Actually our position, is more like '86. The level of our development I'm talking about, not the ladder position & recent wins, but our readiness. We at a similar standard & maturity in our young stocks to 1986.
In '87, we recruited Viney, Spalding, Dean, Koop, etc, which, added to our young kids who all grew up playing together via U-19's reserves etc, added a lot of confidence, both footy ability & size/power confidence.