Maybe 2.
I look at their defence - Scarlet, Enright, Harley in particular and compare to our...Dawson, Fisher, Gilbert.....we are much younger and less experienced..
Their mids are still young - but if you take out Hayes/Ling....so are we....
Our fwds - Roo/Kosi are probably in theor prime while Mooney is older and Hawkins a kid. Again, excleude Milnes age for Chapman......we match up age wise reasonably close (I think Schneider is 23?)
Rucks we are older......but ayoung McEvoy next season will assist that...
Overall experience we are definately behind them and I cant help but feel that "gap" they had in 07 (when they were streets ahead) has been severely chopped in 09...to the point where their games against us and Dogs are probably 50/50...
Question is - how much improvement do we have in us?
Do we have enough to surge ahead again next season to the point where its obvious even Geelong will struggle tohold us? (for 3 qtrs saturday I thought they did....).
I know the Dogs got "up" for th prelim...but we beat them 4 times in 09 including pre-season.
Is this yr 1 of our time?
Are we a year behind Geelong....
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In the 2001 national draft
They got
Gary Ablettt jnr
Jimmy Bartel
Steve Johnson
James Kelly (by trading Clint Bizzell
Charlie Gardiner (by trading Justin Murphy)
We got
Luke Ball
Xavier Clarke
Nick Dal Santo (by trading Barry Hall)
Matt Maguire
Leigh Montagna
The best of Ball, Clarke and Maguire has passed due to injury.
Ablett, Bartel, Kelly, Johnson are in their prime
Only Dal Santo and Montagna are in their prime.
They got
Gary Ablettt jnr
Jimmy Bartel
Steve Johnson
James Kelly (by trading Clint Bizzell
Charlie Gardiner (by trading Justin Murphy)
We got
Luke Ball
Xavier Clarke
Nick Dal Santo (by trading Barry Hall)
Matt Maguire
Leigh Montagna
The best of Ball, Clarke and Maguire has passed due to injury.
Ablett, Bartel, Kelly, Johnson are in their prime
Only Dal Santo and Montagna are in their prime.
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Well, if we win the flag next year then yes we are. 
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I'd say about two flags behind.
Lance or James??
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They have a few boys that are older and are arguably just as important as the 2001 brigade. Scarlett, Harley, Enright, Corey, Milburn are the backbone of their defence and are all in the 28+ category.
These blokes have mature bodies and mature minds and are a large part of their success. For mine, there's no doubt we are a year or two behind.
These blokes have mature bodies and mature minds and are a large part of their success. For mine, there's no doubt we are a year or two behind.