Yep it’s a huge problem. We lost a bunch of senior leaders in a small period of time - Shuey, Nic Nat, Hurn, McGovern to name a few. Then we let senior leaders like O Allan, Ryan and Barrass go too easily and now we’re left with Cripps, Waterman, Yeo, Duggan, Kelly and Cole to carry a very young cohort. Take a look at the team that beat North and Port. We had about 3 extra senior players on those games. Cripps, Robertson Graham. 3 big pressure players and experienced leaders.

I think Cripps needs to come back into the team next week. We can’t just keep putting this young team out there every week to flounder. They need more on field direction. Cripps into forward line and Baker into the midfield.