Dr Spaceman wrote:fugazi wrote:As someone said earlier, where are our next A graders and elite players going to come from?
Our elite players are all 29 years plus....bunch of GOP's after that....keep trading our first round picks, and in a cpl of years GOP's will comprise the whole team.
Peake, Polo, Gamble, Gardiner etc etc. I can see why people are p1ssed off with our trades in recent years.
But tell me why you are labeling Lee & Hickey as GOPs when they're yet to play a game for us? Both are highly rated and both could have easily gone top 15 if they'd been in the Draft.
Have a look at Hickey's highlights Spacey....he pretty much says himself that he's a trier without much natural talent....he can't kick, and his contested marks are against Raph Clark (190cm?) and Cameron Woods (donut)....
Maybe Lee's got something, and no other club spotted it yet, but he himself said he expected to go 3rd round.
I think coaches, like politicians, think in 1-2 year intervals..........we need to develop the replacements for Dal, Lenny, Fisher, Monty, Goddard.......you got to use those early picks on the best talent.....not just gap fillers.
I reckon we're betwixt and between, trying to rebuild, and have a crack at a premiership..........imo, we should have kept the picks and bring in two possible A graders.