My amateur look at RFC list management.
First, some assumptions:
1. We have proven system is king and we have a great system.
2. We've won 3 flags in 4 years with less fantasy points, awards votes, or AA players than everyone we've beaten.
3. The key is maintaining the system, not replacing players with 'stars' (except for a few key spots below).
4. Overall out list is surprisingly young and I think we should be thinking can we win another 2-3 flags in the next 4 years.
So my thoughts:
a. Jack Riewoldt and Basher have - perhaps - another year in them.
b. Cotch and Edwards one, maybe two.
c. Dusty and Lynch have at least 2 more great years in him - possibly as many as 4.
d. Everyone else is either a soldier we can replace/develop or key people in the development cycle development right now.
e. Basher's replacement is already at the club - it might be stack, it might be dow, it might be eggy - we have options.
f. Cotch and Edwards replacements are likely already at the club - definitely including Ross and Bolton, could also be RCD but too early to tell.
g. Dusty and Lynch are outside the planning window right now - come back here in 2021/22.
Which leaves us with Jack? Can he still be a force at the back end of 2021? Are we looking at a return to 2017 and a single big target or can we make CCJ a permanent forward?