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Parks has looked shaky in the last couple of weeks.

I don't agree he's looked fine to me, what is expected from a 5th gamer?

Seriously?

He was pushed off the ball with ease, his kicking is ordinary at best. He was bought into the side as an intercept marker, which apart from his first game, I haven't seen. Luke has done two memorable things, the tackle on Lukosius and the tackle on Tippa. Other than that he's been well below par.

I think Owies is worth persisting with as the small forward. Eddie is in his last season and has been able to play up the ground a bit in recent weeks with Owies there. Owies goes in hard and looks to be a pretty reliable set shot. I doubt he's going to be a 20 possession type player but looks capable of kicking goals when he gets it.

Just read that Kemp is likely to play in the VFL this week. He'll be 4-5 weeks at least away but at 193cm, he could be just what we need down back. Parks has looked shaky in the last couple of weeks.

Williams was a good half back flanker who played some handy games as a mid with one of the best midfields in the comp.
Our midfield isnt as good as the star studded GWS lineup and playing on a half back flank with us means a lot of defending and a lot less attacking as Adam Saad can tell him. You add in a sore achillies and Williams is just another average player until we get better players around him.

Setterfield...hard contested footy isnt his go, he has pulled the hand brake a few times and is better suited to tagging or a wing or sitting behind the ball. He wont ever be the player we need to help Cripps but may be handy as depth.
Gibbons...a rookie from the VFL, moneyball depth player, small, lacks a yard of pace and vs the big mids cant handle a midfield role. Better down forward IMO but with Betts, Owies, Martin and Fisher isnt going to be featuring in the future much.
Newnes......done his job, filled in for players like Obrien, Dow, SPS who should have displaced him but are not up to it....dont blame Newnes blame the recruiters. Newnes like Gibbons has held up his end of the bargain, you got what you paid for.....

Fogarty....does most things well but finish, you need your Indians like Fogarty but he wont ever be a chief....

Pittonet...VFL ruck in the main who like Gibbons and Newnes has given value for what he cost. Wont ever be a matchwinner and
was recruited to be a Barnaby French to hold the fort until the cavalry arrived.
Not sure what some expected of him..he is a soldier but wont ever be a General..

This is why getting Ben Crocker will only achieve fill in type results, he will probably kick goals vs the weak teams but wont impact vs the heavyweights.
The messiah in Charlie Curnow will probably be decending very slowly from the summit with a knee brace so as Lods pointed out I wouldnt be expecting miracles or him turning gatorade into wine either..

More than likely we need to head back to the draft table and be big players in trade week and use what commodities we have as trade bait while they still have some value like SPS.
Its not a rebuild required but a reset with an emphasis on bigger bodied harder players who can take and impart pressure better than the fill in types we have recruited..

Williams was a good half back flanker who played some handy games as a mid with one of the best midfields in the comp.
Our midfield isnt as good as the star studded GWS lineup and playing on a half back flank with us means a lot of defending and a lot less attacking as Adam Saad can tell him. You add in a sore achillies and Williams is just another average player until we get better players around him.

Setterfield...hard contested footy isnt his go, he has pulled the hand brake a few times and is better suited to tagging or a wing or sitting behind the ball. He wont ever be the player we need to help Cripps but may be handy as depth.
Gibbons...a rookie from the VFL, moneyball depth player, small, lacks a yard of pace and vs the big mids cant handle a midfield role. Better down forward IMO but with Betts, Owies, Martin and Fisher isnt going to be featuring in the future much.
Newnes......done his job, filled in for players like Obrien, Dow, SPS who should have displaced him but are not up to it....dont blame Newnes blame the recruiters. Newnes like Gibbons has held up his end of the bargain, you got what you paid for.....

Fogarty....does most things well but finish, you need your Indians like Fogarty but he wont ever be a chief....

Pittonet...VFL ruck in the main who like Gibbons and Newnes has given value for what he cost. Wont ever be a matchwinner and
was recruited to be a Barnaby French to hold the fort until the cavalry arrived.
Not sure what some expected of him..he is a soldier but wont ever be a General..

This is why getting Ben Crocker will only achieve fill in type results, he will probably kick goals vs the weak teams but wont impact vs the heavyweights.
The messiah in Charlie Curnow will probably be decending very slowly from the summit with a knee brace so as Lods pointed out I wouldnt be expecting miracles or him turning gatorade into wine either..

More than likely we need to head back to the draft table and be big players in trade week and use what commodities we have as trade bait while they still have some value like SPS.
Its not a rebuild required but a reset with an emphasis on bigger bodied harder players who can take and impart pressure better than the fill in types we have recruited..

Reckon we're one gun mid away from getting it together - had hoped it would be Dow or Setterfield.

Kemp? As a Kouta type utility/mid? Maybe.

Hunter would have been good, ditto Oliver albeit different players.

Merrett is certainly something we lack - zippy, finds the pill, bit of an accumulator too, gets it inside 50 quickly - perfect for Charlie and Harry.

Not sure he goes missing too often - see below, consistent numbers this year - and stacks up well statistically with Josh Kelly.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?playerStatus1=A&tid1=6&playerStatus2=A&tid2=25&type=A&pid1=3943&pid2=3919&fid1=C&fid2=C

Id go after Libba

We need a young Libba......dirty, big balls, manic attack on the ball

I just added he doesn't fit our age profile, he is the type of kent we need in the guts.