BS aside of which club wins out for his signature, I’m curious to know how many Tiger fans believe projected output in 2019 and beyond outweigh total costs of having Lynch on the list.
It has gotten to the point where people simply want Lynch at their club so he doesn’t sign with the other club but have lost sight of what his inclusion would come at the cost of to fit him in.
Tigers have won a flag and built something very rare over the last few seasons, then you’ve got Lynch as a cherry on top/piggy backing on that success.
Same goes for Collingwood where injuries have created a very unpredictable forward line ala Richmond 2017 that has got different avenues at goal. Does bringing in Lynch undo that to an extent?
What’re people’s thoughts?
I was back and forth earlier in the year. But have come down firmly in the yes camp now.
As a few others have said it’s a different direction to our current forward setup but you’ve got to keep evolving. Last year it was our pressure and you guys, Essendon, Norf, Hawks, Dees etc... have all followed suit this year and had considerable success. This year we’ve added the forward handball, it was reported a few teams tried to follow suit mid year and struggled but it’ll be a focus for a few teams over summer.
Lynch probably allows more long kicking and flexibility in game style and also allows Jack to roam around more getting involved in the play. I also think he would help us make the most of when we are on top, we have a top score of 125 this year, WCE, GWS, Pies, Dees, Norf, Port and Lions all have top scores of 130+ and GWS, Dees, WCE and Pies have multiple massive 140+ scores. It doesn’t seem like a lot but it shows that we don’t have the high end attack to slaughter a side, we rely on strangling them a bit and for the most part it works but Lynch could and should take us to another level in attack.
If we are another level in attack we can stay 1 step ahead of the pack hopefully.
I’m honestly not fussed. Part of me really wants him to go to the Pies because I’ve just got a bad feeling about his body, big blokes don’t seem to have as much luck with knees. Had he not had the knee injury I’d be keen to have him but I’m pretty cold on the idea of signing a big bloke who’s injured.
Time will tell I guess.
I’m Very surprised Jacob that you don’t want competition for the other tall forward spot