Yes I believe we need a rebuild. We missed our opportunity, we need to call it, face it and build a team that can challenge in 2019. That gives us 4 drafts and trading periods to build on the talent we have.
Below is what the bones of a list could like in 2019.
Gleeson (25) Hurley (29) ???
??? Carlisle (28) hibberd (29)
Colyer (28) Myers (30) ???
Edwards (26) Hooker (31) Zaharakis (29)
J.Merrett (26) Daniher (25) ???
??? Heppel (27) Z.Merrett (24)
Maybe
OBrien (26) Fantasia (24) Long (23), Bellchambers (30) Mckernon (29) Mckenna (23) Bagley (32) Melksham (28) Browne (27) Ambrose (28) Kommer (29) Langford (23) Laverde (23) Ashby (25)
Unlikely
Hams (25), Stanton (33), Goddard (33), Steinberg (27), Howlett (31), Dalgiesh (26), Kavanagh (26), Dempsey (32)
Gone
Pears, Giles, Watson, Chapman, Cooney, Fletcher, Winderlich, Gwilt (33), Hocking (32)
We will not be able to attract talented mid age free agents until the WADA fiasco is done, so this year we hit the draft hard. Then we have 3 trading windows to augment the talent above. It’s doable.