Those 2 factors are critical plus whether we can actually evolve our gameplan to follow where the game is going.
If our young group of Cygnets that are starting to reach that 100 odd game range and heading towards their peak years age wise can take the next step, we will make a step improvement this year. If they don't quite do that, and we continue to rely too much on the elder statesmen to carry too much of the burden, then it'll be much like last year. 6-9 for mine as well is a decent assessment.
This year feels like it could be 2009 or 2010 esque in the 'evolutionary' stage, but a surprise like what happened in 2012 isn't out of the realms of possibility either - but it will need a step change in performance from the younger guys, standout years for some of our elder statesmen, and a more effective gameplan that starts to move with the times. I can't see all three happening this year, but hope runs aplenty at this time of year, and stranger things have happened in footy! And we are being thrown in the bin by many out there in media land, and that's how we have generally liked it. Logic says a broken clock is right twice a day, so maybe its their turn to be right - but lets hope we can prove them wrong yet again!
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