The Brisbane Lions’s decision to select Matt Maguire with the final pick of Thursday’s AFL Draft was great news for the likeable ex-Saint. But for Brisbane, it was yet another recycled player to join Michael Voss’s list as the Lions chase premiership glory by an unprecedented method.Back in October’s trade week, Voss was extremely active luring north the likes of Brendan Fevola, Amon Buchanan, Brent Staker, Andrew Raines and Xavier Clarke. And with Maguire now joining those ‘recycled’ players at the GABBA, it makes for quite the list.
But it has occurred on the back of a revelation from Voss who was in attendance at this year’s AFL Grand Final.
Speaking after trade week, Voss revealed, “When I looked at the grand final I saw two very, very good football teams and immediately as a coach when you are sitting in the stands you think, ‘gee can we get there with the list that we have got’?
“Can we compete against these guys tomorrow if we had to? And honestly, at that particular time I didn’t think we could.
“Our plan coming into trade week was about trying to find the players who will help us get to that next level and I think we have accomplished that.”...continued
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