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Noel, I have not said our current squad has to be replaced. I have said that it lacks quality. These are two very different things. I have stated repeatedly that replacing players will not be easy - so I agree with you there. So, if the Club cannot replace players easily, then, for me this means moderate improvement in 2009. For you and zmans it doesn't change much because according to you both, our squad is GOOD already - Both of you have said this. Its a good squad - well good enough to leap up the ladder now we've got Micale. I say, no it isn't. We finished last for reasons other than Bewick being a 3 out of 10 coach (your assessment Noel). According to you and zmans the team will improve substantially SIMPLY because we have a good coach. I do not agree.
To ask me to name players we should recruit is ludicrous. I Have no knowledge of the recruiting structure, the money available, who is to be cut, how many points are left to play with, contacts for players or their agents, who Micale wants at the Club, etc. I just know that if we do not recruit we shall not leap very far up the ladder. This is all I am saying.
You have shifted the debate from a straightfoward disagreement over the quality of the current squad - to one where I am expected to nominate the the precise players we can get to play for EP next year.
We may be able to get 4, 3, 2, 1, none. We may be able to get a Ruckman, a midfielder, a defender, and a forward. Can I name who these might be? Of course not. To demand that I do so is madness.
Perhaps more than anyone, including Royals1922, I have consistently stated that the 130 points limit is a potential stumbling block for many major changes this year. I've said it a hundred times. What I have also said, is that if it was not in place I have no doubt Micale would be culling some players.
What you and zmans have to accept is that given your opinion of the quality in the current squad, and the high regard you have for Micale's ability, plus 3 AFL draftees to come in, that unless the Club finishes in the top 3 in 2009 you will have some explaining to do. And, be assured, I will keep you honest to your present assessments. Should we fail to make the top 3 I will ask you why this has not happened? Is it because the players were not as good as you thought, the coach was not as good as you thought, or .. . ????.
What none of us can be sure of, at the moment, is who will come into the squad and who will drop out. Until the squad is finalised I am not prepared - unlike zmans who has already claimed we can go 1 or 2 - to make any prediction for where we will finish in 2009. All I can say is that I predicted 6th in 2007, and 7th in 2008. I don't think I was too far out.
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