We are but weeks away from the beginning of another glorious campaign. We've had a few retirements and exits since we made all and sundry EAD on September 29, 2018. So if we look at our best side from 2018, there are some definite outs: LeCras, Lycett, Gaff, Cripps. And I guess question marks...
Setting aside the s**t sandwiches of injury, what will be the single biggest factor in us improving or at least holding our ground and contending again in 2019?
Having a reasonably fit list is a given - I'm thinking more from a personnel/tactical point of view here. For example, if I had to...
I’ve been obsessively following the Eagles for 30 years.
I was there when we won Grand Finals in 1992 and 1994. I was there when we kicked one goal against Essendon in 1989. I’ve been around. I grew up in Melbourne and then lived in Sydney and then moved abroad. My circumstances have changed...
IN: Shuey, Kennedy
OUT: Petruccelle, Waterman
Could be persuaded to have another look at Ah Chee and/or Ainsworth. Will Jetta be fit?
Apologies for going early but I want to rinse out the taste of that shitty game against North.
Overall
Well, we’ve clocked up The Decima. What a ride it’s been so far. It’s going to be tough to pinpoint many negatives. However, I’d like to offer a few observations about how we’ve turned it around before going through the list player-by-player.
If you run through the factors in our big...
So for this, I am going to assume we lose all our free agents at the end of 2018 and that no one born before 1990 is still playing. Basically worst-case scenario. Ages in brackets are at January 1, 2020.
B: Nelson (23) Barrass (24) Duggan (23)
HB: Sheppard (28) Rotham (21) Cole (22)
C...
I've got a list here of the guys who were 22 and younger at the start of 2018. Which of them will end up being the best?
I guess it's tricky to compare guys with more exposed form, like Sheed and Duggan, to the likes of Venables or Brander. But there you have it.
Vote away.
We made the GF unexpectedly in 2015 and although it's early days in 2018, there does seem to be a top four berth up for grabs.
Richmond are the reigning premiers and seem to have improved further - or at least held their ground. But after that, which teams are definitively better than WC? Maybe...
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