GWW wrote:I wouldn't like it either if i realised my club had no real youngsters of note (except for a few exceptions such as Knights and Douglas), and as such no real future for the next 5 years at least. They need to rebuild, but their coach doesn't believe in that type of terminology, just as he doesn't believe in a "premiership window", but i guess the reality is there for us all to see.
Love the Port supporters starring in this thread, even promising to give us great 'in hindsight' end of season 'I would have told you so' summaries ..... Port have been great this season but they too have a handful of older players who will disappear in the next 2-5 seasons. As does every club. It's easy to come out now, in the middle of a form slump, and make big statements about the next 3-5 years, especially when threads like these will be buried 20 pages deep by then.
The Crows have a number of players aged around 20-26 with long-term futures such as Rutten, Vince, Thompson, Campbell, Reilly, Porplyzia, Douglas, Pfieffer, Kinghts, Griffin, Sellar, Maric, Henstcell, Hudson, Johncock and VB. Some haven't been tested yet, all can improve. Some may not work out but it's too early to write off all bar 2 of them.
We'll see in the next few seasons if Craigy's faith in the youngsters will pay dividends. All reports are that the work with the young players has been one of the key improvements since he came on board.
With a bit of luck with injuries last year we could have snuck in to the GF and with our good record against Sydney who knows what could have happened? But we didn't and this season has been a frustrating follow-up for all the supporters but not enough, for mine, to predict doom and gloom all of a sudden.
You just know the Port supporters are LOVING this and are itching to rub it in
I'd probably feel the same (and, in fact did last season
) if it were the other way around.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:41 pm
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