I really dont get the risk though !
We are trading for 2 quality mids that are inside bulls with 100+ games and 7-8 years of football ahead of them compared to
2 kids picked between 13-20 and 1 kid 21-23. If we get 1 kid out of the 3 the quality of taranto we would take that and he would take 3-4 years to get to the required level and most likely off very little the next 2-3 years whilst developing.
Regarding relying on best 22 again i feel Hopper is a more dangerous and ready player that was injured last year but came back and with a 2 month rest and a proper pre season will be well and truly over his knee issue and both Prestia & Lynch were further back when acquired the club would have been all over this before offering up a 7 year deal if thats the case.
Nank has been a very durable Ruckman apart from the syndesmosis he had in 2020 and the knee last year but maybe its me and my thoughts on Rucks but i dont see either of Nank or Soldo as being elite Ruckman like a Grundy , Gawn or Goldstein/Cox/Sandi etc of the past and dont think we will lose that much if he is out for 4-6 weeks in a year and have reasonable backup for short stints with Miller/Ryan who are no longer kids and have ready made bodies and its a big difference when our 2nd ruck was grigg but if we need insurance then we get a cheap lug to be that battering ram from lower ranks
But im confident our new found strong midfield depth will see us through even if Nank went down and wont be the first time a clubs mids have had to play to the oppositions Ruckman but we also have extra help in Balta , Miler .
But Im still in favour of getting your Boy Max and Harry if we end up with the suitable picks which would give us some under growth