Geelong Lacking Experience?

The more experienced players of Geelong

It has been question asked throughout the AFL community, is Geelong missing the experienced players like Tom Harley, Cameron Ling and Brad Ottens? Have these players kept the foundations of the Cats stable which allowed them a key to glory? Well, personally i think that they helped the team but Geelong can cope without them. Even though they haven't had the season of 2012 that they were expecting, they have won some of the large games and have played just as well without these 'key' players.



Below is a table of disposals averaged a game (2011)

Rank	Name	Games	Average
1	Joel Selwood	20	25.90
2	Joel Corey	21	24.71
3	James Kelly	24	24.04
4	Paul Chapman	23	23.48
5	Steve Johnson	23	22.35
6	Corey Enright	23	22.30
7	Jimmy Bartel	24	22.04
8	Cameron Ling	21	21.76
9	Mathew Stokes	22	20.05
10	Andrew Mackie	22	19.68

Below is a table of disposals averaged a game (2012)

Rank	Name	Games	Average
1	Joel Selwood	12	26.33
2	James Kelly	10	24.40
3	Paul Chapman	12	22.67
4	Joel Corey	12	22.58
5	Steve Johnson	13	21.69
6	Jimmy Bartel	12	21.42
7	Corey Enright	12	20.67
8	Allen Christensen	9	19.22
9	Andrew Mackie	13	17.92
10	Mitchell Duncan	13	17.15

By these two tables it seems to me that there is not much difference. Players like Joel Selwood, Joel Corey, Paul Chapman, Steve Johnson and Jimmy Bartel are all present in both tables and are valuable to the team. It is also nice to see that the newer player like Allen Christensen and Mitchell Duncan are making the top ten.

While the players that have left the club will be missed, there is still hope for the younger player to step up to the plate and show some confidence on the field. But luckily for the Cats they still have the vital players like the two Joel's and Steve Johnson. Geelong is still a large chance for premiership glory. Please comment your opinion.