Swans knew.Agree. Hewett is a worry. His leg speed and kicking is a major problem. Liability when sides run against us
I really like him and thought he was a great recruit but I fear modern game will find him out
Next year I reckon we can only play 2 of Cripps Kennedy Hewett Carroll (if he stays) in the same side
We have had a heavy focus on big bodies. Voss has encouraged big bodies.
The focus on midfielder drafting needs to be pressure. Closing speed. Run down tackles. As well as being able to win the ball and kick.
If we didn't butcher our recruiting of midfielders we would be fine. I think our recruiting team needs to be made accountable and I am not talking about the head of the team, the team in general.
I actually think that a full modernising of our midfield doesn't have Kennedy or Hewett. I don't think we need to be clearance kings and contested ball beasts. We just need to be really good at halving the contests, applying elite pressure and winning enough ball. With Cripps in there we are always going to be solid clearance wise.
Kennedy and Hewett would be traded if in most of the better sides, Sydney for example. We should be shopping around if we can get some young mids incoming. Need to float a few around who don't fit the modern game, that includes a lot of our sudo-forwards.
We will need our youth to step up in defence. Wilson, Cowan etc. We will need to draft some forwards. I don't rate any of our small forwards. I think they are more or less modified failed midfielders. Motlop hasn't excited me but I am waiting to see if he can take his fitness to another level. Fix the midfield and the forwards are going to do a lot better though.
We would be a vastly different side if any of Dow, SPS, O'Brien, Stocker, Fisher, Ramsay, Philp or Polson turned out but they didn't. This is why our midfield is crap and not up to what modern footy demands.
Hoping Lord is the sort of mid we need and we can find more.
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