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For what it's worth - and no antagonism meant - I find myself wishing Bruton was still on our list far more than I do Kearney. Kearney's a very powerful blunt instrument and a very good player, but I see Bruton as a more complete player where really all that's holding her back is her size, and I really think her loss this year made a big difference to our team. It was also great to see Daria Bannister back playing, even if it was for you lot
Commiserations on the way the conferences played out, and I hope there's more justice next year.
Kearney has to play with a heavy tag or plays against the best the opposition has, so it is hard to compare their output, if Kearney wasn't there then Bruton would find the going a lot harder. I prefer Kearney to be in our side than have to worry about one of our players lining up on her, that being said, she is by no means a one-man-band.
I do agree with the Bulldozer comments, she is just an in and under workhorse. Our biggest problem was we relied too much on pushing King forward and at times where murdered in the ruck. Riddell was a big loss for us, I don't think we have the midfield depth of the other established sides. We also lack some speed on the back and forward lines, the better clubs didn't allow us to move the ball up the ground with the short to medium range passes which caused havoc against the weaker sides.
We will need to get some more speed in the back and forward lines, other than that I think we just need more time to work on the game plan and to gel better together, despite the conference shenanigans, we were comprehensively beaten by Adelaide and Fremantle, it would have been nice to play finals, however, I think we need to address list and gameplan issues to beat those two side the way they are currently playing.