Bond has earned himself another year I’d say .
Walker - 1 year
Berry - trade for a second round
Cook - 2 year
Hamill - really hasn’t put a foot wrong this year. Trade for more opportunities or 1 year
McHenry - easy delist
Smith - development coach
Himmelberg - will walk to gws.
Borlase - depth 1 year
Parnell - easy delist
Sholl - 2 year
Bond - 1 year
Gollant - trade for more opportunities or 1 year
Sloane : retired
List vacancies
Main: Berry
McHenry
Smith
Himmelberg
Sloane
Gollant
Rookies
Parnell
In;
First round : best mid with pace
Second round : wing with pace that is able to hit the scoreboard
Welsh
I’d then look to fill list holes like a Ruck, and small forward.
I prefer to look at it over two years rather than one in isolation.
So I would imagine the likely 2024 or 2025 departures are:
Parnell
McHenry
Sloane
Burgess
Tex (2025)
Smith (2025)
Strachan (2025)
Crouch (2025)
That’s 8 players over two years which is a reasonable turnover.
Add a couple that are rumoured to be leaving, Keane and Himmelberg and we are up to 10 departures.
Others have been passed and are unlikely to feature long-term, Schoenberg, Jones for example.
Clubs are holding tight with their free agents and it’s becoming very difficult to turn over more than 5-6 players a year. For this reason, reckon we need to keep the likes of Berry, Borlase and Gollant for another couple of seasons.