Excuse my ignorance (don't know much about the VFL system), but the commentators mentioned that a number of our best players had left at the end of last year when we changed from the Bullants to the Blues.
Apart from the name change (and hopefully jumper colour to match), why would being aligned to the Blues change the situation for our experienced VFL players? (I think they mentioned Arrowsmith, Cachia and another one)
Weren't the two teams aligned last year? What has changed this year?
As I understand it Arrowsmith & Iacobucci have gone to play for Strathmore. I wouldn't mind betting the 'coin' at Strathmore is better than what was on offer to them from the Northern Blues.