I don't mean to be critical, Morgan, but "although it seems" is slightly bereft of fact: they are our best players, and in fact Fyfe was last year's Brownlow Medallist, widely regarded by his peers as MVP, Sandilands, the most dominant ruck man of the last decade, Johnson, our creative defensive general, and Bennell, a former number two draft pick with *more talent than the rest of our squad combined. Our injury list is crippling us, as it would cripple any other team. These players, aside from Bennell for obvious reasons, would be widely regarded as among the best players in the competition, not just compared to Sean Hurley and Harley Balic.
*Mike W excepted, and Mr Hill ain't too shabby neither, but then he's injured too