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With the three guys we brought in, plus Pick 4 these guys should be depth only

Laird
Smith
Murphy
Jones


The first two are cooked, yes Laird is cooked, but gave been great for our club.

The second two have never been good enough and stop gaps for better recruiting.
 
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If we did as I suggest below, we probably struggle through the season and end up finishing 12th-14th. If we play the guys that I wouldn't select, we potentially finish 7th-10th. I'd take the lower finish and higher draft pick to get games and responsibility into our future best 23 and rule line through depth and give a taste to the break glass group if required. Tex, Laird & Smith will definitely not feature in our contending side, Murphy is just a pure spud and it's embarrassing how many games he's played and Junior has been cruelled by injury and his primary weapon was never really deployed and has been impacted by his injuries anywhere.

Nicks and Co round 1 side
Laird Butts Max
Milera Murray Worrell
Cumming Crouch Soligo
Keays Tex Fogarty
Rachele TT ANB
ROB Dawson Rankine
Int - Murphy, Peatling, Sholl, Smith, Pedlar

My 23
Bond. Butts. Max
Worrell Murray. Hinge
Cumming Soligo. Sholl
Keays. Fog. Peatling
Rachele. TT. ANB
ROB. Dawson. Rankine
Curtin, Pedlar, Nankervis, Pick 4, Taylor

Depth (no order)
Defenders - Keane, Ryan, Jones
Mids - Berry, Schoey (last chance), Edwards, Dowling
Wing - Jones (last chance)

Wouldn't use unless needed to field 23
Tex, Laird, Smith, Milera, Murphy

Break glass
Everyone else
 
You're not playing RT as first ruck ??

Big risk for our biggest onfield asset.

No Nick Murray either
Nick Murray is on the bench.

I’d like to see him as a genuine versatile big man who could play forward, back, or chop out in the ruck.

Much like Dawson as a mid, forward, or even drop him back depending on what we need at any given stage in a game.
 
If we did as I suggest below, we probably struggle through the season and end up finishing 12th-14th. If we play the guys that I wouldn't select, we potentially finish 7th-10th. I'd take the lower finish and higher draft pick to get games and responsibility into our future best 23 and rule line through depth and give a taste to the break glass group if required. Tex, Laird & Smith will definitely not feature in our contending side, Murphy is just a pure spud and it's embarrassing how many games he's played and Junior has been cruelled by injury and his primary weapon was never really deployed and has been impacted by his injuries anywhere.

Nicks and Co round 1 side
Laird Butts Max
Milera Murray Worrell
Cumming Crouch Soligo
Keays Tex Fogarty
Rachele TT ANB
ROB Dawson Rankine
Int - Murphy, Peatling, Sholl, Smith, Pedlar

My 23
Bond. Butts. Max
Worrell Murray. Hinge
Cumming Soligo. Sholl
Keays. Fog. Peatling
Rachele. TT. ANB
ROB. Dawson. Rankine
Curtin, Pedlar, Nankervis, Pick 4, Taylor

Depth (no order)
Defenders - Keane, Ryan, Jones
Mids - Berry, Schoey (last chance), Edwards, Dowling
Wing - Jones (last chance)

Wouldn't use unless needed to field 23
Tex, Laird, Smith, Milera, Murphy

Break glass
Everyone else
Where's Ned?.......oh that's right I forgot haha
 

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