More delusion in that article than a Donald Trump rally.
To be honest I don't think he's far off the mark with our problems, but the delusion sets in when he discusses the Dockers' key position talent. IMO, their ruck stocks along with key forward talent are very thin. This changes if they get Hogan; and McCarthy...well he could be something.
No Eagles fan could seriously say that, going forward, our midfield is better placed than Fremantle's. Fyfe, Bennell, Neale would regularly murder us at stoppages. Throw in Blakely and Weller and it's good night nurse.
Our current team will be lamented in years to come as one that could not capitalise on the fantastic key position talent (including Naita) due to a largely inept midfield filled with one-dimensional players. Of our now-regular best 22 mids, Hutchings, Redden, Jetta, Priddis, Gaff and Masten all have significant shortcomings; be it speed, evasiveness, defensive pressure, kicking efficiency, poor contested ball-winning ability, lack of predictability, or marking, they all tend to let us down a few times per game.
A few times a game for each of those players is problematic from a team perspective - in my opinion, this is a critical mass of soft, slow, or otherwise unreliably good midfielders. Priddis' limitations can be worked around when he's surrounded by in form players with complementary skills, because he's damn good at getting his hands on the ball, firing out handballs, and tackling. But when he's surrounded by Redden, Hutchings and co. it's too much ineptitude to overcome.
I hate to put Gaff into that group, but he's not fast/evasive enough to render his inability to kick on his right side a non-issue (ie. if he could regularly evade would be tacklers, it wouldn't matter so much that he'd have to swing around onto his left).