Agree with most except Ballantyne, he gets targeted as much as he niggles, the difference being umpires only penalise him these days.
I've run out of patience with Dawson, we were a better team - more attacking - with him out of the side. If he did his job it'd be alright but he gives away too many frees.
Probably right about Barlow as much as he has been fantastic for us, especially after that horrible broken leg (thanks for the parting gift Palmer), but he is not the player he was 2 years ago. Bennell would be a pretty handy replacement.
Blakey, Weller, Langdon & Grey all need sustained time at the elite level if they're to get there themselves. De Boer, Sutcliffe & Mayne can't be relied upon to kick clutch goals and are not top shelf disposers either.
McCarthy in the forward line with Taberner after another pre-season in the gym should improve our I50 to goal ratio, particularly when Walters and Ballas can play the crumbling, small forward roles rather than marking target. Throw in Fyfe spending more time in the forward line with another cut in rotations coming and we'd look ok down there.
Grab Lueunberger as cover for one of Sandi or Griff going down, especially as Clarke should be used to get McCarthy or Bennell or even Jetta if we haven't needed to bring him into calculations by then.
Of course, this all relies on us having the biggest recruiting season, in terms of existing talent being traded in, probably in our history and with Bond in charge of it I'm worried - like really worried.