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AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Another year older, another year wiser. I'm in a good place at the moment.Care to elaborate as to why ?
Yeh, it's a tight raceWe're as likely as anyone to win one in the next three years
Exactly. Add Coniglio, a fit Patton, McGuinness, nail an early pick and play some more moneyball and we are looking good.He has as good of a chance as any, because despite what is said about us from the outside - we still have the following potential A-Grade players for their position at their peak for the next 3-5 years:
T Mitchell
C Wingard
J O'Meara
J Gunston
L Breust
J Sicily
T Scully
B McEvoy
We also have the following guys who are developing, and will continue to develop into very good footballers:
J Worpel
J Scrimshaw
B Hardwick
J Impey
If we can continue to build depth around this core, we are not anywhere near a side that finishes where we're going to finish this year.
We've gone from our best players being majority 30+ to our best players all being between 24-29 over the course of around 2-3 years. It's unbelievable all things considered, and does not get the credit it deserves. We were on the cusp that Brisbane were on in 2004 and have remarkably avoided it.
Clarko is doing the same list building he was doing in the lead up to the 3-peat, when he was recruiting specific players in non-key positions to play certain roles. For example, Gibbo was just a flanker, Hale just a backup ruck, Burgoyne just an ageing utility. This time around, he needed to replace the nucleus as well because we no longer have Hodge, Mitchell, et al. So he goes and gets O'Meara and Tom Mitchell, who come into the club in a blaze of glory (we're far too humble to mention Cogs until November). Meanwhile, we're still chugging along and doing the same surreptitious recruiting, such as Impey as just a flanker, likewise Scrimshaw, Wingard into a forward pocket... When it all clicks, we suddenly have a team of very able players covering most positions on the ground. Astute recruiting of players such as Sicily, Hardwick and Worpel fills in the gaps nicely, leaving everyone else scratching their heads again wondering how we're suddenly competing for another flag so quickly.
Clarko is doing the same list building he was doing in the lead up to the 3-peat, when he was recruiting specific players in non-key positions to play certain roles. For example, Gibbo was just a flanker, Hale just a backup ruck, Burgoyne just an ageing utility. This time around, he needed to replace the nucleus as well because we no longer have Hodge, Mitchell, et al. So he goes and gets O'Meara and Tom Mitchell, who come into the club in a blaze of glory (we're far too humble to mention Cogs until November). Meanwhile, we're still chugging along and doing the same surreptitious recruiting, such as Impey as just a flanker, likewise Scrimshaw, Wingard into a forward pocket... When it all clicks, we suddenly have a team of very able players covering most positions on the ground. Astute recruiting of players such as Sicily, Hardwick and Worpel fills in the gaps nicely, leaving everyone else scratching their heads again wondering how we're suddenly competing for another flag so quickly.
Yep, Lake was the final piece of the puzzle, and a very important piece too. Here for three years to win three premierships. No coincidence there.It all clicked when Hale n Lake arrived (not young by any stretch). The sum was much more than the parts
If it happens, great! if not I think the aim is to hand over to Sammy to have a sustained crack at one for the years following.