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If we were to contend in the present, we needed significantly more output from our 100+ game players. Outside of the dinosaurs we have Ziebell 193 games, Cunnington 192, Atley 181, Macmillan 144, Wright 133, Tarrant 131, Williams 105, Brown 104, McDonald 100. Most of our leaders are in this group, but they don't really lead the team on-field. They sometimes play well, other times not so well, but they really aren't the foundations to build a premiership campaign over 5 years on and I question the judgement of the club trying to load up.
Why the **** not. Ziebell, Atley, Macmillan, Wright, McDonald are a large part of the side that has half a dozen times "defied expectations" with a mediocre 8-10th place in the last decade. None of those 5 are going to be the foundation of a flag side, I agree, and adding Hall and Tyson just adds to the wound (a lesser extent Polec and Pittard).
Tarrant, Brown structural importance even when not in form. Cunnington a proper star. Williams speed is important. So we don't put those 4 up for trade.
