23 minutes ago, Roost It said:

Basically in an incredibly even competition, we're Max Gawn and a couple of bounces of the ball away from being 7 - 0

I totally agree. Take each teams most important player out of their team (and their back up) and in this years tight competition they will lose games.

I honestly feel that had we had Spencer, let alone Gawn, we would've beaten the Hawks for sure and I doubt Richmond would've run over the top of us. We've shot ourselves in the foot a few times, and we've had some bad luck. This appears to be a year where you need everything clicking or you'll lose.

Threads like this would have a lot more integrity and legitimacy if they were posted after a win.  That should be the time when the real eagle eyed observers should espouse the short comings of our list and coaching panel.

Othwise, they just come across as negative and reactionary.