In theory getting rid of all the injury prone players like Martin, Marchbank, Cuningham etc means we have to replace them. Easier said than done. If we can replace them with equal or better players so be it.
You don't replace them with draftees because they will be AFL ready outside our premiership window. We also need them to challenge the very top sides for the flag so getting rid of them throws in the towel and puts us through a mini-rebuild which is a bit bigger than we think because we have key best 22 players who are 30 odd and we need to strike while they are up and about.
Thing is we don't need to get rid of these guys. We have enough young players on the list not up to it to make enough list spots. Build the list from the bottom up.
I think we need to be patient, persist with the injury riddled players, delist a few young guys who aren't going to make it, look into trades and draft picks for good players.
It's going to be a good challenge for the list managers. But you don't just delist best 22 players because they are injury prone. You just need one good season out of them. Replace if you can but that's easier said than done, you don't delist and hit the draft in this situation.
You don't replace them with draftees because they will be AFL ready outside our premiership window. We also need them to challenge the very top sides for the flag so getting rid of them throws in the towel and puts us through a mini-rebuild which is a bit bigger than we think because we have key best 22 players who are 30 odd and we need to strike while they are up and about.
Thing is we don't need to get rid of these guys. We have enough young players on the list not up to it to make enough list spots. Build the list from the bottom up.
I think we need to be patient, persist with the injury riddled players, delist a few young guys who aren't going to make it, look into trades and draft picks for good players.
It's going to be a good challenge for the list managers. But you don't just delist best 22 players because they are injury prone. You just need one good season out of them. Replace if you can but that's easier said than done, you don't delist and hit the draft in this situation.
