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He might as well have said that if they had another half dozen serious footballers they'd be OK, he was just pissing in our pocket.
Burgoyne killed us and we were lucky Gunston didn't have his kicking boots on for once, there's still a wide gulf between us and the best and we can't bridge it by busting our guts.
We need some genuine skill ASAP.

The stats backed the Blues in every regard except precision in front of goal.

Yep
19 points
That would have been 13 if not for an atrocious kick out from Docherty
Opposition players have talked positively about us for the last three weeks in post game comments.
We're sadly lacking in the forward department at the moment but we're not miles off.
Those close losses this year will be wins in 12 months time.

He might as well have said that if they had another half dozen serious footballers they'd be OK, he was just pissing in our pocket.
Burgoyne killed us and we were lucky Gunston didn't have his kicking boots on for once, there's still a wide gulf between us and the best and we can't bridge it by busting our guts.
We need some genuine skill ASAP.

Agree. A long way to go but we are on the right track, building on our defence. The next drafting and trading periods are all important.

He's not that wrong. With better run and execution we won 6 out of 7, admittedly against sides at our level, excluding Geelong, and made life tough for others. We are a few midfielders short, which hopefully we can sort in the next draft or two. We are in the first year of a rebuild so you'd expect we'd be a bit down on the best. There's signs with a few more additions we can be a serious side.

We might eek out 8-9 wins with our run home from here.

8 or 9 and I'm happy with the season even if two of them are freebees and another two are close to it, at least we aren't dead set easybeats any more.
That said our general skills are poor and there's only Murphy, Curnow and Byrne to add that will improve them, I think Walker's done and dusted.
We've just got too many players with unreliable foot skills, but we have a crack these days at least.
It's the best attitude at the club since we were a good side back in the late 90's, if we had three or four seriously good kids waiting in the wings I'd be very excited.

Things could be worse, we could be Richmond...lol.

True, but Richmond's sad story doesn't give me as much pleasure as it used to, we've been a basket case for so long I've forgotten how to gloat.

I forgot Daisy, I still can't get my head around him as a Carlton player.
Murphy, Thomas, Byrne and Charlie Curnow would make a real difference, but we'll always have some injuries.
We need a skillful, quick midfielder and a key forward at a bare minimum.

He's not that wrong. With better run and execution we won 6 out of 7, admittedly against sides at our level, excluding Geelong, and made life tough for others. We are a few midfielders short, which hopefully we can sort in the next draft or two. We are in the first year of a rebuild so you'd expect we'd be a bit down on the best. There's signs with a few more additions we can be a serious side.

We might eek out 8-9 wins with our run home from here.