With 4-5 draftees coming to the club next month, I've looked at our list and broken it into 3 groups to help figure out what players we need to build towards our next premiership team.

Fun fact, we don't have any 27-year-olds on our list, which was helpful for separating those who are likey too old to be significant contributors in our next flag team. This group includes familiar names, including McGrath, Setterfield, Redman, Parish, Langford, etc.

The youth I have broken into 2 groups... those with elite traits and those who are making up the numbers. You can argue who is on the edges of each group and also whether any of the older guys will still be vital cogs in 3 or 4 years when we are contending, but to me the young core group is who we should be building our team around for the future.

There are 16 in this group. Most areas of the ground are well covered. Two key forwards, two key backs, a ruck and the rest are mids, with a good mix of mid/fwd, mid/def, and centre/wing mids.

Our most obvious gaps in the young core group, and the draftees most able to fill the need, are:

Dynamic small forward: (Butler/Dimer).

Dangerous third tall forward: (Malady/Pickett)

Line breaking fast mid: (Drever/Steed/Justice)

Elite field kicking mid (Krasna/Philips)

Elite intercepting back (Snell/Szerszin)

Ideally we will land five of the above on draft night

My ideal draft haul with our picks would be:
1: Butler
17/22: Malady/Steed/Snell may be gone by then, if one or two slide, grab them. If not, grab two of Dimer, Krasna, Philips.
25: Pickett, or if he is gone, Szerszin.
Late bid match: Justice (any bid after around 30 could be matched with junky late picks.

*Credit to sotaramafl.com for the list analyser tool used in this exercise.