Brisbane delistings and still chasing Neil Craig

[Ringo]

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/brisbane-lions-face-battle-to-lure-neil-craig-to-the-club/story-e6frep5o-1226133295255

Interesting article

Lists Brisbane delistings as Bart McCullough and Matt Austin - Suggests that we will be in the market for a ruckman.

From the same article speculation on Clark

"Fremantle and Richmond are the two front-runners for Clark's services if he decides to leave the Gabba. Greater Western Sydney have dropped out of the chase for the 23-year-old.
A trade with the Dockers could prove difficult but Fremantle might be willing to offer up defender Paul Duffield and a draft pick for Clark."

Interesting possible trade offer mentioned Valk.  Personally I do not think we need Duffield unless being pursued as a replacement for Staker.

[Maca24]

Brisbane need a lot of things  :P
The core group is aged 27+ so they must look for future replacements.
J.Drummond, D.Merrett, J.Patfull, S.Black, J.Brown, B.Staker, A.Raines and A.McGrath will all be gone in 5 years time IMO.

2016 Starting Line-Up
B: J.Hawksley, R.Lester, N.McKeever
HB: J.Adcock, B.Retzlaff, P.Hanley
C: R.Harwood, T.Rockliff, J.Polec
HF: C.Beams, P.Karnezis, J.Green
F: T.Banfield, A.Cornelius, C.Bartlett
R: M.Leunberger, J.Redden, D.Rich
INT: R.Bewick, T.Collier, S.Sheldon, J.O'Brien

So that team is very promising.
Keep in mind that I didn;t include Mitch Clark, due to him most likely leaving.
As Brisbane continue to draft in good young players, that squad will look even better.
Their list isn't that bad, and they have lots of young prospects. (Especially talls)
If the team can avoid injury then i'd expect more success in future.

[Ringo]

Other to consider are Stiller, McKeever or McAuley  as they will still be under 30 in 2016. Personally I like the development of McKeever this year and hope he can be effective as Hanley.
Can't argue with the rest though and most of players mentioned have been given game time this year due to injuries. So next 2 years will be interesting.

[Maca24]

Yeh the future looks alright for you.
Hopefully they pump games into these kinds of players instead of playing the older guys with the same skill level.