Good recognition for emerging Bentleigh and @SouthernFNL player Matt Troutbeck. He's been invited to train with Richmond's VFL team.
https://twitter.com/PaulAmy375
Another example of why get it wrong with our VFL list
Please explain
Think I've explained it time and time again.
We target too many blokes from local leagues rather than recently retired AFL players or senior VFL players.
Happy to get a few but our VFL lists over the last 2 seasons have contained far too many, hence, why we are non competitive when we have to play too many of them due to AFL listed players who are injured
It's not a criticism of the kid who Paul Amy has named but the approach we take
The issue is money, recently retired AFL players can get $3500 a game in the burbs and about $350 in the VFL
The injury list we had last season cruelled any hope the VFL side had, a full season of Foley , Petterd , Conca , Knights, Drummond , Shorty , George, Cachia etc etc & we would be a lot better
Kids like Mellington 20 & Aarts 20 who were great all year & hopefully Troutbeck are better options than hacks like ex AFL/VFL players in Bathie & Barlow & Mcqualter etc
remember we lost our Captain Ross Young late in the piece & that affected our ability to recruit mids & then Tyrone Downie who had signed, got rookied by GC
We have already gained experienced player in Tommy Langford for next year & no doubt more will follow, its not all doom & gloom