bornadog
02-04-2013, 11:09 PM
Dear Member,
On behalf of the Club, a big welcome to you for the new season. I know I’ve come across many of you out there at various functions – we hope you enjoyed the Easter break and the start to our season.
It’s a funny game footy, I’m sure in some circles, the result on the weekend probably surprised some people — internally we weren’t surprised. The margin was a pretty good reflection of how the game played out — we played some really good football early, and were probably fortunate that Brisbane didn’t capitalise on some opportunities, which added to our confidence and helped us to play out the game. Brisbane are on the right track, and we know they’re going to be a formidable opponents in the next few years as they are a similar age bracket to our list.
The game came off the back of our good pre-season form, where the two games during the NAB Cup, that we played our strongest and most mature team, we got some good results — a win against Hawthorn and a narrow loss to Richmond.
The day was also a good opportunity for us to play our four new mature recruits in Tom Young, Koby Stevens, Nick Lower and Brett Goodes, and although some got more accolades than others, all played their roles really well. They have added some depth to our Club and have enabled some of their teammates to play in other areas of the ground.
We also saw the emergence of Jordan Roughead, who will fill a key defensive position for a long period of time at our Club — he will anchor our defence and is receiving brilliant support from Dale Morris, who was another positive story on the day.
We feel that we played a good brand of football on the weekend — a brand that requires every single player to play their part, and I think you’ll agree that the players carried out their tasks effectively, particularly our younger players who showed some signs of maturity out there. They are a little stronger this year, have a greater capacity to run and handled some really difficult parts of the game against the Lions.
At Torquay on Sunday where our VFL affiliate Williamstown played, we saw Jake Stringer and Jackson Macrae have a significant impact on the game, and both are on track to play some senior football early in the year — their opportunities will come and we’re confident they’ll be ready to take them when they appear.
We move on to another significant challenge this week, where we play a mature and developed team, that plays football the right way in Fremantle, and we look forward to playing our brand of football against them.
When you come to watch us this season, you will see a team that can run games out better and that can compete for longer. We will have some good days, and we might have some bad days too, but either way, your ongoing support is vital to us. We need you at the footy this week, in fact, we need you at the footy every week. We want you out there in the red, white and blue making as much racket as you can possibly make.
See you at the footy,
Brendan McCartney
On behalf of the Club, a big welcome to you for the new season. I know I’ve come across many of you out there at various functions – we hope you enjoyed the Easter break and the start to our season.
It’s a funny game footy, I’m sure in some circles, the result on the weekend probably surprised some people — internally we weren’t surprised. The margin was a pretty good reflection of how the game played out — we played some really good football early, and were probably fortunate that Brisbane didn’t capitalise on some opportunities, which added to our confidence and helped us to play out the game. Brisbane are on the right track, and we know they’re going to be a formidable opponents in the next few years as they are a similar age bracket to our list.
The game came off the back of our good pre-season form, where the two games during the NAB Cup, that we played our strongest and most mature team, we got some good results — a win against Hawthorn and a narrow loss to Richmond.
The day was also a good opportunity for us to play our four new mature recruits in Tom Young, Koby Stevens, Nick Lower and Brett Goodes, and although some got more accolades than others, all played their roles really well. They have added some depth to our Club and have enabled some of their teammates to play in other areas of the ground.
We also saw the emergence of Jordan Roughead, who will fill a key defensive position for a long period of time at our Club — he will anchor our defence and is receiving brilliant support from Dale Morris, who was another positive story on the day.
We feel that we played a good brand of football on the weekend — a brand that requires every single player to play their part, and I think you’ll agree that the players carried out their tasks effectively, particularly our younger players who showed some signs of maturity out there. They are a little stronger this year, have a greater capacity to run and handled some really difficult parts of the game against the Lions.
At Torquay on Sunday where our VFL affiliate Williamstown played, we saw Jake Stringer and Jackson Macrae have a significant impact on the game, and both are on track to play some senior football early in the year — their opportunities will come and we’re confident they’ll be ready to take them when they appear.
We move on to another significant challenge this week, where we play a mature and developed team, that plays football the right way in Fremantle, and we look forward to playing our brand of football against them.
When you come to watch us this season, you will see a team that can run games out better and that can compete for longer. We will have some good days, and we might have some bad days too, but either way, your ongoing support is vital to us. We need you at the footy this week, in fact, we need you at the footy every week. We want you out there in the red, white and blue making as much racket as you can possibly make.
See you at the footy,
Brendan McCartney