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Considering the amount of money the club is spending (and benefits) I would assume patience is running out. Just buying h players with good experience at higher levels doesn’t guarantee success. The old adage of a champion team will always beat a team of champions is very appropriate in this instance. Would rather be a Rowville than Doncaster East.
I would agree however they did play in a prelim last year, so something would appear to have gone very wrong.
The old “team of champions” thing is a nice one but unfortunately not often true! Vermont spent decades buying premiership after premiership, it’s just how it works.