Depth

[sharp9]

Seems pretty jolly good...esp when you consider the promising young players ans some experienced hands who won't get a gig round 1 - even when 4 or 5 are out injured

Meredith
Dennis-Lane
Johnston
Reid
Pyke
Sumner/Moore/Bevan/Bird (assuming one is left out for round 1)

It seems Bevo will be with us into eternity.

On a brighter note, great to see Rohan and Jetta playing such important parts this pre-season.

And to think we offered to trade BOTH of them to the tigers for Dustin Martin!

[Bas]

Seems pretty jolly good...esp when you consider

Poor choice of word.

[supersall]

I'd rather have the selection headache of who to not include, rather than plumbing the depths

[Auntie.Gerald]

we have a change of the guard occurring

There is 7 or 8 senior players that under pressure every week to keep there spots in the 22...................We are fortunate to even have a Mike Pyke backing up as number 3 ruckman !

the guy is on a parabolic curve of improvement and who knows................his $ worth as is not doubt rising as well !

awesome !

[Young Blood]

Agree, with the reservation that I recall similar comments in last year's preseason, but our depth players didn't seem that great come midseason.

[unconfuseme]

The best thing about our depth is that we don't ever seem to be under too much salary cap pressure to keep the ones we want, unlike some of the other clubs ... none of the "experts" rate us, so other than our super stars like Goodes, our list, and particularly our borderline seniors, continue to fly under the radar ... Pyke is a classic example of how our fans and the club value our players, and most are underrated ... if he was not a "Canadian Rugby Player" in his 3rd year of football, he would be of huge interest to other clubs ... but to most of them, he is still just a "curiosity" ... the other thing that works in our favour, even though it has been considered as a negative, is that our young players are not in the spotlight of the VFL week in week out as they develop. Playing in ACT doesn't seem to stop the good ones from getting better!

[ernie koala]

On a brighter note, great to see Rohan and Jetta playing such important parts this pre-season.

And to think we offered to trade BOTH of them to the tigers for Dustin Martin!

I, like most here, have high hopes for Rohan and Jetta...But having watched Martin carry the tigers midfield last year, in his first year, I can see why our recruiters wanted him so badly...He's a fabulous player, destined to be one of the comps elite midfielders for years to come.

[Go Swannies]

My guess is we won't see B2, LRT, Bradshaw or Tadhg for the first few rounds, despite what they are saying (just as Bird hasn't played a senior game since he told me around July last year that he "was a week away"). So we may be testing our depth pretty soon.

And if we do play any of those four then we may be seeing how the new bench works out - like it'd be fine testing Braddy out for half a game then replace him but what do we do then if Bird is in the team and on the ground then has a foot twinge and has to come off so we are down to two on the bench? Challenging times ahead - especially when we seem to have a lot of twinges and tweaks (Rohan) before the first game of the year is even played.

[liz]

I, like most here, have high hopes for Rohan and Jetta...But having watched Martin carry the tigers midfield last year, in his first year, I can see why our recruiters wanted him so badly...He's a fabulous player, destined to be one of the comps elite midfielders for years to come.

All hypothetical, but do you think they would be willing to trade Jetta and Rohan for Martin now? Of course, at the time, it was two anonymous picks, not Rohan and Jetta. And even though they'd have had a good idea that Rohan would be available, they probably hadn't banked on Jetta being there when that pick came along.

And of course, in the past year, we saw JPK and Hanners both emerge as consistent, quality midfielders, not to mention Jack add several new strings to his bow. I think the value of Rohan and Jetta to our side is considerably higher than Martin, notwithstanding the fact that Martin has the makings of a terrific player.

[ernie koala]

All hypothetical, but do you think they would be willing to trade Jetta and Rohan for Martin now? Of course, at the time, it was two anonymous picks, not Rohan and Jetta. And even though they'd have had a good idea that Rohan would be available, they probably hadn't banked on Jetta being there when that pick came along.

And of course, in the past year, we saw JPK and Hanners both emerge as consistent, quality midfielders, not to mention Jack add several new strings to his bow. I think the value of Rohan and Jetta to our side is considerably higher than Martin, notwithstanding the fact that Martin has the makings of a terrific player.

I haven't suggested which is better of Rohan and Jetta V Martin, only time will tell. What I did say was that I can understand why the recruiters were so keen on Martin. His first year was fantastic and IMO, barring major injury, he'll go on to be one of the competitions elite midfielders for many years to come.....I can't say that yet about Rohan or Jetta, though the signs for both are very promising.

[jono2707]

If Rohan turns out to be the Brendan Goddard-type player I keep comparing him to in my mind, I for one will be stoked that we got him and Jetta last year.

[Auntie.Gerald]

All hypothetical, but do you think they would be willing to trade Jetta and Rohan for Martin now? Of course, at the time, it was two anonymous picks, not Rohan and Jetta. And even though they'd have had a good idea that Rohan would be available, they probably hadn't banked on Jetta being there when that pick came along.

And of course, in the past year, we saw JPK and Hanners both emerge as consistent, quality midfielders, not to mention Jack add several new strings to his bow. I think the value of Rohan and Jetta to our side is considerably higher than Martin, notwithstanding the fact that Martin has the makings of a terrific player.

Liz I reckon that Luke Parker if recruited by the Tigers may have played in his first year also................I would like to officially add Luke Parker to the depth list accumulating.....

Martin was very good but Hannes could be something very special in the midfield!! .............not to mention young Carroll coming along very soon also !

[Auntie.Gerald]

If Rohan turns out to be the Brendan Goddard-type player I keep comparing him to in my mind, I for one will be stoked that we got him and Jetta last year.

Rohan still reminds of a young Kenelly but with aggression !

[liz]

not to mention young Carroll coming along very soon also !

Who

[Auntie.Gerald]

Who

Ha !

Mitchell it is !