Quote Originally Posted by Wilso8948 View Post
Looking at that squad really highlights how sub par we are. I'm willing to wait and see on the recruits but I tell you what if we don't pull our finger out in the next month or two and get some quality in it's looking like another long season. Not a pessimist. Just a realist.
Teams have won the league with far worse GK's and defenders than we have. If it is Cowburn as our first choice left back, that'll pretty much be a solid back 4 that we maintain. Of course that doesn't factor in Boogs and Mullen swapping red cards and yellow accumulation so expect Jackson and Kanta to play a bit back there.

The spine of our midfield is pretty good as well... Ugar has half a season of being very promising, Kanta/Poljak are serviceable (but not standouts, obviously), Clut showed a heap of promise 12+ months ago before being shelved and if Miller can get Hoole's confidence up, he could be good for us as well. Who knows how good Brown is... if we see the player on the highlight reel, we're in for a treat. Labi coming back from a year off could go either way.

Out wide and up front is where we have no quality or no depth.

I foresee a season similar to last year. Solid defensively, some good possession but not enough goals.

Unless Lee picks up a genuine Chinese future star, either on the fringe of the NT or a youth international, AND our other import commands a starting spot, I'm with you on the rather depressing sounding reality we have.

Looking forward to 2018!