- Feb 11, 2010
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I am so sick and tired of hearing people talk about the following:
* We shouldnt have traded pick 16 for williams
* We should have selected Joel Selwood instead of Scott Gumbleton
* We should have selected Cyril Rioli instead of David Myers
Does this talk get us anywhere? Sure we could have selected a young gun with pick 16 but we might not have as well, the draft is a gamble. Essendon identified a mid-sized goal kicking forward as a target to aquire, they got mark williams and we acquired pick 24 & 26 (jake carlisle- a good quality tall and a speedy onballer in travis colyer who fits our game plan nicely). Sure williams hasnt worked out too well yet but he has some talent and injury free he still has something to offer.
Ok, Joel sellwood and rioli are both guns and didnt take too long for adjust to AFL..this sometimes happen and if the recruiters had their time again they might select different or maybe they wouldnt change anything as they are all to aware that some players take longer to adjust to the rigours of afl.
Gumby is starting to prove his worth, he appears over his injury curse and with a full pre-season and a modified weights program and some goal kicking practice could well be an amazing centre half forward for the next 10 years. David Myers is starting to improve with confidence and is benefitting from playing injury free, he is starting to get more minutes in the midfield and may very well prove to be a great clearance player for us and i look forward to myers delivering the ball to gumby for the next part of the decade.
Lets get behind some of these young players more instead of wishing they were somone else. Whats done is done, whos to say we would be in any better position than we are in now. lets not look back on what might have been..lets move forward.
Cheers
* We shouldnt have traded pick 16 for williams
* We should have selected Joel Selwood instead of Scott Gumbleton
* We should have selected Cyril Rioli instead of David Myers
Does this talk get us anywhere? Sure we could have selected a young gun with pick 16 but we might not have as well, the draft is a gamble. Essendon identified a mid-sized goal kicking forward as a target to aquire, they got mark williams and we acquired pick 24 & 26 (jake carlisle- a good quality tall and a speedy onballer in travis colyer who fits our game plan nicely). Sure williams hasnt worked out too well yet but he has some talent and injury free he still has something to offer.
Ok, Joel sellwood and rioli are both guns and didnt take too long for adjust to AFL..this sometimes happen and if the recruiters had their time again they might select different or maybe they wouldnt change anything as they are all to aware that some players take longer to adjust to the rigours of afl.
Gumby is starting to prove his worth, he appears over his injury curse and with a full pre-season and a modified weights program and some goal kicking practice could well be an amazing centre half forward for the next 10 years. David Myers is starting to improve with confidence and is benefitting from playing injury free, he is starting to get more minutes in the midfield and may very well prove to be a great clearance player for us and i look forward to myers delivering the ball to gumby for the next part of the decade.
Lets get behind some of these young players more instead of wishing they were somone else. Whats done is done, whos to say we would be in any better position than we are in now. lets not look back on what might have been..lets move forward.
Cheers