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my biggest fear is ross will turn us into st kilda....just look at how they have never fully recovered since he left
Different basket of fruit altogether. The Saints were crippled because they lacked talented younger players when Ross left, the current Freo team won't have that as an issue for the forseeable next few years.
What people don’t realize is the state the management/CEO left the club in. They’re the ones responsible for poor recruiting and retainment of players. Bell has our better positioned if we do move Ross on. Better set up and players still to develop
Their recruiting was (and is) crap, that's why. We have plenty of talent at the club.
Which is what worries me. Ross has always been a master at getting the most out of a list, but for the first time I feel we're playing worse than the sum of our parts.
Yep. Lose next week against Brisbane and I'm done with him, especially if it's low scoring.
Interesting post Benfica. But....
Ross Lyon coached the saints from 2007-2011. Made finals from 2008-2011. you aint going to cull the list and get rid of 7-9 players each year if you make finals.
Yeah he stuck with his best 22-25 players in 2009-2010. I see that. People said the saints had lack of talent coming through after 2011. Well if you make finals, you wont get too many top 10 picks. Also the saints recruitng/drafting/trading hasn't been to good either.
I agree with Freo Monocle, its a totally different situation.
I also agree with FreoRicci, Saints Board and CEO left the playing list in a horrible shape, not Ross.
Just like freo in 2012-15, I dont recall freo having top 10 picks either.
Also I have posted this 1 million times and will post it again.......
I am a freo supporter since 2001. I am enjoying this current rebuild over our 2007-9 rebuild and here is why....
Back in 2008, Hawks and cats made the GF. Neither side had the oldest list in the AFL. The oldest list in the AFL in 2008 was Freo, that finished with 6 wins and 16 defeats and 14th out of 16th.
That squad was so old, there was like only 7 guys aged 23 or under: Chris Mayne, Clayton Hinkley, Rhys Palmer, Marcus Drum, Robert Warnock, Garrick Ibbotson and my personal Favourite, Brock "Lesnar" O'Brien.
Now...... Had Ross Lyon left at the end of 2018.... we have a decent amount of talent aged 23 or under: Logue, Darcy, McCarthy, Duman, Nyhus, tucker, Cerra, Brayshaw, Banfield, Crowden etc.
Basically, Freo recruited some good teenagers in the 2016 and 2017 drafts.
So Benfica or any other docker fans worried about Freos Youf..... If you are worried about our youth right now, Go look at all the guys on our list that are aged 23 or under and compare that to the 6-8 blokes we had aged 23 or under in 2008.
Again, anyone wants to bitch and moan about freos current rebuild, ask around the chaps that were hanging around here back in 2008!