Gerard Whateley

I'm not sure that they've got many other younger players that they're willing to look at that they haven't already probably seen.

That's a question for inside calling, but we don't know the depths of their list and the development of some of their younger players.

So they've got some real challenges.

Then, as you said, with Fly's conversations and comments around impatient to bring in the next look and have a look at how we contend again, well, then he's also talking to players.

Clearly, this happens at this time of year.

We engage and we talk and we try to recruit players.

So we have to be involved in those conversations.

So there's a lot going on for Fly.

for Fly to be doing in the next 10 weeks of football, and that alone, without trying to win enough games to qualify.

I mean, the question is, do they want to qualify this year?

Because they can't win the flag this year.

I mean, people listening will think, well, anything's possible, and anything can happen, but...

On the balance of probability, they're not winning the flag.

They're not even playing in the prelim finals.

They're probably not getting to semifinal stage.

By the way, they've performed this year.

So there's a lot to do, a lot to do and a really delicate situation, I would have thought, for Craig to manage.

And, look, he's been doing it now long enough to understand that the most difficult part for him, I think, will be the management of the retiring players.

Because they're not, you know, players finishing up in their careers at different levels and different stages, you know, some are easier to do than retiring a great, you know, and we're talking greats with the players that they're talking about.

And, you know, I've done that last year with Bokey.