Big Bodied Backman for 2013

[Quixote]

Well trade period just ended... and this remains a huge problem for us.

I can only assume now we'll be scouring the draft for a mature full-back.


Thoughts?

[bergholt]

Well trade period just ended... and this remains a huge problem for us.

I can only assume now we'll be scouring the draft for a mature full-back.


Thoughts?

Just play Wilkes at the back. He's not that good at it, but surely he's about as good as anyone playing full-back in a state league?

Anyway, there's a lot of competition for tall forward spots - Roo, Kosi, Stanley, Lee, McEvoy/Hickey - so I don't think he gets many games if he can only play down there.

[St Loxton]

Scour the state leagues.

[chook23]

Well trade period just ended... and this remains a huge problem for us.

I can only assume now we'll be scouring the draft for a mature full-back.


Thoughts?

Odds are that Brown may continue on with WC after 2013

Some posters are saying we will get him next year...................I doubt it

Do we scour the draft for a mature FB or pick best available KPD youngster pick 25/26

[Dr Spaceman]

Well trade period just ended... and this remains a huge problem for us.

I can only assume now we'll be scouring the draft for a mature full-back.


Thoughts?

Odds are that Brown may continue on with WC after 2013

Some posters are saying we will get him next year...................I doubt it

Do we scour the draft for a mature FB or pick best available KPD youngster pick 25/26

I'd say both. Longer term we're gonna need more than one new Key Defender.

[creepypolar]

tanner smith? mclurey?

[mr six o'clock]

With our last pick , how about a 36 yr old Max Hudgeton .


We've done allot worse in recent years !

[sainterinsydney]

Joel Tippett?

[FQF]

tanner smith? mclurey?

Tanner smith is only 194cm, isn't much of an improvement from Simpkin as the FB.

[Dr Spaceman]

Joel Tippett?

His dad says "No".

[WinnersOnly]

Joel Tippett?

He would be my choice but obviously the recruitment team will have a number of mature players they would have looked at.

Perhaps our short term answer is to use one of our tall forwards down back eg Stanley given that we now have Lee & Hickey. I dont think it would hurt his development and definitely think he could fill the void. We seem to be really pidgeon holing players these days - time for some lateral thinking Mr WATTERS.

[paddy]

Yeah.... we need to be looking for something decent from the state leagues....

Just someone to outbody the opposition gorillas....

star CHF and FF will prob still walk over us, but its the resting giants that we need to curtail....

[Burkey 1]

What about Gillies from Geelong, I know he's not a monster full back but he should help ??

[plugger66]

Joel Tippett?

He would be my choice but obviously the recruitment team will have a number of mature players they would have looked at.

Perhaps our short term answer is to use one of our tall forwards down back eg Stanley given that we now have Lee & Hickey. I dont think it would hurt his development and definitely think he could fill the void.

Stanley couldnt and wont play FB. Not sure who will but it wont be him. Played CHB a couple of times at Sandy last year and didnt have much of a clue.

[StNoodles]

Really, really disappointing not to land a FB.

Gilham was there for the taking, yet we focused on Brown who WCE said wouldn't be traded, and we missed out on both.

Very poor.

[WinnersOnly]

Really, really disappointing not to land a FB.

Gilham was there for the taking, yet we focused on Brown who WCE said wouldn't be traded, and we missed out on both.

Very poor.

Gilham wasn't the answer - will be better off taking an educated risk on a state league defender.

[StNoodles]

Really, really disappointing not to land a FB.

Gilham was there for the taking, yet we focused on Brown who WCE said wouldn't be traded, and we missed out on both.

Very poor.

Gilham wasn't the answer - will be better off taking an educated risk on a state league defender.

We could have got him for very little one would assume, given what GWS secured him with.

We should have got him AND a state league defender imo.

[Con Gorozidis]

Should be able to spend 25/26 on kids and 44 on Hartigan. + promote Ferguson. So no panic.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/localfo ... 6344953048

[bergholt]

Gilham was there for the taking, yet we focused on Brown who WCE said wouldn't be traded, and we missed out on both.

Gilham's 192cm. He's basically the same size as Simpkin but six years older. Why bother signing a player like that?

[StNoodles]

Gilham was there for the taking, yet we focused on Brown who WCE said wouldn't be traded, and we missed out on both.

Gilham's 192cm. He's basically the same size as Simpkin but six years older. Why bother signing a player like that?

Because he held down FB in a Premiership team?

[bergholt]

Gilham was there for the taking, yet we focused on Brown who WCE said wouldn't be traded, and we missed out on both.

Gilham's 192cm. He's basically the same size as Simpkin but six years older. Why bother signing a player like that?

Because he held down FB in a Premiership team?

...and now that same team is playing Ryan Schoenmakers ahead of him.

[StNoodles]

...and now that same team is playing Ryan Schoenmakers ahead of him.

And if Schoenmakers was available in the draft I'd have wanted us to trade for him.

What don't you get? We don't have a full back.

[SainterK]

Appears we focused on a contracted required player.

Not the best strategy.

Time for them to fix it by some other means, because it needs fixing.

[plugger66]

...and now that same team is playing Ryan Schoenmakers ahead of him.

And if Schoenmakers was available in the draft I'd have wanted us to draft him.

What don't you get? We don't have a full back.

Gilham isnt the type we wanted. if we wanted that type we have Simpkin to do the job.

[StNoodles]

...and now that same team is playing Ryan Schoenmakers ahead of him.

And if Schoenmakers was available in the draft I'd have wanted us to draft him.

What don't you get? We don't have a full back.

Gilham isnt the type we wanted. if we wanted that type we have Simpkin to do the job.

And Trent Dennis-Lane is the type we wanted, apparently.

I'd rather have picked up a player who could potentially hold down FB, than another small forward.

I'm baffled by today.