| #13 Stuart Austin (VC) |
| #88 Buzz Burwell |
| #24 Tim Ferguson |
| #69 Oscar Hernandez |
| #13 Tim Johnson |
| #5 Rob Lowe |
| #12 Trevor Lovering |
| #1 Michael Neild (C) |
| #20 Graham Prickett |
| #77 Manuel Ramirez |
| #50 Anthony Ross |
| #63 Spinner Sheppard |
| #15 Simon Statham |
This team has a total of 66 seasons combined experience with a big Bug on the chest, with a large number of players having played consecutive seasons together. Bugger history hasn't suggested that collective experience is essential for a team to be successful however it feels like this group of players know each other well and should be able to use that as an advantage.
After opening selection for the team to the broader community this season little actual change has occurred on the playing list. There are certainly a range of reasons for this, some of which I'm sure are outside our understanding. Whatever the reasons a familiarly Buggery team will take the field this year in the Red and White.
As an aside it does seem important that BPL teams continue to search for pathways for new players to join the competition from other leagues. The responsibility for developing new talent in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast lies in part with the BPL clubs.
Exciting changes for this season are:
- Special G moving out of his Vice Captaincy role with the team and into the League Director role. This now makes 4 of the 6 total league directors Moreton Bay Buggers men. I'm sure that can be looked at in a couple of ways.
- Stu Austin taking the VC job for club. The Vice Captain for the Buggers has a large involvement in running the team and the title is just reward for Stu's regular effort in this area.
- The stalwart big man of UQ Ultimate Rob Lowe has joined the team for the season. Rob is blowing up this year with his first nationals campaign on the Ignition team. Expect Rob to produce one of his best ever BPL seasons as he trains with the Firestorm club and competes regularly with Ignition.
- After some time out in the world causing his own special blend of chaos the Buggers are happy and exciting to reintroduce one Spinner Sheppard back into the BPL. Who knows how many gold teeth he'll have now. Spinner will bring both his own athletic attributes, and his ability to bring the best out of Manuel through his consistent critical analysis. Keep running Manuel.
- We have one potential weapon up our sleeve however that one is still on the quiet.
After a year hitting the semi final ceiling the Buggers will be determined to challenge every round and build towards what we are sure will be another excellent Brisbane Premier League.
3 comments:
Love it Mike looking forward to the season. Great to have you back Spinner! And welcome Rob. What could this potential weapon be? Not Ferg's box zone offence surely... It's got more cuts then a tiger handler at dreamworld.
Cheers
Graham
Wait I've got it now, could the secret weapon be the frisbee debut of young Tadhg Poon Ryan? Perhaps Mike, Mat and Sandra have been planning this all along? Sure he's inexperienced but he might have the youthful exuberance the bugs were lacking last season.
Cheers
Graham
Mate we are going to need more than one 3 year old if we want to get our average age down anywhere close to 30, let alone 'youthful'.
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