2.5 years isn't bad at all but could quite easily become 4 years if they don't win a final this year.
We lost a few finals after 2015 before heading into a rebuild. Glad it didn't get to 10 years for us!
The more teams there are in the competition, the more likely there is to have 3 teams who have won one or less games after 8 rounds.
I'm sure someone can do a statistical analysis on it if they are really bored.
But think of it this way - if there are only 8 teams in the competition then after...
It's not just the number of people that might attend a match at Marvel.
There's a lot of factors, but it's how much people are paying per head as well.
We didn't run a Presidents Function or a Cocktail Function at Marvel, we never do.
We very rarely sell out the Presidents or Cocktail...
I would happily trade
2026 1st 2027 1st 2028 1st for Bailey Humphrey
Couldn't say yes fast enough.
Those future picks are going to get pushed back and this isn't worth anywhere near as much as we offered for Zac Merrett
We've seen other sides manage to replace players as they retire.
I don't this is an insurmountable list of players to replace over the next 5 years.
Especially considering we probably have some of the replacements on our list already.
If you look at the quality of players we've brought in...
I'm not saying we should or should not have done the ZM trade.
Just that things would be different for both clubs if we had.
Personally I quite like the players we have just recruited, and would prefer to throw the kitchen sink at someone younger like Humphries rather than Merrett