2019 RECAP
Things could have gone belly up for Taylors Lakes after Sam Tankard departed as coach during the 2019 pre-season, but new coach Charles Cuzzupi quickly re-established some stability.
Four victories were enough to avoid relegation by season's end, with the Lions showing plenty of heart in close wins over Hillside and Roxburgh Park.
However, Lakes struggled against the top four, losing all eight contests against last year's finalists by an average margin of 11 goals.
BEST & FAIREST TOP FIVE
1st - Jake Hobbs
2nd - Harrison Tanner*
3rd - Adrian Crawford*
4th - Mark Polycarpou*
5th - Trent Forbes*
GOAL KICKING TOP FIVE
35 - Rhys Deacon*
23 - Jake Hobbs
23 - James McGrath*
15 - James Vistarini*
9 - Josh Vassolo
DIVISION ONE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Jake Hobbs (half forward flank)
*outgoing transfer lodged
2021 PREVIEW
Coach: Charles Cuzzupi (2nd season)
LODGED TRANSFERS
In: Jack Bastas (Hillside), Jared Billson (Sunshine Heights), Brandon Briz (Hawthorn), Luke Crawford (Mitiamo), Aaron Di Matteo (Essendon Doutta Stars), Michael Falzon (Keilor), Scott Harding (Avondale Heights), Kerim Hasan (Keilor), Bailey Hunt (Keilor), Nathan Kennedy (East Keilor), Mason Mackay (Keilor), Nathan McConnell (Hillside), Luke Meletis (Keilor), Salvatore Melilli (East Keilor), Dylan Prestia (Northern Saints), Tyler Rogers (Melton), Patrick Rose (Altona), Paul Scarpino (Greenvale), Matthew Scarpino (Greenvale), Trent Skelton (Aberfeldie), Kyle Treloar (Keilor), Jack Twomey (Therry Penola OB), William Vasiliadis (East Keilor) & Josh Zakhour (Northern Saints)
Out: Rory Alexander (Woodend-Hesket), Matthew Brown (Keilor Park), Jake Busuttil (Burnside Heights), Adrian Crawford (East Malvern), Jason Cuschieri (Keilor Park), Dale Darmanin (Keilor Park), Rhys Deacon (Mount Pleasant), Nicholas English (Waverley Blues), Trent Forbes (Diamond Creek), Nicholas Franzi (Woodend-Hesket), Andrew Gallina (Mayne), Evan Giannoukas (East Keilor), Max Hobbs (Palmerston Magpies), James Karvelas (Deer Park), Samuel Kennedy (Pyramid Hill), Navneet Luddu (PEGS), James McGrath (Geelong Amaeur), Alexander Metcalfe (Clunes), Matthew Morelli (Hinterland Blues), Corey Murphy (Albanvale), Scott Polycarpou (Dimboola), Mark Polycarpou (Keilor), Luke Sullivan (Burnside Heights), Harrison Tanner (Waverley Blues), Lachlan Tanner (Waverley Blues), James Todoroski (Keilor Park), James Vassallo (Braybrook), James Vistarini (Woodend-Hesket) & Matthew Zammit (Keilor Park)
EDFL MEDIA SAYS
The lengthy list of outgoing transfers features quite a few of Taylors Lakes' better performers from 2019, but the incoming list does have some very good names on it as well.
Star forward Patrick Rose leads that list of known commodities coming into Lionheart Reserve alongside fellow former Avondale Heights man Scott Harding, Nathan Kennedy and Aaron Di Matteo.
The experience of that quartet in particular will prove vital if the Lions want to advance up the ladder in Season 2021 following the departure of all but one of their 2019 top five best-and-fairest vote-getters.
2021 FIXTURE
