Beg your indulgences.... it's just this thread each year that I go through to give me hope year on year.
2019, pre-trade, looks really interesting to me as more and more of our 'kids' and 'recruits not quite used by other clubs but let's give them a go anyway' hit the 20-50 game mark. For our 5-30 gamers, or even those on the list for a while, we do still have some pretty big upside for next year particularly if there is competition for spots:
http://www.blueseum.org/2019+Playing+ListPlayers on list 0-30 games, pre list finalisation:
- Byrne .... touch and go if he stays but a very solid last month. AFL quality
- Cuningham ... shocking 2018
- Tom .... young ruck, give a few years (2 games)
- Paddy ... 20 games..... future star
- Garlett .... hmmmm
- Kerr .... 4 games.... forward line looking crowded for him right now.... just go back and star in the VFL
- Macreadie.... 8 games.... horrific run with injuries but I like what I see
- Harry .... 15 games.... full year in the 1s coming up
- O'BRien.... running machine
- Pickett .... 17 games after 4 years on a list!
- Polson - 13 games
- Willow - 15 games in.... hoping for a big year
Note - Fish at 30 and SPS at 42
Still lots of upside there and hopefully 2-3 clear breakthrough years in 2019