- Mar 23, 2007
- 34,930
- 23,534
- AFL Club
- Hawthorn
- Other Teams
- Man U, Canucks and 49ers
Exactly, and you can't say that they haven't "Picked up the slack" when most are small and mid forwards, and the rest have been injured for more than 50% of the season to date.
2014 Grand Final List (Arguably our best side ever):
B: Grant Birchall Brian Lake Josh Gibson
HB: Matt Suckling Ben Stratton Sam Mitchell
C: Jordan Lewis Will Langford Brad Hill
HF: Luke Hodge Jarryd Roughead Isaac Smith
F: Ben McEvoy Jack Gunston Luke Breust
Foll: David Hale Liam Shiels Shaun Burgoyne
Int: Matthew Spangher Cyril Rioli Paul Puopolo Taylor Duryea
Potential 2018 Starting list (without trades):
B: Shaun Burgoyne, James Frawley, Ben Stratton
HB: Grant Birchall, Kaiden Brand, Ryan Burton
C: Billy Hartung, Jaeger O'Meara, Isaac Smith
HF: Tim O'Brien, Jarryd Roughead, Luke Breust
F: Cyril Rioli, Jack Gunston, Luke Hodge
Foll: Ben McEvoy, Tom Mitchell, Jono O'Rourke
Int: Liam Shiels, Stewart/Cousins, James Sicily, Blake Hardwick
Doesn't seem too horrible to me, in all honesty. If we can add a Jacob Hopper, or a Lachie Whitfield or a Jake Lever to that line-up I'd be very hopeful.
Surely Hodge will be giving it away and Burgers might too...