We are one bad mistake against Port from being in the eight and desperately trying to hold out Melbourne, West Coast and the Bulldogs with a must win against the Tigers this week. Same problem different perspective.
What we needed to do this year was win one against Melbourne, knock off Essendon AND pinch the Port game.
I'm struggling to come to terms with the fact that if we are going to make finals in 2018 we are not only going to have to rely on improvement from incumbent best 22 players. But rather we are going to need one, maybe two at the very minimum, fringe players or a debutant to suddenly become AFL standard if we are seriously going to challenge without bringing in a gun.
That falls somewhere on the spectrum of doubtful to hasn't got a shit show in hell.
We 100% need improvement. We 100% need an elite ready made player.