I think we are in trouble. No this isn't MFCSS. We missed our chance in our prime last two years. Now we look at refreshing the list slightly and look at 2025-2026 in what may be our last time around the sun with May and Gawn.
Brown, McDonald, Billings, McAdam, Petty simply aren't good enough. That they slot into our 22 raises concerns about our depth.
We don't have the foot skills to play possession football and we lack the pace that we had in 2021 to counter and score off turnovers. Eagles have pace and it showed yesterday what a quick team can do if they cut us off at half back. Coaching masterclass from Simpson.
I said after our Semi loss last year that we need to look at a mini rebuild now or we will linger and then crash. Blood as much young talent as possible. Give it a shot. Brown Petty Billings and McAdam in the same side is selection suicide no matter how you look at it.
Our only hope for top 4 is that below Sydney there is a huge gap and so from 2nd to 13th all of those teams can finish top 4. I just don't think we have the "gel" we need to play consistently so far.
Goodwin should look at how Richmond turned it around in 2017. They struggled to score up until Round 16 and then went bang. And this was before Lynch. Make Fritsch more of our focal point.