Yes we need a total rebuild and this is commencing, but time for some deluded polyannaism (or maybe some realism to a certain extent.)
1) We get some quality from the draft. For the first time since X Clarke was drafted we get a high dp. We will probably end up with a quality mid, then a high second rounder.
2) We wHAVE to aggresively trade for a decent Fullback. This will help the backline and also Watter will be able to streamline his gameplan so we dont have to constantly peel off and move back to try and shore up the defence with numbers. Need to trade a GOP or better mid to help with transition. Key Positions doen back can still be filled with the likes of Gilbert and Fisher if we have a Fullback.
3) We will have Gilbert, Fisher and Schneider back next season. This will help the backline (especially if we have a fullback) and Schneider will compensate for Milne's probably retirement.
4) Youngens. I think we have some tough nuts in Wright, Ross, and Saunders. Murdoch, Newnes and Webster also can play. Wight may be something and Markworth apparently is a very very good player. Stanley usually shows he can play the game if put in the correct position (up forward) Two more quality youngens from the draft at least this year.
5)Recruits for this year. Roberton has been very good if undersized down back, Lee has shown he can do a job up forward from limited opportunities, and even though many he dont rat him, Hickey has shown good ruck work and has skills and is still only a baby for a ruckman.
6) Fitness. With another preseason under their belts players like Newnes, Ross, Saunders, Wright etc, will only get fitter and bigger. We will have a fit Gilbert, Fisher and Schneider, and a refreshed older player contingent like Roo, Dal, Joey. Our young ones are starting to push up into then 21-23 age group as a whole.
So there you have it. All is rosy, I am deluded and have accepted mediocrity, and it supporters like me that have wrecked the club
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Seriously though, this is a thumbsketch of the positives going forward. This season cant end quick enough for us, we get a BIG pre season into the young ones coming into thir and fourth preseasons, and we start collecting our prizes for being incompetent (high dps) from the first uncompromised drafts for three seasons.
Things are bad now, but the end of the world is not nigh.
yours sincerly
Pollyanna