I know it is early and trade week hasn’t started but an early look at who we should target in terms of recruiting for 2014 so we can mount a serious premiership defence
The VFL is going to be more competitive than ever next year with 2 AFL Clubs (Bulldogs and Tigers ) going it alone which means 2 VFL Clubs (Wiilamstown and Coburg) will be out their rectruiting even harder and then take into account Port have already lost at least 8 or 9 senior players and they have stated they are going to rebuild in an aggresive manner. The queue for players is going to be longer than ever before.
The other factor that also needs to be considered is apart from the expanded competition, the one certainty every year is the turnover of players on VFL lists and Box Hill is no exception.
As we don’t know the full ist of available players as yet, however we do know that we always get a good number of Eastern Rangers and Oakleigh Charges graduates each season. In saying that, I have focused on Tasmanians primarily because of their sponsorship of the HFC – and of course our very own Sammy Isles!!
A few names to get the conversation started.
Jacob Gilbee (Gold Coast Suns) – Lock and Isles are also both former Suns and that turned out very very well.
Marcus Davies (Carlton)
Aaaron Joseph (Carlton)
Jesse Crichton (Fremantle)
Aaron Cornelius (Brisbane)
Although not Tasmanian another player and former skipper I would love to see return – Lukas Markovic
We don’t know as yet what is happening with Litherland, Kelly or Cheney at the hawks so to have someone with Markovic’s experience and size planted at CHB would be a massive bonus.
Obviously a lot is going to happen between now and the AFL rookie drafts but you can be rest assured, all state leagues clubs over the country have already started their recruiting process!
The VFL is going to be more competitive than ever next year with 2 AFL Clubs (Bulldogs and Tigers ) going it alone which means 2 VFL Clubs (Wiilamstown and Coburg) will be out their rectruiting even harder and then take into account Port have already lost at least 8 or 9 senior players and they have stated they are going to rebuild in an aggresive manner. The queue for players is going to be longer than ever before.
The other factor that also needs to be considered is apart from the expanded competition, the one certainty every year is the turnover of players on VFL lists and Box Hill is no exception.
As we don’t know the full ist of available players as yet, however we do know that we always get a good number of Eastern Rangers and Oakleigh Charges graduates each season. In saying that, I have focused on Tasmanians primarily because of their sponsorship of the HFC – and of course our very own Sammy Isles!!
A few names to get the conversation started.
Jacob Gilbee (Gold Coast Suns) – Lock and Isles are also both former Suns and that turned out very very well.
Marcus Davies (Carlton)
Aaaron Joseph (Carlton)
Jesse Crichton (Fremantle)
Aaron Cornelius (Brisbane)
Although not Tasmanian another player and former skipper I would love to see return – Lukas Markovic
We don’t know as yet what is happening with Litherland, Kelly or Cheney at the hawks so to have someone with Markovic’s experience and size planted at CHB would be a massive bonus.
Obviously a lot is going to happen between now and the AFL rookie drafts but you can be rest assured, all state leagues clubs over the country have already started their recruiting process!