Oh look. Take a team that had McPharlin, Johnno, the Fist (in reasonable form as a 3rd defender), Duffield, Mundy, Fyfe, Barlow, Hill, Sandi, Ballas, Mayne, Pav. Now get rid of Luke, Duffman, the Fist, Barlow, Sandi, Ballas, Mayne and Pav, and make Johnno and Mundy slower, give Fyfe a year off with a broken leg. Drop Ibbo. Take the most promising replacement for Luke in Alex Pearce and break his leg. Have one of your emerging forwards go off the rails.
The miracle is not that we get thrashed occasionally, but that it doesn't happen every week. We spend a lot of time looking like we don't have much structure because the backbone is gone.
I'm as keen as anyone to see us winning every week again, but when Roly said it was 4 years, he was pretty close to the money. We were a gun side in 2006. Fell apart in 2007. It wasn't until 2012 that we really started getting it together. We've got the makings of a good side. It will just take time. I hope...