St Kilda and a number of other clubs are stuck in AFL no-mans land, the worst place to be as Tasmania gets set to enter the competition, and they must embrace youth before it is too late.

Moossa Alavi recalls from his childhood that his father always used to have up to Dh5,000 ($1,361) in his wallet, to sustain him during an emergency. That prudence guided Mr Alavi’s outlook towards ...