I have another angle to suggest that young Nathan Foley might struggle. When you think of list management and who you're going to cut over the next few seasons his name would come up for a variety of reasons.
Firstly, if we want some quality picks in the superdraft we need to make space on the list. This year should not be too much of a problem but it depends on the number of picks we want. Obviously Stafford, Humm and Chaff would be almost gone. Not sure on Chaff and suspect we might hold on to Gas and Chubba. At least one of the two. And then you have to factor who is still in contract. Like D-Rod would be gone for sure but he's contracted for another year so that cancels him out. And unless you want to get rid of guys like Krak and Tivva, both of whom are playing great footy this year BTW and then you are already starting to delve into the stocks of our younger players.
Year after and the 2006 draftees are all on two year deals and we may or may not have delisted most of the above mentioned veterans. So think about who you're going to delist that year and then think of the year after. Unless we are drafting duds that you want to cut after two or three years it is going to be a difficult process.
So as much as I hate to say it, ultimately you'd think it's going to be guys like Foley who get the chop. When our side is more developed to Terry's plans it should be loaded with skilled running players and a couple of grunt types. If he keeps improving he could still be there in the future but he's gonna have to try and surpass players like Sugar and Cogs. That is his challenge to stay on the list.
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