My point exactly. Someone who had been around for a while took a leap to the next level. That is likely to come from the 24 + age group, not a young kid bursting through to that level. If one does come on, that’s great. We have been riding these kids for a while now, I’d love a couple to come on. It’s my opinion, based on league wide evidence including premierships at Geelong and Richmond where they aged together. That’s more like what our kids will do in a couple of years time while older bodies carry us into the finals in the short term.
We are going in circles now, I’m done.
Spot on
I have to find the article, but it states that successful teams are made up of predominant mid age players, that have built continuity and cohesion together, of course with some outliners at both ends