We're right on the cusp of ultimate success with this team, but to take another step forward we need to improve in a few areas:

- Goalkicking: Sick to death of not putting teams away when we have forward line dominance. Missing easy shots for goal HAS cost us games this year, so this needs to be addressed
- Key forward: Goes without saying. We need a target to kick to. Yes, we have a fast, mobile group of smalls, but when things are going bad we bomb the ball on their heads. We need at least one FF like WC have. We have players who can 'potentially' fulfil this role...IF...and this is always the problem. There's no guarantee with any of them. There are doubts with all our prospects fitness-wise too, and it's related to the next point.
- Fitness & Management: All teams suffer injuries, but we always seem to suffer the same types of injuries to crucial tall players, always leaving us unbalanced and vulnerable to teams like WC. Seeing someone like Jamo or Waite hobble off is bad enough, but then to hear that they were sore beforehand but sent out anyway makes it even worse. We need to do a thorough review of our fitness and injury management, particularly in strengthening our big guys but also in our decision-making on who's in or out.
- In-and-under midfielder: Every year we've tried to fill this void, specifically for someone to give Judd much-needed assistance and support. First Hadley, then McLean, and now Curnow (who hasn't been the same since his shoulder injury), all showed promise at first but dropped off. Yes, we gave up too much for Brock and Ball would've been better, but that ship has passed. We need someone to step up to the plate here, Ellard and Robbo the most obvious candidates.
- Membership: Anything less than 50,000 would be unacceptable

Any other thoughts?

What will be the ages of our current playing list going into the 2012 season? Anyone done the research?

I think we have the playing list to challenge for the flag next year, just need a bit more luck with injuries especially regarding our key position players.

Nothing wrong with a forwardline consisting of Waite and Kreuzer as the key talls - just need them fit and on the park. Special K will be much better next year.

AFAIC, we need to find an additional mid to round off the on-ball group. And its not about quantity because we have sufficient numbers to provide depth with our on-ballers, it is about discovering another "quality" mid. I dont think necessarily must be in-and-under but just another quality midfielder to add to the A-team.

I think a player type we should be trying to draft & develop is the medium fwd capable of kicking freakish, arsey goals.

Walker has been a revelation but is more a lead & mark forward. Eddie & Jeff have pace & smarts but don't kick a lot of freak goals. How good would a Steve Johnson/Le Cras/Akermanis type have been in that last qtr.

I think a player type we should be trying to draft & develop is the medium fwd capable of kicking freakish, arsey goals.

Walker has been a revelation but is more a lead & mark forward. Eddie & Jeff have pace & smarts but don't kick a lot of freak goals. How good would a Steve Johnson/Le Cras/Akermanis type have been in that last qtr.

A new Forwards coach.

Seriously we are the worst team in the league at set shots. It has cost us games!

Is Chris Dawes out of Contract? Wouldn't he be a nice addition to our fowardline!

^ That's exactly what we need.

We need a 6'3 big bodied midfielder (Josh K - Swans or Jobe type). We will send Murphy to an early retirement if we have to rely on him to always get in and extract the ball. Juddy's body is already getting banged up, and fear that he has probably 1 or 2 good years left (if we're lucky) before we transition him to the forward line on a more regular basis ala G Williams late in his career.