- Mar 1, 2010
- 23,740
- 17,154
- AFL Club
- Richmond
To be honest I think we were pretty much neck and neck with Nth and results before the last beating showed this.
I don't think we are a few years away as I don't think their players have as much individual improvement in them as we have in Vlas, Ellis, Conca, Martin and co. We may improve very very quickly. We should still finish ahead of them in 2014.
I think Essendon and North are clearly ahead of us. I agree we have more talent in our youth. Frankly I think North will be another Bulldogs, up their but not quite good enough. Bombers might win in 3 years before they dip. IMO our real surge should be in about 3 years in terms of genuine contention and if we trade/draft appropriately now adding more quality to our when we surge with possible FA in 2-3yrs then we should have the quality to put ourselves in a position to actually win as opposed to making up the numbers. Thats why IMO we should be chasing draft picks now IMO