Been os on some r & r, so missed the last 3 games, that loss to the ferrals was the nail. How can a team kick so badly one week when it counts then have 17.1 on the board at halftime the next week!!
Oh well, the worm has turned and 3 new teams in the finals so a good thing for the comp. The club will have to look at the big injury list we had this year that showed up the lack of depth. Guys like Bristow, Read, Forrest and Cockie all missed most of the year with injury so thats 4 good midfielders to come back. Fingers crossed they give Campbell and those 3/4 Qld blokes the flick which will free up some points, so we can find a couple of desperately needed quality midfielders and forwards.
Webby has retired, what a quality player and quality bloke he has been, a sensational player for us since coming over from the vfl via Perth, wish him well in retirement, reckon he has all the makings of a very good coach if he is inclined that way in the future. Would like to see him take over the colts as Schoey is not the right fit imo. Possible retirements of Cossom & Keevo, big losses there, Ali snr still to decide. Liked the move of Rumba up forward and Jordy to FB.
With a fit list and some careful recruiting we could be in the finals mix next year. There were some comments re Waterman failing as a coach due to us missing the finals, thats rubbish imo as any check of the player losses and injuries over the last couple of years would show that the current list is a shadow of the great premiership teams and missed the finals by 1 game and %, not great but not a failure either.
Have a good mate who’s a Tigers member so might tag along to the Claremont tip next sunday for what should be a ripper game.
There’s always a silver lining in that Joondy join us on the sidelines for september. 
