Back on the subject of this thread, things aren't so bad.
Seriously, after last year's really brutal cull, and setting aside the older players who have now retired, or been put out to pasture, just how many current Dockers squad players deserved to be dumped?
What's left now is, with the odd exception, genuine quality, which can only be further improved with careful, targeted recruitment.
A more optimistic discussion would be: who's in our best 22?
Next season, in addition to a fully fit Harley Bennell, I'm looking forward to seeing Ed Langdon, Connor Blakeley, Mchael Walters, Bradey Grey and Alex Pearce back from injury. Add to that team Sandilands and Sean Darcy sharing the ruck, as well as developing players like Griffen Logue, Darcy Tucker, Ethan Hughes, Brennan Cox and Luke Ryan becoming regulars, and, to me at least, things look OK.