A new coach for Brisbane will give new opportunity to many there.
A close inspection of the team indicates quite a few players that have been around for 3,4 & 5 years yet haven't shown enough for regular senior selection.
Maybe this is the heart of the reason Matthews has pulled up stumps.
Upon inspection, the positional depth indicates the flaws in the Brisbane team. Initially they seem like strengths but digging a bit deeper they are current holes that give rise to opportunity.
The team looks to be very strong in midfielders, yet most of these a one paced mediums who haven't shown real pace or class and have battled for regular selection. They desperately lack for the genuine goalkicking rovers that they had during their premiership era.
The defence appears a nice size, yet lack for genuine smaller defenders who can run with fast small attacks.
They certainly have the talls to do the job.
The apparent opportunity is to identify those 22-24yo midfielders who haven't shown enough, and turn these into rebounding defenders. This will add speed to the Brissie defence which has become "cut up" in recent seasons.
Brisbane is a team that needs alot of short term work and will provide Voss with excellent opportunity.
If he can shuffle his list into the right positions, he may see big improvement short term.
My guess, Brissie will hover just outside the 8 with their chances growing in the next 2-3 years. But they do need to recruit a handful of genuine speedy goalkicking rovers.
A close inspection of the team indicates quite a few players that have been around for 3,4 & 5 years yet haven't shown enough for regular senior selection.
Maybe this is the heart of the reason Matthews has pulled up stumps.
| B | McGrath (25,182,113,99) | Merrett (24,196,68,16) | Patful (24,190,58,19) |
| Roe (25,192,42,6) | |||
| HB | Macdonald (24,187,58,6) | Collier (20,192,6,1) | Hanley# (20,184,2,0) |
| Drummond (25,188,45,22) | Tyler (21,194,0,0) | ||
| Selwood (24,187,60,8) | Garner# (22,194,0,0) | ||
| Hawksley (20,187,4,0) | |||
| Dzufer# (21,188,1,0) | |||
| C | Brennan (24,192,81,56) | Black (29,186,233.143) | Johnstone (28,184,178,128) |
| Notting (30,188,196,132) | Polkinghorne (20,183,4,0) | Proud (20,180,9,0) | |
| Stiller (22,186,45,12) | Rich (18,184,0,0) | King (18,180,0,0) | |
| Clouston (22,193,2,1) | |||
| HF | Redden (18,189,0,0) | Brown (27,195,160,338) | Rockliff (19,184,0,0) |
| Austin (19,187,0,0) | Henderson (19,196,8,3) | ||
| Cornelius (18,192,0,0) | |||
| F | Clark (21,198,22,18) | Bradshaw (30,191,201,438) | Hooper (21,177,39,36) |
| Tippett (20,194,0,0) | |||
| R | Charman (26,197,126,55) | Rischitelli (23,184,65,27) | Power (29,179,217,192) |
| Leuenberger (20,203,19,3) | Adcock (23,184,75,23) | ||
| McCulloch (18,199,0,0) | Harding (22,181,33,9) | ||
| Murray# (18,199,0,0) | Sherman (22,184,73,43) | ||
| Dalziell (22,184,7,1) | |||
| Sheldon (20,183,0,0) | |||
| Spackman# (20,184,0,0) | |||
| Banfield (18,182,0,0) |
The team looks to be very strong in midfielders, yet most of these a one paced mediums who haven't shown real pace or class and have battled for regular selection. They desperately lack for the genuine goalkicking rovers that they had during their premiership era.
The defence appears a nice size, yet lack for genuine smaller defenders who can run with fast small attacks.
They certainly have the talls to do the job.
The apparent opportunity is to identify those 22-24yo midfielders who haven't shown enough, and turn these into rebounding defenders. This will add speed to the Brissie defence which has become "cut up" in recent seasons.
Brisbane is a team that needs alot of short term work and will provide Voss with excellent opportunity.
If he can shuffle his list into the right positions, he may see big improvement short term.
My guess, Brissie will hover just outside the 8 with their chances growing in the next 2-3 years. But they do need to recruit a handful of genuine speedy goalkicking rovers.
