Oz Footy List Manager now takes a look at the 2024 reigning premier, Brisbane.
List:
Well, Brisbane finally won their premiership. Hurrah!
As said for the last couple of seasons, Brisbane’s premiership window is all about the here and now. Similar to Geelong in 2022, the injection of younger legs into a mature team can make all the difference in winning a premiership. Now Brisbane are facing similar challenges to Geelong post 2022, i.e., what to do now? Do we maintain our twilighting stars? Do we inject more youth? Most teams that have successive premierships face this dilemma. We can use successful multiple premiership clubs – Hawthorn, Richmond, Geelong – as examples. And, we can learn from Footscray, Melbourne, and Collingwood too.
The big gap in their 22–24 yo age range shows there’s not a lot coming up, apart from smaller-mediums.
Their well overdone list of smaller-mediums clearly shows that Beecken, Brain, McLachlan and Torrent just won’t get a go, and the small Craven too; especially, with Marshall and the younger Ashcroft coming in.
Yet, Doedee and Coleman will put pressure on the existing back-flankers, and will Zorko and Lester go again?
There will be a real contest for Daniher’s spot – the existing Morris, the new/old Day, and the talented Ryan will be battling for it.
Will Brisbane maintain Fort as 2nd ruckman, or continue the development of talented 22 yo Smith? But, as said, Brisbane is all about the here and now before the cliff comes.
Select 22:
After a premiership, one is inclined to keep the same faces, but also need to inject new faces. The team is settled and should start as is, except for forced changes. Injuries and rotations will create opportunities. Day, at 2 goals per game, should start, if he stays fit. But, Morris will want to remain in, and Ryan still kicked a goal a game playing in just four games, without getting a real go.
Levi Ashcroft, if he starts well, should be in the team, with Marshall wanting his opportunity too. I’d put games into the developing ruckman Smith, before he does a Fort (at Geelong) and walks off to play in a premiership elsewhere.
Season 2025: Select 22
B: Zorko, Andrews, Lester
HB: Starcevich, Payne, Wilmot
C: Berry, McCluggage, McKenna
HF: Bailey, Hipwood, Raynor
F: Cameron, Day, Lohmann
R: McInerney, Dunkley, Neale
I: W.Ashcroft, Morris, Smith, L.Ashcroft
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It was 25 years ago that I began developing a model for analysing footy squad lists for the purpose of improving those lists into a premiership window. Since then, the model has been used to successfully predict premiership clubs and to improve either lop-sided or underdeveloped lists into premiership lists. Indeed, the model was used for an article that I had published as a double page spread in The Age 2005 Pre-Season magazine. Over the 25 years, I have analysed the annual lists of one particular club but have used it for other clubs upon request. It has always been on my bucket list to display the lists of all the clubs, using the model, which I've done since 2021 on my website - OzFootyListManager.com
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