Isn’t it a wonderful time for young players to join the club at the moment.
We have the best coach in the competition who believes in giving young players a chance to play AFL.
We have an abundance of leaders playing who have shed loads of experience and know what it takes to climb the mountain to pass on to our young players.
We have players like Pickett and Graham who demonstrates it’s never too late in the season to get a senior game.
We have young players who have already tasted success but have had to work hard to get it - see Bolton.
Spots in the team will open up as more of our older players retire.
We have a proven game style and the coaches to make it happen on game day.
Whether it was by design or just good timing, we happened on 5 top 30 picks in what looks like it could be the best or deepest draft we have seen for at least the last decade.
The fact we can pick junior into an extended squad (isn’t he 18 or 19), we are excited about picks like Banks and Sonsie which were picked in the late 20 and our first rounder Gibcus has already settled into our first 18 from round 1.
A week (or 10 days
) is such a long time in footy. There are no guarantees of course and we may still not make the 8 but the sun is shining at tiger land at the moment.