When did he do that?
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We won a flag in 2016 with this 'generational talent'. It is now 4 years on. The average age of the players who played in that flag, still on the list, is 25.6 (indicating that, on average, they have at least 5 or 6 years left in their careers).
Let's compare that to the Hawks of 2008. When they made their next Grand Final in 2011, they only had 8 of their premiership players still in the side (with a mixture of retirements, players not developing and trades). This included Hodge, Mitchell and Sewell 28+ and key trades Gibson, Burgoyne and Hale (all 28+). They had drafted well to fill out the remainder of their side, but their 'generational talent' of Hodge and Mitchell didn't play in their second premiership until they were nearing 30.
This generation is not wasted, or gone. We have a good core of 24-28yo, some exciting youth, and some targeted trading of older players. Converting that to results is definitely the challenge, and one premiership is not enough, but I struggle to say it is 'wasted' at the moment. Most of this generation are not even halfway through their careers.
I didn't say wasted, I said wasting.
My concern is I haven't seen any signs that we are on the right track converting the talents into more premierships.
At the end of 2017 it was said we needed to clear out players who were not toeing the company line such as Stringer and Dahlhaus. Now rumours (made up or not) are now circulating that we may still have disruptive players in the group.
I go back to my earlier post are our off filed leaders strong enough to pull players into line when needed?
Hopefully as GVGjr said this will lead to more honest and robust conversations.
Finishing 7-10th is no man's land in footy.
We won't though. As a supporter that disappoints me because not only does that create doubt in mine and other supporters minds it also creates a stigma at the club even if it's completely fabricated. We won't say a thing until the trade period opens and that's fine behind the internal walls, outside of that it's pretty hazy.
So he’s re-signed in 2019 and now is apparently pissed at “members of the playing group” for poor professional and training standards.
I wonder if these “members” were not in the playing group in 2019 but were in 2020. Absolutely racking my brain to think who we possibly could have added in 2020 that would not give their all on the track though.
Maybe the same person who was supposed to film the scratch matches and give the fans some sort of insight into the players not getting a game was also supposed to put out a public statement on Dunkley?
Keeping fans informed is clearly for other clubs to focus on, not the Bulldogs.
We've already said twice that we aren't trading Dunkley. Baines said it at the outset and Ralph wrote an article that said he'd been in touch with the club and we said that the trade wasn't happening.
I so want this rubbish to just go away. And I so want Josh to remain a Bulldog.
Why doesn't the club make a statement regarding some of the crap that these "journalists" are reporting, and take the heat out of the issue. The other day I answered a poll regarding whether, as a supporter, we are committed to supporting our club (financially) by renewing our membership for next year. Bearing in mind the shemozzle that this year became. Of course I answered yes, unequivocally. However the lack of response from the club indicates that they are do not understand the harm that these sort of rumours inflict on us supporters.
For goodness sake, say something. This is one of the reasons we are not a destination club, for both players and supporters.