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With the AFL trade period completed and the national, pre-season and rookie drafts on the horizon, what does your club need to do to bolster its list?ESPN.com.au draft expert Christopher Doerre has analysed every AFL club to work out their key weaknesses, and which draftees they should target on November 25.AdelaideList needs?1. Star power through the midfield - (after Rory Sloane there is no second star)2. High-quality half-forward flanker who can push up through the midfield - (Wayne Milera may with time and development become one, but another would further enhance the clubs best 22)3. Young ruck options - (with Sam Jacobs 29, and Reilly OBrien and Paul Hunter not ready to replace him, another ruckman should be drafted this year to spread the age demographic and to allow enough time to potentially develop his successor, if OBrien and Hunter do not develop into adequate replacements)4. Talented medium forward - (someone who can complement the current group of tall and small forwards)Draft picks:?13, 43, 53, 67, 89, 107, 125, 143Who should they draft? With pick 13, Daniel Venables and Sam Powell-Pepper are two who can play forward and through the midfield. Both possess explosiveness and power. Venables is the more damaging kick, with Powell-Pepper the more powerful contested-ball winner.Potential father-son draftee Ben Jarman has been nominated by Adelaide and likely joins the club somewhere around the third round.Through the ruck, under-18 prospects Sean Darcy, Jordan Sweet, Jeremy Goddard and Peter Ladhams are among those Adelaide should consider late or in the rookie draft. Otherwise there are several talented ruckmen in next years draft who are expected to feature prominently.Lachlan Tiziani in the back-end of the draft or as a rookie would also fit as a talented medium forward.BrisbaneList needs?1. Veteran experience and leadership to maximise young player development - (Stefan Martin being the only player older than 27 years of age should ring alarm bells)2. A more experienced and better-balanced back half, with more small and medium sized types - (Brisbane conceded 2872 points in the 2016 home and away season which was the most in the AFL - 516 more than Essendon and almost double Sydneys 1469. Historically, successful backlines are those who have played together the longest and have developed chemistry over time. Brisbane need this and some smaller and medium types to complement their 2016 back half, which too tall)3. Quality general forwards - (Brisbane have lots of players who split their time between playing forward and midfield but lack a quality pure small or medium forward who can provide heavy scoreboard impact)4. Midfield star power - (Tom Rockliff and Dayne Beams when healthy are excellent, but they need more support)5. A second top-tier key forward to compliment Josh Schache - (Brisbane may have this already in Eric Hipwood but while the club has good depth of key backmen, Hipwood may be even better as a key defender. Connor Ballenden may also join the club next season through the clubs Academy and become a key forward who relieves through the ruck, but even then, Brisbane feel a premium key forward short)6. Another ruckman - (with Martin turning 30 this month and Archie Smith Brisbanes only other ruckman, further depth is required to adequately cover for injuries)Draft picks:? 3, 16, 21, 22, 76, 78, 96, 114, 132Who should they draft?Ben Ainsworth if picked at No. 3 adds to the front half and midfield.Key forward Todd Marshall, if he slides to pick 16, would represent terrific value. Alongside Schache and potentially Ballenden, who Brisbane may draft in 2017 as a key forward and ruckman, a promising trio could form to build around long-term. For now, SANFL star Brett Eddy could be a suitable stop-gap key forward while Brisbanes young key forward group develop.Alex Witherden and Jarrod Berry as general backmen around pick 16 would also be strong list fits.Jacob Allison and Declan Watson as a tall utility and key defender respectively via Brisbanes Academy would make a lot of sense and likely represent strong value mid to late draft.Brisbane late in the national draft or in the rookie draft would also be advised to take one of Rowan Marshall, Darcy Cameron or Oscar McInerney to their depth stocks.CarltonList needs1. Star power through midfield to compliment Patrick Cripps - (Carlton were the AFLs worst in winning centre clearances last year at 10.4 per game, less even than Essendon. With Marc Murphy and Bryce Gibbs the wrong side of 25, the urgency is high)2. A young ruckman to eventually succeed Matthew Kreuzer (with 24-year-old Daniel Gorringe Carltons youngest ruckman, someone younger will need to be introduced into the mix with Carltons ruck division inspiring little confidence and contributing significantly to Carltons problems at stoppages)3. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - (since the departures of Eddie Betts and Jeff Garlett, Carlton have lacked a high-quality crumbing small forward. Jarrod Pickett may fill this role, though based on his junior footy, if he does make the grade he is more likely to play a Lewis Jetta type role off half-forward and pushing up onto a wing)4. A star key forward to build the front half around - (Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay, who were selected early last year may develop, but a star key forward to build around and pair with that young duo, if they both develop, would be optimal)Draft picks:? 5, 25, 48, 63, 66, 70, 81, 99, 117Who should they draft?Will Brodie if available at pick No. 5 can take the pressure of Cripps.Through the ruck, under-18 prospects Sean Darcy, Jordan Sweet, Jeremy Goddard and Peter Ladhams if available late draft or as rookies would be suitable list fits and may be developable young ruckmen. Otherwise, next year there are lots of talented rucks who may feature towards the top of the draft.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.CollingwoodList needs1. Veteran experience and leadership - (new list additions Daniel Wells and Lynden Dunn are the only players over 30 on the Pies list. Collingwoods youth in 2007 and 2010 experienced the greatest growth under the veteran leadership of Nathan Buckley, James Clement, Anthony Rocca and Scott Burns, and Nick Maxwell, Luke Ball, Scott Pendlebury respectively. Strong veteran cores, complimenting strong coaching created these positive environments that allowed Collingwoods youth to be fast-tracked. It is clear that Collingwood, to replicate those results, need more than just Pendlebury leading the way and aiding the young in their development to maximise results)2. Midfield star power - (losing Dane Swan, Dayne Beams, Dale Thomas and Ball in as many seasons has seen the midfield slide. Last season, Collingwood were 13th in centre clearances and equal 14th for clearances. Jordan De Goey with a strong preseason may help here, but another genuine star is required to compliment Pendlebury, Adam Treloar, Steele Sidebottom and Taylor Adams through the midfield)3. Young key forward - (Darcy Moore is the key forward Collingwood will build around but he needs someone of quality to pair with long-term)4. Young key defender - (Key defence stocks are aging and a new gun key defender is needed to eventually take over from Ben Reid)5. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - (Collingwood have lots of marking smalls in Jamie Elliott and Alex Fasolo but lack that genuine star ground-level forward to complement the front half)Draft picks:? 28, 44, 51, 62, 65, 83, 101, 105, 119, 137.Who should they draft?At pick 28, Brennan Cox as a key defender may be considered.Potential father-son choices Callum Brown and Josh Daicos will be nominated by Collingwood and may both join the Pies depending on bids from other clubs.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.As a rookie, Collingwood would also benefit from considering Brett Eddy as a stop-gap key forward.EssendonList needs1. A contested-ball winning beast through the midfield - (Alongside Jobe Watson, someone with similar size and power at the coalface is required to pair with Dyson Heppell and the clubs young, developing midfield group)2. Elite young outside midfielder - (Brendon Goddard and Brent Stanton are nearing the end and lack obvious successors)3. Second high-quality key forward to pair long-term with Joe Daniher - (ex-Giant James Stewart may be good enough but optimally Daniher should have a second star key forward to pair with, allowing Cale Hooker to play back)4. Young ruckman to develop and eventually succeed Matthew Leuenberger and Tom Bellchambers - (with Gach Nyuon delisted, a second young ruckman would be beneficial)5. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure (Orazio Fantasia is a talent but needs more support in the front half)Draft picks:?1, 20, 29, 41, 68, 95, 113, 131Who should they draft?Hugh McCluggage with the first pick overall is a great list fit both through the midfield and up forward.Around picks 29 and 41 there are likely to be some strong-bodied midfielders still available with Jonty Scharenberg, Dylan Clarke, Jack Graham and Willem Drew among a larger group Essendon may consider with one of those selections.Through the ruck, under-18 prospects Sean Darcy, Jordan Sweet, Jeremy Goddard and Peter Ladhams if there late draft or as rookies would be suitable list fits and may be developable young ruckmen. Otherwise next year there are lots of talented rucks who may feature towards the top of the draft.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.As a stop gap key forward, Essendon would benefit from considering Brett Eddy.FremantleList needs1. More quality youth - (the process is starting but more required with overreliance on established veterans)2. High-level key forward - (Cam McCarthy looks likely but would benefit from playing alongside a second key forward of equal or greater talent. Michael Apeness is developing and a possible relieving ruckman, but even if he develops Fremantle would benefit from another talented key forward to complement the pair)3. Ruckman to succeed Aaron Sandilands - (with Sandilands 33, Jon Griffin 30 and Zac Clarke the clubs only ruckman, the recruitment of a young big man who can succeed Sandilands would be timely)4. Quality young general defenders - (with Fremantles back half aging, it is time for the Dockers to select the next generation of small and medium defenders)5. Inside midfielders - (with Michael Barlow delisted and David Mundy 31, Fremantle are starting to look thin through the midfield. Some young, quality midfielders to complement Nat Fyfe and Lachie Neale would be ideal)Draft picks:? 7, 35, 40, 71, 79, 97, 115, 133Who should they draft?Tim English with pick No. 7 would be an ideal choice as a ruckman given the age of Sandilands and Griffin.Around Fremantles pick 35 and 40, there will be good depth of general defenders with Isaac Cumming, Luke Ryan and Cameron Zurhaar among those who may be chosen around that point.In the rookie draft, there should still be good depth of inside midfielders. West Australian midfielders Quinton Narkle, Matt Guelfi and Liam Baker are among a larger group who may receive consideration if available. Ben Ronke, Brodie Romensky, Lachlan Walker and mature-ager Jye Bolton if there may also late draft represent strong value.GeelongList needs1. High-level key forward - (with a view to drafting someone who can in time succeed Tom Hawkins. There is no likely replacement on Geelongs list currently. With key forwards taking around four years to develop into consistent AFL players, Geelong need to act this year or next)2. Quality general defenders - (with Corey Enright retiring and Andrew Mackie likely to follow soon, Geelong need to stock up down back and find and develop a defensive group that can succeed long-term)3. Young star power through the midfield - (the reliance is too high on Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood. Both at stoppages and on the outside Geelong need more young stars to reduce the load on their star duo)Draft picks:? 24, 38, 42, 64, 72, 74, 91, 110, 128, 146Who should they draft?Patrick Kerr at pick No. 24 may be someone Geelong draft with a view to eventually take over from Hawkins. Failing Kerr being there, Geelong probably have to wait until next offseason to find a suitable successor.Around Geelongs pick 38 and 42, there will be good depth of general defenders with Isaac Cumming, Luke Ryan and Cameron Zurhaar those options. Failing those players being there Harry Morrison, Bailey Morrish and Tom Williamson may be among that next group of general defenders considered.As midfielders, its possible given the depth this year that several of Dylan Clarke, Jonty Scharenberg, Jack Graham, Zac Fisher, Kobe Mutch and Willem Drew are available at 38 and 42. If there, they could be among the names thought good enough to help spread the midfield load.Gold CoastList needs1. Several premier midfielders - (with Gary Ablett in the latter stages of his career and little genuine support after the departures of Dion Prestia and Jaeger OMeara)2. Veteran leadership and experience - (to aid the development of the clubs youth)3. Experienced, quality general defenders who play both ways and use the ball efficiently - (with inefficient ball use and a lack of cohesion and experience down back still present)4. Another key forward to compliment Tom Lynch and Peter Wright long-term - (Lynch and Wright are both are terrific but otherwise there are no other genuine key forwards on the clubs list)Draft picks:? 4, 6, 8, 10, 73, 98, 116, 134Who should they draft?Jack Bowes and Brad Scheer through Gold Coasts Academy are musts through the midfield.It is likely Gold Coast selects further midfielders with their other early selections. Some of those names mentioned in Gold Coasts 4-10 range include Jack Scrimshaw, Will Brodie, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Oliver Florent, Tim Taranto, Griffin Logue and Daniel Venables.GWSList needs1. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - (Devon Smith is GWS primary pressure forward but optimally he would be complemented by someone who can do the same things but also provide heavier scoreboard impact given how many talls in Jeremy Cameron, Jon Patton and Rory Lobb play such prominent roles up front)2. Quality general defenders - (with a view to find a successor to Heath Shaw)3. A No. 1 ruckman - (to succeed Shane Mumford. Lobb could be that player but looks best suited as a relieving ruckman who plays mostly forward, with his greatest strength his contested marking inside 50m)Draft picks:? 2, 15, 37, 39, 45, 52, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 77, 109, 127, 135, 145Who should they draft?Will Setterfield, Harry Perryman, Zachary Sproule and Harrison Macreadie look likely through GWS Academy and will add to the clubs midfield and key position stocks respectively.Andrew McGrath at pick No.2, if there, would be an ideal Shaw successor with his run off half-back.As crumbing forwards, GWS should look to the rookie draft with Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli some names who may be available and fill the list need.HawthornList needs1. Quality youth - (the better part of Hawthorns list are 25 and older. When Luke Hodge and Shaun Burgoyne retire, likely at the end of next season, Hawthorn will need to shift their focus more to the draft and start introducing more young talent)2. Young, star inside midfielders - (Tom Mitchell and Jaeger OMeara add to the midfield but theyll need more quality around them for Hawthorn to have a successful midfield in the future)3. Young key defenders - (Kaiden Brand may be one key defender for the future but with Hawthorns key defence stocks otherwise aging, more will be required)4. Young key forwards - (With Jarryd Roughead nearing 30, Ty Vickery, 26 and Jack Gunston, 25, Hawthorn need to start drafting some young key forwards over the coming seasons, with key forwards taking around four years to develop into consistent AFL footballers)5. Young ruckman - (With Ben McEvoy 27 and Jon Ceglar 25, Hawthorn should over the coming seasons be looking to draft and develop their next generation ruckman. Marc Pittonet, 20, may be the solution but is the only option at the moment, with another ruck addition over the coming seasons advised)Draft picks:? 88, 90, 108, 126, 144Who should they draft? Coming into the draft so late, Hawthorn will be limited to taking the leftovers.Esava Ratugolea late in the draft if still available while raw is a talented key position player who could with time develop into a key position post.Late draft as midfielders, Ben Ronke, Brodie Romensky, Lachlan Walker and mature-ager Jye Bolton may be among those available representing strong value.Through the ruck it would make sense for Hawthorn to take one of the under-18 ruckmen in Sean Darcy, Jordan Sweet, Jeremy Goddard and Peter Ladhams if there late draft or as rookies.MelbourneList needs1. Relieving ruck (with Cam Pedersen, 29, and Jake Spencer, 27, Melbournes primary options relieving Max Gawn through the ruck, another ready-to-go option is vital)?2. Experienced veterans who can provide further leadership to the young group - (Nathan Jones is the clear leader but would benefit from further support)3. Outside midfielders - (specifically players who are damaging with ball in hand)4. General forwards - (to support Jesse Hogan, some quality small and medium forwards could be introduced to better balance the front half and provide better forward pressure)5. General defenders - (Michael Hibberd is a solid list addition but another high-quality general defender would improve Melbourne even further)Draft picks:?47, 69, 84, 102, 120, 138Who should they draft? GWS Academy medium forward Lachlan Tiziani (a talented top-ager) would fit well and may be available when Melbourne enter the draft. High-leaping mature-age forward Liam Ryan would also add significant excitement to Melbournes front half.As general defenders, Harry Morrison, Bailey Morrish and Tom Williamson may be among those who may still be available to Melbourne in the latter half of the draft.Esava Ratugolea late in the draft if still available may if available be Melbournes best choice towards filling the clubs relieving ruck need. He will take time to develop but may with time be able to fill the position.?North MelbourneList needs?1. Quality youth - (North Melbourne have been competitive on the back in the most part of the work of their 25-and-overs. The Roos will need to draft very well over future seasons to prevent a nose-dive in coming seasons)2. Midfield star power - (Their current group consists of hard, workmanlike midfielders but lacks a genuine star or two)3. Outside run and carry - (Sam Gibson runs all day but is 30. A new high-level outside player or two is required)4. Young, star key forward - (Ben Brown is good and Mason Wood can complement him, but ultimately a gun key forward to succeed Jarryd Waite is a missing component)5. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - (there is presently no obvious successor to Lindsay Thomas, 28)Draft picks:?11, 32, 33, 87, 92, 123, 141Who should they draft?At pick No. 11, North Melbourne would like Oliver Florent or Sam Petreveski-Seton available to provide outside run.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.Port AdelaideList needs1. Young star key forward - (With Jay Schulz retired, Justin Westhoff 30 and Charlie Dixon 26 but injury-prone, a young star key forward long-term is needed)2. Ruckman who can succeed Patrick Ryder and Matthew Lobbe - (with Ryder 28, having missed the 2016 season and Lobbe 27 performing below expectation -- the developing Billy Frampton is the clubs only other ruckman -- someone who can provide immediate depth and potentially be there long-term is advised)3. Young star midfielders - (Ollie Wines is a gun but with Travis Boak and Robbie Gray both 28, Port Adelaide need to find some star midfielders for the future)4. Running outside midfielders who find enough of the ball and use it efficiently - (the injury-prone Hamish Hartlett needs more help and an eventual successor)5. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - (Angus Monfries will be welcomed back in 2017 but a longer-term star crumbing forward is another missing element)Draft picks:?14, 17, 30, 31, 85, 103, 121, 139Who should they draft?Todd Marshall, if there at 14, may be the young key forward needed. Failing Marshall being there, Brett Eddy as a rookie could be an appropriate stop-gap who is good enough to step up and play at AFL level as required.At 14 or 17, Jy Simpkin as a ball-using outside player could be a fit.As developable midfielders with some star qualities, Daniel Venables and Sam Powell-Pepper may be two worth consideration at 14 or 17.Port Adelaide in the rookie draft would also be advised to take one of Rowan Marshall, Darcy Cameron or Oscar McInerney to add to the clubs ruck stocks.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.RichmondList needs1. Quality youth - (Richmond have been competitive on the back of their 25-and-overs. They will need to draft very well over future seasons to not fall down to the bottom of the ladder over coming seasons)2. Star power through midfield - (Dion Prestia is a good addition and Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin are the driving forces through the midfield. More high-end midfielders will be required for Richmond to take the next step)3. An immediate ruckman - (with Ivan Maric declining, Shaun Hampton ineffective around the ground and Ivan Soldo and Mabior Chol development projects, Richmond need another ruckman who can contribute now and potentially take over from Hampton as the clubs best ruckman)4. Young star key forward to succeed Jack Riewoldt - (with Riewoldt 28 and key forwards generally taking around four seasons to develop into consistent AFL standard performers, this year or next year is the time to find the next key forward to build around)5. Quality young general defenders - (Richmond have some components down back but ultimately after Bachar Houli, 28, lack a second, high-quality small or medium defender)Draft picks:?27, 56, 82, 100, 118, 136Who should they draft?Isaac Cumming from the GWS Academy would be a suitable list fit at No. 27 as a back flanker who can provide run from defence but also use the ball cleanly and make good decisions.Richmond late in the national draft or in the rookie draft would also be advised to take one of Rowan Marshall, Darcy Cameron or Oscar McInerney to improve the clubs ruck stocks.St KildaList needs1. Midfield star power - (Jack Steven is a jet but otherwise St Kilda have several very good midfielders but no second genuine gun)2. High-quality outside midfielder - (Jack Newnes is good and Jack Billings can develop further, but even so, St Kilda are at least one high-quality outside midfielder short)3. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - (since the retirement of Stephen Milne, St Kilda have lacked that genuine small crumbing forward who can provide heavy scoreboard impact and compliment the clubs key forwards).4. Young ruckman - (with Billy Longer and Lewis Pierce the only ruckmen under the age of 25, and with Longers development stalling, a young ruckman to have developing for the long-term would be advised)5. Young key defender - (Jake Carlisle will be a welcome addition down back and Hugh Goddard in time looks developable, but ideally this year or next year another promising young key defender is added)Draft picks:? 23, 36, 61, 86, 104, 122, 140Who should they draft?Sam Powell-Pepper if available at No. 23 would represent strong value and could be a future midfielder.Ben Ronke, Brodie Romensky and Lachlan Walker are among some other midfielders with some impressive attributes who should be available late draft or as rookies.Through the ruck, under-18 prospects Sean Darcy, Jordan Sweet, Jeremy Goddard and Peter Ladhams if there as rookies would be suitable list fits and add to the clubs ruck stocks. Otherwise next year there are lots of talented rucks who may feature towards the top of the draft.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.SydneyList needs1. Outside run and carry - (with the retirements of Rhyce Shaw, Adam Goodes and the trade of Lewis Jetta to West Coast ahead of last season, Sydney have lacked pace on the outside, getting exposed by Western Bulldogs on grand final day)2. Young players who can create run and drive off half-back - (with Shaw and Nick Malceski no longer in the back half and the outside runners not there either, the slingshot footy Sydney once played starting off half-back is no longer apparent)3. Young key defenders - (Aliir Aliir is a find but long-term he will need another one or two key defenders to partner with him, with Heath Grundy now 30 and Ted Richards retired)4. Young key forwards - (with Lance Franklin, 29, Kurt Tippett, 29 and the injury-prone Sam Reid turning 25 in November, this year or next year Sydney will need to start looking to the draft to find their next long-term key forward)Draft picks:?9, 19, 46, 49, 93, 111, 129, 147Who should they draft?With picks nine and 19, Oliver Florent and Cedric Cox would be ideal list fits to provide Sydney with more outside run.Griffin Logue is also firmly of interest to Sydney at pick No. 9 as a key defender.As general defenders who can provide some drive off half-back Harry Morrison, Bailey Morrish and Tom Williamson may be suitable choices around Sydneys picks in the 40s.West CoastList needs1. Next generation midfield brigade - (with a view towards having a strong midfield group once Matt Priddis, 31 and Sam Mitchell, 34 retire)2. Outside runners - (Andrew Gaff is one who runs all day and Lewis Jetta can push up the ground and provide meaningful drive, but on the big Domain Stadium, more outside running players would be beneficial to West Coasts midfield balance)3. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - (this has been something West Coast have long lacked. Mark LeCras, 30 is an excellent forward but wont be around forever. To complement the clubs key forwards a high-level crumbing forward would be an ideal list addition)4. Young key forward - (with Josh Kennedy 29, it is time for West Coast to consider drafting a future franchise key forward to develop under Kennedy for a few years and eventually take over the reigns)Draft picks:?12, 34, 54, 106, 124, 142Who should they draft?Father-son prospect Jake Waterman was nominated by West Coast and is likely to be chosen late in the national draft as a marking forward.Todd Marshall at pick No. 12 as a key forward in this draft is the most obvious replacement with time and development for Josh Kennedy.Daniel Venables and Sam Powell-Pepper would also make sense around pick 12 with their scope to improve as explosive midfielders. Sam Petrevski-Seton if he slides to 12 also would represent terrific value as an outside runner.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.Western BulldogsList needs1. Quality ruckman - (Jordan Roughead in combination with Tom Boyd is acceptable but not ideal for a premiership side hoping to go back-to-back)2. Crumbing small forward who can kick 30+ goals in a season and heap on the forward pressure - - (the Bulldogs have a tall front half with Travis Cloke, Boyd, Jake Stringer and Stewart Crameri. Ideally a premium quality crumbing small forward would be added to this group to compliment what the Dogs already have)3. Key defender - (with Dale Morris turning 34 in December, the Bulldogs would benefit from adding a further key defender to compliment Marcus Adams and potentially Kieran Collins in the future)4. Young general backmen - (with Matthew Boyd, 34, Bob Murphy, 34, Matt Suckling 28 and Easton Wood 27, the Bulldogs have excellent depth down back but this year or next must consider adding general backmen)Draft picks:?18, 26, 50, 75, 80, 94, 112, 130, 148Who should they draft?Alex Witherden and Jarrod Berry make sense for the Dogs around their pick No. 18 as general backmen with the versatility to play elsewhere.Isaac Cumming around pick 26 could also be selected as a back flanker for the future. Alternatively, if the Bulldogs would like to enhance their key defence stocks, they may look into Brennan Cox.As small forwards, late draft or as rookies, Tyson Stengle, Kym LeBois, Sam Fowler, Dan Allsop, Kyle Kirby and Willie Rioli are some names who may be considered.Cheap Soccer Jerseys . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic . 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I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability, as George Galloway once said (I think) of Giles Clarke.On a related note, I was amused to see the words transparency and governance appearing in the same sentence of the ICCs press release after their board meeting in Dubai in February. A quick search through my 20,000-odd unread Gmail messages confirmed that this was, indeed, the first instance of such a juxtaposition in any ICC release since at least 2007. And given how heroically you have striven to have those words added to crickets lexicon, I for one refuse to believe it was a coincidence.I am very proud to have played a small part in bringing Death of a Gentleman into the world, and have enjoyed watching the accolades roll in over the past few months (dont worry, my free copy will do for payment). And yet, one thing has bugged me ever since those frantic final days of the editing process at Silverglade, when the clock was ticking and 400 hours of interviews had yet to be turned into 90 minutes of coherent narrative, and your producers were haranguing you for a plausible pay-off, an answer to that thorniest of questions: So, whats the solution then?And the solution you identified was... the Olympics.Okay, so the topic had to make the cut in one way or another, simply to enable that magnificently malevolent exchange between you and dear old Giles - I have every right to put my boards interests first… and all that. But all the same, I still struggle to be convinced that it really can be the answer to crickets ills.Heres how I see the Olympics - as a depository for the marginalised and irrelevant, a once-a-leap-year invitation for sports Cinderellas to come to the ball and make off with the prince as well. It all ends up back in sackcloth and ashes. Has anyone paid any attention to badminton or white-water canoeing recently?Ill be the first to admit, it is certainly fun while it lasts. But is this really the company that cricket needs to keep? Is the sport really so lacking in ambition and self-esteem that it needs to outsource its issues to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), like a bank flogging its bad debt, rather than address them itself? Youll probably say probably and Im still willing to be convinced. But I just dont buy that Olympic status is the panacea it is being made out to be.Yours in the runs, MillerSam Collins: Miller, you sordid corporate-dollar guzzler, Im sorry to hear about your bad tum, but how good of you to take time out from bathing in the fountain of Walt Disney to break bread with the little men.Now, this is interesting. While trying to anticipate your angle of attack, I was in full expectation that youd be trying to paint me as worthier than a religious volunteer on a church bench in the centre of Worth sucking on a Werthers Original. But youve gone rogue. In between claiming full credit for Death of a Gentleman, and calling me cheap, youve subtly painted me as more cynical than a circa-2005 Lalit Modi, who scarcely even had to pretend to like cricket to orchestrate the multibillion-dollar T20 revolution that crystallised this whole mess in the first place.My crime, as you would have it, is to have simply slid on the G-string of Olympic participation primarily as a means of providing said anti-corruption-in-cricket-independent-feature-documentary-available-on-a-subscription-video-platform-near-you-soon with a plausible alternative to the GIVE ME MORE NOW attitudes of the cricket boards, an antidote to the administrative short-sightedness and incompetence that has been running a great sport into the ground for too long.Well, in one respect, youre right.You didnt expect that, did you?Im not an Olympic fundamentalist. I dont believe in this pinnacle of sporting achievement bollocks. Ive become a cold, hard pragmatist. I look at dollars, and I try to speak in common sense. And it is common sense for cricket to be in the Olympics.I dont think that Olympic participation will solve all of crickets problems, and I dont think that it will make anyone in the UK (because, like our good friend Giles Clarke, you seem to be looking at this through some red-white-and-blue tinted spectacles) appreciate cricket more. But the more Ive studied the utter mess that is the running of the game, the more I can clearly see how becoming an Olympic sport could benefit crickets growth, helping to provide the money that the ICC is unwilling to commit to funding cricket worldwide.All sports need money to survive, and Olympic participation would open up millions and millions of dollars of government funding. And isnt it a tantalising prospect that even if crickets rulers did decide they wanted to spread around a little more of their estimated US$2.3 billion kitty, it could be supplemented by that government funding, improving infrastructure in countries that need all the help they can get, some of which have economies and television markets that could be of huge benefit to even crickets established powers in a decade or so?How, please, could that possibly be bad for cricket?Miller: A cold hard pragmatist, who looks at dollars and deals in common sense... Careful now. I think being locked in that edit suite with so many Big Three reprobates has given you Stockholm Syndrome.Still, youre not a fundamentalist. Jolly relieved to hear it. Im not a complete atheist either. But your reply doesnt remotely invalidate my doubts about cricket at the Olympics.I get that it would widen the sports base, and unleash a torrent of funding. But at what cost to the already damaged integrity of top-level international cricket?Im with you in loathing the word pinnacle in a sporting context. Nothing smacks of lip service more readily than some IPL superstar insisting that Test matches remain the pinnacle of cricket. However, where the Olympics are concerned, it is either everything to a sport or it is next to nothing.Pop quiz, hotshot. Here are four plucky Brits who claimed gold medals at the London Olympics in 2012: Ed McKeever, Peter Wilson, Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott. Now, name the sports in which they captivated the nation (*of course you cant, so the answers are below).Meanwhile, here are four Team GB players who dribbled out on penalties at the quarter-final stage of that years Olympic football tournament. Ryan Giggs, Daniel Sturridge, Aaron Ramsey and Danny Rose. You see what Im getting at. Notwithstanding the platitudes that they will doubtless have uttered as South Korea launched into their victory parade around the Millennium Stadium, are we really supposed to believe that Great Britains random ensemble cared even a smidgen compared to the genuine Olympians for whom 2012 really was the be-all and end-all?And then theres the newest re-entrant to the Olympic family. Golf. Earlier this year, Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters champion and former world No. 1, withdrew from Rio, dismissing it as an exhibition event. Hed rather focus on the PGA Tour, thanks very much.Clarkes stance as witnessed in Death of a Gentleman was preposterous, of course it was. But if the interview with him is even remotely indicative of crickets lack of interest in the Olympics (indoor cricket, anyone?), then is it really sensible to send the international game down that path? That way lies madness and marginalisation - if not footballs disinterest, then (worse, surely) the sort of team-sport no mans land to which handball, water polo, hockey and synchronised swimming, among others, are condemned.Cricket is still, just about, better than that.*Answers: 200m canoe sprint, mens double trap, mens canoe slalom C-2Collins: Sorry, I fell asleep for a second there. What were you saying? Olympic participation would damage the integrity of international cricket? Oh. Would that be the same international cricket often so lacking in competitive sides and context that not even the players know who or why they are playing half the time? And which format of international cricket would you be talking about? Test cricket? Or T20? Because last time I looked, the whole cricketing world was revelling in the novelty of a short, sharp international T20 tournament.And thats what cricket in the Olympics should be: a two-week T20 tournament, featuring the best players international cricket can spare (Associates and Affiliates included). This is bigger picture stuff, Miller, its not about you rattling off random Olympians and obscure disciplines to boost your word count. If cricket has to ape football and be essentially an Under-23 tournament, then so be it. History may not remember all the participants, but the many thousands of children worldwide who would benefit from the government funding will remember the moment cricket thought about their future, and crucially the players outside the biggest nations currently denied the opportunity to compete in most ICC events will have their showcase tournament to aim for.Being an administrator is surely about doing whatever it (legally) takes to take your sport to the widest possible audience, and make as much money for the sport as you can in the process. That, for cricket, is the Olympics - a two-week hit every four years that brings the chance to boost the funding and consequently the competitiveness of international cricket (mens, womens and disabled) essentially for free. And the best thing is, the IOC wants it to happen - however cynical their hopes of getting a share of Indian TV rights may be, as a forward-thinking administrator this has to be one time you dont mind being used. Only the brains at the current ICC could pass up this sort of opportunity.The ICC now claims to be debating the Olympic question, while apparently privately believing there is no chance in hell. Those in favour are naive, while various defeatist suggestions fly as to why cricket couldnt be an Olympic sport, including fundamentally incorrect arguments that the Olympics would devalue ICC events, and - strangest among them - the idea that you couldnt fit a T20 tournament (where matches last three hours) into two weeks.Yes, there are bigger issues, such as Indias non-compliance with the World Anti Doping Agency regulations, but this is a situation where Giles Clarke and Co should be using whatever diplomatic skills they possess to do the bidding of the 90% of ICC nations who favour Olympic participation, rather than prioritising the demands of domestic television contracts. Instead, self-interest prevails, as cricket continues an inexorable contraction towards its three richest countries and privately owned T20 franchise leagues, and these administrocrats dont even have to pay us the courtesy of explaining their decisions. And that is the worst thing about it. At least if cricket was properly run we could trust that it was rejecting the Olympics for good reason, but it isnt and we cant.Miller: All right, all right, keep your wig on. YYou may have spent four years asking awkward questions of the rich and powerful, but that doesnt give you the right to get all haughty when your stance is questioned.dddddddddddd (Mind you, what other tips have you picked up from the master? I look forward to the wine at our next lunch!)Anyway, back to the debate. You question my fear about the integrity of cricket, yet you seem to think that the sport would become more integrated if it answered to two global institutions, not one? Its not just etymology that tells you that is nonsense.You say the Olympics would be a two-week hit every four years. Are you really sure about that? We arent just talking about the time it takes up in the calendar (although, I grant you, that was the ECBs principal objection). Its the knock-on effects of IOC involvement that concern me - you only need to look at the plutocratic demands they make of their host cities to know they wont simply pop up, brimming with largesse, for two weeks in every 200 then quietly slip away.You say its fundamentally incorrect that an Olympic event would undermine an ICC one, but its not just Clarke apologists who are willing to make that point. Take the head of a prominent players association you were in touch with. He rightly queries who is going to pay the sports bills if cricket goes to the Olympics.The IOC doesnt cough up any dividends from its massive commercial returns (some $6-8 billion at the last time of asking), and most of crickets associations are broke already. So, what next? Do we really expect individual governments - national taxpayers, no less - to prop up the sport for evermore? You talk of all the government funding that will be unlocked by OlympIN (to coin a phrase), but what if that tap gets turned off at some time in the future? What if the stench of an IOC scandal becomes too niffy to countenance, or if austerity kicks in and a hatchet-wielding chancellor just thinks, cricket… meh.And what if that tap doesnt get turned off? I think of Bermuda, to name one example of a nation that was showered with too much government largesse (on account of their qualification for the 2007 World Cup). They sank like Dwayne Leverock in a lard-filled swimming pool - dragged down by an ambition-less nexus of elite (well-remunerated) players and held under by next to no investment in grass-roots cricket. Last September cricket in Bermuda was again in the headlines following a brawl in the national club final.The point is, you might widen crickets footprint via OlympIN, but you would be doing nothing to tackle the basic governance issues that you and I both believe to be at the root of the games current ills. And given that the IOC is even more inscrutable than the ICC, I suspect that giving in to being used (your word, not mine) would simply exacerbate them.Collins: Wine at lunch? Lets hope the Cricket Monthlys expenses stretch as far as the ECBs are rumoured to have done.Im not sure where to start my response to your latest barf.Do you genuinely believe that any level of sporting corruption could make these PR and consequently sports-obsessed governments turn off the funding tap?In terms of cricketing countries being showered by funding and failing to make the most of it due to administrative short-sightedness, incompetence and perhaps even corruption, Im sure were both in agreement that this is a live issue for the game whether that money comes from governments or - as it currently does - the ICC. Anyway, lets talk specifics for a second.One problem cricket doesnt have is generating money, but seeing as its three biggest countries dont have much intention of sharing it, this is where that Olympic pot comes in. We only have to look at other sports to see the impact - since rugby unions return to the Olympics was announced in 2009, around ￡20m has been invested in the sport by national Olympic committees. Badminton is another sport to have benefited: following its debut at the 1992 games, the International Badminton Federation estimated that more than $100m a year of government funding began pouring into the sport purely because it was on the Olympic programme. And as far as spreading the game goes - guaranteeing more money for the sport in the process - since tennis was readmitted to the games in 1988, the number of nations affiliated to the International Tennis Federation has grown from 147 to 211. Even golf is realistic about the Olympics being a possible way to resuscitate a sport whose fans are dying off (literally) even more quickly than county memberships.In China the worth of Olympic participation is estimated at $20m a year in government funding for cricket, and there is precedent for other sports in that country. Rugby sevens Olympic status has transformed the sport there from a tin-pot operation run by one man and a few students, into a professional outfit with access to the countrys outstanding athletes at sports-specific schools, and also now incorporates a womens rugby sevens team. This further illustrates the far-reaching benefits of Olympic participation to womens sport - the debut of womens rowing in 1976 was a watershed (pun intended) moment for the sport, finally giving women access to funding and facilities that had previously been reserved for men. Given the rapid growth of womens and disabled cricket around the world, but still the comparative lack of participation and funding, this is an opportunity cricket cant afford to turn down.For all your worries about IOC involvement, the only negative Ive found from any of these sports after embracing the five rings is allegations that funding tends to be targeted at the elite, with little trickle-down effect. But even this problem would help cricket to tackle its major on-pitch problem - not enough competitive teams at the international level. If West Indies were able to invest in better facilities at the top level (remember Ramnaresh Sarwans rant about the last few years), they would be better able to compete at the top level in Test cricket, and therefore a more attractive proposition for the kids currently so disillusioned by the vicious circle of poverty, administrative incompetence and poor performance. But I suppose youll now come back and tell me that West Indies wouldnt even compete in an Olympics.Miller: No, youre right, West Indies wouldnt compete in the Olympics. The likes of Jamaica, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago would go it alone, and in the case of T&T, I reckon they might even have picked up a medal with their Daren Ganga-led side had they competed in London 2012.Okay, so now Im arguing at cross purposes but, as I conceded from the outset, Im not an unequivocal naysayer. I can see the benefits from the Olympics and I dont dispute that the competition would be a success for that one fortnight in four years.But West Indies are the perfect example of the fragmentation and competing priorities that would kick in as soon as such a beast was unleashed. Okay, so maybe they are already dead as a Test team - the WICB is not fit for purpose and West Indies recent World T20 triumph was achieved in spite of the fools at the helm who have mismanaged the region for decades.Or maybe they arent quite dead and this would be a mercy killing. But make no mistake, the impact of inviting a new bossman in to help the sport before it has learnt to help itself would be shattering. Whether that is shattering in a good way or a bad way depends on how bleak you currently believe the games prospects to be.But lets pop back to Death of a Gentleman briefly, because, Lord knows, you need another plug, you impoverished renegade. Remember, if you can, the original premise of your film - it was that nagging existential fear for your favourite, and still the worlds greatest form of the game, Test cricket.OlympIN would be Tests out. West Indies, gone at a stroke. Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand to follow soon enough. India might pretend for a while because they rather enjoy their cosy bilateral arrangements with England and Australia, but realistically all that would be left standing, after the Olympic T20 tsunami, would be the Ashes and... er... thats it.Surely we are better staying in and trying to reform the game on the games own terms, than taking on the world before we actually know what we want for our sport?Collins: This feels like the last gasps of a desperate man, Miller. Is there, for example, any rationale behind your assertion that the Olympics would kill off Test cricket? Wake up, were having this conversation because Test cricket is already dead in all but name, contested, just about, by the three or four teams who make money from it while everybody else fills in the fixture card for posterity. The only way you save the Test game is by creating more competitive teams over the long term, and addressing the financial disparities currently pulling the sport apart. In this context Im not sure how the chance of extra funding for Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Co could possibly be a bad thing for the Test game. Rather it is a throw of the dice that could actually help to reinvigorate things, and surely this chance to grow the game in countries beyond the established powers (with the aim that they will aspire to play the longest form of the game) could be perfectly timed given the ICC finally appears set to open the door to the smoking room?You can romanticise all you want about West Indies. Gideon Haigh put it to us rather well (in a bite that sadly ended up on the cutting-room floor) that it may be that West Indies - with their dysfunctional governance and several competing interests - are themselves a vestige of the Caribbeans (and crickets) past rather than what it might become. I hope thats not the case, that they can re-establish themselves as the power base that cricket is desperate for them to be. But the games problem is that as they have fallen apart there has been no one coming through to take their place - whether due to a lack of funding, lack of opportunity or other reasons - and that is what has to change. Other major sports (football, rugby to name two) are implementing huge expansion in front of our eyes, and with more and more entertainment options and less and less time to indulge them, the same globalisation and technological growth that brought crickets financial windfall could well finish the global game off, and sharpish.You can put the Olympic schemozzle up there with crickets procrastination over day-night cricket, its failure to harness online streaming, the games almost non-existent YouTube presence - all proof that the men in charge of this sport are still embarrassingly behind the times when it comes to engaging with their potential audience.Crickets rulers need to catch up, and quickly, before that papier maché rock of TV dollars that they are desperately clinging to is submerged by the self-inflicted tsunami of reality. Im all in.Miller: Ah sod it, were all doomed. Lets go to the pub. ' ' '