Yeah you're right to a point, some of our new guys will come straight into the side, Carlisle comes to mind for example, which improves our 22.SaintPav wrote:Reality check.
It's a logical fallacy (false cause) to believe that we have a great list because we can't fit everyone into the 22.
It could mean that no one stands out and that we have a few average players. Think a tall and narrow distribution curve.
I also have a problem with the same old players in out 'best team' Gilbert, Montagna and even Dempster come to mind.
We need to pump games into McKenzie, White, Goddard, Lonoie, Sinclair, Steele and Long pronto or we'll never get anywhere.
We still have a few weaknesses.
The backlines in the 'best team' lack:
Plenty of grunt but lack of 2 elite kickers out of the back half. We don't have any and have really struggled in this area since both NDS and BJ left the club.
Lack of run, carry, speed and spread in the midfield. Though this improved last year.
Not enough players who can play through the midfield. Again, this keeps improving which is good.
At this stage teams listed above won't automatically fix these problems in my opinion.
But we still needed to boost our depth.
And the other thing is next year I'd be thinking were going to chase some cream players (midfielder or 2) Theres a few we could target and I'd bet my bottom dollar we'll make a move on one or 2, that's if we haven't already.
Then we have the depth to support a very good side. We have 2 first rounders to trade if we want, and theres a couple of FA
Lets also not forget we may develop some of our own guys. Theres some players on our list already who have a high potential.
I guess we have to be patient and see how we go this year..