Improved yet still got beaten by a bunch of kids and nearly by GWS
When we play finals il admit we have improved
Off field we have improved with memberships, FTF etc etc, but that's it.
Until finals are achieved getting embarrassed once again does not mark improvement IMO
WGAF about % if you don't win
lol lets balance that last comment out. its widely accepted by nearly every one that percenatge is a better indicator of performance and consistency of performance than the win loss column. but hey that doesnt suit your argument so we will just toss that out the window. theres good reasons for this i will let you work those reasons out for yourself.
hmm a bit more balance. so gc played a bunch of kids and here i was thinking a bunch of kids played against a bunch of kids. lets not mention that it stuffs up the stance you take.
take newman and tuck out and id say the ages of the rest would all be similar. how many 100 gamers did we have and how many did they.
what was the difference in development players? 22 and under. wouldnt be much in it.
how about i use the spurious argument of , as far as overall draft picks go and lets face it most punters wrongly use where players are taken to determine quality. gc would romp all over us and thus should kick our butts. that sort of argument would just make me look silly just like the arguments you and jack put up.if you want a bit of credability you need to look at both the good and the bad.
me i acknowledge that the list is poor and we dont have enough quality or experience or players in the right age groups with enough games behind them. as such i have no silly lofty expectations of finals. most weeks i expect us to lose because unlike a lot of people i acknowledge we will struggle until the above is actually fixed. you dont fix those things over night they are an on going thing but slowly but surely those areas are getting better.
one thing for sure we still need to find and develop enough players who are good enough for us to play and sustain finals as well as the above.
what i dont get is you and jack bemoan the quality of the list but expect to win that is just stupidity. you lambast hardwick for losing games but acknowledge he doesnt have the cattle you sound incredibly naieve the both of you.
the way i look at it if we dont have the players we have done well to win 7 games to date and actually be in a position to win many others. geez i would have thought common sense would have you applauding what hes managed to do with such an ordinary group. bloody hell jack thinks we have just 6 players yet incredibly moans about losing.
you blokes cant have it both ways we either have the players and thus should make finals or we dont. me i dont think we have enough players good enough or developed enough atm. as such im looking for improvement in key areas and the continued development of the kids.
next yr finals should be the aim but i dont know if they should be an expectation because of all the list problems that we still have. atm with the current list i think the likely scenario exactly the same sort of season as this yr
