bennymacca wrote:
geelong again? surely they are starting to get too old, and their kids just arent ready to do all the heavy lifting yet. i still dont know how they managed to blood all of them whilst being so good still. if stevie j and selwood pump out similar years they will be around the mark, and hawkins was down last year too.
While I agree we are looking likely to slip, it won't be because we are too old. We've just jettisoned Corey, Pods, Hunt and Chapman (sob!). Since the 2011 flag Mooney, Ottens, Ling, Wojinski, Scarlett, Byrnes and Milburn have all gone. I think we can go 5-8 and miss the top four because we aren't old enough.
I think the Cats have been looking at having a genuine tilt at 2015 for some years now with new generation of Cats and that the 2011 flag was just a bonus.
regards,
REB