No.
With a bit of accurate kicking and leadership from the usual suspects we could have been about 6th on the ladder.
Add Richmond, StKilda, Essendon*** x2, one of Sydney, Geelong or Hawthorn and you have it.

The list is fragile and we all know it but it isn´t a disaster, even though people (including myself), have in the heat of a bad loss painted it pretty badly.

IMO we are a key forward or back short PLUS about three or four midfielders who know how to get and use the footy. Some of those we have already.

Touhy is the first. One of the best kicks in the team. He should be told to hunt the footy. Lacks a bit of knowledge still of the game but he certainly makes up for it with G and D and he is HARD.
Armfield ditto. Hunt the footy. Fearless, quick and will win most one on ones.
Bell will be OK with more games. He is hard and runs hard. OK, he gets caught every now and then but at least he gets it and when he takes possession at full flight, he´s not going to get caught.
McLean. Already there and plays every week as though it is his last game.
Gibbs. I hate Gibbs´s apparent lack of urgency but he can use the football. If he doesn´t move to the midfield we are f/&%&.
Judd. One more year.
Garlett-Betts-Yarran. In short bursts. Garlett has visited the midfield on rare occasions and gets clearances. None of those three has a tank but they all have pace.
Simmo. We need about eleven of him.
Graham will develop. He can get it.
Maybe Menzel although I imagine him in a third forward role.
Curnow. Improved a lot this year but is really only a negating player but if we have to have one, it should be him.
Murphy. Down on form but has shown he can play footy.

That has the makings of a hard at it midfield with pretty good skills, not great but at least they can get the football and that´s a start.
Plus we will add to it this year and next.
Daisy? be nice to get him as a FA: I seriously think we will go hard for him. His ankle would have to be seriously healed.
Trade for another established mid if possible.
Draft another couple.

We could clean out about 10-12 players and still keep those above.

The ruck is a worry.
Kreuzer is now established as the Number 1 when available but he doesn´t get a lot of taps to advantage.
Warnock is just a useless giraffe who gets 45 taps, of which 35 drop at his feet, three are great and the rest go to the opposition. He hasn´t taken a contested pack mark in living memory. All his marks this time back have been chest marks or uncontested. When I say áll´I have to say ´all´because there have been more than two in total.
Hampson is better all round than Warnock but can´t stay on the park.
Levi is doing KO for a while but really needs time to develop a fitness base.
Rowe is behind Levi.

It isn´t that bad. It´s more attitude and lack of leadership that lets us down. Plus a couple of players need a change of roles for mine when they are ready to go into the mids.