Booney wrote:Brodlach wrote:I keep hearing injuries but other teams have a far worse injury list. Depth is the concern and that's because Port keep trading their early picks for established players with a little past history (not saying they have done bad things) for being lazy or whatever rather than putting in the hard work of developing a youngster which recently they don't have a great record of.
Not trolling Booney just a conversation I had with a die hard Port supporter yesterday
Agreed, we have given up early picks, but would you question trading for Ryder and Dixon? At this point, no, you wouldn't. Our investment in Ryder is on hold and Dixon is showing he's been worth the investment in him.
Yes, depth is an issue, most clubs in the middle of the table will find depth an issue if it's your #1 and #2 ruckman, full forward and full back on the injury list. It's not just the number of injuries it's the positions they play that has hurt us the most.
On developing youngsters, we haven't needed to blood too many kids because we don't have many on our list over 26. The core group is around the 25-27 age bracket with several in the 23-25 bracket, not like you need to turn over quickly with that age profile, so trading for big names is possible when you have a core that has 5-7 years in front of them.
We'll be back in the draft this year and next. If we trade it will be players for picks only.
I would query it's not like Ryder is out for 2 to 6 weeks your back ups are injured making Trengrove your ruckman .
Dixon one week he marks kills goals the next week it's like watching a never plaid Aussie footy before arms hands moving around dropping just about evey ball
My thoughts right now port is suspect
And I do pick them sometimes