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Prather out 4-6 weeks

You are just guessing as usual LV.

United roster is the most expensive roster ever put together. There top six players are on mega.

Ili is a clear upgrade on Hooley.

Moller would be great right now. I'd prefer him over McDaniel, or Smith Milner. Or even Lual Acuil. I guess Sydney showed him the $, and he chose to join the most expensive looking roster in history. What can you do?

Moller played 13mpg and 12mpg in his 2 seasons at United, this year he's played 21mpg so far, but that might reduce significantly now with Cooks on board. So will he end up with more opportunities in Sydney, or less?

You had Craig Moller and would not play him after he and Felix did the job 50/50 the premiership season. MU just like big name imports. Hooley also could do a job, no worse than Illi or McDaniel. What’s McDaniel position?

Another would be Torrey Craig.

Ron Dorsey.

Prather is too ball dominant.

We need someone who fits alongside the others. CG, Trimble and Long already use a lot of the ball.

Past imports, best examples I can think of are Dave Thomas and Carrick Felix

Do MU need to recruit a gun defender, or simply place a higher priority on individual and TEAM D?

Sounds like they need Casey Prather!

United should focus on Perth firstly, and Sydney secondly. What type of player will give United the best chance of beating Perth, and then Sydney?

Cos the thing is, United doesn’t need anyone right now. They’ve been missing Prather most of the season, with a major injury to Pledger also, and Goulding, Barlow and Ili all missing games. And they’re still 3rd on the ladder. They could play out the season and they’re talented enough to avoid dropping lower than 3rd.

But, quite likely United will be playing Perth in a semi final series, and then Sydney in a GF if successful.

Even without Prather, United has as much, if not more, offensive talent and scoring firepower than Perth. But where do Perth have advantages? Where have Perth beaten United in the past? The same ways they beat everybody else: Defense, Offensive rebounding, and Bryce Cotton. With the odd clutch cameo from Terrico White.

So find a versatile defender, with length and athleticism who provides another option for defending Cotton. And a good rebounder. Doesn’t need to be a good scorer, just needs to find their fit offensively and contribute 10 points a game.

Sydney is obviously a tougher challenge- they just don’t have a weakness. But that type of player will add balance to United’s roster and place them in good stead for a grand final matchup.

I reckon they should just promote a DP, give them a chance, ey? :D

Glen Rice Jr out of work atm, just needs to vary his bail.

Sucks for Casey

Bring back Carrick Felix*

* Wait, he's retired isn't he? Ok, then someone like him. Elite defender, and unselfish player on offense who doesn't need too much of the ball

Melb have to be ruthless at least this season, I agree. Badly need an aggressive 3 man who can penetrate and play D - i.e. another guy like Prather - otherwise they look too one dimensional to challenge for a title this season IMO.

Be ruthless and move on, his best is well behind him. His last three seasons has been out for 2/3 in premiership team, out all season and a few games this season and injuries continuing.

I just received this link to the ABL equivalent in Melbourne.

http://bigv.com.au/index.php?id=755&tx_ttnews[year]=2013&tx_ttnews[month]=02&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3211&cHash=262183881683a6331340cd5532eec0a6

Pardon me but there is an article in the back of the magazine to have a look at Mark.

Its way beyond time for talk and fuzzy feel good chats, can we get on the front foot in Adelaide and get closer to the rest of the nation in both presentation and a willingness to develop our sport in SA.