop in the covid hub as unrealistic.Was he best 22 though? You could make a strong argument he wasn't by the end of 2020 and certainly couldn't justify the 600K. I was a fan of Flipper as well.
Anyway, we've drafted some really strong talent that will make it hard for our fringe types to keep getting regular games (JT, WHE etc)
I am still pissed with how we have run the list down, bad decisions were made and it's almost because we have a lot of new players to look and and wonder about their potential that the mess is forgiven. My view is Eddie and Bucks should be on notice at a minimum but i think the anger has subsided and we will go back to "all is ok".
I don't see us as having drafted strong talent. 9 picks from the last 2 main drafts are picks 17, 19, 23, 30, 31, 40, 44, 45 and 51. That's not really strong talent to me. Teams that have done really well from 2020 draft are Dogs, Adel, Ess, Syd, NM. Next GWS, Hawks have a preferable pick up. A lot of teqams were not invested in this draft which is also a worry
We went in balls deep, have given up a lot to do so and picked out an ok hand. Just based on where they have come from I don't see why you would expect this 9 to make it hard for our fringe players to get games. Not many if any will be ready to really press in 2021. Maybe I am trying too hard not to get excited because I want the club not to keep pissing in our pocket and real change to come from 2020.