Maybe I'm just at the wrong time but no club seems to be pumping themselves up the way The Dogs are right now.
Every kid is a star.....will become a star......the coach is the best in the league.....etc etc
They seem to be making more noise than Richmond (with double the membership) can muster.
Like it or not, they are a genuine contender. Have had the feeling all pre season that they will
surprise the footy world and do a Hawthorn circa 2008.
Their depth of genuine young talent is amazing, hardly missed with a draft pick for the last few years.
Young players like Biggs, Adams. even Hamling who can't get a game at the moment bought from
obscurity. Love Bolton, but Beveridge actually has runs on the board. Signs are there that Boyd will
"click" soon too. Big Will AA couple of years back, and 3rd in line .
Bontempelli, Liberatore, Wallis, Dahlhaus, Macrae, Stevens, Hunter, Daniel, Dunkley, old timers Picken
and Boyd (if needed), as well as a couple of others form a great young midfield which will be around for
a decade. They play one genuine KPF in Boyd or Redpath who double as 2nd ruck. Stringer the hybrid and
the likes of Dickson, Dahlhaus, McLean, Hunter rotating through form the nucleus of a very effective
forward line. Showing the way for non traditional forward set ups. (Charlie Curnow and Jack Silvagni
will be our nucleus with big Harry - surrounded by athletic types who can go through the midfield)
They are the real deal.