Think our list is a lot more balanced now, by no means the finished product but in a better place - last year I said on here that we needed to take at least 4-5 genuine mids as our running stocks were low. A year on we've brought in 6-7 (combined with the rookies) and you'd hope 3-4 of them will come on and become decent contributors hopefully taking the place of players like Newman, Petterd, Grigg, Batchelor, Thomas, etc.
My fear is will the coach give these kids a chance over a Newman type if form warrants it?
Having said that, I expect/demand us to be right in amongst it battling for a position in the 8.
If players like Ben Lennon, Conca, Astbury, Vickery and Griffiths take the next step (as should be expected of young talented players) and new draftees like Ellis and Drummond give it a shake from next year(which I believe they can), I think we'll be in a really good position. Our reserves will be a lot stronger.
