- Aug 30, 2014
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I've been giving this some thought over the last few days and there is no doubt that our list definitely not at it's peak. Let's face it, to win a GF you need a team relatively close to it's peak.
We've added three first year players and they've been somewhat inconsistent which could be expected for a first year player. We've got I'd say 3-5 players who are still developing and building their craft.
At this point in time, we're probably a better side with Polec and Wingard but long term I'm happy with the recruiting.
We have a core group of experienced players but they come with some inconsistency.
So the question is. Where should we be? My thoughts are that we are probably a 13-14 game team with what we have. That would put us in 6-7th position with a home or away game against Essendon or GWS of which is probably 30-70 chance of winning. It would be nice to play finals but realistically, there is no way we have a premiership side out there when we've got a number of players still not at their peak.
Moving forward we have some very challenging times ahead and while I think the pain will come, we need to prepare for 2023 and beyond now and not allow us to be in the same position Adelaide are in right now. I won't put it in this tread but we need to move a couple of players on each year. I think we're going to be looking at bottom 6 for a few years.
We've added three first year players and they've been somewhat inconsistent which could be expected for a first year player. We've got I'd say 3-5 players who are still developing and building their craft.
At this point in time, we're probably a better side with Polec and Wingard but long term I'm happy with the recruiting.
We have a core group of experienced players but they come with some inconsistency.
So the question is. Where should we be? My thoughts are that we are probably a 13-14 game team with what we have. That would put us in 6-7th position with a home or away game against Essendon or GWS of which is probably 30-70 chance of winning. It would be nice to play finals but realistically, there is no way we have a premiership side out there when we've got a number of players still not at their peak.
Moving forward we have some very challenging times ahead and while I think the pain will come, we need to prepare for 2023 and beyond now and not allow us to be in the same position Adelaide are in right now. I won't put it in this tread but we need to move a couple of players on each year. I think we're going to be looking at bottom 6 for a few years.