The Hard Road To The Premiership

[Lods]

Always hard to say. After the 2005 spoon we started rebuilding in 2006. By 2008 we were highly competitive, after being a rabble under Pagan in 2007. By 2009 playing finals. Dogs went from $hit to stars in a year with a change of coach and a list refresh. Port went from $hit to stars under Hinkley too in a year. So one never knows.

You know what killed us.
In 2004 we went from 4 wins in 2003 to 10 wins in 2004
That 2004 draft had Roughead, Franklin and Lewis in it.
If we'd have been 15th or 16th with priority picks instead of 11th our history could have been completely different.