I find it ridiculous also. Although last year it did make for quite an exciting finish for that last finals spot from memory. Had three teams all tied on points and in the end was only 1% that made the difference for the 5th spot. Although this year I don’t think with the way the season has gone so far that the 5th spot will do much damage during finalstop 5 is ridiculous though in a 8 team comp
probably not Div 1 though...
No definitely not, was just adding to the idea of potential changes to div 2 with clubs in div 3&4 coming up at some point
Of course winning isn’t everything they need to do to go QAFL. They’ve obviously ticked all the boxes with facilities and 2 grounds and big junior and strong senior base. But 1 premiership in their seniors in 3 dominant years wouldn’t make them confident. Especially as last year they were undefeated until the GF. You’d think they’d be gunning to get another premiership before they go up. Maroochydore lost the div 1 GF before they went up. But did have a strong presence and some premierships for about 8 years in div 1. Win or loose, Coorparoo will go up.
100% - those GC sides need to be part of it as well - the evenness of Div 1 is such that it isn't the major disparity it once was. Gee I remember the day Caloundra knocked off Bond Uni where they didn't score a point!
I do wonder if Beenleigh will still be up there in Div 1 next year. From what I heard they have struggled for numbers quite a bit this year, as evidenced by their reserves this year. Obviously injuries doesn’t help but doesn’t seem they’re in the great position at the moment either.
I feel as though Coorparoo are setting themselves up well for QAFL, i think they obviously would love a premiership but I don’t think it’s the be all end all. Coorparoo have been up the top of this comp for a few years now, have great numbers obviously by the fact they got 2 3rds teams. Strong junior base. What I think will be their issue will be recruitment. They already get close to maxing out their points each week in Div 1 and only get an extra 5 points going to QAFL I believe. Also I don’t believe that A few of their players will want to stick around at QAFL next year (Suckling, Reid, Lake, Gibson Etc). Think they will have to rely on getting their juniors back from other QAFL clubs in the hope of getting some quality 1 pointers to be able to recruit more.
They certainly do, especially with the facilities Bond have now would be great in this comp. Also a bit of University rivalry again with UQ would be another one. Burleigh also had a solid decade of decent results before a couple of down years saw them back in Div 2. Long gone are the days though that those sunny coast trips were a guaranteed flogging. No more Maroochydore or Noosa, plus Caloundra not being what they once were either, could make for quite a good comp.
Used to be a whole lot of travel in the old PHC days. Noosa & Maroochydore, heading down to Coolangatta, PBC, Surfers, Burleigh etc.plenty of road trips back in those days
No disrespect but they will need 15-20 new players of reasonable quality to compete at QAFL Level. It has gone up another notch this year and for Roos to even be competitive they will need a real increase to their current playing group in my opinion.
Agreed. However they have numbers and both ressies and seniors have been strong since covid. Any idea on how much $$$ they have? Obviously Suckling would be the highest paid I’d assume then working down to Reid, Gibson and Jack Lake and Sam Holna. Off season will be chasing those ex juniors.
Just out of curiosity why did Coorparoo Ressies need players on the weekend and seen on their Facebook page about 4 or 5 past players had a kick?
They filled in for the Beenleigh ressies, wasn’t Coorparoo lacking numbers, was more so that the ressies could get a game.
. It was good fun but maybe not as much traffic 
