08-11-2024, 09:08 AM
(08-11-2024, 08:32 AM)pinot link Wrote:We played in a Prelim last year but we had Doc, Cerra, TDK, Martin, Cottrell in good form fit and healthy.
Walshy is out of form he is that line breaking goal kicking mid and is a good one at that.. healthiest and strongest list that have been together for a while win flags enter Geelong and Collingwood.. we are almost there just need better luck or better management to improve the health of players so the team can build cohesion.
Unfortunately we’re not almost there
We simply can’t rely on the availability of marchbank, docherty, McGovern, Williams, Cunningham, Martin, with serious question marks emerging over Cerra, Boyd, C Durdin and Saad.
It would be delusional to think that you can compete, whilst consistently having at least 6 players drawing a starting 22 wage but spending a majority of their year in the stands - at least 4 have to go, period. Then you’ve got the list cloggers like Fantasia, Young, S Durdin etc on top.
Whilst we’re carrying 6-10 injury prone players and 4-5 list cloggers nowhere near AFL standard we’ll remain in the wilderness.
Obviously the big issue is that most of those injury prone players have no currency so it’s back to the AFL draft lottery or drafting VFL types, which is risky. It seems that we’ll need a combination of delistings and trading 1-2 players with currency to get something back.
It all feels like a long term project which is depressing