2019 RECAP
It was yet another impressive year for Tullamarine, with percentage the only factor keeping the 12-4 Demons out of the top two by home-and-away season's end.
The Demons shot themselves in the foot in their final home-and-away game of the year, giving up a top two berth by going down to Hillside after a poor start to their Round 18 clash.
Tullamarine recovered from the Round 18 loss to defeat Westmeadows in the knock-out semi and made a good fist of getting back to Windy Hill again for the 2019 decider, but fell just 10 points short of East Keilor in a tense Preliminary Final at Coburg City Oval.
BEST & FAIREST TOP FIVE
1st - Dean Bartrop (pictured)
2nd - Adam Scott
3rd - Tim Barresi
4th - Daniel Devine
5th - Timothy Matson
GOAL KICKING TOP FIVE
43 - Bradley Allen
38 - Ryan Pretty
24 - Blair Cronin*
21 - Caleb Harward
16 - Daniel Devine
DIVISION ONE TEAM OF THE YEAR
Timothy Matson (back pocket)
Dean Bartrop (half back flank)
Bradley Allen (half forward flank)
*outgoing transfer lodged
2021 PREVIEW
Coach: David Connell (3rd season)
LODGED TRANSFERS
In: Shannon Broadbent (Macedon), Buckley Chapman (Thomastown), Rhys Clarke (Seymour), Tyler Clarke (Seymour), Michael Dalrymple (Oak Park), James Duell (Pascoe Vale), Michael Gatt (East Keilor), Braydon Hardstaff (Westmeadows), Liam Jehu (Yarraville Seddon Eagles), Samuel Laffan (Craigieburn), Kirk Lang (Hay), Dean Limbach (Airport West), Ryan Lojko (Greenvale), Liam Lucas (Oak Park), Dominic Micallef (Craigieburn), Jacob Osei-Duro (Thomastown), Cooper Perry (East Keilor), Tapeka Tearoa (Glenroy), Lane Tucker (Mernda), Beau Vowles (Craigieburn) & Joel Whitehead (Kinglake)
Out: Muhammad Allouche (North Sunshine), Travis Anderson (Oak Park), Mitchell Annett (Coburg Districts), Joel Bonnici (Hillside), Jak Brown (Westmeadows), Blair Cronin (Oak Park), Ben Daly (Brunswick), Richard Findlay (Braybrook), Joel Flanigan (Brunswick), Kevin Karrasch (Jacana), Liam Lucas (Broadford), Brock McLarty (Roxburgh Park), Luke Charles Micallef (Moonee Valley), Kane Mulvaney (Edwardstown), Daniel Pearson (Coburg Districts), Scott Poynter (North Haven), Levin Reece (West Coburg), Corey Soutter (Jacana), Liam Spurr (Waratah) & Dean Weaver (Jacana)
EDFL MEDIA SAYS
Strathmore Community Bank Division 1's most consistent finals contender should be thereabouts again come the end of this year's home-and-away season.
There will be a smattering of new names in the Demons' line-up come Round 1 at home to West Coburg, but the fact there is only one asterisk (Blair Cronin) among 2019's key performers listed above means that Dave Connell has a couple of pleasant selection headaches coming into the new season.
Last year the club prioritised leg speed in its recruiting strategy, so it will be interesting to see the game plan the Demons roll with in the early rounds with some very tough opposition featured in their early schedule.
2021 FIXTURE
