wedgetail wrote:Mr Fuller wrote:wedgetail wrote:Bitterly disappointing to go out in straight sets but would have taken 3rd at he start of the year with our list.
Gifted sturt too many goals due to skill errors and on-ball division not big or strong enough.
Godden won't be going anywhere and is committed to the club and going forward. He will continue to promote from within which is commendable but at the moment that doesn't quite compete with the big body recruits sturt have bought in from other clubs.
I agree that at the start of the year i would have taken 3rd spot given the amount of players we lost . BUT we did finish minor premiers and for that we should be incredibly p!ssed that we didn't even given a whimper at the start of the year.
Agreed our onball division is pretty small. Poole, Boyd, Johannson would be lucky to push 170cm. Good players but we can't have too many of these types. Through McGregor into that and you have another <170cm player on the park. Add to that Hall, Commitogiani who don't go in hard.......leave us only with Petrenko and Lewis, the latter who is in the death throes of his career.
Who are the big bodied recruits that Sturt have brought in from other clubs? I can't really recall them forking out $$ for any types who have become match-winners. You could perhaps argue that Beard is one. But we brought in Wundke a few years ago.
Ignoring the efforts of Lukusious today (who we will only see for 1 more year before he goes to the AFL) I'm very concerned that our 'talent' that we have promoted and blooded this year from the Reserves is not up to it yet we will persist with them for the next few years which will be problematic. I'd much prefer them bringing in some of raw talent from the U18s.
Just off the top of my head, Kirkwood, Wilson, McMahon, Riley (unsure if he was sturt before crows).
Wilson home grown
McMahon not a midfielder
Riley ours from mini draft days
Can't say I didn't enjoy my team beating the eagles today. Looked like there was a bit of feeling out there too!!
Why wasn't that rookie played earlier in the season? Looks a star!!