Doctor Bojan_ for all the talk about Firrito, honestly the biggest two problems are Petrie and Dal Santo. The game has passed both by.
Last season for all 3. Dumont will replace Dal Santo. Wood for Drew. We have plenty of potential replacements for Spud.
All have done well for North but as you say, time has passed them by.
With 7-8 first teamers out, we are being forced to blood quite a few kids which will bear fruit in a few years. It'd be nice if the kids can force a few of the old boys out as opposed to just waiting for them to retire. Knowing the makeup of our list quite well, I am comfortable that we won't have the big tumble down the ladder that everyone expects.
Would imagine that finals is the goal now, as opposed to top 4 though. As long as they bring the effort every week, I won't complain.