Another rebuild is not the answer. Developing better players is. MAric should not have played last night but the Big O was not good enough. Nahas should not have played but we didn't have another outside runner to cover Ellis. Foley shouldn't have played last night but we either overrated him or underrated Arnot. Lonegan....well you get the picture.
We still rely on too few. We need more depth to beat the best and I can see it growing but its still a couple of years away at best. Before the game last night the great TW said in his pregame analysis for SEN that we had the better midfield stars but Essendon had the better midfield depth. Due to this he felt the Dons would win. As much as it pains me to agree with the tanned one, he was dead right. They blanketed our best and left our weaker ball users to run free knowing they wouldn't hurt them.
Lids and Cotch can't do it all. Until either Foley finds his mojo, Martin his fitness and our midfield babies - Vlaustin, Ellis and Conca - develop quickly, we will be beaten in the midfield by the better teams. Maric needs help and Vickery is still too slight to do it. Jack needs assistance and McGuane is not the answer.
Against the big sides we need a better spread of talent. We need depth and development not a rebuild.
