On the couch tonight - discussing our situation and where we're at, Roos sounded like he felt we were further behind than many people believed, despite Bon trying to pump us up, which was just to grow self belief.
But the key point I thought was his opinion on Cunnington and Ziebell as a former opposition coach. He said Swans looked at them closely at the time and felt they weren't great runners as kids, and that's very important in today's footy. They will improve but nobody knows to what extent. He brought Bastinac as an example of someone who WAS a great runner as a kid. Roos generally felt with 3 on the bench, good runners become even more important, and he implied that we struggle in that area.
Add to that interrupted preseasons to so many (Roos didn't say that) and we can see how hard a season we may be facing.
Mind you, Roos can say that, but I don't think Swans had any chance to draft either of them in any case.