David HardingPromising signs for young Dockers
September 8th 2010 10:32
The Burnie Football Club were looking like they were done for before the season started, they had lost a lot of players and were tipped to win the wooden spoon, and then Round One they managed to upset Devonport and walk away with a win with former Magpie Brentyn Milverton winning the game for them. But there are other signs there as well, the fact the Dockers did not finish bottom, and came close to playing finals showed a lot of pundits were very much wrong here.
There are problems around the club, but it seems they are slowly working their way out, but what happens if there is another exodus? Well that could possibly kill the Dockers, but the Dockers right now have some good signs, they have some young players, managed to recruit some players Cameron Upton, Brentyn Milverton have both been good for the Dockers.
The Dockers also stood their ground on Justin Plapp who wanted to strap on the boots for Box Hill as he is now an assistant coach at the Hawks. Plapp who left the Dockers was allowed to coach but suddenly wanted to come out of retirement, and was told the Hawks needed $15,000 before the Dockers would clear him to play.
And that was fair enough as well, if someone is going to retire from one club, head over the mainland and take up a coaching role and then want to play, his former team should get some compensation for this as well.
Now he should be able to play again if he wishes, but whats the point? He's not really getting any younger and the Hawks should focus on young talent, and not a player who is aging, injury prone, and probably going to cost them $15k.
The Dockers are a chance of playing finals next year, they missed the finals by 8 points and pushed Glenorchy to the limit, Glenorchy also suffered a bit of an exodus in a way, it was not a massive player walk out, they had injuries and had also lost a couple of players.
But watch out for Burnie in 2011, they are going to be there abouts next season, as the season starts to end there will be a season review and as the lists change there will be a season preview as well.
There are problems around the club, but it seems they are slowly working their way out, but what happens if there is another exodus? Well that could possibly kill the Dockers, but the Dockers right now have some good signs, they have some young players, managed to recruit some players Cameron Upton, Brentyn Milverton have both been good for the Dockers.
The Dockers also stood their ground on Justin Plapp who wanted to strap on the boots for Box Hill as he is now an assistant coach at the Hawks. Plapp who left the Dockers was allowed to coach but suddenly wanted to come out of retirement, and was told the Hawks needed $15,000 before the Dockers would clear him to play.
And that was fair enough as well, if someone is going to retire from one club, head over the mainland and take up a coaching role and then want to play, his former team should get some compensation for this as well.
Now he should be able to play again if he wishes, but whats the point? He's not really getting any younger and the Hawks should focus on young talent, and not a player who is aging, injury prone, and probably going to cost them $15k.
The Dockers are a chance of playing finals next year, they missed the finals by 8 points and pushed Glenorchy to the limit, Glenorchy also suffered a bit of an exodus in a way, it was not a massive player walk out, they had injuries and had also lost a couple of players.
But watch out for Burnie in 2011, they are going to be there abouts next season, as the season starts to end there will be a season review and as the lists change there will be a season preview as well.
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