Without aiming to sound like a knob, I wouldn't pencil anything in, and sure as heck couldn't care less what West Coast are doing. Bottom line is: we have a bunch of kids who have been going pretty darn good. Last night there were 8 who were playing in their first derby. We are going to win some good ones like we already have, and we are also going to take our fair share of licks. But at least there are some genuinely good youngsters coming up (Balic impressive last night I thought).
I think last night was mainly about poor game plan execution (constantly bombing it to the loose backline), and yes, i'm not one to jump up and down about umps, but they were deplorable last night. But we are going to have a mixed bag this year and thats just par for the course with such a young team.
As Much as Mick Malthouse $hits me, ill have to use one of his quotes: In AFL, things are never as good or never as bad as they seem...