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PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
I was looking at our list to see how solid our team is in terms of depth. I have put our players into six categories. Please don't worry too much if you recon player 'A' should be in a different bracket or not, shifting a player here or there wont make a difference to my point about depth.
What is seems like to me is that we have about 15 pretty solid players in our squad. This leaves 8 more to fill a normal team, not taking into account injuries or team structure.
We fill the remaining 32% of our team with 'C' grade players, who are going to be inconsistent or still learning their skills. Over a third of our team not able to do their job. Not good.
The other thing this shows is that we really need at least 3 or 4 of the Meyer..casserley group to come good. Nine dubious players is quite a few.
Keep in mind I am looking at this from the point of view of what they can probably contribute this year, not later.
Players who are yet to show they have a serious AFL career ahead: (9)
Meyer
Casserley
Hughes
JON
Howat
Silvester
Collins
Collard
Schulz
White
Players from the recent draft, so can't be reasonably classified: (3)
Putt
Rance
Gourdis
(Cotchin I have upgraded one category just on hype
)
Players who have shown something but are not established: (5)
Cotchin
Polo
Edwards
Moore
Reiwoldt
'C' grade players at this stage of their careers: (7)
King
Tambling
Jackson
Pattison
Connors
McGuane
Polak
'B' grade players: (8)
Tivendale
Hyde
Coughlan (he is in this group because this year, he probably wont be at his best)
Deledio
Pettifer
Raines
Thursfield
Johnson
'A' grade players: (7)
Bowden
Richardson
Brown
Foley
Tuck
Newman
Simmonds
What is seems like to me is that we have about 15 pretty solid players in our squad. This leaves 8 more to fill a normal team, not taking into account injuries or team structure.
We fill the remaining 32% of our team with 'C' grade players, who are going to be inconsistent or still learning their skills. Over a third of our team not able to do their job. Not good.
The other thing this shows is that we really need at least 3 or 4 of the Meyer..casserley group to come good. Nine dubious players is quite a few.
Keep in mind I am looking at this from the point of view of what they can probably contribute this year, not later.
Players who are yet to show they have a serious AFL career ahead: (9)
Meyer
Casserley
Hughes
JON
Howat
Silvester
Collins
Collard
Schulz
White
Players from the recent draft, so can't be reasonably classified: (3)
Putt
Rance
Gourdis
(Cotchin I have upgraded one category just on hype
)Players who have shown something but are not established: (5)
Cotchin
Polo
Edwards
Moore
Reiwoldt
'C' grade players at this stage of their careers: (7)
King
Tambling
Jackson
Pattison
Connors
McGuane
Polak
'B' grade players: (8)
Tivendale
Hyde
Coughlan (he is in this group because this year, he probably wont be at his best)
Deledio
Pettifer
Raines
Thursfield
Johnson
'A' grade players: (7)
Bowden
Richardson
Brown
Foley
Tuck
Newman
Simmonds