mots02 wrote:So... a question... if the crows are as bad as everyone says (and i'm not disputing much of it).... how badly positioned are Freo? St Kilda? Hawthorn? Melbourne? etc
I honestly don't think Freo will be any good so long as Fraud Lyon is there.
St. Kilda, history tells us they are always pretty poor.
Melbourne, they are the mystery packet.... they have some decent young talent, but they've collectively gone missing in 2019. I don't believe anyone can "play above themselves" as they appear to have done in 2018.
Hawks - I went to a VFL game earlier this season, and to be honest, I thought the cupboard was bare, not a lot of talent there. That said Mitch Lewis is showing signs, as are a few other younger blokes. It's about re-generation. As Helikopter King pointed out a few posts back, Clarko has made some hard calls, to move on some club legends. As a supporter that hurts, watching Hodge in a Brisbane jumper etc. But its about the bigger picture, and the re-generation.
The question to ask yourselves, as a Crow, is.... will our coaching group make the same tough decisions? As an outsider looking in, the only blokes that leave the Crows, are those who want out....Davis, Gunston, Lever et al. I don't recall them moving on an "older" player to get a younger/similar type in a bring him through the system. Then there are the younger blokes you have - Murphy & that Italian bloke with the handle bar Mo..... they look solid, if not spectacular types..... But do you see them with a premiership medal around their necks?
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