The Prestia piece hasn't held up. I've been banging this drum for years. Sooner or later it was going to haunt us.
Too many part time mids and not not enough true mids. If Dunstan was good enough to be a backup for Melbourne, he was a good enough option for us.
The Cerra miss and lack of intention is what concerns me the most. If we didn't think we needed Cerra, we have savagely misread the midfield list and depth.
Ultra concerning. Chuck in RCD and Sonsie. It's time.
We had no money for Cerra. Can't fault the club for that.
It would have cost us Gibcus as well.
Was banging on about Dunstan all last year. Would have been excellent depth/back-up and went to Melbourne on literally minimum chips.
Feel for the Chimp trying to carry the midfield. To protect his body he should be getting 25 classy touches off half back with small spurts in the middle when we need him. But we don't have that luxury.
As others have said the (likely) misses with in some cases good picks on Higgins, RCD, Dow, Martyn, Ross is really hurting us.
The fact the coaching staff preferred to rush a completely underdone and rusty Graham in before them tells us how highly they are rated internally.