So we lost buddy for almost nothing. Roughead gets cancer and is robbed of the rest of his career, Rioli retires early, Birchall gets injured for 3 years, our veterans come to the end of their careers and we’ve had no good picks for a decade because we’ve been too good and managed to avoid bottoming out. The list has Plenty of talent and we’ve hardly seen any of our younger guys yet. We might not win the flag next year but if we keep adding players through trading And clever drafting we’ll give it a shake in the next few years. Then look at Carlton and Melbourne. Can only imagine the meltdowns our negative supporters would have following a team like that.
These are really really good points and funnily enough rarely mentioned by the media when discussing our performance post the three peat. Buddy aside - we were able to nab big boy with his pick, just imagine our side in the last three years with a fit roughy/birch and Rioli still motivated
That’s three bona fide champions taken out through various factors....