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It might elaborate on the point that Des was making - not really your point. My point was that I thought Des was overplaying how much senior experience we have in our team. Yes, we should be better than they are - and we were, by heaps. And yes, even just a couple of experienced AFL players, especially as experienced as Seaby and Kennelly should be expected to make a huge difference. But other than the three (four if you include one-game Sumner), only Currie has really had substantial time on the list. Johnston is really only in his second season, given the injuries he has had, McNeil and Gordon in their second seasons, McKaigue also in his second but coming from a long way back. The rest are either as raw as GWS 18yos or toppies.
I was also pointing out that we don't have a huge amount of depth currently in our reserves team - because our depth is effectively playing seniors at the moment, such is our injury list. A lot of comments have been made in the media about other teams' injury lists, particularly Freo and North. But ours is being glossed over. Sure, they might point to Bradshaw and B2 and suggest we should have expected not to get much out of them. But the combination of also missing Kennelly, Malceski, Moore, TDL and LRT, as well as "depth players" such as Heath and Spangher isn't insignificant.
Finally, me being a moderator doesn't, and shouldn't preclude me from participating in discussions on here, debating other's views, putting my opinions forward and having them debated in turn. I post on exactly the same footing as anyone else, as do all the other moderators.
I was also pointing out that we don't have a huge amount of depth currently in our reserves team - because our depth is effectively playing seniors at the moment, such is our injury list. A lot of comments have been made in the media about other teams' injury lists, particularly Freo and North. But ours is being glossed over. Sure, they might point to Bradshaw and B2 and suggest we should have expected not to get much out of them. But the combination of also missing Kennelly, Malceski, Moore, TDL and LRT, as well as "depth players" such as Heath and Spangher isn't insignificant.
Finally, me being a moderator doesn't, and shouldn't preclude me from participating in discussions on here, debating other's views, putting my opinions forward and having them debated in turn. I post on exactly the same footing as anyone else, as do all the other moderators.
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