They sure would have. Three seasons later we'd have three premierships a million dollar fine and no draft picks, but still ...

Love the way the Hampson/Grigg collision was included in that

Pros:

Simmo, Yarran, Murph, Waite, Everitt.
Very encouraging performance from Buckley.
Keep seeing glimpses among the many mistakes Bell makes.
Good second half from Thomas.
Good last quarter from Lucas, Robbo and Menzel.
We try hard.

Cons:

We rarely win close games.
Kicking for goal again. Too many players simply don't want the responsibility of kicking goals from set shots. Either we're not doing enough work, or we've got too many mentally soft players. We're not going to kick winning scores if we have to rely on kicking all our goals from hurried snaps. Obvious contrast with Richmond's efficiency in front of goal, especially from set shots.
Not big enough. Not quick enough. Not skilled enough. Not physical or aggressive enough.
I know our defence is pretty inexperienced, but we're losing games because of a quarter where the opposition smashes us and scores at will.
Midfield was awful in the clearances for half a game.
Not sure if McLean picked up an injury in the final practice match, but he's been invisible the last 2 games. Not sure if we can play both Ellard and McLean in the same team. It makes us too slow.
Just like it's tough having both Bell and Robbo butchering the ball from midfield.
We don't have elite matchwinners at the moment. And we simply can't win with so many players not contributing.
Gibbs had a shocker.
I could cope with what we see from Rowe, if he was 21-22. But not sure he's got enough time or development left at 26-27 to ever be a very good AFL player.
I know they've had a far easier draw, but St Kilda's 2-0. And we're 0-2 and facing Essendon** next week.

I know all the missed opportunities in the last quarter are the ones that cop most criticism due to the state of the game but for me the set shot that Bell had in the first quarter from 25m out on a slight angle was absolutely pitiful. He didn't even score from there and set the tone for the evening.

...yes, and Waite's at the same end.

Gibbs miss after the half time siren was even more pitiful.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that