Palmer was the standout. He was by far the better of every rookie player in his debut year. He broke. And he left.
ANyway, I pushed go a bit quick and my point was not particularly about the former faux-hawked blonde midfielder with a penchant for wrist bandages and body hair waxing.
While they are reasonably good, you can't tell me the current crop of juniors are actually in the same echelon as the young crowd of top twenties from the past three, seven, ten or even twenty years. The ones we have, and have had, are serviceable and have a decent crack on the rare occasion they have been given a crack. But that's all.
My point is, if you don't have that class quality, you have to have fitness. It increases your buffering capacity and gives you a base to launch off. If you don't have fitness, you have 0-10.
