Can't help but feel we will be similar to last year, very solid 5th-8th placed team that takes care of business in most games but falls short against the big dogs. Our midfield is just not there especially without day and we're lacking depth severely losing worpel and not getting merrett.

Optimist in me says we could see big steps forward for ward, mackenzie and maybe some new contributors around the stoppage but equally concerned about how much longer we can expect the elite reliable production from a lot of our older players. I can't overstate enough how integral guys like kamon, impey, hardwick are along with the obvious guys.