For me I think the ceiling of our team is higher with one of the younger guys with better skills taking his spot. Personally I think Prior brings the same big body and contested side of the game however is far better offensively and skills wise. I think Robbo will start the season but we have a few guys that could take over his spot.
Michael Carter one of these guys?
Harry Sharp would be the number one candidate.
Oh yes I remember the young kids debut, showed alot of promise.
AhChee, Prior and Dev would be 3 that immediately come to mind.
Pretty sure the one that was nailed was Jaspa Fletcher, a f/s and academy member not able to be drafted till the next draft.
I will add J Berry to that list also. He looks to have gained some pace
With or without Robbo in the team I believe Bez will be in the team anyway and will be on the wing at times which is why I didn’t include him in the list.
I'm pretty sure it's Will Fletcher, one of our VFL top ups, comes from Sherwood in the QAFL, and has been one of the best QAFL players in the last couple of years.
If so my bad, thought he looked a bit like Jaspa and heard someone calling “Fletch” which would make sense now.
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Massive punter I am, I went a tenner on it. Then, like the chicken I am, I went each way - a tenner at $2 on the top 4
Are they any good compare to Vic teams VFL top ups?
Cam Rayner off Oscars back, I think
definitely Oscar. Don't believe Fort played.
Would’ve thought Cam and Oscar would be on the same team.
I thought it was Henry Smith that got speckied on by Rayner.
There has been a bit of a theory about Queensland players for years. Up here we certainly have some great juniors but our guys finished school a year before drafting so only have club footy for a year where the Victorians still have school and club in that year before drafting. With our guys out of the school system there seems to be a drop off once out of the day to day routine and structure the Victorian's have and for those at the private schools the training and professionalism around the school's program. In short the Queenslanders are 'late bloomers' where once on a list they take a bit longer to get into the process than the kids from the other states. Once we were discussing Sherwood they are in the QAFL the Queensland second division competition there would be no full time players in that competition, all would have jobs so it's probably called park footy. But players do get recruited from there to the AFL, rarely but it does happen. The best kids in Qld will generally be in the Lions and Suns academy and they are the ones that get drafted. Then there are some kids playing and trialing with Southport and Aspley from teams like Sherwood and the odd one will get a run. I think its a bit like comparing chalk and cheese really, but you might say our younger top us are probably not as good as Victorian ones just because our process to the AFL is as good and we have a more even speed of sporting choices all chasing talented kids. Once in the process Queenslanders are just as good as any other states.
