Surely we should win it. Not that we care and most likely we'll throw it again, but all things considered, we're going to have a team that's bloody hard to beat.
We lose Hendo, VB, Lowden, Ramsey ,Grigg,CEY to AFL (replacing lyons via some shuffling), Knight to AFL and gain Mackay (swap for knight), Galluci (mid), Polkadot, (mid), Signorello (mid), Davis (mid) and actually will probably get to play Hampton and Menzel and Greenwood and Keath will be up to speed and all our other youngsters have had another year in the system (Gore, Dear, Doedee, Wigg etc).
We have no one parked up with injury as far as I know.
So while we might lose some mid size and experience, a key weakness to get first hands on the ball and control midfield battles, the opposition will have to cope with more running power all over the field, arguably significantly more skill and appetite for the contest as well.
We lose Hendo, VB, Lowden, Ramsey ,Grigg,CEY to AFL (replacing lyons via some shuffling), Knight to AFL and gain Mackay (swap for knight), Galluci (mid), Polkadot, (mid), Signorello (mid), Davis (mid) and actually will probably get to play Hampton and Menzel and Greenwood and Keath will be up to speed and all our other youngsters have had another year in the system (Gore, Dear, Doedee, Wigg etc).
We have no one parked up with injury as far as I know.
So while we might lose some mid size and experience, a key weakness to get first hands on the ball and control midfield battles, the opposition will have to cope with more running power all over the field, arguably significantly more skill and appetite for the contest as well.