Remi Moses
14-05-2014, 04:10 AM
Is it really so ridiculous if we are talking balance? No doubt in my mind we have them covered in terms of young smalls but they do have Dawes and Frawley who are tested and relatively young, Tom McDonald looks like he will be a solid tall back and Hogan is a massive talent, if Clark had stuck around it looks even more impressive. You can realistically point to those guys and see the Dees spine in five years time.
In comparison to our list I would bank on Roughead being a good tall back in five years time but who else is there? Jones may make it, Talia is in a similar boat while the rest are a mix of incredibly untested, retiring or ideally ruckmen. I would much rather our crop of smalls and mids but in terms of a spine it's an area we are still yet to develop and it does skew the balance of our list.
Agreed they have us covered for talls. But the comment on a more balanced list isn't right .
They've had to recruit guys like Cross and Vince to even look competitive in the midfield stakes.
McDonald, Hogan ( back issues already) Dawes has come good granted, but if they lose Frawley they look ordinary down back.
Please don't classify Lynden Dunn as a decent tall. Our forward half hardly strikes the fear of god into teams managed to score with ease last Saturday night.Credit to Plough for putting his opinion forward, but it's not quite right.
In comparison to our list I would bank on Roughead being a good tall back in five years time but who else is there? Jones may make it, Talia is in a similar boat while the rest are a mix of incredibly untested, retiring or ideally ruckmen. I would much rather our crop of smalls and mids but in terms of a spine it's an area we are still yet to develop and it does skew the balance of our list.
Agreed they have us covered for talls. But the comment on a more balanced list isn't right .
They've had to recruit guys like Cross and Vince to even look competitive in the midfield stakes.
McDonald, Hogan ( back issues already) Dawes has come good granted, but if they lose Frawley they look ordinary down back.
Please don't classify Lynden Dunn as a decent tall. Our forward half hardly strikes the fear of god into teams managed to score with ease last Saturday night.Credit to Plough for putting his opinion forward, but it's not quite right.