The positives thread

[Section 5]

Fifth pretty good considering all things that happened in 2024.

Record membership of 68K plus.

Home crowd average of 28,807 with one game to go. Thats the best since 2010 (29,908)
The Gabba held more people then. Our round 2 clash v Blues attracted 37K that year.
This year could jump to 29,400 with a 36K EF crowd.

Ashcroft's successful return from an ACL. Getting better and more confident with each game.
Logan Morris very promising first year of AFL.
Lohmann breakout 3rd year.
Darcy Wilmot continues to improve with his best year of his 3 seasons.
Zorko change of position to account for Colemans absence for the year with an ACL.
Brain promising 9 game season.
22-year-old Henry Smith overtaking Fort as our ruck relief.

VFL team finishing 3rd in the H & A season. Finals to come.

 

[buttermuffs]

After the GWS game the sentiment here was very much that we should blood some of our younger guys and prepare for next year. I doubt anyone would believe we’d play the rest of the season out so strongly while Morris, Brain, Smith and Reville all debuted and played a good amount of games.

We have had by far our worst ever season for injuries in our competing era even excluding the early ACL’s and we put together a great run that has seen us fifth after 2-5 start.

Bloody brilliant if you ask me. Very fun season with lots of entertainment and has been a joy to be a part of.

 

[WheildonTheAxe]

What an absolute pleasure to be enjoying a sixth consecutive finals campaign.

Sure; we wish we had a premiership, probably should have finished top four and could easily be heartbroken tomorrow. But if we take out a few clubs, so many other supporters would be giving a kidney to have the success we have.

I'm up from Melbourne, enjoying some beers on the Brisbane River and feeling very grateful for the team.

 

[scoman]

Our best is very, very, very good.

 

[Nunez]

Logan Morris. It was fantastic to see live, but upon watching the replay it was impossible not to think "wow, this is an 18 year old kid".

That miss aside, to get four shots at goal, 4 marks inside 50 (2 contested) and to do that with Weitering manning him for much of the game was truly special to see. His ceiling is quite clearly far higher than his current output, and that is a scary prospect in of itself.

 

[Dalions]

Logan Morris. It was fantastic to see live, but upon watching the replay it was impossible not to think "wow, this is an 18 year old kid".

That miss aside, to get four shots at goal, 4 marks inside 50 (2 contested) and to do that with Weitering manning him for much of the game was truly special to see. His ceiling is quite clearly far higher than his current output, and that is a scary prospect in of itself.

He made a couple of school boy errors, but man, his good is so God damn good!

 

[Section 5]

The positive for Morris is he played in his first final and played well.
You never know how a 19-year-old first year player will handle a final

 

[BuntonRules]

What I love about Logan is his swagger; some might call it arrogance but I think he’s just grown into an assured young lad as the seasons progressed. 20 goals from 16 games already is bloody impressive too. Browny only got 8 from 13 games in his first year and Schache only got 16 goals from 17 games.

Kid will literally be a star within a couple of years if he continues to work hard and doesn’t get ahead of himself which I see no reason why he would.

The way he can mark outside 50, wheel around and in 2 paces pick the best option, and put it to their advantage is priceless.

 

[T Rick]

150 games for Oscar - what a great story. He interviews so genuinely and despite his obvious shyness is really articulate and open.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

150 games for Oscar - what a great story. He interviews so genuinely and despite his obvious shyness is really articulate and open.

Different beast on the field. Dropped the C bomb on Saturday night lol.

 

[Ceebee]

Love how we have blooded so many young players in the last few years and they are all pretty darn special

 

[Toffee Lion]

We won the flag. Pretty darn positive achievement

 

[dlanod]

We won the flag. Pretty darn positive achievement

Tempted to reopen the Vent thread to see what people can dig up when we hold both premierships simultaneously.

 

[scoman]

Something that fills me with such optimism going forward (and a huge positive), is how the side keeps developing. To see Ashcroft, Lohman, Ah Chee, Morris, Wilmot and Rayner playing such big roles in this finals series is massive for us. It wasn't those guys dominating when we started our finals run six years ago.

 

[paulige]

We might become the first premier to go to the draft with pick 1.

 

[MSB ROYS]

The glass half full people.

The glass half empty people (we still love you).

 

[Cuzz09]

I thought Fletcher was very good yesterday.

Seemed to have plenty of space out on that outer wing and used it well.

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[MSB ROYS]

I thought Fletcher was very good yesterday.

Seemed to have plenty of space out on that outer wing and used it well.

Sent from my SM-S908E using BigFooty.com mobile app

He really stepped up in the last two finals.

 

[Zhesty]

Shout out to the guys who were massively important to our climb to the top but might not have got the recognition yesterday outside of the club's four walls.

Adams, Lyons, McCarthy, Gardiner, Rich, Coleman, Robinson, McStay, Hodge, Stefan Martin

8

Stefan Martin

Age

39

Ht

198cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.4

4star

K

8.4

3star

HB

8.0

5star

CL

4.0

5star

HO

23.5

5star

D

6.4

1star

K

4.2

2star

HB

2.2

2star

CL

2.6

4star

HO

18.4

5star

D

11.6

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.6

4star

HO

1.0

4star

, Matho, Allen Christensen

3

Allen Christensen

Age

34

Ht

176cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.4

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.4

3star

, Dayne Beams

11

Dayne Beams

Age

35

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.6

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

12.4

5star

M

4.5

4star

T

3.6

5star

CL

4.9

5star

No current season stats available

D

15.6

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

9.0

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.6

4star

(yes, ended horribly but can't deny his contribution), Swan, Conole, Ambrosio, Noble and our fitness and performance team.

Who have I forgot? I'm sure there's plenty more. Congrats to them all. A great whole club effort over numerous years.

 

[Surly Boy]

Paywalled, but like the sound of the headline:

 

[AFLQLD]

Shout out to the guys who were massively important to our climb to the top but might not have got the recognition yesterday outside of the club's four walls.

Adams, Lyons, McCarthy, Gardiner, Rich, Coleman, Robinson, McStay, Hodge, Stefan Martin, Matho, Allen Christensen, Dayne Beams (yes, ended horribly but can't deny his contribution), Swan, Conole, Ambrosio, Noble and our fitness and performance team.

Who have I forgot? I'm sure there's plenty more. Congrats to them all. A great whole club effort over numerous years.

Justin Clarke. A career cut far too short. Would have been an experienced tall now, defending resolutely with Harris and Frog but for one training accident.

 

[AFLQLD]

I just realised I started this thread way back in 2013. It was certainly a different time then. Any positives seemed worth clinging onto in the hope they developed into something meaningful and sustainable.

So much water under the bridge.

Who could have guessed back then that we were still half a decade away from finals and 11 years away from a flag.

The beautiful thing is that now, all of that heartache, the heavy losses, the occasional hopeful wins, and at times the complete despair were actually just part of this bigger story, the journey to the 2024 flag.

It has been a bumpy ride, but here we are!

 

[deklares]

I remember when this thread used to be about watching the development of one player as a shining light or even just clinging to one moment during a defeat..

How far we've come as a club (on field and of field) in less than a decade

 

[knaf]

Yes I might just read this thread from the start in the off season. pretty sure there will be plenty of things we can now laugh about.

 

[Darren Downunder]

I just realised I started this thread way back in 2013. It was certainly a different time then. Any positives seemed worth clinging onto in the hope they developed into something meaningful and sustainable.

So much water under the bridge.

Who could have guessed back then that we were still half a decade away from finals and 11 years away from a flag.

The beautiful thing is that now, all of that heartache, the heavy losses, the occasional hopeful wins, and at times the complete despair were actually just part of this bigger story, the journey to the 2024 flag.

It has been a bumpy ride, but here we are!

AFLQ, I remember around that time, you did a post on how we can still get enjoyment out of the game even though we were getting flogged almost every week. I was a lurker then, but I came within a hairs breath of signing on to this board just so I could like your post.

I can’t find it now, but it was brilliant! So ten years later…. Thank you.