The 5 Year Plan: Fremantle
The numbers for the players are their approximate ages in 5 years time. Of course, trades, injuries, drafts and unexpected retirements will affect what players are still around in 5 years. But this might be the core of the team when season 2011 starts.
FB A Grover 31, L McPharlin 29, B O'Brien 23
HB R Crowley 27, M Johnson 26, S Thornton 29
C B Peake 28, P Hasleby 30, C Collard 23
HF C Tarrant 30, R Murphy 26, R Hayden 30
FF J Longmuir 30, M Pavlich 29, L Webster 29
Foll A Sandilands 28, B Schammer 26, D Mundy 26
bench D Headland 30, S Dodd 28, M Drum 24, R Warnock 24
Outlook: The Dockers have plenty of tall options at the moment and most of them should still be with the team in 5 years. Where the Dockers will need to use their draft picks is on the smaller players. The Dockers will lose Bell, Black, the Carrs and McManus in the coming seasons. Sandilands will also need a player to back him up. Even without adding a couple of star onballers the Dockers will be a very good team in the future, but they do need to manage their salary-cap wisely to keep the team together.
FB A Grover 31, L McPharlin 29, B O'Brien 23
HB R Crowley 27, M Johnson 26, S Thornton 29
C B Peake 28, P Hasleby 30, C Collard 23
HF C Tarrant 30, R Murphy 26, R Hayden 30
FF J Longmuir 30, M Pavlich 29, L Webster 29
Foll A Sandilands 28, B Schammer 26, D Mundy 26
bench D Headland 30, S Dodd 28, M Drum 24, R Warnock 24
Outlook: The Dockers have plenty of tall options at the moment and most of them should still be with the team in 5 years. Where the Dockers will need to use their draft picks is on the smaller players. The Dockers will lose Bell, Black, the Carrs and McManus in the coming seasons. Sandilands will also need a player to back him up. Even without adding a couple of star onballers the Dockers will be a very good team in the future, but they do need to manage their salary-cap wisely to keep the team together.
