Quote Originally Posted by The Dunster View Post
This year's team is much weaker than last years team so it's not surprising we missed out on a finals spot.
We didn't bring in anyone to replace Pato, McGree, or Nabbout - and we have had injury issues with players, suspensions, a shitful draw, and a few ageing types who probably should have been put on notice rather than given contract extensions.
The future looks even worse as we are going to be losing players and not replacing them with equivalent or better.
We also have a few players underperforming and yet still on a good money holding us back as well.

I honestly can't see Ernie hanging around much longer if the budget continues to shrink unless he see's this as his last ever appointment before retiring.
Couldn't agree more. Lee's financial situation limited any investment and we were scraping the barrel to get players in (Ridenton, Jair).
Add to this that Petratos & O'Donovan are a shadow of themselves from seasons past and its no surprise at all we missed the finals.