countryfootyfan wrote:one day I will wrote:countryfootyfan wrote:I must say I am surprised with Bute's recruiting the last couple of years. They have always been big spenders, need to be with limited local numbers. However have always recruited decent footballers with plenty of upside and have stayed for several years. Their sides that lost the 2 consecutive GF's was largely as a result of solid recruiting over several years. An unsure why exactly they had gone down the path of Switala, Halliday etc as they were never long term options. Hope for their sake they can't climb the ladder with the new recruits.
When 10-15 A graders walk away from a footy club its gonna hurt no matter who or wat club it Is so maybe give it 3-4 years and then judge the people who do the recruiting. Still a very young side with no doubt lots of improvement needed but I feel they heading in the right direction with the players they had last year and the recruiting they doing this year. Just wait and see I guess.
Not disputing that at all. Crows will discover that those year also.
However Switala, Halliday etc on the wrong side of 30 for a reasonable amount of $$ when as you say are looking to rebuild after losing so many, wouldn't exactly say they were long term rebuilding type recruits.
So you have said Halliday and switala on the wrong side of 30 etc!! so who are the others on the wrong side of 30? And they both are very level headed guys with big footy brains also very good to have around young players.