What is a balanced list?

[Grantysghost]

I was responding to another post, and thought this needs a thread of it's own. Lots of talk around list balance, and talent v positional need and I thought : what does a balanced list actually look like these days?

I think there is a school of thought that the Lions probably have the most balanced list in the league. I've tried to (very quickly) break them down by position from the GF. Is this the template we should be all striving for? Love to hear your thoughts, is this the perfect balance? Which ones did I stuff up (I had a few I was 50/50 where to place esp MF)

Defenders

2 x KPD - Andrews, Lester
2 x MD - Starcevich, Gardiner (borderline KPD)
3 x SD - Mckenna, Coleman, Wilmot


Midfielders

3 x Outside - Zorko, McCluggage, Fletcher
4 x Inside - Neale, Berry, Dunkley, Robertson
1 x Ruck - McInerney

Forwards

2 x KPF - Daniher, Hipwood
4 x MF - Mcarthy, Rayner, Ah Chee, Bailey
1 x SF - Cameron