Re: 2019 - What do you expect from the club?
Reply #30 –
I still can;'t understand why people are suggesting we need to retire the 2 bolded players.
Consistently in our bests, and both top 5 in the B+F thus far.
Have we learned nothing from the trading of Gibbs?
You simply cannot replace that type of quality with a draft pick.
I would very much hope that we keep these 2 for 2019 (and perhaps beyond?) as a huge hole (and about 550 games of experience by the end of the year) would appear in their absence.
Between them, they have played in more games than all players aged 22 and under combined (of which we have 23! inc rookies).
....and still more when you include Graham, Phillips and Byrne who are over 23+ and played in a further 98 games between them.
So those 2 players offer us more games experience than our lowest 26 experience players combined. Frightening.
Couldn't agree more. Both are still performing well so age is only a minor factor. Needed. With defenders returning next year Daisy will likely be played more to his strengths around the middle of the ground and forward.