Quote Originally Posted by Trever View Post
I think we’ll win on Sunday, but it will be the last time we beat Gold Coast for the next 5 years. Their young talent is extraordinary and Hardwick is rejuvenated.
The scary thing about the GC is not the talent they've pulled onto their list recently, but apparently what is coming through their academy is huge in both volume and talent. The screeching is already starting from Victoria and will only get louder.

They forget these things will filter back into the talent pool available to the broader comp. Last year, GC was able to progressively split pick four to accumulate a lot of draft picks. That'll be harder to do when they're trying to split 12 or 14 or 16 or so on. Eventually, they'll be unable to cover all the high end talent and some will fall out the bottom to the benefit of other clubs.

What's the word: equalisation.

But we should be ready for the full on assault that's coming for the academies.