Opinion 2024-25 off-season and wish ist.

[The Nostradamus]

Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

31

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

Jack Darling

27

Jack Darling

Age

32

Ht

191cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.4

5star

Dan Houston

5

Dan Houston

Age

27

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

/Caleb Daniel

35

Caleb Daniel

Age

28

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

Konstanty/Riley Garcia
Ollie Lord

Simmo or Bob Murphy as senior assistant

Jen Watt replaced

New Leadership group/captains

8 year LDU contract

start ticking them off

 

[iloveireland]

Clarkson rips LMac and Simpkin a new one, and makes them into leaders.

Some cheap experienced leaders.

LDU signs a long term deal.

 

[LB2Snake]

Competitive EVERY week. Win, lose or draw, sick of seeing us roll over.
The original Clarko......fire up bud!!!

 

[Spud11]

Announce new Captains: X and Sheeze VC

Trades: Powell, 2 (Adelaide>Rachellle, 4- unlikely)

Pick 40 (Sydney>Parker)

Future third (WC>J.Jones)

Go to draft with: 4, 22, 58, 64

Fitness, skills and strength focus for the off-season.

Hardeman, W.Dawson and Duursma emerge as genuine, 23 game a year options.

Ford develops as a winger over the off season rotating across HF with Duursma.

Hardeman is able to move McKercher up field.

Dawson, Corr and Logue develop as our defensive trio with Hardeman, Archer and McDonald to support.

Scott, McKercher, Ford, Tucker Rotate through wings, HF and guts.

Sheezel, LDU, Mckercher, Parker, Wardlaw make up the core of the mids with big X.

Curtis, Jones, Rachelle, Simpkin and Hansen jr now constitute a respectable mosquito fleet while supporting the mids.

Comben, Larkey, Teakle and Armstrong (pick 4) make up an emerging set of talls, supported by Zurhaar, Duursma and Ford.

Great ideas, but we’ll probably offer Charlie Dixon 2 years instead.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Why TF are we not going all in for Graham Wright? Bloke has won flags galore at Hawks and Pies. They just said at least 5 teams are keen on him, surely we would be top of that list given his connection with Clarko?

 

[Spud11]

OMG! Having a coach that is honest and says what he thinks.

How will we survive?

Like always, with supporters who will continue to follow a club that has been through thick and thin...

Sounds like the Clarko of old is returning...

If that’s his ‘honest’ opinion… we’re as cooked as him.

AFL football. There is always something to play for.

At the end of 2023 with Harley Reid on the table, we win a ‘nothing’ game. We celebrate like there’s no tomorrow because “winning culture>>picks”.

The following year, we want to put a full stop on a year where we might’ve shown progress.. We need wins to capitalise and give these kids belief.. We need something for the fans to hang onto leading into 2025. We throw the towel in and say it doesn’t matter.

No, I’m not on board with that.