If Not BB, Who?

[Thryleon]

For people wondering where the improvement will come from, lets look at our B+F from last year.

1st - Patrick Cripps (166 votes) - Still rock solid, probably even improved!

2nd - Kade Simpson (108 votes) - Struggling a bit

3rd - Ed Curnow, Charlie Curnow (98 votes) - Ed would be down on his efforts last year, Charlie definitely down

5th - Dale Thomas (71 votes) - Maybe not as good as last year, but not terrible this year.

6th - Liam Jones (48 votes) - Possibly lifted his game this year. Was a bit up and down last year.

7th - Zac Fisher (47 votes) - Tracking about the same as last year

8th - Sam Rowe (43 votes) - GONE

9th - Matthew Wright (39 votes) - GONE

10th - Marc Murphy (39 votes) - Injured for a lot of last year, but down on form this season

What does it mean?
Plenty of old heads in that bunch. 2 are gone. Murphy, Simpson, IMO Ed and down on last years effort and some might argue Daisy as well. That is 5 or 6 of last years top 10, being the OLD GUARD.

From the others...
Jones (although 28) has probably improved.
Fisher coming back from injury is probably about the same
Cripps has probably gone to a category ABOVE elite.
Charlie has been struggling.

So 3 from the 4 younger group have been solid or better....with Charlie still lacking.

Who have been our best players this year?
Cripps
Walsh (obviously not around last year)
Weitering
SPS
McKay

....insert kids name here.

Conclusion....
Results show little improvement on the win/loss sheet. However, looking at individuals, its pretty clear that the younger brigade are starting to pull their weight now and the older brigade are struggling to match previous efforts.

Basically, we are in a transition stage. You need to look at the individuals to see what our results mean, not look at the results in isolation.

End result...
Back off Bolts, its all going to plan...

Yep.  Hence why we wont become a force until 2021.